Ed Fletcher's     Early Bird Dinner Theatre 200 South McMullen-Booth Road Clearwater, Florida 33759 $29.90 + tax   Per Person

Phone for Reservations: (727) -  446-5898 (Leave name, number)

Welcome!     This live professional theatre and buffet dinner in Florida is easily reached from Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Sarasota.     It is the best dinner show value in the Tampa Bay area. You will find great dinner music, great food, great theatre, friendly atmosphere, and excellent service! Entertaining Clearwater since 1989, we moved to the Italian American Club from Ft. Harrison Street in 2006       On this web site you will find:   Synopsis of the current play 2009 Schedule Buffet and Menu Previous Presentations Early Bird Newsletters Reviews Email Mailing List Directions (w/photos)     Google Maps (Link)**     Yahoo Maps (Link)**     MapQuest (Link)**   Contact Information **(All Internet Maps Links will open in a new window.) Ed Fletcher Owner/Producer     Tickets:   Phone 446-5898 to make reservations or to check on seating for a particular date. Leave your name and phone number, and we will return your call as soon as possible. Performances are on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings of each week, plus noon matinees on Thursday and Saturday.        Our policy on complimentary tickets is "one free" for every twenty (20) paid. Your bus driver is automatically our guest.       So, get a table of your friends together, it's BYO so you can bring your favorite wine, and enjoy the entire package of dinner, dinner music, and show!

Top             It's that time of year when Ed Fletcher's Early Bird Dinner Theatre takes a short summer break.       You can plan the rest of your 2009 season in the section below.       Live theatre returns on July 9th:	Now, through July 8th,  2009.   The Owl and the Pussycat July 9 - August 23, 2009
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Top      Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings of each week, plus matinees on Thursday and Saturday.

Mon	Tue	Wed	ThursdayMatinee Evening Show	Friday   Evening Show	SaturdayMatinee Evening Show	Sunday   Evening Show
Seating at 11am for Matinees - - Seating at 4pm for Evening Shows

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2009 schedule Summer Intermission June 15 - July 8, 2009 This is our short annual summer break. The Owl and the Pussycat by Bill Manhoff July 9 - August 23, 2009           In a San Francisco loft, aspiring author Felix focuses his binoculars on a prostitute plying her trade. He complains to the landlord, has her evicted and finds he has trouble pounding on his door in the form of Doris, not a prostitute but an aspiring "model and actress", thank you very much. She figures he owes her a bed for the night, an arrangement that leads to hilarity.           Alan Alda and Diana Sands took the roles on Broadway; George Segal and Barbra Streisand on film. Squabbles by Marshall Karp (Also known as Your House or Mine) September 3 - October 25, 2009           This hilarious play pits a father in law against a mother in a comedic succession of squabbles.           Jerry Sloan is a successful writer of advertising jingles married to an equally successful lawyer. Living with the happy couple is the not so happy Abe Dreyfus, Jerry's curmudgeon of a father in law.           Abe is a funny guy to the audience, not to Jerry. The situation is exacerbated when Jerry's mother Mildred loses her house in a fire and needs a place to stay. Abe and Mildred can't stand each other.           This play is one hilarious confrontation after another until the heart warming finale in which the oldsters discover that, really, each is not so bad. Anybody for Murder by Brian Clemens and Dennis Spooner November 5 - December 20, 2009           Max is planning to murder his wife Janet, collect her life insurance, and enjoy life with his girlfriend when Mary and George arrive on their Greek island with news: Mary and Janet are beneficiaries of a huge fortune           Plans and plots hatch, and soon everyone is bent on murder. All that stands in their way is the presence of a neighbor who knows a thing or two about murder, crime writer Edgar Chambers.           This thrilling comedy is by the writer of the television series, The Avengers. __________     "Not only an exciting thriller but an evening of hysterical comedy" ~~ Amateur Stage Magazine

Seating

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Buffet Menu
Full Salad Bar Tossed Salad Pasta Salad, Three Bean Salad Three-Potato Potato Salad Carrot Salad, Tomato Wedges Sliced Black Olives, Green Olives Cucumber Rings, Sliced Red Onions Sliced Beets, Assorted Sliced Pickles Italian Dressing, Ranch Dressing Jello
Entrees Carved Top Round Roast Beef with Au Jus and Horseradish Salmon Almandine Chicken Piccata Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Crab cakes
Sides Long Grain Wild Rice Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes Peas and Carrots   Assorted Rolls and Butter Coffee and Ice Tea Dessert DuJour Individual Chocolate Bundt Cakes
Menu Subject to Change When you make your reservations, you may ask about other beverages you can bring.

