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In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess" Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune and acquittal. This sharp edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse.
Thanks to all of the auditionees for making the decision process an extremely tough one for the production staff. The cast list will be posted on the CHICAGO page
later this week.
Performance dates: October 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30. Times: Fri/Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 3pm.
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage! The Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, instructing a whole new generation to "Unpack Your Adjectives" and "Do The Circulations," it's lighting up stages everywhere, from school multi-purpose rooms to university and regional theaters all around the country.
Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such beloved Schoolhouse Rock songs as "I'm Just a Bill," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly" and "Conjunction Junction."
Thanks to all of the auditioness last week who came out to Crossway Community in Wheaton. We have a great cast, and the list will be posted later on in the week.
Winter 2011 – The Last 5 Years
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Craig Pettinati
Music Direction by David Rohde
Produced by Craig Pettinati
Audition Dates: December 7 & 8; callbacks on December 9 (all 7:30pm)
Show Dates: February 25, 26, March 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19
A contemporary song-cycle musical that ingeniously chronicles the five year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up... or from break-up to meeting, depending on how you look at it. Written by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Songs For a New World), The Last 5 Years is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress told from both points of view.
Spring 2011 – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Darnell Morris
Produced by Kevin Garrett
Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.
*all shows pending rights availability
We at KAT would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to the casts, staffs, and crew of our 2009 shows: One Red Flower, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and The Rocky Horror Show. It was another great year for KAT. 2010 started off with a bang (RENT), and we hope to continue to entertain and engage you with shows like Violet and Chicago.
Kensington Arts Theatre 2009 Nominations (and WINNERS in bold)
- Outstanding Direction of a Musical – Evan Hoffmann – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Katie McManus as "Lin" – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Set Design in a Musical – Kevin Boyce – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical – John Decker – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Light Design in a Musical – Kevin Boyce – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Kevin P. Garrett – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Special Effects – Kevin Boyce – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Properties in a Musical – Jenna Ballard, Brian Dettling – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Properties in a Musical – Malca Giblin, Brian Dettling – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical – Jenna Ballard – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical – Evan Hoffmann, Malca Giblin – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical – Rachael Feola & Cast – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical – Jaclyn Young – The Rocky Horror Show
- Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical – Jaclyn Young – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
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