written and directed by Juergen K. Tossmann &
Kerk Fisher
From the author of SALVAGE YARD, LIVING WITH KLAUS, UNCLE SMILEY’S COMIN’ HOME and WILKES YOU SCHMUCK comes a new sketch comedy inspired by the writings of Eckhart Tolle. The wildly popular NEW EARTH and THE POWER OF NOW give birth to the newest offering by Bunbury’s Producing Artistic Director and Professor Emeritus Kerk Fisher. HOLY TOLLE SWALLOW THAT EGO explores the relationship between Ego, Self and Painbody and what happens when dysfunction meets enlightenment.
Bunbury 2009-2010 Season

QUILTERS--Closed!
A musical by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
September 3rd-20th - Quilters returns to the Bunbury Stage! The play pays eloquent tribute to the courage and spirit of our nation’s pioneer woman. —Hollywood Reporter. “QUILTERS is a show pieced together with love and stitched with pride…a thing of beauty, comfort and joy.” —NY Post. “…a tender and moving theatre work, a human patchwork rippling in the breeze of memory.” —Newsweek.

THAT DARN PLOT!--Closed!
by David Belke
October 14th- November 1st - Is a comedy about playwriting, rehearsals, rewriting and rehabilitating reality. “Fun stuff, and like the booze-and-panic-fueled writing session it depicts, That Darn Plot! moves with manic speed . . . thanks to the spot-on script loaded with great one-liners and scads of crisp dialogue.”

THE BUTTERFINGERS ANGEL, MARY & JOSEPH, HEROD THE NUT & THE SLAUGHTER OF 12 HIT CAROLS IN A PEAR TREE Closed!
by William Gibson
December 3rd-20th - Returning after a 3 year hiatus, This Bunbury tradition for 11seasons is back! Dealing with the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus from a fresh and richly creative point of view. ”Angelic…beguiling wit and humor……a joyous celebration, a poignant tale…” —Syracuse Herald-Journal. “…a gift of love and hope to the world.” —Syracuse Post.

BARRYMORE-Closed
by William Luce
February 4th- 14th - A portrait of riveting complexity and paradox that finds the balletic elegance in a drunken stagger, the poetry in a blue joke and the churning guts in rarefied verse. As [Barrymore] walks toward his own death it’s with the panache of a boulevardier off to meet his new mistress.” N.Y. Times ”As great one man show” —The New Yorker.

HOLY TOLLE SWALLOW THAT EGO!-Coming Soon
Conceived and developed by Juergen K. Tossmann
and Kerk Fisher
April 8th-25th From the author of SALVAGE YARD, LIVING WITH KLAUS, UNCLE SMILEY’S COMIN’ HOME and WILKES YOU SCHMUCK comes a new sketch comedy inspired by the writings of Eckhart Tolle. The wildly popular NEW EARTH and THE POWER OF NOW give birth to the newest offering by Bunbury’s Producing Artistic Director and Professor Emeritus Kerk Fisher. HOLY TOLLE SWALLOW THAT EGO explores the relationship between Ego, Self and Painbody and what happens when dysfunction meets enlightenment.

SHOWTIME AT FIRST BAPTIST
by Ron Osborne
June 10th-27th - A Louisville Exclusive! - Change is in the air as 6 diverse women challenge each other on an inspiring journey filled with laughs, loss and lots of love....
”...will be compared to Steel Magnolias, but forget steel; these mountain magnolias are pure gold” humor, drama, warmth and six of the most wonderful characters you’ll see - tasty comfort for the playgoer’s soul.”—Bristol Herald-Courier