Oakville Drama Series

New Subscribers
Please contact the box office by phone or in person for new subscription order(s).

4 Play FlexiPack
$90.00 per person.  Please note that FlexiPack subscriptions are not renewable and that you must contact the box office by phone or in person to select the 4 plays you would like for the next season.

Please note that new subscriptions are filled in order of date received, after all renewals are completed.

Orders for newsuscriptions are now being accepted.  Subscription price is $115.00 per person.  Single tickets for individual performances go on sale Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 11:00 am by phone, in person or online!  Single ticket price is $27 and Students and Seniors can purchase individual tickets for the Wednesday performance at a reduced rate.

Educating Rita
by Willy Russell
October 14 - 17 | October 20 - 23, 2010
Frank is a tutor of English in his fifties whose disillusioned outlook on life drives him to drink and to bury himself in his books. Enter Rita, a forthright 26 year-old hairdresser who is hungry for education. After weeks of cajoling,Rita slowly wins over the very hesitant Frank with her innate insight and refusal to accept no for an answer. Their relationship as teacher and student blossoms, ultimately giving Frank a new sense of self and Rita the knowledge she so craves. Painfully funny and passionately serious.  Educating Rita is performed by permission of Samuel French.

Black Coffee
by Agatha Christie
February 3 - 6 | February 9 - 12, 2011
This 1934, little known mystery will surprise and delight Agatha Christie fans. The story concerns a physicist, Sir Claude Amory, who has come up with a formula for an atom bomb. Tragically, Sir Claude is poisoned (in his coffee, naturally) and Hercule Poirot is called in to solve the case. He does so after many wonderful twists and turns in true Christie tradition. Black Coffee is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.

Wait Until Dark
By Frederick Knott
November 11- 14 | November 17-20, 2010
Susy Hendrix, a recently blinded woman, is unwittingly put into a compromising situation by her husband, Sam. While abroad, Sam agreed to help a fellow traveller by looking after a doll.  Unknown to Sam, this doll was being used to smuggle heroin into the country. Inadvertently, Sam brings the doll home with him. Ruthless conmen pursue, the woman traveller is murdered, Sam is lured out of the apartment, and the killers gain Susy's trust by pretending to be policemen and Sam's friends. A deadly game of cat and mouse begins! A masterfully constructed thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Wait Until Dark is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Amy's View
by David Hare (British)
January 6 - 9 | January 12 - 15 , 2011
This play presents a powerful and compelling story about the changing times in England. The story centres around the relationship between a well known actress (originally played in London by Judy Dench!) and her daughter that comes to a head over a man the daughter marries but of whom the mother never approves. Over time their fortunes change with his star rising and the mother's declining and this change impacts the nature of their relationships. You will laugh, cry, and gasp in surprise as the themes of love, marriage, fame, theatre, culture, and personal and artistic integrity are presented in this British drama. You will have  much to think about long after the curtain falls.  Amy's View is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French.

Nurse Jane Goes To Hawaii
by Allan Stratton (Canadian)
April 14 - 17 | April 20 - 23, 2011
A Harlequin romance writer comes to spend an illicit weekend with her married boyfriend, Edgar, who mistakenly believes his wife, Doris, will be away. Edgar is planning to cheat on his wife with the flaky novelist, Vivien, who madly records notes for her next novel throughout the action of this play!  A hilarious chain reaction of coincidences begin as the ex-boyfriend of the wife, the ex-wife of the husband, lost children, and a vengeful publicist are all introduced. This entertaining farce with bright characters and situations will keep you guessing and laughing with its distinctive and classic comedy. Nurse Jane Goes To Hawaii is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French.

The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
March 24 - 27 | March 30 - April 2, 2011
Whenever Jack Worthing wishes to escape his country life and visit the beautiful Gwendolyn, he travels to London under the guise of seeing his wayward brother, Ernest. While in London, Jack dons the name Ernest. His charismatic London friend, Algernon, decides to use the same tactic in order to meet Jack's lovely ward, Cecily. Cecily has become enamoured with "Ernest" from listening to Jack's stories about his fictitious brother; thus she is smitten with Algernon when he comes calling. The fun ensues in this comedy of mistaken identities.  When the deceptions are uncovered, the bachelors risk losing the hands of the women they love.

Sunday Matinees are now available for all 6 shows!

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