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The Addams Family

The Addams Family - A New Musical Comedy -. In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family creates the focus Lippa, Brickman, and Elice’s musical: the Addams kids are growing up. The Addamses have lived by their unique values for hundreds of years and Gomez and Morticia, the patriarch and matriarch of the clan, would be only too happy to continue living that way. Their dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday, however, is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be! And to make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.

Role: Cowboy Ancestor

Directed By: Megan Gilmore
Choreography: Emily Horvath
Costumes By: Janis Noreen

Photography By: Leander Hutton

A Fable For Now

A Fable for Now is a satirical and allegorical fable about the present and future of the earth. It calls out all of humanity on many fronts such as climate change, loss of habitat, exploitation and captivity of animals, food production and processing, ineffectiveness of global summits, and the increased brutality of war. Inspired by world literary classics ranging from Aesop's Fables to Zhuangzi’s collections of anecdotes, the play, written by one of the “world’s most respected dramatists” (PEN World Voices Festival), showcases magical and fascinating tales of the human race hurtling towards a surreal apocalypse in the company of a combative duck, an intelligent polar bear, and an incredible panda, not to mention a fun-loving genetically modified chicken. This will be the play’s world premiere in an English-language production.

Role: Man, Father Solider A, Voiceover

Directed By: Kin-Yan Szeto
Lighting: Jordan Knudsen
Scenic Design: John Marty
Costumes By: Janis Nordeen

Photography Credits: Lynn Willis

The Bourgeoise Gentleman

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme is a 1670 work by renowned French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name Molière. In The Bourgeois Gentleman, a new translation of the original play by Bernard Sahlins, Molière’s beloved comedy features a rising member of the middle class who lusts for social status and higher learning. The strength of the play lies in its rich comic invention and its sure delineation of character. Its underlying themes of social striving, financial greed, and love’s ingenuity still resonate. Molière surely knew how to make a joke, and he was a skilled inventor of comic situations. But his lasting appeal is a product of his brilliant employment of these talents in the service of character rather than gags, of behavior rather than comment.

Role: Philosopher

Directed By: Derek Gagnier
Lighting Design: Kaili Boyd
Scenic Design: Mike Helms
Costumes By: Martha Marking, Kristin Grieneisen

Photography By: Lynn Willis

Something Rotten

“Something Rotten” takes place in 1595 London, England. The Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel are trying to find success by writing plays, but are outshined by the rock-star playwright of the Renaissance, William Shakespeare. Desperate to find success Nick gets help from a soothsayer for the next big hit. Then Nostradamus, Nick and Nigel set out to write the next big hit: Omelette: The Musical.
Role: Lord Clapham, Ensemble

Directed By: Colin Pendergrast
Scenic Design: Berry Glover
Lighting Design: Jordan Knudsen
Costumes By: Naomii Hayes

Photography By: Kyla Willoughby

Bright Star, Concert Version

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in North Carolina of the 1920s and ‘40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past. What she finds has the power to transform both of their lives. With beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp, Bright Star is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful.

Role: Ensemble

Director: Keith Martin
Choreography: Kevin Warner
Set Design: Mike Helms
Lighting Design: John Marty
Costume Design: Martha Marking

Photography By: Lynn Willis

Rodgers + Hammerstein Cinderella

Witness the magic of Tony Award winning musical Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Cinderella! More than just a pretty face with the right shoe size, Cinderella is a contemporary figure living in a fairytale setting. She is a spirited young woman with courage who doesn’t let her rags or her gowns trip her up in her quest for kindness, compassion and forgiveness. Featuring the crowd favorites of “In My Own Little Corner” and “Ten Minutes Ago” paired with new songs featured on Broadway! This beloved fairytale has been beautifully comtemporized for the stage, with the same inspiring story.

Role: Madame, Ensemble

Directed by Jessie Grant / Presented by Willingham Performing Arts Academy
Lighting Design: Jacob Aaron Reeves
Scenic Design: Charlie Klutz
Costumes By: Jessie Grant

Photography By: Neil Jester Photography

Peter And The Starcatcher

Three orphan boys, one with no name, and the headstrong Molly clash fates with the villainous pirate, Black Stache, and a dozen others aboard two sea-swept ships bound for the remote kingdom of Rundoon. Join them all in their swashbuckling race for the Queen’s treasure and join in one nameless orphan’s quest for a name, and a world, to call his own. Watch a small group of actors bring two sea-faring vessels—and the sea itself—to life on the intimate Willingham Theater stage. A grown-ups Peter Pan sequel adapted for the stage by Rick Elice. An imaginative origin story for Neverland and its heroes.Peter and the Starcatcher is a tale that is built on imagination magic. Theater is a process and a journey, we want to give you a glimpse of a workshop-meets-stage experience. Come with your imagination at the ready and you will leave with a heart filled with magic.

Role: Grempkin, Fighting Prawn, Mack

Directed By: Jessie Grant
Lighting Design: Jacob Aaron Reeves
Scenic Design: Charlie Klutz
Costumes By: Jessie Grant

Photography By: Neil Jester Photography

Puffs

Puffs is a tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world. For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs ... who just happened to be there too. This clever and inventive play gives you a new look at a familiar adventure from the perspective of three potential heroes just trying to make it through a magic school that proves to be very dangerous for children. Alongside them are the Puffs, a group of well-meaning, loyal outsiders with a thing for badgers. Their hilariously heartfelt and epic journey takes the classic story to new places and reimagines what a wizard hero can be.

Role: Ernie Mac/Others

Directed By: Jessie Grant
Lighting Design: Jacob Aaron Reeves
Scenic Design: Charlie Klutz
Costumes By: Jessie Grant

Photography By: Neil Jester Photography

The Liar

In a time-honored tradition of classic plays, The Liar’s hilarious execution of a comedy of mistaken identities and dangerous presumptions will not fail to entertain audiences for generations to come. When Durante decides to court a young woman he’s just met, but confuses her for her friend, he’ll become embroiled in an uproarious love triangle that will keep audiences laughing for days to come. Durante will square off with his childhood friend, evade the marriage arranged by his father, and learn very little in the process in this timeless classic of the stage.

Role: Philiste

Directed By: Jessie Grant
Lighting Design: Jacob Aaron Reeves
Scenic Design: Charlie Klutz
Costumes By: Jessie Grant

Photography By: Neil Jester Photography