Bellevue Civic Theatre

Can you believe Bellevue Civic Theatre is entering its tenth season?! Time flies when you are having fun. To celebrate ten amazing years, we are delighted to announce a 2009/2010 season that is a mix of old favorites and new shows.

The core mission of BCT has been to do comedies and small musicals, to provide a simple escape and to add a little joy in the lives of our audiences and artists. If you are new to BCT…welcome. If you are an old friend…welcome back to a fabulous season of fond memories and new memories to be made.

(Favorite from 2004)

Book by Stuart Ross
Directed by Ann Arends
October 9-17, 2009

Back by popular demand, BCT is thrilled to welcome back to Bellevue … THE PLAIDS!

This quirky revue tells the story of four young, eager male singers killed in the 1950s on the way to their first big gig. Miraculously, they are revived (tuxes included) so they may posthumously perform the show that never was. Nostalgia lives as the “Plaids” sing such favorites as “Three Coins In A Fountain,” “Catch A Falling Star,” and “Love Is A Many Splendored Thing.” So hold on to your canolis as these crazy boys put on the best show of their lives…in their afterlives!

"The laughter doesn't stop!... Delightful, original and funny!"
- Associated Press

Favorite from 2006

By Neil Simon
Directed by Alyson Soma
May 7-15, 2010

Come join Neil Simon’s crazy cast of characters at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. The only catch is that the host has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound) and his wife is missing! His lawyer attempts to cover up the situation, but his cover-up gets crazier and harder to sustain as more guests arrive and no one remembers who has told what to whom. Audiences will be delighted by the hilarity of the situation and the amazingly clever outcome. Starring the fabulous cast from 2006 including two veterans from BCT’s first-ever season, Bob De Dea and John Murray, who played Felix and Oscar in The Odd Couple.

“Light, frothy and fun,” say the N.Y. Post. “Has nothing on its mind except making the audience laugh,” exclaims the N.Y. Times. NBC TV raves, “Not only side splitting, but front and back splitting.”

This is one dinner invitation to RSVP “yes” to.

By Noel Coward
Directed by Gregory Magyar
Jan 29-Feb 6, 2010

If only every trial were as funny as this National Shakespeare Award-winning play. Just one year after his miraculous transformation, Scrooge has charged Jacob Marley and the Christmas Spirits with kidnapping, assault and battery. It seems certain Scrooge has reverted to his old, disagreeable self. Can the spirit of Christmas survive? If laughter and goodwill are any indication, Christmas is here to stay! The Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I raved about Taproot Theatre’s 2005 world premiere production in Seattle, and now we are happy to welcome the show to Bellevue Civic Theatre. It’s never too late to catch some good, old-fashioned holiday spirit.