Theatre Coppell presents its 2010 - 2011 Season The Backstage Series: Same Time, Next Year featuring Laurie McDonald and Gary Walters Directed by Wheelice Wilson, Jr. August 20 - 29, 2010 When Doris, a young housewife from Oakland, and George, an accountant from New Jersey, meet by chance at a rural California inn, they embark on an affair that brings them together on the same weekend, in the same place, for the next 26 years. As time passes, events in their personal lives impact their special once-a-year romance in this heartwarming comedy. They're Playing Our Song Directed by Wheelice Wilson, Jr. October 8 - 24, 2010 An established music composer teams up with an aspiring young female lyricist to write a top ten hit song, something they both want desperately. Their professional accomplishments are rosy, but their romantic life has its ups and downs. Vernon, uptight and all business, isnít used to Soniaís carefree eccentricities: She wears clothes from old movies, runs about 24 hours late, and has a hard time dropping old boyfriends who call her for advice at 3:00 in the morning. A small musical that will charm anyone who likes a hummable tune and a happy ending. A Little House Christmas Adapted By James DeVita Based on the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder Directed by Wheelice Wilson, Jr. December 3 - 19 2010 Lauraís family is celebrating its first Christmas in the little house on the prairie. All of the Ingalls familyís friends are there, including Nellie Olsen and her mother, plus Mary, Carrie, and Ma and Pa. The best holiday of the year is made even richer by the simple values of nineteenth century pioneers who settled Americaís frontiers. A holiday treat for the entire family. It Could Be Any One of Us Directed by George Morrow February 11 - 27, 2011 IA thunderstorm. A windswept country house. A family of failures: a detective who has never solved a case, a writer, an artist, and a composer, and a dysfunctional teenager ñ all wrangling over a bequest. All the prime ingredients are here for a murder-mystery thriller in the traditional mold, but there are a number of surprises. The thrills are spiced up with tongue-in-cheek humor and slyly ironic comment. The laughs and unexpected twists will come often, but the ending may change at the end of each show. A comic who-done-it. August, Osage County By Tracy Letts (Pending Release) Directed by Wheelice Wilson, Jr. April 15 - May 1, 2011 Just off Broadway, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning tragicomedy is bitingly sad and exhilarating at the same time. A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in repressed truths and unsettling secrets. It is a tensely satisfying comedy, interspersed with remarkable observations on the cruelties and kindnesses of family life. It might make you think twice about going home for the holidays, but it will leave you laughing, wondering, shuddering and smiling. Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical Conceived for the Stage by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn Book and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse Music by Frank Wildhorn Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson Directed by Wheelice Wilson, Jr. July 15 - 31, 2011 An evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil. A brilliant doctor experiments with human personality and creates a murderous counterpart. Convinced the cure for his fatherís mental illness lies in the separation of manís evil nature from his good, Dr. Henry Jekyll unwittingly unleashes his own dark side, wreaking havoc in the streets of late 19th century London as the savage, maniacal Edward Hyde. This musical treatment of a literary classic will chill its audiences with depth of ideas and composition. Performances for all shows are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. TC's 2003 - 2004 season TC's 2004 - 2005 season TC's 2005 - 2006 season TC's 2006 - 2007 season TC's 2007 - 2008 season TC's 2008 - 2009 season TC's 2009-2010 season