ANGELS IN AMERICA: PART 1, MILLENNIUM APPROACHES

By Tony Kushner

The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Angels in America – Part I: Millennium Approaches is a multifaceted examination of AIDS and homosexuality in 1980s United States.

Directed by Greg Natale

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Summer 1953: Margaret Johnson, an elegant and strong-willed Southern woman, has taken her daughter, Clara, on a vacation to Italy. When a gust of wind blows Clara’s hat right into the hands of a young Italian gentleman, neither age nor language nor familial disapproval can stop their whirlwind love affair. As Clara and Fabrizio fall into each others’ arms, Margaret must grapple with the question of whether to disclose Clara’s devastating secret to Fabrizio’s warm, passionate Italian family.

Directed by Loraine O’Donnell

Music Direction by Allan Paglia

Starring Christopher Andreana (Ensemble), Leah Berst (Ensemble), Kelly Copps (Clara), Lucas DeNies (Ensemble), Steve Jakiel (Roy), Anthony Lazzaro (Fabrizio), Melissa Leventhal (Ensemble), Katy Miner (Signora Naccarelli), Debbie Pappas Sham (Margaret), Rebecca Runge (Franca), Marc Sacco (Giuseppe), Matt Witten (Signor Naccarelli)

November 4-20, 2016

 by Beth Henley

Under the scorching heat of the Mississippi sun, the three Magrath sisters are back together in their hometown for the first time in a decade. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize, this play teems with humanity and humor as the sisters’ past resentments bubble to the surface and each must come to terms with the consequences of her own “crimes of the heart.”.

Directed by Greg Natale

Starring Jacob Albarella (Barnett), Bethany Burrows (Babe), Charmagne Chi (Lenny), Arin Lee Dandes (Chick), Ben Michael Moran (Doc), and Jessica Wegrzyn (Meg)

Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek
Book by Jeffrey Lane

Two con men meet on a train and decide to work together to swindle women, only to find that the small town on the French Riviera isn’t big enough for the two of them. A hilarious battle of cons ensues that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end! Sophisticated, suave with a good dash of mischief, this hysterical comedy features a delightfully jazzy score by David Yazbek (The Full Monty) and was nominated for 11 TONY Awards.

Directed by Lisa Ludwig
Choreographed by Bobby Cooke

Starring Peter Palmisano (Lawrence), Jacob Albarella (Freddy), Amy Jakiel (Christine), Gregory Gjurich (Andre), Mary Gjurich (Muriel), Arianne Davidow (Jolene), Sean Murphy (Ensemble), Sean Ryan (Ensemble), Jon Yepez (Ensemble), Dan Urtz (Ensemble), Chloe Barg (Ensemble), Shelby Ehrenreich (Ensemble), Emily Prucha (Ensemble)

by Christopher Durang

Vanya and Sonia have never left the confines of their childhood home in Bucks County, PA, while their sister Masha has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress. A surprise visit from Masha and her 20-something boy toy, Spike, throws the normally quiet household into utter upheaval as its residents and visitors get swept up in an intoxicating mixture of lust, rivalry, regret, and the sudden possibility of escape.

Directed by Doug Weyand

Starring Charmagne Chi (Cassandra), Louis Colaiacovo (Vanya), Lisa Ludwig (Masha), Ricky Marchese (Spike), Kelsey Mogensen (Nina), and Kristen Tripp Kelley (Sonia)

Starring Lauren Nicole Alaimo (Kate), Jacob Albarella (Kegs), Jamie Boswell (Oscar), Charmagne Chi (Madeline True), Bobby Cooke (Sam), Steve Copps (Black), Arin Lee Dandes (Mae), Arianne Davidow (Queenie), Matthew Iwanski (Phil), Amy Jakiel (Dolores), Sabrina Kahwaty (Nadine), London Lee (Jackie),Eric Rawski (Eddie), Matt Witten (Burrs)

February 12-March 1, 2015

 by Lyle Kessler

Lyle Kessler’s ORPHANS tells the story of two brothers living in an abandoned Philadelphia row house. An unexpected visitor turns their worlds upside down in ways they could never have imagined and marks their lives in a way neither expected. A darkly funny story, ORPHANS explores the complexity of family relationships.

Directed by David Oliver

Starring Anthony Alcocer (Treat), Greg Natale (Harold), and PJ Tighe (Philip)

June 26- July 13, 2014

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

This thought provoking and intense musical lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical “revusical” that explores the dark side of the American experience.

Full of complex characters whose lives we know mostly from the papers, ASSASSINS sheds light on dark historical moments.

Directed by Chris Cavanagh
Choreographed by Kristy Cavanagh

Starring Jacob Albarella (The Proprietor), Christopher Andreana (Ensemble), Steve Copps (Czolgosz), Arin Lee Dandes (Fromme), Philip Farugia (Guiteau), Sophia Howes (Ensemble), Matthew Iwanski (Ensemble), Kevin Kennedy (Ensemble), Nick Lama (Hinckley), Renee Landrigan (Ensemble), Geoff Pictor (Zangara), Ben Puglisi (Booth), Michele Marie Roberts (Moore), Jonathan Young (The Balladeer)

Starring Jacob Albarella (Rapunzel’s Prince), Frankie Campofelice (Jack), Bobby Cooke (The Baker), Steve Copps (The Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince), Kelly Copps (Cinderella), Arin Lee Dandes (Little Red), Gail Golden (Cinderella’s Stepmother), Matthew Iwanski (Florinda), Tammy Hayes McGovern (Grandmother), Mary McMahon (Jack’s Mother), Matthew Nerber (Steward), Loraine O’Donnell (The Witch), Ben Puglisi (The Narrator), Eric Rawski (Milky White), Angie Shriner (Lucinda), Jenn Stafford (The Baker’s Wife)