|  The
2008-2009 season marks the seventh anniversary of Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions.
Founded by four energetic, inspired, and ambitious local artists striving to produce,
design, and perform with a fresh sense of dedication and commitment to the theatrical
arts, the company has grown into a high quality production house and has received
numerous accolades and award nominations.
Kaleidoscope
Theatre Productions is a member of the Theatre District Association, the Arts
Council of Buffalo and Erie County, the Buffalo Theatre Alliance, and a Mainstage
Production for Curtain Up! 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Kaleidoscope
seeks to be an instrument of enrichment, enhancement, and enlightenment through
the creation of quality theatrical experiences.
SOMETHING TO HIDE
Suspense Thriller by Leslie
Sands
September 12 - September 27, 2008  The
setting is a charming house in the New England countryside, where Howard Holt,
a writer, is visited each weekend by his wife, who is also his publisher. During
the week he is joined by his mistress-a fact (although Howard doesn't realize
it) of which his wife is well aware. As
the action begins the departing mistress is (apparently) run over and killed by
the wife as she enters the driveway, and Howard gallantly offers to dispose of
the body. Thereafter begins a sequence of events in which one unexpected turn
follows another, as a seemingly gullible police inspector accepts the story cooked
up by Howard and his wife to cover their tracks. But
their relief is short-lived as blackmail, another murder, and questions as to
the real fate of the mistress enter the picture-and all are deftly used by the
inspector (who is more clever than they thought) to set the trap which untangles
the twisted web of lies and brings the real murderer to justice. 
Searching
For Eden: The Diaries of Adam & Eve
By
James Still
Based on the Writings of Mark Twain
January
30 - February 14, 2009
 More than a hundred
years after Mark Twain wrote his own short stories about Adam and Eve, James Still
combines those stories to create this completely original and contemporary play
about the world's first love story. In the imaginations of Still and Twain, the
Garden of Eden is a place where the battle of the sexes begins, where language
is deliciously invented, and where loneliness and heartbreak are poignantly discovered.
After
intermission, we jump forward to the present day-but Adam and Eve have only aged
into their 40s and are dealing with middle age and the distractions of high-power
careers. Adam has surprised Eve with this trip back to Eden (a last-minute vacation
package Adam found on the Internet) as an anniversary gift. The
"first couple" returns to present-day Eden (now an upscale resort simply called
"E") in an attempt to recapture the primal passions of their youth. At its heart,
Searching for Eden is about the pleasures and terrors of knowing one person-and
being known by that person-for a long, long time.
Polish
Joke
by
David Ives
June
12 - June 27, 2009
 A comedy
about ethnic identity and the eternal American search for "roots." Jasiu (thirtyish)
is a Polish-American who has been taught not to value his own roots, so he decides
to make his own roots, reinventing himself first as a sort of non-ethnic everyman,
then as an "Irishman." Jasiu's
adventures-alternately zany and heartbreaking-take him through a job interview
with an Ur-Wasp; to an attempt to become a Catholic priest; to a flower shop where
he can't get service because he is weirdly invisible; to a doomed love affair
with a Jewish woman; to a wacky Irish travel agency where he has to prove that
he is Irish before he can buy a ticket; and to a doctor more interested in ethnic
pain than in healing.
Jasiu is also bedeviled by a reappearing Polish relative and has to face off with
the ghost of a dead Polish patriot. In the end, by trying to get away from his
ethnic background, Jasiu finds out who he is and what it means to be "a Pole."
Curtain
at 7:30 PM Friday and Saturday Evenings Saturday
matinees at 3:00 PM Tickets:
$10 - $14 | 
