Greeley Theatre Company fall musical, “THE DROWSY CHAPERONE”

November 18, 2011
by C.J. Ehrlich

“THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” opens as an agoraphobic musical-theater fan settles down to play his favorite cast album on his turntable. Suddenly, the musical bursts to life in his living room, spilling out the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet struggling with a host of 1920s archetypes to find, and keep, her true love.

With book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, the show debuted in 1998 at the Toronto Fringe Festival, and opened on Broadway on May 1, 2006, going on to win Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score, and to pack houses around the world.

If you’ve ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, “Dear Lord in Heaven, please let it be good,” well, come on down – this show is the cat’s pajamas, it’s the bee’s knees, it’s the elephant’s eyebrows, and that’s on the level!

Join the talented hoofers and chorines of the Horace Greeley High School Theatre and Music Departments, as they sing and dance their way into your heart in the year’s opening production, “THE DROWSY CHAPERONE.” This award-winning “musical within a comedy” spoofs Jazz Age musicals and the people who love them.

Come for the Freshman Pasta Dinner and Silent Auction on Friday, November 18, starting at 6:00 p.m. until showtime at 8:00 p.m., or for the closing performance on Saturday, November 19 at 8:00 p.m., and bring your family and friends to enjoy this rollicking contemporary musical. Best get your hot little hands on some tickets toot sweet.

Tickets, a steal at $10, can be pre-ordered by visiting the Theatre Home Page: http://hg.ccsd.ws/webpages/cschraufnagel/boxoffice.cfm (password: “schrauf” and click on Box Office) off the HGHS Homepage, or by emailing Director Christopher Schraufnagel @ .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).  Tickets are on sale in the HGHS cafeteria throughout the school day, or after school at the Theatre Office (adjacent to the Auditorium.)  Tickets will also be available at the door, and will go on sale one hour before the show begins.  For any additional information, please call the Theatre Office at 861-9425. 

“THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” features the stellar talents of:

ALEX GOLD - Man in Chair; JESSICA PERELMAN - Mrs. Tottendale; BRIAN SWINNEY – Underling; SKY JARRETT - Robert Martin; JAKE SUSSMAN – George; CHRIS VALENTI – Feldzieg; CYNDI BONACUM – Kitty; JORDAN MILLER - Gangster #1; ALEX MARTINEZ - Gangster #2; EMERSON OBUS – Aldolpho; EMMA FREEMAN - Janet Van de Graaf; RACHEL GANS - The Drowsy Chaperone; ALEXANDRA SKOLNICK - Trix the Aviatrix.

Ensemble (*denotes Monkeys):
LIV AMUDSEN*
DANA BERGENFELD*
JASMINE CANZIANI*
REBECCA CANZIANI*
TORI COTT*
JORDAN GRAPEL
MARYKATE MCGETRICK*
ALEXANDRA MEDWAY
MICAELA MASOTTI*
NATHANIEL ROSENBERG
MIKEY RUBIN
AJ SHAPIRO
MICAELA SILVER
CAROLINE WHALEN*

C.J. Ehrlich is a local playwright whose one-act plays have been performed at various venues in and around New York City.