Final Weekend - Around the World in 80 Days

Don't miss the adventure!  Performances conclude this weekend. Click here for more information on the show!

Final Weekend performances - April 4 - 7pm, April 5 - 2pm & 7pm, April 6 - 2pm

Three Poles Walk Into a Bar Comedy Tour

The first ever national comedy tour featuring the best Polish stand-up comics in the country will take the stage at the Erie Playhouse April 11 & 12.

Three national headliner comics will dish out the Polish themed material as they embrace their Polish heritage. Bob “the Polish Madman” Golub (the film Goodfellas, the Tonight Show), will join Erie native Mike Stankiewicz (Evening at the Improv, Comedy Central) and Diane Nichols (Tonight Show and David Letterman) on stage to turn the tables after years and years of “Polish” jokes to show that Polish people are smart, intellectual and more important FUNNY!

In addition to the three comics, Grammy-nominated accordion player Kevin Solecki will warm up the audience with his Polish themed music. Also on hand, prior to the show, will be representatives from PolishEats.com handing out free Polish food samples.

The show will feature adult content.

You don’t have to be Polish, but you can bring one!

April 11 & 12
Doors open at 7:00pm Show at 7:30pm
All Seats $20 (plus tax)

Shakespeare in Hollywood

Lights! Camera! Shakespeare! Magic and mayhem abound in this hilarious comedic romp as Shakespeare's most famous fairies magically materialize on the 1930's Hollywood set of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Click Here to view the cast.

April 24-27, 30-May 4

Premiere Weekend - April 18 & 19 (All seats Premiere Weekend $12.50)

Wed.-Saturday - 7:30pm, Sunday 2pm

2008-2009 Season

If you love to laugh, you love surprises and you want to see the most award-winning season ever just click here  to view our 2008-2009 season.

For season ticket holders - renewal letters will be in the mail next week (April 7). At that time you will be able to conveniently renew your season tickets on line.

Not a season ticket holder yet? Season tickets will go on sale May 27.

Composer/Lyricist Concert

Join Erie Playhouse marketing director Sue Lechner as she takes you on a musical journey of Broadway songs that survived from musicals that were considered flops.  She has also included some of her favorite songs from Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Helping out will be Sue's daughter, Kate Murosky.  Click here to read more about the songs and Playhouse vocalists.

April 28 & 29 at 7:30pm

All seats $12.50 - tickets available at the door

The Awesome 80's Prom

Omigod! It's like totally Prom time! And you're invited!

 Here's your chance to create those "special memories" one more time or for the first time!  Click Here for more information and ticket package pricing.

May 9-11, 14-18  Doors open at 7pm

All performances at the Masonic Temple at 8th & Peach Sts.

From the Executive Director

Dear Erie Playhouse Family,

Happy Spring!

We are bursting at the seams with many entertainment options this April, May and June and we are hopeful you want to be part of all the excitement. I always say there is something for everyone – there truly is!

Your next ticket purchase at the Erie Playhouse will do more than provide a fun night out. You will help us right a cash-flow crunch that has been in the wings for two months and has made its way to the front of the stage these last few weeks.

Season ticket holders and annual fund donors are crucial to our success. Season ticket holders will have the opportunity to renew their season tickets for 2008-2009 in just a few days. We are excited with the shows that are available to your community theatre for next season and even more pleased with the shows you helped pick. And, board members will be following up with annual fund donors hoping to secure your renewed gifts for this season.

More importantly, we urge walk-in ticket buyers to treat yourself to one of the many entertainment options available to them. Carpool with friends and family to 10th Street (an average of 15 minutes of travel for most!), buy an affordable ticket ranging from $12 to $20, sit in our new seats and enjoy a show!

What can you see? The Youtheatre will be performing Around the World in 80 Days (last weekend April 4-6) and Snow White (May 9-18). The Mainstage will present the hilarious Shakespeare in Hollywood (April 18-May 4), the not-to-miss Awesome 80’s Prom (May 9-18 at the Masonic Temple) and Sherlock Holmes: the Final Adventure (June 6-22). Concerts on the list include an informal Composer/Lyricist Concert on April 28 & 29 and Broadway Memories with Andrew Rainbow and David Matthews May 24 & 25. Guest artists complete the show roster with Three Poles Walk into a Bar Comedy Tour on April 11 & 12 and A Night at the Rock Opera with the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra June 26-29.

You can find out all about these shows and more as you read through this e-newsletter and link to our website.

Thank you for your unending support of the Erie Playhouse. See you at the theatre!

Almi
 

Playhouse Family News

Congratulations to Andrea Tipton-Rudolph and her husband, Michael, on the birth of their son, Alexander Michael, born on March 23.

Devon Yates will be busy this summer performing the title role in Evita at the New London Barn Playhouse in New Hampshire. Devon was "discovered" by artistic director, Carol Dunne, during an audition workshop Devon attended at her school, Baldwin Wallace College. After completing her run in Evita in July, Devon heads back to Cleveland to do Harold and Maude at Caine Park. Before Devon takes off for her exciting summer, she will be part of the Rainbow and Matthews' Broadway Memories concert at the Playhouse.

News from the Wing

Get your calendars out- spring is here, and the Wing is on the move! With all of the special events coming up on the Playhouse schedule, such as Three Poles IWalk Into A Bar comedy tour, Wing members will be seen at the concession stand and at their new and improved gift cart. When our hosts Susan Lechner and Kate Murosky bring us Songs that Survived, you'll find Wing members in the audience as a perk of their membership. On May 4th, Wing members will celebrate the life and commitment of Mary Hollenbeck at the Cards and Costumes card party. Mary had encouraged the Wing to offer a card party as a way to raise funds for the theatre she so dearly loved and supported throughout the years. Longtime house manager Lolly Mifkovic will also be remembered that day with two baskets offered for raffle- who could forget Lolly and her boys in Forever Plaid and her love for butterflies? When the Awesome 80's Prom dances into the Masonic Temple, look carefully at the chaperones- you might see someone that you recognize from the Wing meetings.
No matter what gathering is sponsored by the Erie Playhouse, you will be sure to see the Wing represented. Why not become a part of the festivities?
Next meeting: May 6th, 7 pm, Station Dinner Theatre.