Cyrano de Bergerac, The Glass Menagerie, The Comedy of Errors

Experience the magic and the tragedy! This winter, the BDACT Winter Repertory Company, a dedicated group of our area's talented high school students, is tackling not one, not two, but THREE classics at the same time: Cyrano de Bergerac, Glass Menagerie, and The Comedy of Errors.

About BDACT Repertory Company

Established in the winter of 2025, this new BDACT acting and skills workshop is a training and performance program designed for high school age students to level up their theatrical skills and knowledge. Students will gain confidence as they delve into more advanced acting techniques and Shakespearean and other classic roles, culminating in these exciting public performances! The same cast of students performs all the roles in all of the productions.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Hercule Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac, a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. In addition to being a remarkable duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet who also plays music.

However, he has an obnoxiously large nose, which causes him to doubt himself. This doubt prevents him from expressing his love for his distant cousin, the beautiful and intellectual Roxane, as he believes that his ugliness would bar him from the "dream of being loved by even an ugly woman." Roxane loves the fair Christian de Neuvillette, who is too tongue-tied to romance her. Cyrano famously writes love letters to Roxane, pretending to be Christian.

• Encore Hall
• Approximate Run Time: TBA

The Glass Menagerie

The play is introduced to the audience by Tom, the narrator and protagonist, as a memory play based on his recollection of his mother Amanda and his sister Laura. Because the play is based on memory, Tom cautions the audience that what they see may not be precisely what happened.

Amanda Wingfield, a faded Southern belle of middle age, shares a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son Tom, in his early 20s, and his slightly older sister, Laura. Although she is a survivor and a pragmatist, Amanda yearns for the comforts and admiration she remembers from her days as a fêted debutante. She worries especially about the future of her daughter Laura, a young woman with a limp caused by a childhood illness, possibly polio, and a tremulous insecurity about the outside world. Tom works in a shoe warehouse doing his best to support the family. He chafes under the banality and boredom of everyday life and struggles to write, while spending much of his spare time going to the movies — or so he says — at all hours of the night.

• Encore Hall
• Approximate Run Time: TBA

The Comedy of Errors

Set in the Greek city of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins who were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and false accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession.

• Encore Hall
• Approximate Run Time: TBA

Come support the next generation of BDACT stars as they bring these epic stories to life!