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“Artistic Director Jason Loewith lays out a credible casefor Olney stretching in new directions, for carving out acompelling role for itself, beyond the tried and true.”

- The Washington Post

RAVES ABOUT 2014

2014 Helen Hayes Award RecipientOutstanding Resident Musical - A Chorus Line

“Doing Justice to Broadway” - The Washington Post

“...the Olney production succeeds at tapping into theheart of A Chorus Line“ - The Baltimore Sun

“A burst of spring ...BREEZY ...A LIGHT-FOOTED charmer”

- The Washington Post(Once On This Island)

“A HIGH-SPIRITED revivalof the best kind of old-school

musical comedy.”- The Washington Post

(How to Succeed in BusinessWithout Really Trying)

“SOUL-STIRRING“- Washingtonian(Awake and Sing!)

“A uniformly FIRST-RATE CAST...Olney’s ‘Q’ rating is an A“

- The Washington Post(Avenue Q)

“PASSIONATE and ELECTRIFYING”- DC Metro Theater Arts

(The Piano Lesson)

“UNFORGETTABLE”- Washington Speaks

(I and You)

“VISCERAL and ExCITING”- Talkin’ Broadway

(Colossal)

OUTSTANDING

Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center,

“Astonishing!” “So much fun!” “Visceral and powerful!” “I love Olney’s new direction!” These are a few of the comments we’ve received about our first full season leading Olney Theatre Center into a new era. After 76 years as one of Maryland’s two state theaters, Olney Theatre has turned a corner, bringing not only beloved classics and fantastic musicals to arts-rich Montgomery and Howard Counties, but now some of the most exciting new plays changing the American cultural landscape.

If you’ve been a member of Olney Theatre Center in the past, you know what you’re getting: Broadway-quality professional productions in all four of our performance spaces, from the intimate 150-seat Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab to the 460-seat Historic powerhouse, and from the contemporary 430-seat Mainstage to the glorious Root Family Outdoor Stage. Whether it’s the Helen Hayes Award-winning A Chorus Line or hot new plays like Colossal and I and You, Olney Theatre is leading the way for mid-Atlantic regional theater entertainment of the highest quality.

If you haven’t been a member, why not try us out? You only need to pick three shows, for $40 each, and you become part of the DC region’s fastest-rising and most dynamic theater company. If you like musicals, pick three and save almost 50% on regular ticket prices (and we’re fully flexible, so you’re not locked into specific dates), including orchestra seats for the hilarious Tony Award©-winner The Producers. Like serious drama? How about Arthur Miller’s The Price, two new plays, and a reimagined production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel? Want to come with the family? Try Godspell, Noël Coward’s hilarious Hay Fever, and the season-closing Guys and Dolls. We’ll even throw in reserved seats for a free outdoor Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to convince you.

The point is that Olney Theatre Center, with its four-theater campus, has something for every theatergoer, from first-timers to veterans. With free parking, restaurant deals, and lots of exciting member-only opportunities to meet the artists and experience our 14-acre campus in memorable ways… this couldn’t be a better time to join us.

Olney Theatre Center Dedicates the 2015 Seasonto the Memory of William H. Graham, Sr.

William H. Graham, Sr. was a leader, mentor, director, performer, and a tireless advocate for the performing arts during his more than fifty-year association with Olney Theatre Center. Bill played several roles during his time at Olney Theatre, from Mainstage actor and director for the National Players, to General Manager and most recently as President Emeritus of our Board of Directors.

To pay tribute to his many contributions to Olney Theatre and the National Players, we dedicate the 2015 season to him. We remember Bill in all we do, and we invite you to honor his legacy by making a contribution to the William H. Graham, Sr. Fund supporting mentorship and FREE Summer Shakespeare at Olney Theatre Center. To donate, go to olneytheatre.org/support.

William H. Graham, Sr. 1926 - 2013

Jason Loewith, Artistic Director

Debbie Ellinghaus,Managing Director

Nöel Coward’s

OLNEY THEATRE CENTER2015 SEASONAT A GLANCE

February 4 - MarCH 1Mainstage

CLASSIC/FAMILY

The Olney Theatre Center 2015 Season has something for everyone -CLASSIC comedies and dramas, cutting-edge CONTEMPORARY offerings,

and shows that are fun for the whole FAMILY!

april 15 - May 10Mainstage

CLASSIC

February 25 - MarCH 22Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

CONTEMPORARY

May 13 - June 21Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

CLASSIC

June 24 - July 26 Mainstage

CONTEMPORARY

SepTeMber 2 - 27MainstageCLASSIC

SepTeMber 30 - OCTOber 25Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

CONTEMPORARY

nOveMber 11 - DeCeMber 27Mainstage

CLASSIC/FAMILY

February 4 - MarCH 1on the Mainstage

Come sing about love, enjoy all good gifts, and raise your spirits with the Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin) Tony Award©-nominated classic, Godspell. Told through an exciting array of music and dance, the parables of Jesus Christ come to life in this modern take on a timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and love.

