Season at a Glance

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Mainstage and Studio show times:  Sunday shows are at 3:00pm, all others are at 7:30pm.
Children's Series show times:  Fridays 7:00pm, Saturdays 3:00pm and 7:00pm and Sundays 3:00pm.



THE SPELL OF SLEEPING BEAUTY - A children's play by Vera Morris
     Performances:  September 23 - 25 and September 30 - October 2, 2011 
    Auditions:  July 25 and 26, 2011
An evil curse is placed on infant Princess Briar-Rose by the wicked, spiteful Evilina.  Despite all efforts to protect her, on the Princess's 16th birthday the curse comes to pass as the princess pricks her finger on a spinning wheel and falls into a deep slumber. Now heroic Prince Alexander must battle Evilina to awaken his true love, the Princess.
Sponsored by People's Bank

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - A Studio musical by Richard O'Brien
     Performances:  October 28 and 29, 2011
     Auditions:  August 22 and 23, 2011
The iconic cult rock comedy musical bursting at the seams with high voltage, hysterically funny rock and raunch.  Clean cut kids Brad and Janet experience tire trouble and seek help at the Frankenstein place, where Dr. Frank N. Furter is in the midst of one of his maniacal experiments.  "Let's Do the Time Warp Again!"  (for mature audiences)

THE MUSIC MAN - A Mainstage musical by Meredith Wilson
     Performances - November 11 - 13, 17 - 20 and 25 - 27, 2011
      Auditions - August 29 and 30, 2011
One of Broadways great all-American blockbuster musicals!  Con man Harold Hill poses as a band organizer in order to sell instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk and skip town with the cash; but Harold finds trouble when he comes to River City, Iowa!  Filled with fun, tender romance, barbershop quartets and of course, 76 trombones!

A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CARD - A YLT Mainstage Special Event
     Performances - December 16 and 17, 2011
      Auditions - September 20 and 21, 2011
YLT's first annual Christmas variety show brimming with holiday cheer and featuring music, comedy, and bright white snow!
Sponsored by Buchmyer'sPools and Mike Ausherman Painting

THE ODD COUPLE - A Studio play by Neil Simon
     Performances - January 13 - 15 and 19 - 22, 2012
      Auditions - October 31 and November 1, 2011
"Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?"  Watch as neurotic, neat freak, hypochondriac Felix Ungar moves in with his friend, messy, sportswriter Oscar Madison.
Sponsored by CGA Law Firm

LEADING LADIES - A Mainstage play by York Native Ken Ludwig
     Performances - February 3 - 5 and 9 - 12, 2012
      Auditions - December 12 and 13, 2011
A classic farce set in York, PA!  Two down-on-their luck Shakespearean actors hear of a York woman's plan to leave her fortune to her long-lost English nephews and decide to pose as the nephews in order to collect the cash.  But when they discover it was actually long-lost nieces the woman was seeking, the actors continue with their plans, playing their new roles in drag. 

RED VS THE WOLF - A children's play by local playwright Judy Wolfman
     Performances - March 16 - 18 and 23 - 25, 2012
       Auditions - January 16 and 17, 2012
It's the smack-down heard throughout the woods!  The kind, sensitive wolf is upset, as he has been maligned for generations because everyone has only heard Little Red's version of their story.  The classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" gets a fresh twist as we hear what really happened in the woods, from the Big Bad Wolf's perspective.  A wildly funny play which illustrates the principle that there can be two sides to every story.

XANADU - A Mainstage musical by Marc Reid Rubel
    Performances - April 13 - 15 and 19 - 22, 2012
      Auditions - February 6 and 7, 2012
The award-winning Broadway musical romantic comedy adventure on roller skates!  It follows the journey of the magical and beautiful Greek muse Kira who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire Sonny, a struggling artist, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time - the first roller disco!
Sponsored by Almost Like Home Self Storage and The Markets at Shrewsbury

STEEL MAGNOLIAS - A Studio play by Robert Harling
     Performances - May 11 - 13 and 17 - 20,  2012
      Auditions - March 5 and 6, 2012
"Sometimes laughter is a matter of life and death."  Broadway's slice-of-life comedy drama may be the funniest story ever to make you cry.  It explores the secrets, joys, sorrows, fears and loves of a group of southern women who exchange gossip in their local beauty parlor.  The women, fragile as magnolia blossoms, are tough as steel as they share life's moments, from the euphoric to the tragic, all with beautifully coiffed hair.
Sponsored by Rodd Robertson and Richard Nath
    
CHARLOTTE'S WEB - A children's play by Joseph Robinette
     Performances - June 1 - 3 and 8-10, 2012
      Auditions - April 9 and 10, 2012
A beautiful tale of friendship and loyalty based on the beloved classic children's book by E.B. White.  Wilbur, the runty barnyard pig is nursed to good health by the farmer's daughter only to discover that he will become the Christmas ham.  Charlotte, his dear friend the spider, spins an elaborate web to save his life and he becomes the prize-winning pig of the County Fair, the most famous pig ever.  Brimming with love, laughter and delight! 
Sponsored by Fulton Bank

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - A Mainstage musical by Richard Morris, Dick Scanlon and Jeanine Tesori
    Performances - July 20 - 22, 26 - 29 and August 3 - 5, 2012
     Auditions:  April 8 and 9, 2012
Millie Dillmount moves to New York City to find a job and marry the boss - a thoroughly modern decision for a young woman in 1922, when women were just entering the workforce.  However, as she begins her new life, it seems the girls in her boarding house are mysteriously disappearing.  It's a hilarious musical tale of unrequited love, adventure, intrigue and terrific dance numbers as Millie seeks love in the Big Apple.