THREE TALL WOMEN by EDWARD ALBEE

February 11 - March 4

Directed by Deborah Hagedorn

The play stars Joy Groves as the imperious, acerbic old woman who is tended to by two other women, her caretaker played by Vicki Montgomery, and her lawyer, portrayed by Elodie Rain. These “tall women” deal with everything from incontinence to infidelity, depicting aging without sentimentality and telling us about forgiveness, reconciliation, and fate. Dennis Priest makes a cameo appearance as the woman’s son. Many theater critics consider this to be three-time Pulitzer winner Edward Albee’s best and most forceful play.

THE CIRCLE by SOMERSET MAUGHAM

April 28 - May 13

Directed by Wendy Cohen

W. Somerset Maugham's most popular comedy, The Circle, a wise and witty satire concerning marriage, infidelity, and the battle between passion and practicality. First produced in 1921 and in 1998 named among the 100 most significant plays of the 20th century in a National Theatre poll, The Circle captures the poise of high society in the 1920s. Thirty years before, the fresh-faced and vivacious Lady Kitty abandoned both her politician husband and her young son Arnold for a scandalous life with her husband's best friend, Lord Porteous. Three decades later, the still vivacious though not as fresh-faced Kitty returns to confront the family she long-ago abandoned, and a new scandal when a charming houseguest threatens to take Arnold's own wife, Elizabeth, from him. Will the new couple be influenced by Kitty's wicked example? Or will practicality trump passion once and for all?

PICASSO, An Original Play by DOLORES BECKER TROST

June 2 - June 17

Written & Directed by Dolores Becker Trost

Dolores Becker-Trost’s award-winning play, “Picasso,” takes to the Groves stage in June.  “Picasso”, which is based on the artist’s journals and letters to his brother, Theo, reflecting on many facets of his life: his passion for art, his love of God, his quest for a woman’s love, his rejections and disappointments, the loss of his sanity and his will to live.