Role Players Ensemble Theatre
presents the 26^th Season

Welcome to RPE, a not-for-profit local theatre that prides itself on presenting quality productions in association with the Town of Danville. Our 26th season – 2009-2010 – features three plays which touch on the issues of family, friendship, love and loss. Subscribe now and save

2009 Shellie Awards

Danville Role Players Ensemble wins three Shellie awards at 2009 Gala!

Auditions - Mark Your Calendars!

We will be holding auditions for John Guare's award winning play The House of Blue Leaves August, 30th and 31st at 7:00pm and we'll be holding callbacks on August 6th at 7:00pm. The Village Theatre, 233 Front Street, Danville

Roles for 6 females and 4 males and all ethnicities encouraged.  Show runs November 6th thru November 21st, Thursday Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm. Please know the show.  Read from Script. No AEA. Stipend!  Margot Abbott directs.

The 2009-2010 Season

The House of Blue Leaves

By John Guare
Directed by Margot Abbott
November 6 - November 21, 2009

It is 1965 and we are in Sunnyside, Queens on the day Pope Paul VI visited New York City.  We might expect to encounter a few nuns but what about a political bombing, a soldier on his way to Vietnam, a zookeeper who aspires to stardom as a songwriter and his wife, Bananas, who is , well…..bananas?

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Kimberly Akimbo

By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Sue Trigg
January 15 - February 6, 2010

What might it be like to be a sixteen year old girl saddled with the body of a sixty four year old woman? 

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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

By Ed Graczyk
Directed by Dana Anderson
April 16 - May 8, 2010

In a small West Texas dime store, the “Disciples of James Dean” fan club gather for their twentieth reunion.   They were all  teenaged girls when Dean filmed GIANT two decades ago in nearby Marfa.   One of them, an extra in the film, continues to insist that Dean fathered her son, the Jimmy Dean of the title.  As with most reunions, everyone and everything is not exactly as it seems.

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Role Players Productions are Co-Sponsored by the Town of Danville

Role Players Ensemble Theatre has been a vital part of the San Ramon Valley’s cultural life for 26 years. RPE is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation managed by an elected board of community members whose mission is to promote and expand quality live theatre in the East Bay by presenting diverse seasons of classic and contemporary plays. Productions at Danville’s Village Theatre are co-sponsored by the Town of Danville, and financial support from local business, funds and individuals meets production costs not covered by ticket sales