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Forge Theatre brings high-quality, year-round live theatrical entertainment to the Phoenixville community. Located at 241 First Avenue in Phoenixville, Forge offers a repertory of six productions a year. Our ongoing mission is to enrich and entertain our community by providing a superior theater experience.
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When you visit the theatre, please observe our "Good Neighbor Policy" by not parking on First Avenue. Thank you.

2014-2015,
​Our 53rd Season

NUTS by Tom Topor 
Written in 1979, NUTS tells the story of a call girl who is incarcerated on the charge of killing a violent customer. The State says she is unfit to stand trial, but as the trial unfolds, we determine if she is indeed sane.
Show Dates:  September 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28

CAST  
Frank MacMillan    Mike Winterode
Aaron Levinsky       Bob Goretski
Rose Kirk            Cindy Schneider
Arthur Kirk             Burt Merriam
Judge Murdoch            Julie May
Dr. Rosenthal       Vincent Reale
Claudia Draper   Andrea Frassoni
Recorder                   Winona Wyatt
Officer Haggerty      Gary Bullock
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director                                  Hal Holzer
Producer                            Greg Morton
Assistant Director   Melanie Magolan
Stage Manager              Linda Blystone
Set Design                   Marnie Herzfeld
Lighting Design           Lew Osterhoudt
Lighting Operator                 Scott Sinay
Court Advisor                     Sheila Atkins                     

​THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
2002 Tony Award Winner – Best Musical
New Music: Jeanine Tesori, New Lyrics: Dick Scanlan Book by Dick Scanlan & Richard Henry Morris Original Story & Screenplay: Richard Morris for Universal Pictures Film.
Millie has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s 1922 New York full of intrigue and jazz – when women were entering the workforce and rules were changing forever.
Show Dates:  November 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
Directed by Greg Morton
Millie Dillmount – Janine Weiss
Jimmy Smith – Brian McGinly
Miss Dorothy Brown – Amy Osterhoudt
Mr Trevor Graydon – Troy Cooper
Mrs. Meers – Krissy Johnson
Miss Flannery –  Stevie Tagye
Muzzy Van Hossmere – Winona Wyatt
Ching Ho – Tom Cappelli
Bun Foo – Christa Wisneski
Tappers: 
Laurie Burke          Michelle Intoccia
Maria Carroll                 Eron McGurk
Ensemble:
Melanie Magolan               Beth Eustis
Danielle Greenberg          Betty Casey
Liana Henrie                          Kelley Stanford
Scott Coonradt                    JT Grosch
Jan Swarr                                Liam McClure
Pam Taylor – Producer
Linda Blystone – Stage Manager
Denise Wisneski – Music Director
Gail Oldfield – Choreographer
Evelyn Dudonis – Line Goddess
Regina DePaoplis – Costumer
Stevie Tagye – Costumer

The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell 
Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. We watch each of them starting a new life, all of them going in different directions.
January 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
Directed by Linda Mandlowitz
Cast
Ida – Pam Taylor
Doris – Cindy Schneider
Lucille – Bev Smith
Mildred – Nance Brown
Sam – Jim Reese
STAFF
Director – Linda Mandlowitz
Producer – Denise Wisneski
Assistant Director – Christa Wisneski
Stage Manager – Linda Blystone ​

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK by Neil Simon
1963 Tony Award nominee – Best Play
Show Dates:  February 27, 28, March 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15

The Cast
Corie Bratter – Dona Marie Pizzo
Paul Bratter  – Samuel White
Mrs. Ethel Banks – Mary Ann Resinik
Victor Velasco – Michael Zatuchni
Telephone Repair Man – Bob Goretski
Delivery Man – John Magolan
Staff
Steve Reazor –Director
Marnie Herzfeld–Producer
Linda Blystone–Stage Manager
John Magolan–Set Construction Chair ​

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MURDER by Fred Carmichael
Peter is writing a murder story in a mansion where another author was murdered years before. An electrical storm causes his characters to come to life. Peter looses control and there are murders!
April 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, May 1, 2, 3
Directed by Steve Schulz
CAST
Peter Knight: Glen Eric Reed
Minna: James Scotland IV
Lydia: Nancy Kadwill
Cogburn: Loren Bittner
Kay Kelsey: Lindsey Smith
Fiona: Nance Brown
Addie: Danielle Riedel
Dick Stanton: David DiLiberto
Jordan Dillingham: Gary Bullock

​The New Mel Brooks Musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Book by  Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by  Mel Brooks
2007 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
Show Dates:  June 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28


Marnie Herzfeld: director
Denise Wisneski: music director
Linda Blystone: stage manager
Sarah Vogan: choreographer
Jeff Sugdzinis: lighting designer
Scott Sinay: lighting operator
The Cast
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein – Carey Rumpf
Elizabeth Benning – Denise Webb
Inga – Danielle Greenberg Riedel
The Monster – Scott Coonradt
Frau Blucher – Julie May
Igor – JT Grosch
Inspector Hans Kemp – Eric Thompson
Hermit – Randy Knox
Doctor Victor von Frankenstein – Mike Harris
Ensemble:
Rosie Alleva                                    Amy Peart
Sheila Atkins                                  LeeAnn Rumpf
Joseph Beregi                               Thomas Settefrati
Betty Pierce Casey                    Cynthia Shelton
Beth Eustis                                     Kelley Stanford
Barb Hannevig                            Karen Vossen
Melanie Magolan                      Bob Webb

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  • Home
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  • In Memoriam
  • Our History
    • 60th Season 2021-22 >
      • 110 Stories
      • Forbidden Broadway
      • Dearly Departed
      • 33 Variations
      • Guys And Dolls
    • 2020-2021
    • 2019-2020
    • Forge Follies 2019
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