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Located 6 blocks from the oceanfront, The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach has been serving Hampton Roads since 1948.

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Noises Off
by Michael Frayn

Directed by Kay Burcher

July 17 to August 9, 2009

This classic farce is a play within a play. 

Act One is set at the dress rehearsal, the night before opening at the (fictional) Grand Theatre in Weston-super-Mare, with the cast still fumbling with entrances and exits, missed cues, misspoken lines, and bothersome props, most notably several plates of sardines.

Act Two portrays a Wednesday matinee performance one month later, at the (again fictional) Theatre Royal in Ashton-under-Lyne. In this act, the play is seen from backstage, providing a view that reveals the deteriorating personal relationships among the cast that have led to offstage shenanigans and onstage bedlam. Also, there appears to be no true resolution. The play simply falls into turmoil and disorder before the curtain is pulled.

In Act Three, we see a performance near the end of the ten-week run, at the (still fictional) Municipal Theatre in Stockton-on-Tees, when personal friction has continued to increase and everyone is bored and anxious to be done with the play. The actors attempt to cover up a series of mishaps but only compound the problems and draw attention to the bungling performance.

Much of the comedy emerges from the subtle variations in each version as off-stage chaos affects on-stage performance, with a great deal of slapstick. The contrast between players' on-stage and off-stage personalities is also a source of comic dissonance.

Called the funniest farce ever written, NOISES OFF returned to Broadway with Patti LuPone and Peter Gallagher and a manic menagerie that sent reviewers searching for new accolades for hilarious as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called NOTHING'S ON.

"The most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy ... A spectacularly funny ... peerless backstage farce ... [This} dizzy, well-known romp ... [is a] festival of delirium."—The New York Times

"Bumper car brilliance ... If laughter is indeed the best medicine, NOISES OFF is worth its weight in Cipro."—New York Daily News

"The funniest farce ever written ... Never before has side-splitting taken on a meaning dangerously close to the non-metaphorically medical."—New York Post

"As side-splitting a farce as I have seen. Ever? Ever."—New York Magazine

Twentieth Century
By Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Adapted by Ken Ludwig

Directed by Robin Chapman

September 11 – October 4, 2009
Auditions: July 20 & 21, 2009

Climb aboard for fun and laughter! Bankrupt, with his career on a downslide, egomaniacal Broadway director Oscar Jaffe boards the Twentieth Century Limited and encounters his former discovery and ex-chorus girl Lily Garland, now a temperamental Hollywood star on the train between NY and Chicago. He pulls out all the stops in persuading her to return to Broadway in his upcoming show.

“If you need to laugh, don’t miss this one!”  
- Liz Smith

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