Gidget Goes Berserk! Charles Busch’s cult-classic takes an already silly genre - early 1960's surf and beach blanket movies - and sends it to camp heaven by giving it a shotgun marriage with the Hitchcock psychological suspense thriller to create a fun, farcical send-up of many Hollywood genre flicks. Young teen Chicklet wants to be a surfer, but in late 50’s Malibu that’s a male-only recreation. Her ingenuous battle to gain acceptance with the surfer dudes is complicated by her tendency toward multiple personalities, and even more complications arise when a movie starlet flees the set of her latest movie to hide among the surfers. Catch the wave of laughter.

William Wilday has directed more than seventy productions in Southern California and Western Pennsylvania. His stagings of FENCES, THE DIVINERS, and TEA won SMTG Geoffrey Awards for Best Direction. His recent directing work includes THE GIRLHOOD OF SHAKESPEARE’S HEROINES, FENCES, THE CRUCIBLE, SUEÑO, and THE LION IN WINTER at MWT, and CUSTER at LAAVAA. He has designed lighting for hundreds of productions. The most recent of them include SWEENEY TODD, CHICAGO, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, URINETOWN, A CHORUS LINE, and THE SECRET GARDEN at MWT, EXIT THE KING at Classical Theatre Lab, SARAH’S WAR at the Hudson, JULIA at New York’s 59e59, NORA, ROSALIND/THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS, BLUE JAY SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, BIRDBRAIN, ISLAND OF BRILLIANCE, BECKY’S NEW CAR, THE BROWNING VERSION, THE WILD BOY, LIONS, SIMPATICO, and INFORMED CONSENT at Pacific Resident Theatre, SIRENS at The Secret Rose, and ROMEO AND JULIET, SEUSSICAL (THE MUSICAL,) PINKALICIOUS, A WRINKLE IN TIME, and BRAVE IRENE for YES!

AARRRRGH! Who doesn't want to be a pirate?!! When young Jeremy Jacobs and his exceptional digging skills are recruited by Captain Braid Beard, Jeremy thinks the pirate life is for him. But these aren’t your average pirates! There’s the meanest pirate on the seven seas -- actually a sensitive guy who likes ballet and is a member of Mensa -- and the pirate who thinks the stuffed plush parrot on his shoulder is actually real. And the pirate who serves French cuisine. And the pirate who has a cleanliness obsession. And the pirate who barks like a dog. And yes, even the pirate who is an intellectual and is constantly referring to his iPad. A musical adventure of finding one's own heart, Jeremy's journey helps him realize that the simple things in life just may be the things that are most important.