That’s a $42 value for only $28. Each season package provides you with one ticket to each of our three main productions. You can reserve your seats up front, but as a season ticket holder you also have the option to change your seats or selected performance dates at any time for no additional charge! Also, season ticket holder will be able to purchase tickets to our special holiday productions for the discounted price of $12 (that’s a $2 per ticket savings).

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Nov. 2-3, 9-10, 16-17
8pm 

The Agatha Christie Classic Whodunit

by Agatha Christie

The longest running play in history (with over 24,000 performances) has been running continuously in London since 1952 and now it comes to Hudson! A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house, a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift, and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. All with a famous Agatha Christie switch finish! Chalk up another superb intrigue for the foremost mystery writer of her time.

December 7 & 8
8pm 

Auditions: October 21st & 22nd @ 7 p.m.

ONE WEEKEND ONLY HOLIDAY SHOW!

By Robert Fulghum

A break from all the standard holiday tellings, “Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas” is a funny, heartwarming and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress and chaos that crashes down every December.  The show is a compilation of 15 holiday essays from the international best-selling author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten told in a funny, unique and fun holiday manner. Sure to get you in the spirit and a not to be missed welcome break from the craziness of the holidays.

Feb. 1-2, 8-9, 15-17, 22-23
8pm

Auditions: November 11th & 12th @ 7 p.m.

A Sidesplitting Musical, Comical, Mystery Spoof

Book, Music & Lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach
Additional Music by Ed Linderman

“The butler didn’t do it!”  So starts this delightfully funny, murder-mystery musical that takes a satirical poke at Agatha Christie and other mysteries.  Nominated for the Olivier Award as Best Musical of the Year this show is sure to provide a uniquely entertaining laugh filled evening.  Ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house during a raging thunderstorm. One by one they are picked off by odd, yet cleverly fiendish devices. Filled with booby-traps and belted songs this hilarious spoof hums along as you play armchair detective to a zany cast of characters.

Auditions: February 3rd & 4th @ 7 p.m.

Classic Boy Meets Girl, Plant Eats People Musical Comedy

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, Music & Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, this affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies has become a household name, thanks to a highly successful film version and a score by the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who redefined the animated musical film with Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Little Shop of Horrors tells of a down and out floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving. Will Seymour get the girl and tame the plant? Charming, tuneful and hilarious, with tongue firmly planted in cheek ,”Little Shop of Horrors” never fails to entertain. Includes the songs “Skid Row,” “Somewhere That’s Green” and “Suddenly Seymour.” Winner of New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, Drama Desk Award for Best Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award!

(L to R) Ron Davis as Dr. Neville Craven and Natalie Welch as Mary Lennox appearing in the Hudson Players current production of “The Secret Garden”. This Tony Award winning soaring musical journey runs May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson. Tickets are available at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.

(L to R) Cassandra Capocci as Martha, Natalie Welch as Mary Lennox, Tommy Evans as Colin Craven, Dan Hoy as Dickon and Gary Maher as Ben Weatherstaff appearing in the Hudson Players current production of “The Secret Garden”. This Tony Award winning soaring musical journey runs May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson. Tickets are available at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.

(L to R) Cassandra Capocci as Martha, Tommy Evans as Colin Craven and Natalie Welch as Mary Lennox appearing in the Hudson Players current production of “The Secret Garden”. This Tony Award winning soaring musical journey runs May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson. Tickets are available at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.

(L to R) Dan Hoy as Dickon and Natalie Welch as Mary Lennox appearing in the Hudson Players current production of “The Secret Garden”. This Tony Award winning soaring musical journey runs May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson. Tickets are available at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.

(L to R) Gary Maher as Ben Weatherstaff and Natalie Welch as Mary Lennox appearing in the Hudson Players current production of “The Secret Garden”. This Tony Award winning soaring musical journey runs May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson. Tickets are available at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.

(L to R) Greg Emanuelson as Archibald Craven and Tommy Evans as Colin Craven appearing in the Hudson Players current production of “The Secret Garden”. This Tony Award winning soaring musical journey runs May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson. Tickets are available at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.

The cast of the Hudson Players current production of “The Secret Garden”. This Tony Award winning soaring musical journey runs May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 at the Barlow Community Center in Hudson. Tickets are available at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.

The classic children’s story, blended with award winning music. Living in a lonely manor house in 1906 England, Archibald Craven yearns for his beautiful, late wife. He blames his crippled son, Colin, for his wife’s death and has left him neglected and isolated. Their quiet routine is turned upside down when young Mary Lennox, a rich, spoiled child, is sent to live with them following the death of her parents by cholera in India. While living at the manor house, Mary discovers a secret walled garden hidden in the grounds and releases the magic and adventures locked inside, changing their lives

Winner of 3 Tony Awards including Best Book!

