The Birdcage Theatre
1740 Bird Street
Oroville, California
CITY OF GOLD
533-BIRD
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Presenting Our Twenty-Sixth Season:
2009      2010
EAST  BALTIMORE STREET!!
OPENS MARCH 26TH



Original Work From Local Playwrights to
Broadway Classics Offer a Season of Rich and Energetic Content
The Community's Theatre    Mission Statement    LIVES 

~OUR SEASON OPENED  IN STYLE WITH ~
 
        "The Odd Couple"(female version)  &    "Eleemosynary" (of or pertaining to alms; charitable)                                                                 
 



Neil Simon's
Directed  by  Ana &  Raquel Pina
Unger and Madison are at it again!
Florence Unger & Olive Madison, that is. 
 PLAY DATES:  September 18th through October 4, 2009
Play Closed
Review
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 "Eleemosynary"
  (of or pertaining to alms; charitable)

   by Lee Blessing

     
 Directed by Lucille Beatty



FEATURING  ANJY BUCKNER,  REGINA SIMPSON AND JUDITH DAVIES
October 30th  through November 15th
Play Closed
 
Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Poster
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The directors, talented casts, crews, engineers & producers of these opening plays were top drawer
  

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Then... there were ghosts  in  
the theatre and a superb new play on our stage   
A
nna Devore's
"Cliff's End"
adapted for the stage  from the  book & star studded film "The Uninvited"
.. by
Dorothy Macardle
A Premiere Production
 

 
                                               GHOSTS       in The Birdcage  Birdcage                                                                                                                                                          GHOSTS  IN THE BIRDCAGE                                      
 
   Ghostly Tale at Cliff's End .......... bring a hand to hold                                 
Play Closed
A Premiere Production
December 4th - December 20th
 
Downtown Oroville
 City of Gold

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.....
by & by
Carol Kitchen brought  two  0NE ACT Plays  to Life
Premieres
to our stage 
"
The Scent"
The  Saddest of Goodbyes are Ever so Tender

  
"I Don't Smoke" 
  Things We Face Ready or Not
An     Evening   0f
  0ne   Acts


"L 0 S T"

topped off  the evening  in comedy   
written by 
Mary Louise Wilson
& directed by Mindy Rose Kubik
           starring Susan Eisenberg as Helen and Barbara Daggett as Alice           


"I DON'T SMOKE"
By Carol Kitchen
Directed by Carol Kitchen



In the afternoon of her life
 &  now divorced after 34 years of marriage,  
Karen treads
the unknown  waters of a single woman
in the modern world
( with a little help from her friends).

 

Premiere

 

    A Premiere Production

       "THE SCENT"
               By Carol Kitchen
                                                                 Directed by Carol Kitchen



  • Poignant and Touching....
Letting Go Is Not Easy
                                                   
         
   Play Dates
 
January 15 through January 31,  2010

 "LOST"
a comedy by
Mary Louise Wilson
Rated PG
some mild language

 Directed by Mindy Rose Kubik

"Oh, for heaven's sake!"
 Can Helen and Alice manage to leave the apartment??
           Will these old friends remember where they are going if they do???

Watch out!!  Clear the way!!!
                                 
  Presented by special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
 
 
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OPENS    MARCH   26th

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 "East Baltimore Street"
 by William Falcon
  Directed by William Falcon

The Magic of Musical Director and Orchestra Conductor
Duffy McDuffie

To be performed at the beautiful and historic
 
STATE THEATRE
Robinson and Myers Streets

   Play Dates:  March 26th through April 11, 2010
Except Easter Sunday

Curtain
Friday and Saturday Evenings 7:30   
Sunday Matinees 2:00

  Tickets:
General Admission    $20  
 Students with ID &  Seniors 65 & Up    $15.00
PreTeens   $10.00
State Theatre Box Office
Advance Tickets: Discount Books  1515 Myers St.
 Downtown Oroville
City of Gold
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"The Cocktail Hour"
                                        A.R. Gurney
                                                        Directed by   Ruby Thomas



Play Dates:  April 23 through May 9th
Curtain
 Friday  and Saturday Evenings 7:30
 Sunday Matinees 2:00

Tickets: $10 ($5 preteens)
Advance Tickets: Discount Books  1515 Myers St.
 Downtown Oroville
 City of Gold

 
Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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m00n 0ver Buffal
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 by Ken Ludwig
                        Directed by
Gary Catsoulis               
                                         
May 28th-June 13th

Curtain
 Friday  and Saturday Evenings 7:30
 Sunday Matinees 2:00

Tickets
 $10 ($5 preteens)
  Discount Books  1515 Myers St.
 
 Downtown Oroville
 City of Gold

Opening Night Complimentary Buffet

 
Presented by special arrangement with Samuel  French, LTD.

Auditions:  March 19th   6-8 PM
March  20th  12-2PM
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