Book by JOHn MiCHael TebelakMusic and Lyrics by STepHen SCHWarTz

Conceived and Originally Directed byJOHn MiCHael Tebelak

Based on THe GOSpelaCCOrDinG TO ST. MaTTHeWDirected by JaSOn kinG JOneS

This production is sponsored by Phyllis and David Bottegal

February 25 -MarCH 22

in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

One of the top ten plays of London in 2013, (Guardian, London Evening Standard) Grounded is the story of an ace fighter pilot who unexpectedly becomes pregnant and gets reassigned to operating drones from a windowless trailer on an Air Force base in the desert outside Las Vegas. Hunting terrorists by day and coming home to her family by night, the boundaries between reality and the screen – between the desert where she lives and the desert where she fights – blur until the pressure becomes impossible to bear.

By GeOrGe branTDirected by Derek GOlDMan

A CO-PrODuCTiOn WiThEvEryMAn ThEATrE in BALTiMOrE

april 15 - May 10

on the Mainstage

After a bank robbery gone wrong, carousel barker Billy Bigelow is given a second chance to make things right for the love-of-his-life Julie Jordan and the child he never got to meet. Featuring some of the form’s best-loved songs: “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and “If I Loved You.” Time Magazine calls this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic tale of love and redemption the “greatest musical of the twentieth century.”

Music by riCHarD rODGerSBook by OSCar HaMMerSTein iiLyrics by OSCar HaMMerSTein ii

Based on the Play LiLiomby FerenC MOlnar

as adapted by benJaMin F. GlazerOriginal Dances by aGneS De Mille

Directed by JaSOn lOeWiTH

From the author of Death of a Salesman comes an intimate, powerful story about the cost of the choices we make. In an overstuffed New York City attic apartment, two estranged brothers meet to sell off what remains of their deceased father’s furniture and find themselves in an emotional renegotiation of the past.

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Arthur Miller’s birth with this brilliant, powerful, and deeply moving play.

May 13 -June 21

in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

By arTHur MillerDirected by MiCHael blOOM

This production is sponsored by Kevin White & rossana Salvadori

Nöel Coward’s

June 24 - July 26

on the Mainstage

Based on the hit 1968 film of the same name, this Mel Brooks comedic masterpiece follows the hilarious adventures of washed-up Broadway producer Max Bialystock, and his mousy accountant Leo Bloom, as they scheme to get rich quick by producing the most notorious flop in the history of show biz!

The Producers won a record twelve Tony Awards©, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Musical Score.

Book by Mel brOOkS and THOMaS MeeHan

Music and Lyrics by Mel brOOkSDirected by Mark WalDrOp

SepTeMber2 - 27

on the Mainstage

Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist, and his wife Judith, a “retired” actress, find that an impossible dream when their high-spirited children Simon and Sorel appear with guests of their own. A house full of comedy waits to be ignited as misunderstandings mount and tempers flare. With Judith’s new flame and David’s newest literary “inspiration” keeping company as the children follow suit, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the ‘quiet weekend’ comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale worthy of the best classic farce.

By nOël COWarDDirected by eleanOr HOlDriDGeThis production is sponsored by

Kevin White & rossana Salvadori and John E. Gibson

SepTeMber 30 - OCTOber 25

in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

A rolling World Premiere

After ten years clean and sober, Molly Drexler falls off the wagon and drives her Prius through her living room wall. With a hole in the house as big as the hole in their hearts, Molly’s two sisters, mother, father, and wicked stepmother descend on the house for an “intervention” that doesn’t play out the way anyone thought it would. A sharp and poignant new comedy from one of Showtime’s hottest writers.

By JenniFer HOppe-HOuSeDirected by JereMy COHen

nOveMber 11 - DeCeMber 27

on the Mainstage

Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, and featuring great musical theatre classics like “Luck Be A Lady,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” Guys and Dolls weaves a tale of old-time gangsters, hot-box girls, and gambling. Join Nathan, Adelaide, Sky, and Sarah in one of America’s best-loved musicals.

Book by JO SWerlinGand abe burrOWS

Music and Lyrics by Frank lOeSSerBased on The idyLL of Sarah Brown

and characters by DaMOn runyOnDirected by Jerry WHiDDOn

This production is sponsored by Kathleen Quinn

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