Beaverton High School Productions 2009/2010

Fall Mainstage Play

Reckless
By Craig Lucas

Open Auditions:
September 14th, 15th, & 16th
from 2:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Performance Dates: November 5th, 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th at 7:00 p.m.
Matinee on November 14th at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets: $5 for students/seniors $8 for adults

This dark comedy begins with Rachel and her husband Tom going to bed on Christmas Eve. What Rachel doesn’t know is that Tom has hired a professional hitman to kill her. When Tom reveals this, Rachel is forced to run for it. Luckily, Rachel meets Lloyd who, along with his wife Pooty, takes Rachel in.

Multiple twists and turns ensue, and Rachel’s adventures become more and more bizarre. While the actual events are sometimes strange and sad, the audience can’t help but laugh as Rachel must navigate a world where no one is who they first appear to be, and each of her psychiatrists is crazier than the last!

“A bittersweet Christmas fable for our time.” - The New York Times

Spring Mainstage Musical

The Boyfriend
by Sandy Wilson

Open Auditions: December 1st, 2nd, & 3rd
from 2:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Performance Dates: March 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, & 20th at 7:00 p.m.
Matinee on Mar. 13th at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets: $7 for students/seniors$10 for adults

The Jazz Age lives on in this light, romantic spoof of 1920's musical comedy. The setting is – where else? – the French Riviera. Polly, an English heiress attending Mme. Dubonnet's Finishing School, falls in love with Tony, a delivery boy. Recalling her father's warning to beware fortune seekers, she poses as a working girl, unaware Tony is in fact the missing son of the wealthy Lord Brockhurst. Things get complicated with the arrival in Nice of Polly's father and Lord and Lady Brockhurst – but not to worry, a happy ending is in store for all.

The show's many memorable roles include the flirtatious Mme. Dubonnet, her boy-crazy students, and Polly (the role which turned Julie Andrews into an overnight sensation). With its catchy tunes, period dances (including the inevitable Charleston) and winning sense of humor, "The Boy Friend" is a sparkling, tongue-in-cheek 1920's romp, sure to please the whole family.

Spring Studio Play

Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling

Open Auditions: March 29th & 30th
from 2:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Performance Dates: May 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $5 for students/seniors $8 for adults
(at the door only - no advance purchase)
Limited seating - please arrive early

Truvy runs the premier beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana. Her clients range from the town’s rich curmudgeon Ouiser to Shelby, the prettiest girl in town. With the help of her assistant, Annelle, Truvy dispenses shampoos and advice as the ladies move through events both touching and humorous.

Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, "Steel Magnolias" paints a loving picture of eccentricity in a small Southern town.

Designed and co-directed by students This show will be performed by two separate casts on alternating nights