Opening on February 10th and running for three weekends, Arsenic and Old Lace is a black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who struggles to deal with his sweet but homicidal elderly aunts, his insane brother Teddy (who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt), his violent and mysterious brother, Jonathan, Johnathan’s suspicious assistant, Dr. Einstein, as well as his new fiance Elaine, and of course the local Brooklyn police force.

Visit the Arsenic and Old Lace page for more information on the cast and production team. Order tickets here!

Production Dates & Times

Friday nights – February 10th , 17th, and 24th – 8:00 pm
Saturday nights – February 11th, 18th and 25th  - 8:00 pm
Sunday afternoons – February 12th, 19th, and 26th – 2:00 pm

Production Dates & Times

Friday nights – April 20th and 27th – 8:00 pm
Saturday nights – April 21st and 28th  - 8:00 pm
Sunday afternoons – April 22nd and 29th – 2:00 pm

Bringing vividly to life Dickens’ timeless characters from Oliver Twist with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more, Lionel Bart’s sensational score includes Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more.

Auditions for all roles will be held at The Grandview Playhouse on the following dates:

Sunday, January 8th from 1:30-4:30 PM
Monday, January 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Auditioners will be asked to read from the script and sing either a prepared song or a song from the show.

You may click on the audition form link to download the form to bring with you to the audition, though forms will be provided on the days of auditions.

Auditions will be held at The Grandview Playhouse.

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Read the review on Telegram.com

A Phosphorescent Production

“It’s indecently entertaining, a marvelous froth of fact, fantasy, and time-bending dexterity.”
–Paul Kolas TELEGRAM & GAZETTE REVIEWER

Visit the Assassins page for more information on the show.

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Two Weeks Left!

Friday nights – December 9th and 16th – 8:00 pm
Saturday nights – December 10th and 17th  - 8:00 pm
Sunday afternoons – December 11th and 18th – 2:00 pm

Be thankful this year for fascinating and thought-provoking theater. WCLOC is proud to present its production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s powerful Assassins. This most American and controversial of musicals lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in an historical “revusical” that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, Sondheim and Weidman bend the rules of time and space, taking you on a nightmarish rollercoaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and in an intense final scene inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.

Visit the Assassins page for more information on the cast and production team. Order tickets here!

Production Dates & Times

Friday nights – December 2nd, 9th, and 16th – 8:00 pm
Saturday nights – December 3rd, 10th and 17th  - 8:00 pm
Sunday afternoons – December 4th, 11th, and 18th – 2:00 pm

Warning: Assassins contains strong language and is not suitable for younger audiences.

Production Dates & Times

Friday nights – February 10th , 17th, and 24th – 8:00 pm
Saturday nights – February 11th, 18th and 25th  - 8:00 pm
Sunday afternoons – February 12th, 19th, and 26th – 2:00 pm

Arsenic and Old Lace is a black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who struggles to deal with his sweet but homicidal elderly aunts, his insane brother Teddy (who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt), his violent and mysterious brother, Jonathan, Johnathan’s suspicious assistant, Dr. Einstein, as well as his new fiance Elaine, and of course the local Brooklyn police force.

Auditions for all roles will be held at The Grandview Playhouse on the following dates:

Sunday, November 20th from 5:00-7:00 PM
Monday, November 21st from 6:30-8:30 PM

Please be prepared to do cold readings from the script.

You may click on the audition form link to download the form to bring with you to the audition, though forms will be provided on the days of auditions.

Auditions will be held at The Grandview Playhouse.

Get Directions to WCLOC

Read the review on Telegram.com

Show Synopsis

“The Innocents” is a ghost story set in old country house in the late 19th century in England. The story tells of an impressionable and unworldly young lady, Miss Giddens, who accepts a position as governess to a pair of young orphan children, Flora and Miles, whose closest relative, an uncle, cannot be bothered with them. Miss Giddens becomes convinced that the children are possessed by the perverse spirits of former governess Miss Jessel and her Heathcliff like lover Quint, and realizes that she must fight to save “The Innocents” from the evil within. The play is clever and the ending ambiguous, leaving the audience to contemplate whether the house is really haunted or whether they are only the hallucinations of the tormented mind of the sheltered and sexually repressed Miss Giddens.

Production Dates & Times

Friday nights – October 7th, 14th, and 21th – 8:00 pm
Saturday nights – October 15th, 22nd and 29th  - 8:00 pm
Sunday afternoons – October 9th, 16th, and 23rd – 2:00 pm

Worcester County Light Opera Company is currently searching for a stage director, musical director and choreographer for our 2012 Spring musical, Lionel Bart’s Oliver!. Directors are selected based on their experience, recommendations and, in some cases, personal interviews.

Production dates are scheduled for April 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and May 4, 5, & 6 with performances at Worcester’s new North High Theater.

If you are interested, please download and complete the Director Application. Completed applications and resumes may be mailed to:

Worcester County Light Opera Company
21 Grand View Avenue
Worcester, MA 01603

You may also e-mail your completed application and resume to: admin@wcloc.org.

Applications must be received by October 1, 2011.

Consider purchasing a season subscription for next season.  You get 5 great shows for the low price of $75.  Please visit our Subscription page for more information

“The Innocents” -October 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, & 23

“Assassins” – December 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, & 18

“Arsenic and Old Lace” – February 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, & 26

“Oliver!” – April 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, & 29

“The 39 Steps” – June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, & 17

Bold, original, surreal, disturbing, thought-provoking and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written.

This most American of musicals lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical “revusical” that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish rollercoaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and in an intense final scene inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.

Auditions for all roles will be held at The Grandview Playhouse on the following dates:

Sunday, September 4th at 2:00 PM
Monday, September 5th at 7:00 PM

Please come prepared with a song. An accompanist will be provided. You may be asked to do cold readings from the script.

For a breakdown of the parts, please visit the show page. You may also click on the audition form link to download the form to bring with you to the audition, though forms will be provided on the days of auditions.

Auditions will be held at The Grandview Playhouse.

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Pictures from the 2010 Summer Workshop Production of “WOW  World of Wonders”

Rehearsals are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
beginning June 28th and ending August 10th.

Dress Rehearsal is Thursday, August 11th

Performances are Friday, August 12th & Saturday, August 13th at 7 PM,

and Sunday, August 14th at 2 PM.

Tuition is $160 for non members and $150 for members.

Visit our Workshop page for more information

For further information e-mail us at admin@wcloc.org or telephone 508 – 753 – 4383.