12th Season

2008 - 2009 productions and dates:

For our 2008 — 2009 season, the Heritage Players will proudly present:

A Taste of Wine and Murder,
our annual murder-mystery fundraiser
staged by Ed Carey

Tonight the winery is the scene of a congenial gathering of the wine estate's employees and old friends although it was only five years ago sthat Brry Underwood, the owner of the prestegious winery mysertiaously disappeared during the winery's annual Grape Stomp Festival. A massive search at the time failed to turn up any cluesand the case has been in the FBI's unsolved crime files since then. Now however, as the guests toast their hosts and the new vintage of Pinot Noir, a small tremor shakes the building and the old wooden floor buckles, revealing the well preserved body of the forner vineyard owner. Can thsi mystery be solved?
August 22, 23 & 24:

“The Funeral
”by Cory Tamler
Directed by Carol Schafer

Presented at the Open Stage Theatre,Cory Tamler's play is a sort of after-piece to Euripides' great tragedy, The Trojan Women, which also features Hecuba, queen of Troy. In our play, Hecuba confronts Eris, goddess of "Strife," and blames her for the disaster that has befallen Troy and the misery the surviving women now find themselves in. The dialogue is wry and witty, in spite of the tragic situation. All the characters speak in a formal, verse-like fashion--except Hecuba, who is straight forward and pretty much modern in her diction.
September 4, 5,6,7,

“Steel Magnolias ”
by Robert Harling
Directed by David Grande


The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, La., where the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle, the outspoken Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to her clients. Shelby, a diabetic, decides she wants to have a child and forfeits her life because of it. The sudden realization of their mortality affects Truvy’s clients, but also is what gives the play its strength.

Steel Magnolias was performed in loving memory of fellow Heritage Player, Debbie Wessolek whose favorite role was portraying Claree in Steel Magnolias, and for whom we realize her dream of directing this production for our stage.
October 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 8:00 PM
October 19 and 26 at 2:00 PM

Our Annual Winter Holiday Fundraiser
Directed by Donna Winter

Join us for an evening of Holiday entertainment by members of our theater troupe and some of our younger performers.
December 12, 13

110° in the Shade
Book by N. Richard Nash,
based on his play “The Rainmaker”;
music by Harvey Schmidt; lyrics by Tom Jones;
Directed by Chuck Penick

In the middle of a heat wave in 1930's Texas, when everyone is longing for rain, or a breeze, Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit, intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she can't find true love. Even the town sheriff, for whom she harbors a secret yen, won't take a chance. However, when a charismatic rainmaker named Starbuck enters the town and her family's life, Lizzie's world is turned upside down.
May 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17

The Heritage Players Bethel Park Community Theatre presents our first annual summer theatre revue featuring scenes from plays and songs and dancing from musicals.

Sunday, August 9th at 7:00 PM