Happy belated New Year! :-) The Meow is back for the first shows of the 2007 calendar year. We have the community theater world premiere of Nevermore on the KAT mainstage and The Dining Room at KAT 2nd Stage. And now, on with the show!

All That We See or Seem Is But a Dream Within a Dream

Nevermore Book by Grace Barnes Music by Matt Conner Lyrics based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe Directed by Evan Hoffmann Music Direction by John LaBombard Produced by Ryan Manning Running March 9, 10, 16, 17, 18*, 23, 24, 25*, 29, 30, 31 (8pm curtain) * Sundays at 7pm Once upon a midnight dreary.. KAT is thrilled to be producing the community theater world premiere of the edgy, new musical, NEVERMORE. Director Evan Hoffmann has compiled an amazingly talented group of performers and designers to bring this show to life. We welcome to our stage Caroline Angell, Margo Seibert, and Brianne Cobuzzi, and welcome back KAT veterans Gilly Conklin, Karissa Swanigan, and Jaclyn Young. Joined by the design team of Evan Hoffmann, Kevin Boyce, Jenna Ballard, and Latricia Reichman, this is sure to be an incredible production! NEVERMORE gathers together some of Poe's darkest and most provocative works and weaves them into a tale of fantasy, obsession, redemption, and hope. In the final moments of his life, Edgar is surrounded by visions of the women who have been his inspiration and his downfall. With hauntingly beautiful melodies, NEVERMORE breathes new life into Poe's work and explores a twisted true-life tale as bizarre as his classic stories of the macabre. Click here to go to the Nevermore page »

The Eating Habits of the Northeastern WASP

Written by A.R. Gurney Directed by Donna Jean Garrett Produced by Doe B. Kim Running March 16, 17, 18*, 23, 24, 25*, 30, 31, April 1* (8pm curtain) * Sundays at 3pm KAT 2nd Stage's production of A.R. Gurney's THE DINING ROOM opens at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn on March 16th and runs through April 1st. Performance times are 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 3pm on Sundays. The cast includes Jeffery Westlake, Stuart Rick, Andy Greenleaf, Lennie Magida, Nancy Ostove, and Diana Cirone. THE DINING ROOM originally opened in New York in 1982 and earned Gurney a Pulitzer Prize nomination. The play focuses on the one room in the house that was once the center of American family life -- the dining room. It is written as a series of vignettes about family life during the course of a day, set in a time when breakfast, lunch, and dinner were shared together in the formal dining room. A cast of three women and three men portray more than 50 roles throughout the play, with scenes that overlap and flow into each other. Although written to depict the life of the upper middle class, the themes of family and relationships are universal. Click here to go to The Dining Room page »

Attend the Tale...

Book by Hugh Wheeler Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Based on a version of Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond Directed by Patti Woolsey Music Direction by Rosemary Dyer Produced by Jenna Ballard, Craig Pettinati Starting rehearsals earlier than ever before because of the extremely challenging music, KAT's Spring show, SWEENEY TODD, is in fantastic shape for a great run starting in May. One of KAT's most respected resident directors, Patti Woolsey, has assembled a talented bunch, including WATCH Award winner, Michael Nansel, set to play the title role. Woolsey tapped well-known music director & voice teacher, Rosemary Dyer to lead the musical train, and Jenna Ballard and Craig Pettinati will be co-producing. The cast has spent the entire month of February in music rehearsals, and now Patti is working on those pictures to convey her vision. We are thrilled to be expanding the KAT family to the fourteen (out of 21) new faces to KAT in the show. Of course, we have some returning cast members like Sam Ludwig, who seems to be reprising his ASSASSINS role as lost puppy turned psycho-killer, and Malinda Ellerman, who is starting to be typecast as a quirky, crazy old lady. Welcome all. Sweeney Todd Michael Nansel Mrs. Lovett Linda Wells Judge Turpin Darryl Yeagley Beadle Bamford Harv Lester Johanna Laura Wehrmeyer Anthony Ryan Manning Tobias Sam Ludwig Beggar Woman Malinda Ellerman Pirelli / Ensemble Eric Burgan Ensemble Bill Brown Ensemble Sarah Hirschman Ensemble Cathy Johnston Ensemble Renée Rabben Ensemble James Raby Ensemble Erica Reinsch Ensemble Michael Schlesinger Ensemble Tory Shaw Ensemble Lora Sullivan Ensemble Laurie Tvedt Ensemble Stephen Yednock Click here to go to the Sweeney Todd page »