Our 2013-2014 Season

SURFSIDE PLAYERS 2013-2014 SEASON SCHEDULE!

Surfside Players, Cocoa Beach, is proud to present our fifty-fifth season of entertaining, critically acclaimed theatrical productions:

Hello Dolly! 

Musical -  Book by Michael Stewart, Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Directed by Bryan Bergeron, Musical Direction by John Kurowski, Choreography by Arlene Sutherland

PRODUCTION - January 17 - February 2, 2014 

Presented by Special Arrangement with Tams-Witmark  

"And what do you do for a living, Mrs. Levi?" asks Ambrose Kemper in the first scene of this most delightful of musical comedies. "Some people paint, some sew...I meddle," replies Dolly. HELLO, DOLLY! is full of memorable songs including Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, Hello, Dolly!, It Only Takes a Moment and So Long, Dearie. And we are off on a whirlwind race around New York at the turn of the twentieth century, as we follow the adventures of America's most beloved matchmaker!

To Kill a Mockingbird

Drama by Christopher Sergel, based on the novel by Harper Lee
Directed by Andrew Villain

PRODUCTION - February 28 - March 16, 2014  

Auditions -  January 5 & 6, 2014  (11-12 men, 6-8 women)

Presented by Special Arrangement with Dramatic Publishing
Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it change any of the racial tension in the town?

Shout! The Mod Musical

Musical Review by Phillip George and David Lowenstein
Directed by Troy Jones, Musical Direction by Mario Davis

PRODUCTION - April 4 - 19, 2014  

Auditions -  February 16 & 17, 2014 (5 women)

Presented by Special Arrangement with Music Theatre International
SHOUT! travels in time from 1960 to 1970 chronicling the dawning liberation of women. Just as Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, and Cilla Black were independent women with major careers, English and American women were redefining themselves in the face of changing attitudes about gender. SHOUT! (and its allfemale cast) reflects that through the unforgettable music of the time. With a shimmy and shake, the songs are tied together by hilarious sound bites from the period -- from 60's advertisements to letters answered by an advice columnist who thinks every problem can be solved with a "fetching new hair style and a new shade of lipstick." (Think “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In") Songs include : England Swings / 'Round Every Corner / I Know A Place (Medley), I Only Want To Be With You / Tell the Boys (Medley), How Can You Tell, Wishin' & Hopin', One Two Three, To Sir With Love, Don't Sleep in the Subway, Son of a Preacher Man, James Bond Theme / Goldfinger, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Diamonds Are Forever, Puppet On a String, and Georgy Girl / Windy (Medley)

PLUS Surfside's 'Special Events' include:

Rocky Horror Picture Show - CANCELLED

Love Letters
Comedy-Drama by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Joan Dunn

PRODUCTION - February 14, 15, & 16, 2014 .  Auditions -  January 12 & 13, 2014 (1 man, 1 woman)

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French.
SPECIAL EVENT.  The piece is comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences. As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny but always telling pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful as what is actually written down.

And in December 2013:

• Surfside Youth Players
  The graduating production of the fall semester. Every student is cast!
• Playwrights Workshop  Three original one-act plays by local Brevard County authors.
  (Second and third Playwrights Workshop productions still to be scheduled.) 
• Christmas Show - Christmas Carolers - on December 20, 21, & 22, 2013 (Directed by Joan Dunn) with songs and sketches for the holiday season, featuring the Greater Canaveral Barbershoppers.  Brevard Aca-Fellas (an all boys a cappella group), and Soliloquy (a female singing group that performs a variety of music from a variety of genres).  Plus, Santa will be in the lobby 1 hour before the show with candy canes. 

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The following productions have also been a part of our season:

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress 
Comedy by Alan Ball
Directed by Janet Rubin
Presented by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service

Nunsense II:  The Second Coming 
Musical - Book, Music and Lyrics by Dan Goggin 
Directed by Joan Dunn, Musical Direction by Mario Davis, Choreography by Jeff Ferguson
Presented by Special Arrangement with Tams-Witmark

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For more information call (321) 783-3127, or contact our Operations Director.