SBCC Theatre Group’s 81st season is here, and they have announced a four-show lineup full of classics and fan-favorites. The season will begin with Anything Goes, running from July 8-25 in the Garvin Theatre. The 1930s musical follows a sailing adventure where a lovesick stowaway faces many challenges in the pursuit of passion, while the ensemble helps the romantic cause. The show will feature classic Cole Porter songs such as “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow,” and “You’re The Top.” The music and lyrics are by Porter, while the original book is by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, and the new book is by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman.
In the fall, the seasonable play Clue will be performed from October 7-24 in the Garvin Theatre based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture and Hasbro board game CLUE. On a dark and stormy night, a group of strangers, chock-full of secrets, are invited to a dinner party. When the host is found dead, this whodunit, action-filled plot unfolds as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard attempt to reveal the murderer before they are found by him. Despite the suspense, Clue is a madcap comedy guaranteed to make you laugh. The screenplay is by Jonathan Lynn, written by Sandy Rustin, and additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price.
The new year brings performances of Enchanted April from March 3-20, 2027, in the Garvin Theatre. In this uplifting romantic comedy, two English housewives suddenly decide to escape their dissatisfaction with their lives and rent a villa in Italy along with two other distinctive English women. Eventually, the men who love them join the dwelling and the plot unfolds on a path of self-discovery underneath the Mediterranean sun. The play is by Matthew Barber, from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim.
