The University Players 2013/14 season promises a little bit of everything—hysterical comedy, poignant drama, thrilling mystery, and even theatrical fantasy.

The fast-paced farce Suite Surrender by Michael McKeever opens the season September 19 to 29. It’s 1942, and a swanky Palm Beach hotel is preparing for a wartime extravaganza performance with two of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities. But plans are thrown into chaos when the rivalling performers are mistakenly booked into the same suite! This award-winning comedy comes alive with mistaken identities, overblown egos, double entendres, and even a pampered little lap dog.

Taking the stage at Hallowe’en is a modern tribute to Agatha Christie by playwrights Marcia Kash and Doug Hughes. A Party to Murder runs October 24 to November 3. Six people arrive at a cabin on a private island for a weekend of harmless murder-mystery fun—until the game suddenly takes on a sinister reality. A 25-year-old unsolved mystery begins to haunt the proceedings and it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. Secret passageways and dead bodies propel this captivating tale towards an unexpected and terrifying conclusion.

A theatrical adaptation by Rufus Norris of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Sleeping Beauty rings in the holidays November 21 to December 1. Once upon a time there was a beautiful Princess who was loved by everyone. Well… almost everyone. This gleefully gruesome retelling of the classic fable is told from the point of view of the mischievous, flatulent Fairy Goody, a smelly old sprite who casts a spell that sends Beauty into a deep sleep. Expect fairytale romance, hideous ogres, sinister spells, and a magical holiday show like no other!

In the footsteps of last season’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s deliciously witty satire A Woman of No Importance runs February 6 to 16. Set amongst the splendour of an English estate, the play lays bare the moral inconsistencies of Victorian society. The devilish Lord Illingworth is keen to appoint young Gerald Arbuthnot as his personal secretary, but the revelation of a long-hidden secret forces them to face their pasts and admit some hard truths. This brilliantly biting comedy unfolds into a high class scandal, where all is to be revealed.

Anton Chekhov’s beloved masterpiece Three Sisters, March 6 to 16, brings us to a small village far from Moscow where a family longs to return to the life that they once had. The three sisters make every attempt to escape the cold and barren country life that they've been forced to adopt in favour of their warm and inviting past. This timeless classic is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the resolution to rediscover one's sense and purpose.

A comedy by Alan Ball, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of American Beauty, True Blood, and Six Feet Under, closes out the season April 3 to 13. Five Women Wearing the Same Dress brings us to an ostentatious wedding reception in Knoxville, Tennessee, where five reluctant and identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. These five very different women discover a common bond in this wickedly funny and sincere celebration of friendship and acceptance, sex, drugs, and wedding bells.

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