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2022-2023 Our 61st Season

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SUMMER SPECIAL (Not a part of the 2022-23 Season)
Carrie: The Musical - July 22-24, 2022
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All Tickets $20
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford; Music by Michael Gore
Adapted from Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie 
Auditions: Youth April 17 & 19 @ 7PM; Adults- April 21 @ 7PM
Directed by Tom Yenchick and Musical Directed by Denise  Wisneski

Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it.

CAST:

Carrie White – Carlee Bonanno⁠
Margaret White – Katie Clements⁠
Sue Snell – Christie Lohr⁠
Tommy Ross – Tyler Polito
Chris Hargensen – Rowan Badinger⁠
Billy Nolan – Rocco Spinozzi-D’Andrea⁠
Miss Gardner – Vanessa Saharko⁠
Mr. Stephens - Eric Thompson

⁠Ensemble:⁠
Morgan Frederick⁠
Alyssa Grimshaw⁠
Isabella Kolter⁠
Catherine Simpson

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XANADU   Sept. 9-10; 16-17; 23-24; 30th; Oct. 1, 2022 @ 8PM;
​Sept. 25 & Oct 2, 2022 @ 2PM

Book by Douglas Carter Beane; Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar
Auditions: June 5 & 6, 2022 @ 7PM

Directed by Tom Yenchick and Musical Directed by Denise  Wisneski
​Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO! But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds. Based on the Universal Pictures cult classic movie, Xanadu is hilarity on wheels for adults, children and anyone who has ever wanted to feel inspired.

​CAST

Sonny Malone - Ryan Edmonds
Kira - Lisa Bassett
Melpomene - Bob Goretski
Calliope - Sean Murray
Danny Maguire - Tom Groves
Erato - Kim Edmonds
Terpsicore - Tracy Flynn
Thalia - Safiyyah Jones
Euterpe - Bailey MacDowell
Ensemble - Emily Alberici



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GOD OF CARNAGE by Yasmina Reza; Translated by Christopher Hampton
Nov. 4-5; 11-12; 18-19 @ 8PM; Nov. 13 & 20 @ 2PM

Auditions: Aug. 7 and 8th by appointment
Directed by Aaron Gould 
A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.

Cast: 
Kendra O’Donnell – Veronica Novak
John McGarry – Michael Novak
Tom Tansey – Alan Raleigh
Shelli Pentimall Bookler – Annette Raleigh

Production Staff:
Barbara Newberry – Producer
Abby Gould – Assistant Director
Marcia Ricketts – Stage Manager



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LOVE, LOSS, and WHAT I WORE by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron
Based on the book by Ilene Beckerman
Jan. 6-7; 13-14; 20-21, 2023 @8PM; Jan. 15 & 22, 2023 @ 2PM

Auditions: Sept. 11 &13, 2022 @ 7PM
Directed by Christa Wisneski
A play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes and memory covering all the important subjects—mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses and why we only wear black. Based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman.

Cast
Gingy – Bev Smith
Pandora Beatrix
Kristin Coffin
Kalie Desimone
Rosemary Gehrlein
Grace Merryman
Amy Peart
Annalise Settefrati
Melissa Shaner
Jan Swarr
Karen Vossen

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HATE MAIL
by Kira Obolensky & Bill Corbett
​February 24-25; March 3-4, 10-11, 2023 @ 8PM; March 5 & 12 , 2023 @ 2PM
​Directed by Tom Yenchick

An epistolary play something like Love Letters, with two actors reading letters and other correspondence, but it's a little wilder and more hysterically funny. It tells the story of Preston, a spoiled rich kid who meets his match in Dahlia, an angst-filled artist. Their worlds collide when Preston sends a complaint letter that gets Dahlia fired from her job, and then there's no turning back. The play stays with their increasingly crazed correspondence as they move from hate to love, and then right back again.

CAST:

Weekend 1 - Feb 24-25
Rosemary Gehrlein and Bob Goretski

Weekend 2 - March 3-5

Kim Knipe and Tom Groves

​Weekend 3 -  March 10-12

​Caitlin Monahan and Jeff Sherman 

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SHAKESPEARE IN THE TRAILER PARK
by V. Mark Covington and Sharon Cacciabaudo

April 14-15,21-22,28-29, 2023 @ 8PM; April 23 & 30, 2023 @ 2PM
Auditions – Jan 8, 10 @ 7PM

Directed by Marsha L. Amato-Greenspan; Assistant Director Jeff Greenspan
You’re familiar with “Macbeth”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Merchant of Venice” and “Hamlet”. Now bring your knowledge of these plays to Frog Level, Virginia where the trailer park of Capulet Hills is feuding with that of Montague Acres over which one will remain standing after a new Walmart will replace the property of the other. Meanwhile, their love for Nascar racing equals their hate for each other.

Cast:
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Varmenta/Plumrose Bacon - Andrea Frassoni
Wormseba - Peter Kratz
Fishbate - Denise Pavlin

Doughnut - Jeff Sherman
Scotch MacBreath - David Wren-Hardin
Cheese MacBreath - Bill Thomer
Macon Bacon - Dino Capone
Schlomo Slycock - Andrew Pavlin
Hameo MacBreath - Tom Groves
Laydee Byrd MacBreath - Aislinn Glassman
Julep MacBreath - Bailey Knipe
Barbie-Q Bacon - Kim Cafarella
Rosencrantz and Guilderstern

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GODSPELL 
June 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 2023 @ 8PM; June 18 & 25, 2023 @ 2PM
Auditions – Feb. 27 and March 1 @ 7PM
Directed by Christa Wisneski; Assistant Director Tom Pitt
​A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques and a hefty dose of comic timing. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus' life dances across the stage. Dissolving hauntingly into the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Jesus' messages of kindness, tolerance and love come vibrantly to life.

CAST:
Sean Murray (Jesus)
Jim Donsky (John/Judas)
Stephanie Donahue 
Lisa Bassett 
Janine Weiss 
Safiyyah Jones 
Emily Alberici 
Christie Lohr
Charles Delaney 
Bill Thomer
Cayce Farina
Kim Cafarella
Aimee DiMichele
​Tom Yenchick

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