Our 12th season providing quality community theater

The Heritage Players, Bethel Park Community Theater, offers three main-stage shows: One fall production, a winter show and a spring musical. In addition, we offer other performances - both small and large - throughout the season, so be sure to check back here for updates.

2008-2009 productions and dates:

“A Taste of Wine and Murder ”
staged by Ed Carey
August 24 and 25 at 7:00 PM
August 26 at 2:00 PM

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 that Barry Underwood, the owner of the prestigious winery, mysteriously disappeared during the winery's annual Grape Stomp Festival. A massive search at the time failed to turn up any clues and the case has been in the FBI's unsolved 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 former vineyard owner.  Can this mystery be solved?

“Steel Magnolias ”
written by Robert Harling  
directed by David Grande
October 17, 18, 24, and 25 at 8:00 PM
October 19 and 26 at 2:00 PM

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

Holiday Fund Raiser
December 12 and 13,  at 7:00 PM

Our annual Holiday Fund Raiser will be held at the Bethel Park Community Center. Join us for an evening of Holiday entertainment by members of our theater troupe and some of our younger performers. Details to follow

Twelve Angry Jurors
Written by Reginald Rose
Directed by Ed Carey
February 20, 21, 27 and 28 at 8:00 PM
February 22 and March 1 at 2:00 PM

A jury of seven men and five women deliberate the fate of a 19-year-old man accused of first-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of his father.   The play examines the twelve jurors' deep-seated personal prejudices, perceptual biases and weaknesses, indifference, angry personalities, unreliable judgments, cultural differences, ignorance and fears that threaten to taint their decision-making abilities, cause them to ignore the real issues in the case, and potentially lead them to a miscarriage of justice.

“110 in the Shade”
directed by Chuck Penick
May 7, 8, 14, and 15 at 8:00 PM
May 10 and 17 at 2:00 PM

Book by N. Richard Nash,
based on his play “The Rainmaker”;
music by Harvey Schmidt; lyrics by Tom Jones;

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.

UPDATED 6/23/08