SEUSSICAL, JR - Almost Famous Theatre Company - March 30-31, 2019

Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos. Horton must protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, and he must also guard an abandoned egg that’s been left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird.  Although Horton faces ridicule, danger and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him.  Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant!

March 30 & 31 at the Hardes Theatre, Phoenix Theatre

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Cast:

Horton the Elephant - Vance Monyer
JoJo the Boy - Christopher Devous
Mr. Mayor - Cash Davis
Mrs. Mayor - Stella Parsons
Cat in the Hat - Vylet Bertoncio
Maizie La Bird - Macy Bonnett
Gertrude McFuzz - Georgina Davis
Bird Girls - Hana Schmidt, Grace Nelson, Lillian Apostolou
Sour Kangaroo - Bella Azzi
Small Kangaroo - Max Staats
The Grinch - Rishibh Nampally
Yertle the Turtle - Evelyn Teasdale
Wickershams - Hannah Brown, Tessa Caplan, Caroline Schumann
Whos - Zoe Golston, Madi Miller, Robin Butler, Rishabh Nampally
Jungle of Nool - Parmis Keyhanzad, Athena O'Brien, Max Staats, Alexandra Teposan
Ensemble - Zoe Golston, Madi Miller, Robin Butler, Alexandra Teposan, Rishabh Nampally, Parmis Keyhanzad, Athena O'Brien, Max Staats

Director: Tristin Miller
Music Director: John Luke Osorio

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - Almost Famous Theatre Company - September 27-30, 2018

Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

September 27,28,29,30

Hardes Theatre on the Phoenix Theatre Campus

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

Man in Chair Garth Williams
Mrs. Tottendale Tracy Burns
Underling Phil Lehmberg
Robert Martin Keith Chandler
George Christopher Reah
Feldzieg Artjom Azarkevic
Kitty Melia Coury (and Co-Dance Captain)
Gangster #1 Austin Prutch
Gangster #2 Bubba Dror
Aldolpho Steven Settefrati
Janet Van DeGraff  Shannon Clark
Drowsy Chaperone Tristin Miller
Trix Holly Wright
Superintendant Nick Paul
Ensemble         Anna Carlise (and Co-Dance Captain)
Ensemble Grace Bertoncino
Ensemble Rebecca Hutchinson

Choreographer  Janet Jones
Music Director John Luke Osorio
Director Jan Williams

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NOISES OFF! - Almost Famous Theatre Company - March 22-31, 2019

By Michael Frayn

March 22,23,24,28,29,30,31
Hardes Theatre on the Phoenix Theatre Campus

Noises Off! presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On.  Doors slamming, on and off stage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

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STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Almost Famous Theatre Company - May 9-12, 2019

By Robert Harling

May 9,10,11,12

Playhouse On The Park

The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

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Almost Famous Theatre Company's 2018 / 2019 Season!

The Drowsy Chaperone
Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

September 27,28,29,30

Hardes Theatre on the Phoenix Theatre Campus

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

Noises Off!
By Michael Frayn

March 22,23,24,28,29,30,31
Hardes Theatre on the Phoenix Theatre Campus

Noises Off! presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On.  Doors slamming, on and off stage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

Steel Magnolias
By Robert Harling

May 9,10,11,12

Playhouse On The Park

The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

CLICK HERE for more information, and to purchase tickets when available