Dinner music performed by Mark Atcher        Music, Dinner and Show $29.90 Plus Tax

Newsletters!      The Early Bird Dinner Theatre newsletters are available online in PDF format. You can read them in your browser or download them for your personal digital library. Just follow the link(s) below:    Mar, 2008   Apr/May, 2008    June, 2008 Aug/Sep, 2008    Oct/Nov, 2008    December, 2008 Jan/Feb, 2009    Mar/Apr, 2009    May/Jun, 2009	The newsletter requires Acrobat reader. If the newsletter doesn't open when you click on the link, you may have to download and install it directly from the Adobe website. It's free. Click on the button below to start the process.: . The link will open a new window, then take you to the Adobe.com website. You will find complete instructions there.
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Performances presented at the:   Italian-American Club 200 South McMullen-Booth Road Clearwater, Florida 33759 For Reservations & Information call (727) 446-5898

Getting There...      Click on one of the links below to see your favorite map in a new window. MAPS Google      Yahoo MapQuest

Starting at the corner of McMullen-Booth Road and Drew Street in Clearwater, Florida      Go South, following the signs towards the exit to Highway 60, Clearwater/Tampa exit.      Half-way down the exit ramp, look for the entrance to the Italian-American Club,  on the right.   Here are some pictures of what you will see on your way to the theatre.
Our policy on complimentary tickets is "one free" for every twenty (20) paid. Your bus driver is automatically our guest.
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Call (727) 446-5898 to make reservations for the Early Bird Dinner Theatre	Kudos to the Italian-American Club website for their Early Bird Dinner Theatre web page!

   

Previous Presentations

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Set: Private Lives April 23 - June 14, 2009
Cast: Natalie Needs a Nightie February 25 - April 19, 2009	Cast & Crew: Bermuda Avenue Triangle January 2 - February 22, 2009
An Early Bird Special Presentation:   Never Kiss A Naughty Nanny November 3 - December 23, 2007 Cast: Never Kiss A Naughty Nanny Pictured with playwright Michael Parker (L) Fox 13 Charley's World, archived on YouTube.com: Never Kiss a Naughty Nanny      This section contains a link to youtube.com, and contains a 2-1/2 minutes of a TV News special report. We hope your computer is configured so you can see the video clip. It has sound, so remember to turn on your speakers! Drop us a note and let us know what you think: Webmaster@EarlyBirdDinnerTheatre.com
Cast: Run For Your Wife February 28 - April 20, 2008   Cast & Director, Social Security September 11 - November 2, 2008   -- Cast: Deathtrap April 27 - June 18, 2006   Cast: A Bedfull of Foreigners January 6 - February 27, 2005   Reservations: (727) 446‑5898   www.EarlyBirdDinnerTheatre.com Executive Producer Ed Fletcher Artistic Director Robin New Director of Marketing Susan Lyons Director of Public Relations & Theatre Liaison Eddy Lyons   Ed Fletcher Owner / Executive Producer	Cast: Over the River and Through the Woods November 6 - December 28, 2008     Cast: Rich is Better April 24 - June15, 2008   Cast: Out of Order January 3 - February 24, 2008   Cast: Angel Street September 6 - October 28, 2007   Cast: Steel Magnolias February 22 - April 14, 2007   Cast: Pajama Tops July 12 - September 2, 2007   Cast: Private Lives April 23 - June 14, 2009

Reviews Private Lives Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - May 26, 2009 Bermuda Avenue Triangle tickles opening night audience. St Petersburg Times - January 9, 2009 Run For Your Wife Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - March 17, 2008 Out of Order Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - January 19, 2008 Never Kiss a Naughty Nanny Fox 13 Charley's World archived, on YouTube.com Never Kiss a Naughty Nanny Review Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - December 4, 2007 Never Kiss a Naughty Nanny Review Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - October 30, 2007 Angel Street Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - September 5, 2007 Pajama Tops Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - July 2, 2007 Who's In Bed with the Butler Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - September 21, 2006  Death Trap Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - May 4, 2006 Whose Wives Are They Anyway? Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - Mar 16, 2006 Crimes of the Heart Tampa Bay Newspapers (Online) - January 13, 2006

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Epilogue Chris Tracey (1957-2008) St. Pete Times - June 14, 2008 Early Bird Theatre remembers Chris Tracey Clearwater Citizen - July 9, 2008

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