The Old Lyric Repertory Company Announces the 2006 Season

The Old Lyric Repertory Company opens its 40th anniversary season June 15 at the Caine Lyric Theatre in downtown Logan. The OLRC’s 2006 season features four productions: Relative Values,  Postmortem, Route 66 and Noises Off, which run June 15 to Aug. 5.

“We are looking forward to a wonderful season,” said Colin Johnson, the OLRC’s artistic director. “We have an exceptional mixture of OLRC veterans and newcomers this season, and four productions that will keep the summer fresh and lively at the Caine Lyric.”

 

Relative Values, by Noel Coward, is a truly comedic look at the complications that come with the engagement of an American movie star and a prominent dowager. Set in England, it deals with old lovers, inappropriate family members and the maneuvering to set everything right.

 

Postmortem, by Ken Ludwig, brings mystery and suspense to the theatre as the tables are turned on Sherlock Holmes. While exploring the motives of the murder of his fiancée Holmes doesn’t realize that someone is actually trying to kill him. Postmortem will have audience members in suspense, right to the shocking finish.

 

Take a nostalgic trip across the country with the musical Route 66 by Roger Bean. Classic tunes from the ‘50s and ‘60s accompany the adventures of four Texaco attendants as they drive from Chicago to L.A.

 

Vosco Call, OLRC co-founder and director, returns this season to direct Noises Off, another of his stagings of a popular farce. Noises Off, by Michael Fray, takes a satiric look at a troupe of performers and their frustrated director as he tries to pull together the play, Nothing On.

 

“Exceptional acting, entertaining stories and ingenious directing are set to make this season one of the OLRC’s best,” said Jeremy Gordon, OLRC public relations director. “With the variety of plays, there is something to please everyone.”

 

A major change taking place at the Caine Lyric this summer is the new 7:30 p.m. curtain time, which is the theme for the 40th season, “Tonight at 7:30.”

 

“The theme of our anniversary season is inspired by a work of one of our playwrights, Noel Coward, whose collection ‘Tonight at 8:30’ gave us some of his classic one-act plays,” Johnson said. “Its title referred to the traditional curtain time of the London stage a half century ago.”

 

“We have many promotional activities and ticket packages available,” Gordon said. “In its second year, the Caine Lyric ticket office is more streamlined for even better customer service and efficiency, and the Flex-Pass season subscriptions are still the best deal for seeing the four productions throughout the summer. No one should forget about the benefit gala in July and the promo jeep, which will be out and about all summer.”

 

The OLRC ticket office, located at 28 West Center, will open May 15. Box office hours are noon to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Flex-Passes are on sale through Saturday, June 3. Tickets are available now by calling (435) 752-1500. Individual tickets range from $12 to $18. For general inquiries and to order a free brochure, call (435) 797-1500.

 

The Old Lyric Repertory Company, located in Logan, Utah, at 28 West Center Street, has produced plays for the past 40 years. The OLRC is a program of Utah State University’s theatre department. Four shows are produced annually combining professional casts and advanced theatre students. The season runs from June to August.

 

Performances run Thursday through Saturday from June 15 to July 13, expanding to Wednesday through Saturday July 19-22. Performances expand to Monday through Saturday when the apprentice Family Show is added to the schedule July 24. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday matinees begin at 2:30 p.m.

 

Performance Schedule:

 

Noises Off: Thursday, June 15; Friday, June 16; Saturday, June 17 (matinee and evening); Thursday, June 29; Saturday, July 1 (matinee and evening); Thursday, July 20; Friday, July 28; Friday, Aug. 4.

 

Route 66: Thursday, June 22; Friday, June 23; Saturday, June 24 (matinee and evening); Friday, June 30; Saturday, July 22 (matinee and evening); Thursday, July 27; Wednesday, Aug. 2.

 

Postmortem: Thursday, July 6; Friday, July 7; Saturday, July 8 (matinee and evening); Friday, July 21; Saturday, July 29 (matinee and evening); Thursday, Aug. 3.