Bellevue Civic Theatre

Pump Boys and Dinettes
By John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann

July 13-21, 2012

On Highway 57, somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna, stands a gas station. Across the blacktop is a roadside eatery called the Double Cupp Diner. The four guys at the station have been known to do some auto repairs, but only when aided by quantities of time and beer.

The Cupp sisters celebrate their home cooking with the same zeal they bring to being neighborly with the boys. This is their musical tribute to life by the roadside! They perform on guitars, piano, bass and, yes, even kitchen utensils!

Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Alyson Soma

October 5th-October 13th, 2012

Arsenic and Old Lace was a success both on Broadway and on the silver screen starring Cary Grant as the drama critic Mortimer Brewster. In this farcical and macabre comedy, Mortimer is about to get married when he discovers his two, sweet spinster aunts are homicidal maniacs who take in lonely old men and poison them. They are assisted by Mortimer’s mentally-challenged brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt building the Panama Canal in the basement. To make matters worse, Mortimer’s murderous brother also shows up looking like horror-film actor Boris Karloff after having plastic surgery. As Mortimer realizes that insanity might run in his family, he must deal with his family, the Brooklyn police, his fiancé and a dead body!

“Swift, dry, satirical and exciting, Arsenic and Old Lace kept the first-night audience roaring with laughter.” – The New York Times

The Foreigner
By Larry Shue
Directed by Alan Wilkie

February 7th -February 10th, 2013

From the playwright of the hit comedy The Nerd, comes another delightful, comic romp, winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production. When “Froggy” brings a pathologically shy young man named Charlie with him on a visit to a Georgia hunting lodge, he tells all the folks there Charlie is an exotic foreigner who speaks no English. Once “Froggy” leaves, the hilarity heats up as Charlie is left to hear more than he should and ends up in a wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the "bad guys" while the "good guys" emerge triumphant.

"…a constant invitation to relax and laugh at the foolishness of life…" —Village Voice.

Leading Ladies
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Curt Hetherington

July 12th-July 20th, 2013

For those who loved Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, comes another fast and furious comedy. Jack and Leo are two down on their luck English Shakespearean actors. When they read in the paper that an old lady is about to die and leave her fortune to her long lost English nephews, they decide to pass themselves off as her nephews and abscond with the cash. The plan seems perfect until they show up and find out the paper made a mistake and the nephews are really nieces! Romantic entanglements, silly slapstick and lots of laughs make this show an irresistible treat.

"Ken Ludwig gives the audience something powerful and potent: laughter and a guiltless evening of Theatre-going." - Village News