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50th Anniversary Season!
 Love Letters by A.R Gurney
Friday, February 5 starring Mike Zizka and Ginny Freese
Saturday, February 6 starring Colin McEnroe and Debi Freund
All tickets $15 through the box office
8 p.m.
Directed by Joseph Keach-Longo
As we start celebrating LTM’s 50th anniversary, join us for an evening with this classic piece of theater. Two souls, brought together over a lifetime of love letters, missing opportunities and sharing so many memories.
Send a message to your ‘love’! With an extra $5 when you buy your tickets to Love Letters, LTM will create a secret message for you that will be posted at the Love Letters intermission for your ‘love’ to find! Ask the Box Office about that when you call for tickets!
 Bus Stop, by William Inge
Directed by Fred T. Blish
February 26-28, March 4-7, 12-14
Stranded overnight in a roadside diner in Kansas during a howling snowstorm, four passengers – a cowboy and his sidekick, a nightclub singer and an alcoholic derelict spend the night. Together with the local sheriff, a bus driver and the owner of the diner and her pretty young helper, they each have a story to tell. Set in the 1950's, this wonderful comedy, that was both a Broadway hit and a top selling film, is filled with love and laughs. This was LTM’s very first production in 1961 – join us for the start of our 50th anniversary season!
Evenings @ 7 – Tuesday, March 16 - Jacques Lemarre's original play, Gray Matters will be performed as a play reading at Little Theatre of Manchester, Cheney Hall. Free and open to the public, these events help both playwrights and actors hear a full production before it is considered as a main stage show.
Actress Sarah Gray is at the top of her game until a surprising event turns her world upside down. Sarah finds herself at a crossroads when she finds that she can no longer do what she loves most. With complications provided by her tough theatrical agent and two self-centered actors, will Sarah be able to re-boot her life and career and get back to what matters? Contains some strong language.
March 21 – LTM Takes the Cake!
A culinary delight of an afternoon! Join us to watch amateur and professional cake decorators create masterpieces that reflect the 50th anniversary celebration of Little Theatre of Manchester! Then get the chance to taste and vote on the best cake! Celebrity judges will choose the design winner. A little champagne to wash it all down – what a great way to spend a little time at Cheney Hall! Doors open at 1 p.m. $15 entrance fee. Reserve your place for all the sweet fun - only through the box office.
 The Man Who Came to Dinner, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Joseph Keach-Longo
May 7-9, 13-16, 21-23
A famous commentator is in town for a speaking engagement. Invited to your home for dinner, he slips on the icy stairway and is unable to leave as he rehabilitates for an excruciatingly long time. He takes over your home, commandeers the telephone, all the while a host of crazy friends and staff come and go! Add an Egyptian sarcophagus, an octopus, some penguins and you have not the plot of the latest reality television show, but The Man Who Came To Dinner. Slide on in and get ready to laugh!
Evenings @ 7 – free play reading - June 15
Folk on Fridays - June 18, July 2, July 16, July 30, September 10
Ballroom Dance Demonstration - June 19
Rock ‘n Roll Block Party - July 25
 The First 25 Years – a Musical Revue
Directed by Debi Freund
August 6-8, 12-15
There’s nothing like a musical to get your mind happily singing along to tunes by many delightful composers including Rodgers and Hart, Lerner and Loewe, Ebb and Kander, and Frank Loesser. As we reminisce over the first 25 years of LTM (1961 – 1986) you can turn back your own pages of time and think, “where was I when . . . .”!
Tom Rush in Concert – August 28, 8 p.m.* $30 VIP $25 General
50th Anniversary Gala Black Tie Optional Gala Dinner - September 25
Evenings @ 7 – free play reading - September 28
Sinatra at the Sands with Rob Zappulla - October 9
 The Producers by Mel Brooks
Directed by Jane Cerosky
November 5-7, 11-14, 19-21
Outrageous, hilarious, a teeny bit offensive, off the wall, and the winner of a record 12 Tony Awards are just a few things you’ll remember about The Producers! One thing for sure is it’s never boring and you will find yourself laughing out loud as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom sing and dance their way through the greatest show biz scam that ever was! LTM will be the first community theater to produce this in greater Hartford!
A Charlie Brown Jazz Christmas with Eric Mintel - December 4
Evenings @ 7 – free play reading - December 14
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