Theatre On Main

“Love Letters” is a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play by A. R. Gurney. The play centers on just two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards - in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats - that have passed between them throughout their separated lives.

Melissa is portrayed as rich, spoiled, with a private nurse and private schools, artistic, certainly lascivious, divorced, eventually alcoholic, bi-polar, and suicidal. She hates writing “these goddamned letters” while Andy Ladd is square, destined for Yale, a naval officer, a lawyer, and a U.S. Senator, and says that “writing letters is what he loves most”. In his preface to “Love Letters”, A. R. Gurney suggests that his emphasis in this play on the importance of writing is more than coincidental. “Love Letters” is a very powerful play that is sure to stir emotions and touch your heart!

“Love Letters” shows on Friday, February 12 @ 7:30pm, Saturday, February 13 @ 7:30pm, and Sunday, February 14 @ 2:00pm at Theatre on Main.

You will love this charming, upbeat adaptation of a literary classic! Mary Lennox is sent to live in England after her parents die in India. Misselthwaite Manor turns out to be a gloomy fortress. Her uncle is rarely home and his young son, Colin, never leaves his room, convinced he’s an incurable invalid. Mary discovers a strange walled garden that has been locked up for years. With the gardener’s apprentice, Dickon, a lad who can talk to the animals, Mary coaxes the garden back to life. The garden seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it, allowing Mary to help restore Colin to health and a reunion with his father. Combining a moving story with magical music, this show will touch your heart and delight your ears!

Show Dates:  March 5-7, 12-14, 19-21
Show Times:  Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm

Season tickets for Theatre on main’s 2009-10 season are now on sale! Visit our tickets page for more information or download our season ticket form.

• Alone Together - September 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, October 2, 3, 4
• Christmas in New York - December 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 (Saturdays at 2:00pm and 7:30pm)
• The Secret Garden - March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
  March 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 @ 7:30pm
  March 7, 14, 20, 21 @ 2:00pm
• You Can’t Take It With You - April 30, May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
• Wizard of Oz - July 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, August 1

Tickets for our next show, Alone Together, are also now on sale.  Tickets may be purchased in advance at Books & Co., Piggly Wiggly in Oconomowoc and by calling the Box Office and leaving a message at 262-560-0564.

Theatre on Main is proud to announce its Fifth Season for 2009-10!

Starting off in September we will celebrate empty nesters with Alone Together. Following in December we will celebrate the holidays with Christmas in New York. In March we will celebrate youth with The Secret Garden. In April and May we will celebrate family with You Can’t Take It With You. And finally in July, we will celebrate the anniversary of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin’s Premiere of this heart warming story, The Wizard of Oz.

Visit our Productions page for more information on our exciting upcoming season!

Theatre on main is now part of the Pick ‘n Save WE CARE Program.  Sign up at the courtesy counter at any Pick n’ Save Store with number 833080.  A portion of every shopping trip dollar will help benefit Theatre on main.