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Thursday August 30, 2018

Encore!

Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End, a one-woman show playing on stages around the country (and Nova Scotia!), is bringing Erma's wit and humanity to a new generation. Audiences are discovering what we already know: Erma's writing is timeless.

Here's the complete list of stages that have produced - or will produce between now and spring - this humorous and poignant play by Allison and Margaret Engel:

• Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. - Oct 8-Nov. 8, 2015 (Barbara Chisholm)

• Florida Rep, Ft. Myers, FL. - Oct. 4-Nov. 6, 2016 (Carrie Lund)

• Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park - May 6-June 24, 2017 (3 extensions; box office record) (Barbara Chisholm)

• Cyrano's Theatre Company, Anchorage, AK - May 11-June 4, 2017 (Ursala Gould)

• South City Theatre - Pelham, AL - Aug. 25-26, 2017 and Feb. 9-10, 2018 (Kristy Meanor)

• Reader's Theater Production, St. John's Episcopal Church, Tappahonnock, VA. - Oct. 29, 2017 (Anita Harrower)

• Limelight Theatre, Saint Augustine, FL - Nov. 3-4, 2017 (Kristy Meanor)

• Tupelo Community Theatre, Tupelo, MS - Nov. 17-18, 2017 (Kristy Meanor)

• (Reading) TheaterSounds, Kingston, NY - Nov. 18, 2017, and paid performances May 12-13, 2017 at PS21 Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham, NY (Nancy Rothman)

• Marco Island Players, Marco Island, FL - Nov. 29-Dec. 17, 2017 (Marilyn Hilbert)

• Fountain Hills, AZ - Fountain Hills Theater Jan. 5-21, 2018 and April 22, 2018 (Cathy Dresbach)

• Geva Theatre Center, Rochester, NY - Feb. 1 - Feb. 25, 2018 (3 extensions; box office record) (Pam Sherman)

• Virginia Repertory Theatre, Hanover, VA - March 2-April 8, 2018 (Catherine Shaffner)

• The Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton, OH - April 19-May 13, 2018 (Jennifer Joplin)

• PS21, Inc., Chatham, NY - May 23-13, 2018 (Nancy Rothman)

• Cape May Stage, Cape May, NJ - May 23-June 22, 2018 (Kate Hathaway)

• Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Beachball Productions - June 14-23, 2018 (Carole Ball)

• Lorna N Company, Houma, LA - June 22-24, 2018 (Sue Peace)

• Bristol Riverside Theatre, Bristol, PA - Sept. 18 - October 7, 2018 (Licia Watson)

• Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson, AZ - Oct. 20 - Nov. 10, 2018 (Jeanne Paulsen)

• Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix, AZ - Nov. 15- Dec. 2, 2018 (Jeanne Paulsen)

• Shreveport Little Theatre, Shreveport, LA - Jan 11 - 13, 2019

• Lincoln Community Playhouse, Lincoln, NE - Jan. 18 - Feb. 2, 2019

• Geva Theatre Center, Rochester, NY - March 12-31, 2019 (second production, Pam Sherman)

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