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THE GREAT AMERICAN
TRAILER PARK MUSICAL

Music and lyrics-David Nehls      Book – Betsy Kelso
8 PM April 29, 30, May 1; May 6, 7, 8; 13, 14, 15; 2 PM Sunday May 2


This wheel-spinning, mud-splattering good time of a show is the theatrical equivalent of a bag of Doritos.  You can’t get enough!  Who could expect a thrillingly trashy Greek chorus of trailer park matrons whose musical stylings all but redefine the girl-group-as-cultural-commentator craze?  A comic fable about women in a Florida trailer park and their no-account men. Cheeky script and infectious score.


Director/Choreographer - Jim Mikula
Musical Director - Eric Barchiesi

The Cast:
Lisa Bompiani-Smith
Victoria Brady
Kelli Brisbane
Kristin S. Buccilli
Josh List
Kathleen O'Halloran
Tom Sarp



A BENCH IN THE SUN

By Ron  Clark
8 PM May 20, 21, 22; 27, 28, 29; June 3, 4, 5; 2 PM Sunday, May 23


Harold and Burt, longtime friends, live in a retirement home and spend their days on a bench in the garden bickering.  A once famous actress moves in, providing fuel for argument. 

Learning that their home is about to be sold and they will have to seek new digs, the three join forces to prevent this disaster.  Says Mel Brooks: “Very wise, very moving, but most of all, very funny.”


Directed By: John Carosella

The Cast:

Dennis "Chip" Kerr
Shirley Ratner
David Seremet

EVERYBODY  LOVES OPAL


By John Patrick

8 PM June 10, 11, 12; 17, 18, 19; 24, 25, 26; 2 PM Wednesday, June 16


Opal Kronkie, a middle-aged recluse,lives in a tumbledown mansion at the edge of the municipal dump with her cat, spending her days collecting things and toting them home in her little red wagon.  When three purveyors of bogus perfume on the lam from authorities decide that Opal’s place is the perfect hideout, and that insuring Opal, then doing away with her, will solve all their problems, the action forwards to jet speed.  Loads of laughs and a cheery philosophy enhance this optimistic gem.


WORKING

Music/Lyrics – Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, Craig Camelia, Mary Rodgers, James Taylor, Susan Birkhead

Book- Stephen Schwartz and Nicki Faso    
Based on the book by Studs Terkel


8 PM July 8, 9, 10; 15, 16, 17; 22, 23, 24
2 PM Wednesday, July 14 & July 21


The hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique, extraordinary musical.  That the everyday lives of “common” men and women should be so compelling and moving will surprise and inspire anyone who has ever punched a time clock.  You will LOVE this family-friendly musical!   

Click here to read the City Paper review of Working

Director: Michael Rozell
Choreographer: Leyna McCarthy


The Cast
Tom Bekavac
Lisa Bompiani-Smith
Maria Bruno
Kristin S.  Buccilli
Kara Burkhart
Amanda Detar
Christine Fiorina
Jim Gloeckl
Schuyler Harvath
Rozella Hoffman
Grant Janicik
Jennifer Judge
Katie  Kerr
Dennis "Chip" Kerr
Jsoh Mackall
Leyna  McCarthy
Karabeth  Mollenauer
Beverly  Price
Ron Rukenbrod
Lisa Taliani
Ken Williams
Stephen Young

CASH ON DELIVERY


By Michael Cooney

8 PM August 5, 6, 7; 12, 13, 14; 19, 20, 21;  2 PM Wednesday, August 11


A fast-paced British farce featuring a con artist who dupes the welfare authorities by claiming every type of benefit for the innumerable people he claims live at his address. 

Ten characters in a door-swinging tornado of non stop hilarity.


Director: Ron Ferrara

The Cast:
Kaylyn Farneth
Dennis Gills
Katie Kerr
Matt Lamb
Joshua Milan
Justin Mohr
Andy Nesky
Meghan  O'Halloran
Ron Rukenbrod
Renee Ruzzi-Kern

THE KITCHEN WITCHES


By Caroline Smith

8 PM September 2, 3, 4; 9, 10, 11; 16, 17, 18;  2 PM Sunday September 12

Meet Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle, two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated one another for 30 years, ever since Stephen Biddle dated one and married the other.  When circumstances put the two of them together to host a new cooking show, “The Kitchen Witches,” insults are flung harder than the food!  A sort of “Martha Stewart” meets “Jerry Springer” event
Director: Meghan O'Halloran

The Cast:
Mike Crosby
James Newman
Kate O'Halloran
Janet Robb


RABBIT   HOLE

By David Lindsay-Abaire
8 PM September 23, 24, 25; 30, October 1, 2; 7, 8, 9  
2 PM Sunday September 26


Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!  Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting apart.  RABBIT HOLE charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day.  The play captures the awkwardness and pain of thinking people faced with an unthinkable situation- and eventually, their capacity for survival and hope.

*Contains adult language and themes*

Directed By: Kevin Saunders

The Cast


R. Mark Cox
Rachel Downie*
Katie Kerr
Susie McGregor Laine*
Stephen Young


*Appearing Courtesy  Actors' Equity Association, the Union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract

 

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