Where Eagles Dare Theatre Festival

A collection of eight works, several of them one-person shows, each dealing with such subjects as life, sex, psychotherapy, Amway and Jacques Brel. Presented by John Chatteron.

Show Schedule

Dance Therapy/90 minutes

By Lee Jacobus, Directed by Joseph Giani

A trio of original one-act comedies by noted author and scholar Lee Jacobus. Taken together, the three parts of Dance Therapy make a wry and witty exploration of the eternal battle of the sexes.
Saturday, January 17th at 2pm

Sunday, January 18th at 3pm

Saturday, January 24th at 4:15pm

Sunday, January 25th at 5:30pm

Friday, January 30th at 6pm

Saturday, January 31st at 6:30pm

I Love Myself/70 minutes

Written and Performed by John Tedeschi, Musical Direction by Brenda Bush

The show probes the crucial balance of taking one’s false mask off to allow one’s true self to emerge. As one removes the mask the true self is available to give and experience love.
Saturday, January 18th at 7:30pm

Friday, January 23rd at 6pm

Friday, January 30th at 8:15pm

Life After AMWAY/75 minutes

Written and performed by James Angelo, directed by Jennifer Maloney

This one-person work is an autobiographical look into the rise and fall of a dysfunctional Amway family, as seen through seven very distinct characters.
Sunday, January 18th at 1pm

Saturday, January 24th at 6:30pm

Thursday, January 29th at 8pm

A Musical Journey with the Songs of Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Charles Aznavour, and Eric Blau/90 minutes
Performed by Vickie Phillips, Musical Direction/Accompanist: Gerry Dieffenbach
Directed and Scripted by Bob Ost

Award-winning Cabaret Performer Vickie Phillips presents her newest work, featuring famous songs of life, love and other moments of American cabaret, musically influenced by European roots.

Saturday, January 17th at 4:15pm

Sunday, January 25th at 3:15pm

Sunday, February 1st at 5:15pm

not a nice girl/90 minutes
written and performed by Cheryl King, directed by Rod Menzies

Mixing drama and comedy, this one-person piece is a show about sex – confusing, pleasurable, damaging, confounding and definitely essential to Carol, the woman King portrays.
Friday, January 16th at 6pm

Sunday, January 25th at 1pm

Saturday, January 31st at 8:45pm

Safety in Numbers/75 minutes
Written and performed by Jan Rudd

Naida, a distraught woman with suicidal tendencies, finds herself in free psychotherapy sessions with an eccentric “not presently certified” therapist.
Saturday, January 17th at 8:45pm

Thursday, January 22nd at 8pm

Sunday, February 1st at 3:15pm

Shakespeare’s Women Return!/90 minutes
Presented by Love Street Theatre, Directed by Julie Halpren

A look at some new scenes, stories and songs featuring some of the Bard’s greatest female characters. Also included in the show is taped dance music with Shakespearean-era instruments. Look for scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Henry VIII, All’s Well That Ends Well, King John, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard III and more!

Thursday, January 15th at 8pm

Sunday, January 18th at 5:15pm

Friday, January 23rd at 8pm

Saturday, January 24th at 8:30pm

Saturday, January 31st at 4:15pm

Sunday, February 1st at 7:30pm

Telethon/90 minutes
By Kron Vollmer, Directed by Russell M. Kaplan

Mykronesia, an exotic, war-torn, one-woman nation, hosts a telethon on public access with the help of her handsome U.N. Peacekeepers, her competitive younger sister, a strung-out game show host, and Liza Minnelli. See Mykronesia’s fabulously kitsch native folk dances, and learn how one deeply conflicted and heavily indebted woman can survive as a nation, while spending 78% of her GNP on rent for her Manhattan apartment.

Friday, January 16th at 8:15pm

Saturday, January 17th at 6:30pm

Saturday, January 24th at 2pm

Sunday, January 25th at 7:45pm

Saturday, January 31st at 2pm

Sunday, February 1st at 1pm