Zelda Larue owns a thriving diner in the small town of Buckboard, Texas. The reasons for the diner’s success are obvious to the local gentry: Zelda’s affection for her customers, and her Mama’s wonderful cooking. Grady Overman, a local mechanic and garage owner, comes in to Zelda’s café several times a day, primarily in pursuit of Zelda, a long-time widow.  On Election Day in 1952, Zelda’s late husband, Butch – declared dead after going “missing in action” in Italy in 1942 – suddenly reappears, and complications ensue. Grady has a solution, but he'll need the assistance of the local Sheriff and an unexpected out-of-town visitor.

Butterfield 8 is pleased to present the World Premiere of this charming comedy, which was featured in our 2008 New Works Series

Playing December, 2008

Thursday       preview 12/4
Fridays          12/5, 12/12, 12/19
Saturdays      12/13, 12/20
Sundays         12/7, 12/21 closing

Thursday through Saturday performances at 8 PM,
Sunday performances at 3 PM

Ticket Prices:
$12 for seniors and students
$18 for adults
$10 for TBA members
general admission, no reserved seating
For tickets call 925-798-1300
or purchase online at www.willowstickets.org
Tickets will also be available at the door.

As he did in Much Ado About Nothing and Othello, Shakespeare takes up the themes of slandered innocence and bitter jealousy in Cymbeline, based on a Legendary Celtic king of Britain at the time of the Romans. In perhaps the most problematic of his "problem romances," Shakespeare piles plot twist on plot twist and layer on layer, until even the gods despair of a fair ending. Butterfield 8 takes a fresh look at this intriguing, but rarely performed play.

Playing March, 2009

Thursdays     preview 3/5, 3/26
Fridays          3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27
Saturdays      3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28 closing
Sundays         3/15, 3/22

Thursday through Saturday performances at 8 PM,
Sunday performances at 3 PM

Ticket Prices:
$12 for seniors and students
$18 for adults
$10 for TBA members
general admission, no reserved seating
For tickets call 925-798-1300
or purchase online at www.willowstickets.org
Tickets will also be available at the door.

Happily married socialite Mary Haines gets more than a manicure when she follows the advice of her "friend" Sylvia Fowler in this acid-etched comedy of New York society women in the 1930s. With little else to occupy their well-to-do lives, Clare Booth Luce's characters turn on the one thing available to them for entertainment: each other. Packed with memorable characters, stinging quips and even more biting ripostes, The Women will give you an evening of theater you'll never forget!

Playing May/June 2009

Thursdays     preview 5/28, 6/18
Fridays          5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19
Saturdays      5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20 closing
Sundays         6/7, 6/14

Thursday through Saturday performances at 8 PM,
Sunday performances at 3 PM

Ticket Prices:
$12 for seniors and students
$18 for adults
$10 for TBA members
general admission, no reserved seating
For tickets call 925-798-1300
or purchase online at www.willowstickets.org
Tickets will also be available at the door.

Join us for our second New Works Series, presenting staged readings of two new works by local playwrights.

Playing July, 2009

Work 1    7/17, 7/18, 7/19
Work 2    7/24, 7/25, 7/26

Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances at 8 PM,
Sunday performances at 3 PM

Ticket Prices:
$11 for seniors and students
$15 for adults
$10 for TBA members
general admission, no reserved seating
For tickets call 925-798-1300
or purchase online at www.willowstickets.org
Tickets will also be available at the door.