A Thousand Clowns – 2013

Hat Trick Theatre Productions presents Herb Gardner’s A Thousand Clowns in the Shimberg Playhouse at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, December 5-22. Nicki and her Uncle Murray have always been an “unconventional” family. Murray Burns is an unemployed television writer and his twelve year-old niece is one of the brightest…

William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead – 2013

This comedy is a completely true and accurate account of the 1599 plague of London, written by John Heimbuch. Backstage at the Globe Playhouse while Henry V is coming to an end we see Will Kemp, a resentful clown and Francis Bacon, a wealthy lawyer pitching an idea to Shakespeare who is trying to defend…

Unnecessary Farce – 2014

Two inept police officers are setting up a sting in adjoining motel rooms with the help of the city accountant. They plan to record the mayor confessing to embezzlement and recover the missing $16 million for the city. What little hope there was of success is quickly dashed when the overzealous bodyguard arrives and the…