The Golden West College Theater Department would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our 2009-2010 Theater Season. After reviewing the exciting season information described in this brochure, we know that you will want to be a part of the power and the magic that only live theater can create!

The Golden West College Theater Department is dedicated to offering our audiences the finest in theatrical entertainment. With a growing department of talented theater artists and a professional faculty and staff, we are committed to bringing you a variety of theater programming that is exciting, educational, and entertaining! Furthermore, utilizing both our Mainstage and Stage West theaters, we are able to offer you the opportunity to see exceptional productions in two very different and dynamic theater spaces!

We encourage you to take a moment to review our season. After doing so, we know that you will agree that the 2009-2010 Theater Season is truly exceptional, and promises to be one of our most exciting seasons to date. With an excellent lineup of productions, a talented and diverse group of performers and designers, and a season ticket package that is a tremendous value, we know that you will be delighted with what we have to offer, and we would like to formally invite you to make the Golden West College Theaters your theaters of choice for the 2009-2010 season!

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
by Paula Vogel

Directed by Martie Ramm

Stage West Theater
October 16 - 25, 2009

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for drama, How I Learned to Drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and of life from behind the wheel of a car.  It is a funny yet devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling sexual relationship between a young girl and an older man.  It tackles the complex issues of growing up, romance, insecurity, sex and fun in a most forgiving way. 
For mature audiences.

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted for the Stage by Jeffrey Hatcher

Directed by Tom Amen

Mainstage Theater
November 6 - 15, 2009

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of depravity, lust, horror, and suspense is brought to life in this riveting new adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher. In the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian-era London, Dr. Henry Jekyll's medical experiments have unleashed a monster. Jekyll’s alter-ego, Edward Hyde is on the loose; a hedonistic sensualist, free to commit the types of sins that Jekyll can only dream about. But when Hyde’s violent passion for a beautiful young woman threatens to end in tragedy, Jekyll decides to end his experiments once and for all. Unfortunately, Hyde has other ideas. Theatrically elegant and dramatically unrelenting, Hatcher’s brilliant take on the Stevenson’s original story is everything a psychological thriller should be: Slick, provocative, sexy, and intense! This is not your grandmother’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!

PROOF
by David Auburn

Directed by Tom Amen

Mainstage Theater
March 19 - 28, 2010

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, Proof introduces us to Catherine, a troubled young woman who has grown up in the shadow of a brilliant but mentally unstable father. Following her father’s death, Catherine struggles to come to grips with her own highly volatile emotional state. While she is temporarily distracted by a tentative romance with a former student of her father’s, the discovery of a mysterious notebook  forces Catherine to finally confront the nagging question that haunts her: How much of her father's madness…or genius…will she inherit? As elegant as a mathematical formula, Proof is a compelling mystery, which David Auburn has masterfully infused with varying degrees of love, anger, compassion, and humor. The result is a beautifully crafted evening of theater!

GREASE
Book, Music, and Lyrics by
JIM JACOBS and WARREN CASEY

Directed and Choreographed by Martie Ramm

Mainstage Theater
April 30 - May 9,  2010

It is never too late to join the duck-tailed, hot-rodding Burger Palace Boys and the gum-snapping, hip-shaking Pink Ladies as they stir up mischief in Grease, the 50’s rock-n-roll musical.  With book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease presents Rydell High's senior class of 1959 in all its glory.  Join Danny and his new girl Sandy as they relive their summer romance singing and dancing to lively rock-n-roll that evokes the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley.  Grease is an irresistible mix of teenage angst, 1950’s pop culture and fun, fun, fun.   So, throw your mittens around your kittens and join us for Grease.