 Music Director Thomas J. Peters |
 The I HAVE A SONG TO SING O! cast: Brett Bossard, Nefertiti Bridges, Chunmei McKernan, Nathan Hilgartner, Alex LoPinto, Stephen Nunley, Percy Browning, Kevin Hilgartner and Erin Hilgartner. Not pictured: Cast member Lesley Greene and music director Thomas J. Peters. |
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Rachel Lampert's wacky 50s sing-a-long Gilbert & Sullivan musical is back! I HAVE A SONG TO SING O! returns to the Kitchen for an encore production Meet the Corcoran family: Cameron (Brett Bossard), Cadence (Nefertiti Bridges), Cameron's mother Corinna (Percy Browning) charming children Carrington, Calypso, Cadwyn, Calliope, and the youngest, Barb (Nathan Hilgartner, Alex LoPinto, Kevin Hilgartner, Chunmei McKernan and Erin Hilgartner). It's perfectly normal for them to get up every morning, have breakfast, get ready for their day and sing Gilbert and Sullivan songs every step of the way! This would be perfect if only the Corcoran's landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Snivel (Stephen Nunley and Lesley Greene), who live downstairs were not total music haters! How can the music continue? Well, its up to some clever singing from actors and audience. Don't worry you won't be dragged onto the stage, but everyone is invited to sing along. Gilbert & 6 Performances only! March 6th & 7th and March 13th & 14th Saturdays at 1:00pm and 3:00pm and Sundays at 1:00pm Tickets are $16 for adults and $8 youth (8-18) Family Fare is sponsored by TOMPKINS TRUST COMPANY · PURITY ICE CREAM · CAT'S PAJAMAS Media sponsorship provided by Cayuga Radio Group Single tickets can be purchased through Ticket Center Ithaca by phone at 607-273-4497 or in person at the Kitchen Theatre box office 1/2 hour prior to show time. Tickets are available online at www.kitchentheatre.org. We look forward to seeing you soon at the Kitchen.
Sincerely,
Kitchen Theatre Company |
One world premiere, four regional premieres, and one of the most delightful comedies of all time. Plus an encore production of a favorite KTC musical!
SECRET ORDER by Bob Clyman - August 26 - September 20, 2009
A psychological drama about the high-stakes world of medical research: the battles for funding, the need to stay at the top of the game, and the ends to which one will go for recognition and success.
FIRST DAY by Ted LoRusso in collaboration with Sturgis Warner - Oct 14 - Nov 1, 2009
A theatrical event unlike any other, FIRST DAY follows a young man on his way to his first day of his first job in the big city. Three other actors play his thoughts and all the people and sites around him. The excitement of the city pulsing around him and his thoughts pulsing within drive this rhythmic, innovative new piece.
LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC by Arlene Hutton - November 18 - December 6, 2009
May and Raleigh meet in 1940 on an east-bound cross-country train. Raleigh is a charming young flyer who aspires to be a writer; May is proper and bookish and wants to be a missionary. Their story is a touching portrait of two young people falling in love against the backdrop of World War II-era America.
ENCORE!
PRECIOUS NONSENSE by Rachel Lampert - January 13 - February 7, 2010
Rachel Lampert’s delightful 2005 musical returns for an encore production! Love triangles, cross-dressing, and mistaken identities beset a traveling Gilbert & Sullivan troupe in this onstage/backstage, show-must-go-on musical for all ages.
SPEECH & DEBATE by Stephen Karam - February 24 - March 14, 2010
Sex. Secrets. Video blogs with a Casio keyboard beat. Stephen Karam’s black comedy throws together three high school misfits in a clever and contemporary portrait of the borderland between late adolescence and adulthood.
IN THIS PLACE by Ain Gordon - April 14 - May 2, 2010
1830: Samuel and Daphney Oldham are the first free African-Americans to build their own home in Lexington, KY. Five years later, they disappear. Obie Award-winning writer/director Ain Gordon imagines the full story behind these bare facts in this new one-woman play.
PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward - June 23 - July 18, 2010
Noel Coward’s sophisticated comedy PRIVATE LIVES turns eighty this year, but it remains remarkably young for its age. The brilliant wit, barbed humor and passionate characters are the perfect ingredients for a delightful summer production.
The Kitchen Theatre Company is in the middle of that wonderful two-week mid-summer break that comes between the end of one season and the start of rehearsal for the next. We said good-by to The 2008-09 season in a big way with GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!. We begin the 2009-10 season on August 26th with a terrific play SECRET ORDER.
The KTC 19th 2009-10 Season will open at the Clinton House. We anticipate moving to our new home at 417 West State/Martin Luther King Street as soon as the renovations on the building are complete. The plays we have planned will work beautifully in either space.
I encourage you to subscribe now, as single tickets go on sale August 1st. You can go on-line for a form, go to the Ticket Center in the new location on The Commons, call us on the phone at 607 272- 0403 between 11am and 4pm Mon-Fri or stop by our office in the Clinton House during those hours. Visit us online to read all about the upcoming season!
Thank you for your support and encouragement during this past season and your generous assistance as we continue to raise funds for our new home. On behalf of the Staff, the Board of Directors and the Capital Campaign Cabinet, we all thank you. We look forward to seeing you at the Kitchen in August!
In the meantime, if you are missing attending the theater, I recommend the Hangar Theatre's production of BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter playing now through August 1.
Again, thanks for all, have a great summer and see you at the end of August.
Rachel Lampert