Amarillo College Theatre invites the community to experience [title of show], a witty, heartfelt musical with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and book by Hunter Bell. Performances will take place in the Amarillo College Experimental Theatre on the Washington Street Campus Oct. 9–12.[title of show] follows Jeff and Hunter, two aspiring writers who have only three weeks to create an original musical for a theatre festival. They enlist their friends Susan and Heidi, along with Larry on piano, to bring their story to life — a story that is, humorously, about the very process of writing a musical.

Anyone familiar with Stephen Sondheim’s dark comedy “Into the Woods” knows that it can be a daunting musical to present, but with help from some like-minded friends, the Amarillo College Theatre Arts program is up to the challenge.

AC’s presentation of “Into the Woods” will feature a collaborative cast comprised pretty much equally of AC theatre majors, community members, and theatre students from West Texas A&M University.

It will be Shakespeare with a twist when the Amarillo College Theatre Arts Program presents The Merry Wives of SoHo, a comedy relocated – just for AC audiences – from Elizabethan England to a trendy New York City neighborhood.

“I chose to place our version of The Merry Wives of Windsor in America,” Monty Downs, instructor of theatre and the show’s director, said. “Shakespeare’s story is still the focus, but very little of the language is iambic parameter. Rather, it’s set in a modern place and time and intentionally has a Real Housewives feel.