Stillpointe Theatre

Grey Gardens

Drawing upon the handheld magnifying glass that Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale so delicately uses to inspect her costume du jour, we hand drew this illustration to give a close up peek into the charming yet dilapidated world of Grey Gardens. The hand lettering for the title was inspired by the curvature of the tails of the many cats that called Grey Gardens home.

The Last 5 Years

While this show explores a five-year relationship between a novelist and a struggling actress in New York City, the story is told in reverse chronological order (beginning the show at the end of the couple’s relationship), and while also being told in chronological order (starting just after the couple have first met).  The characters do not directly interact for most of the show, except for a wedding song in the middle as their timelines intersect.

Psycho Beach Party

With multiple personalities and inexplicable blackouts, the lead character, “Chicklet,” fears that she might be the one responsible for a series of mysterious murders in her beach-side town. The B-rate horror film styled hand lettering dripping in sunny drops of blood that is coming from a hibiscus add a bit of campy style of this thrilling production.

Trouble in Tahiti

This one act opera is set in 1950s suburbia, where Sam and Dinah appear to have the perfect life in their little white house. But their growing detachment exposes a mutual feeling that they are trapped in a life that has turned into a lie. Sam escapes to the hyper-masculine, win-or-lose world of work and the gym, while Dinah loses herself in the movies, where the hit picture of the day is the ominously-titled Trouble in Tahiti.

Ironically, Bernstein started to compose Trouble in Tahiti, a piece about a marriage falling apart, while on his honeymoon in 1951!

Hand to God

After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas.

Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and—most especially—his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own.

HAND TO GOD explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.

Urinetown

Urinetown is an earnest tale of love, greed, and revolution in a not too distance future time. The show is set in a town plagued by a 20-year drought, where water has become so scarce that private toilets have become unthinkable. At the mercy of the mega corporation called “Urine Good Company” who maintains a monopoly on the town’s public amenities, the destitute citizens must pay towering taxes and fines to carry out their most private and basic of needs. An unlikely romance develops as a hero rises to lead his fellow citizens against the tyrannical regime. In the end, nothing is really ever for free…even the right to pee!

Drawing from great American musicals like West Side Story, Chicago, and Les Misérables among others, the show irreverently pays witty homage to musical theatre tradition, through parody, quotes, and staging. Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective of one of America’s greatest art forms.

Spring Awakening

This Tony Award-winning rock musical, music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater, is based on the controversial 1891 play of the same title by Frank Wedekind.

Set in late-nineteenth century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of Human sexuality. The original play was banned in Germany due to its portrayal of masturbation, abortion, rape, and suicide. In the musical, alternative rock is employed as part of the folk-infused rock score.

“Pop!”

“Pop!” is loosely based on some of the actual people and events surrounding Andy Warhol’s shooting the afternoon of June 3, 1968. All of the Factory gang are present – Edie Sedgwick, Candy Darling, the lot – and all are suspects in the assault (no spoilers here, but a quick Google search will reveal who pulled the actual trigger).

A Little Night Music

Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik’s town, the estranged lovers’ passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrick’s wife, Anne; Desirée’s current lover, the Count; and the Count’s wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée’s mother’s estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.