A Splashy, Zippy, Fun New Musical Comedy

Auditions November 20th & 21st, 7pm

February 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24 & 25, 2012
By Michael Heitzman, Ilene Reid & David Holcenberg

Get your game cards ready. Bingo, is “a winning new musical” that allows audiences to play along with the game of chance, Bingo mixes character songs, quirky contestants, romance and rivalry into an interactive, presentational contest — all during a fierce hurricane.

In this environmental musical comedy, the audience gets to join in the Bingo game at Hamerin County’s St. Luke’s Church basement, where they will meet, among others, Vern, Honey and Patsy: three pals that have driven through Hurricane Dora in the name of their weekly obsession. In between the number calling, strange rituals and fierce competitions, love blossoms and estranged friends reunite, sending everyone home a winner.

Bingo has a book by Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid; lyrics and music by Heitzman, Reid and David Holcenberg, Writers Heitzman and Reid co-wrote the song “Throw That Girl Around” from the Grammy Award-nominated Broadway show, Swing!

“Hilarious and Inventive” LA Weekly

“A Fun, Cheerful and Witty New Show With Songs to Bring Down the House!” Los Angeles Times

“Extremely Funny and Whimsical. Bingo creates a hilarious portrait of a peculiar event, much in the way “Spelling Bee” did for Elementary School Spellers” Associated Press

Hudson Players Announce Auditions for the Tony Award WinningMusical Classic “Secret Garden”

February 19th & 20th @ 7:30 p.m

The Hudson Players will hold auditions for the Tony Award winning musical classic Secret Garden on February 19^th & 20^th (a significant size chorus is being sought in addition to all speaking roles). Auditions are being held at 7:30 p.m. at the Barlow Community Center at 41 S. Oviatt St in Hudson. All roles are available with interested crew and production team members (publicity, set, props, costumes, sound, lights, etc) also being sought. Auditions are open to all with no restrictions and no appointments are required. Those auditioning will be asked to bring a prepared song (preferable not from the show) and to be prepared to read from the script and do a small movement exercise. While not required at auditions, all roles will require a British accent with the roles of Martha and Dickon requiring a Cockney accent. More information is available at www.hudsonplayers.com, by emailing info@hudsonplayers.com or by calling 330-655-8522. Perusal scripts are also available at the Hudson Library. Secret Garden is written by: Marsha Norman with music by: Lucy Simon.

Performances are scheduled for April 27 & 28, May 4, 5, 11, 12, 13 (matinee), 18 & 19, and the show will be directed by Claudia Lillibridge with music direction by Roger Clary.

Secret Garden is based on the classic children’s story, blended with award winning music. Living in a lonely manor house in 1906 England, Archibald Craven yearns for his beautiful, late wife. He blames his crippled son, Colin, for his wife’s death and has left him neglected and isolated. Their quiet routine is turned upside down when young Mary Lennox, a rich, spoiled child, is sent to live with them following the death of her parents by cholera in India. While living at the manor house, Mary discovers a secret walled garden hidden in the grounds and releases the magic and adventures locked inside, changing their lives. Winner of 3 Tony Awards including Best Book!

““Elegant, entrancing…The best American musical of the Broadway season.”-Time

“A splendid, intelligent musical…It’s all you can hope for in children’s theatre. But the best surprise is that this show is the most adult new musical of the season.”- USA Today

“A many splendored children’s fable that neither cloys or loses grip on its unique spell.”-Newsday

The Roles (ages are very approximate and could vary widely in actual casting):
Mary Lennox (female)    Age: 10-14        Mezzo
Archibald Craven (male) Age: 35-45        Tenor
Colin Craven (male)       Age: 10-14        Soprano
Lily Craven (female)       Age: 26-37        Soprano
Dr. Neville Craven (male)            Age: 25-40        Baritone
Martha (female) Age: 18-30        Mezzo
Dixon (male)     Age: 16-28        Tenor
Rose (female)   Age: 21-35        Mezzo
Albert (male)     Age: 30-45        Tenor
Ben Weatherstaff (male)            Age: 40-65        Tenor
Mrs. Medlock    (female)            Age: 30-45        Spoken
Ayah (female)    Age: 21-40        Alto
Fakir (male)       Age: 25-40        Tenor
There are also many other assorted roles and chorus members.