Season 2007-2008

This original tale is based on traditional Russian stories about Baba Yaga, an ancient sorceress with iron teeth who lives in a hut built on chicken legs. It is the story of Maryushka, a young orphan girl, and her struggle to find her place in the world. Misunderstood and rejected by her village, she journeys deep into the forest to the home of Baba Yaga, where both her wit and will are tested. Songs inspired by the folk music of Russia and Lithuania enrich the tale.

An earnest fable of love, greed and revolution set in a town plagued by drought. A simple enough plot, complete with villain, hero and romance: a malevolent corporation controls the town's public amenities; the president's daughter falls in love with the leader of a pee-for-free rebellion. All of this, according to Little Sally, the show's ragamuffin philosopher, is a bad subject for a musical (and so is its title), but it's outrageous fun and "you gotta go!" Drawing from West Side Story and Les Miserables among others, the show spoofs the great American musical. Winner of 3 Tony Awards, 3 Outer Critic's Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and 2 Obie Awards.

The time is 1905, the place New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, fashions intimate apparel for ladies from all walks of life. Its theme is love: love yearned for and denied, love misplaced, as in the case of Miss Esther and Mr. Marks - who are deeply in love but will never be able to speak of it - love betrayed, and the love of craft and beauty.

Ed Simpson's play is an endearing story about what happens when the residents of the small town of Shallowford (based on Lewisville, NC) believe Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" to be legitimate news. They fall hook, line and sinker, and grab their pitchforks and hunting rifles, and run out to do battle with the invading Martians and save the world.

A magical, humorous story about friendship. Glaston, a young shepherd who dreams of being a brave knight, finds Sydney, a real live dragon, in his pasture. Much to his surprise, Glaston learns that dragons are not fire-breathing monsters at all, but are peaceful creatures who like cheese and very bad poetry. Unfortunately the town has already summoned St. George to slay the dragon. Glaston must convince St. George that violence is not the answer and there are other options than fighting.

When it’s time to deck those halls, head downtown to Raleigh’s Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater where the beautiful lass-who-lost-her-slipper makes her 24th annual appearance in hopes of finding her Prince Charming. RLT’s visually stunning production has been delighting audiences in the Triangle area for generations. Combining elegant costumes and scenery, with song, dance, conniving steprelatives and resourceful fairy-folk, RLT’s Cinderella brings just the right mixture of comedy and romance to add the sparkle of magic to your holiday season!

Two brothers, Benny and Phil, go to the Arizona desert to be extras in the huge 1930's Biblical epic "Exeunt Omnes." Things move very quickly in this riotous comedy and before you know it, Phil is directing the movie and Benny is starring in it. Along the way there are gladiator battles, the Ten Plagues and a cast of thousands portrayed by four other actors.

Trapped in a three-room Houston apartment shared with her son and daughter-in-law, Carrie Watts dreams of visiting Bountiful, the Gulf Coast town where she grew up and raised her own family. She steals away with her latest pension check, and although her trip is doomed by the family's call to the police, the sheriff who tracks her down at the bus station carries her on out to her old homestead. Her trip reaches a bittersweet end, but it proves to have been a journey of the heart worth taking.

Musical. The adventures of the "boy who wouldn't grow up" begin in the Darling nursery where Mr. and Mrs. Darling have tucked their children into bed. Peter Pan and Tinkerbell fly in through the open window and whisk the excited Wendy, Michael and John out into the night. Off they go to the island of Neverland where they encounter the Lost Boys, the exotic princess Tiger Lily, the dreadful Captain Hook and his band of pirates.

Divas! is Raleigh Little Theatre's annual fundraiser, now in it's fifth year. The winner of this singing competition is the diva that raises the most money. The audience members each vote for their favorites with their pocketbook or wallet.

Hazel Hunt has received a 500 Watt Radio Transmitter upon her retirement as the town’s beloved music teacher, through which she broadcasts her own radio station, “WGAL.” Hazel begins her show of inspirational and popular old-time tunes and local gossip. Today’s broadcast is interrupted by an inspector from the Commerce Department in Washington, who claims that workmen have been receiving the WGAL radio signal in a tunnel under the Hudson River outside New York City and accuses Hazel of being a “gypsy of the ether!”