Cape May Stage

Cape May Stage presents a sensational season of fine Equity performances featuring new works and returning favorites, a jam-packed Second Stage Series calendar full of celebrity appearances, and the unsurpassed production components patrons have grown to expect.  With plenty of laughs, plus a few tears, audiences will want to see every show in this spectacular season. Tickets: $35 Adults, $30 seniors (62+), $15 students.

Advance reservations strongly recommended. For more information, call (800) 275-4278 or (609) 884-5404.

2013 SCHEDULE

undefined   How to Make a Rope Swing
by Shawn Fisher
A World Premiere Production
May 17 – June 7, 2013
Wednesday-Saturday 8PM | Sunday 3PMThe South Jersey town of Oakbranch is replacing the old schoolhouse. Two local elders have been selected to decide on a person after whom the new building should be named. As they come together, they rediscover the circumstances of their first meeting- a time when the school was first integrated and the region earned its nickname, “The Mississippi of the North”.  Within the brick walls of the century-old building, a long-suppressed moment in the town’s history surfaces and threatens to change the memory of the town and these people, forever.
$35 Adults; $30 Seniors (62+); $15 Students  
undefined   Lend Me A Tenor
by Ken Ludwig
June 12 – July 26, 2013
Tuesdays-Sundays, 8PM
Winner of 3 Tony and 4 Drama Desk awards, this side-splitting comedy will have you singing its praises! When a fiery-tempered, world famous Italian opera star comes to town, he finds himself in a compromising situation giving an unexpected star the chance of a lifetime. Confusion and utter chaos ensue as the audience is in on the ultimate game of “who’s who”. Passion, double entendres, mistaken identities, and absolute hilarity send this award-winning farce to comedic heights!
$35 Adults; $30 Seniors (62+); $15 Students
 
undefined  Boeing Boeing
by Marc Camoletti
Translated by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans
July 31 – September 13, 2013
Tuesdays-Sundays, 8PM
Bernard is engaged to Gloria.  And to Gabriella. And to Gretchen. His supersonic lifestyle hits turbulence when all three invade his swanky bachelor pad in this high-flying farce from the swinging sixties. This 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Play, is an uproarious jet-propelled comedy that had audiences and critics cheering in London and on Broadway. Grab your boarding pass for a rollicking good time because "Boeing Boeing" is coming in for a landing this summer at Cape May Stage!
$35 Adults; $30 Seniors (62+); $15 Students
 
undefined  Freud’s Last Session
by Mark St. Germain
September 18 – October 19, 2013
Tuesdays-Sundays, 8PM
Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud pioneered the Id, the Ego and the Superego. Writer C.S. Lewis created The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Two men, both brilliant, yet vastly different: Freud the atheist, Lewis the believer. In this new play, which has been drawing record-breaking crowds in New York, they meet in 1939 as England goes to war against the Nazis. Their evening of electrifying conversation about God, love, sex, and the meaning of life will spark controversy long after the show is over.
$35 Adults; $30 Seniors (62+); $15 Students 
undefined  A Walk in the Woods
by Lee Blessing
October 23 — November 16, 2013
Thursdays-Saturdays, 7PM | Saturdays & Sundays, 3PM
Lee Blessing's Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama, filled with unexpected humor and extraordinary humanity, is an absorbing, revealing, and brilliant debate on the eternal hope and relentless futility of high-stakes politics. Two superpower arms negotiators— one a witty but cynical Russian veteran and the other an idealistic American newcomer — meet informally in the woods after long frustrating hours at the bargaining table. "A work of passion and power with the ring of political truth." —Time
$35 Adults; $30 Seniors (62+); $15 Students 
undefined   Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol
by Tom Mula
November 29 — December 29, 2013
Thursdays-Saturdays, 7PM | Saturdays & Sundays, 3PM
We all know the story of Ebenezer Scrooge...but what ever happened to Jacob Marley? Chained and shackled, Marley is condemned for all eternity, but when a malicious little evil sprite offers a desperate Marley one chance to free himself, he accepts. To escape his own chains, he must first redeem Scrooge.  So begins a journey of laughter and terror, redemption and renewal. This irreverent, funny, and ultimately, deeply moving story retells Dickens' classic with warmth and infectious zest. This thrilling performance is sure to become a holiday classic for generations to come!
$35 Adults; $30 Seniors (62+); $15 Students