Director: Craig Gustafson at WDIDrowsy@Comcast.net

Publicity: publicity@wheatondrama.org

Tickets: www.wheatondrama.org or call 630-260-1820

Wheaton Drama Casts The Drowsy Chaperone, A Musical Within A Comedy

Wheaton Drama, Inc. (WDI) has cast its 2010-2011 season opener, The Drowsy Chaperone. 

This wildly entertaining and spectacularly funny homage to Jazz Age musicals has lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. The show’s numerous Tony® Awards include Best Book and Score.

When show narrator Man in Chair plays for the audience a record of his favorite 1920s musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, the show bursts to life in his living room. Lovingly spoofing old musicals, The Drowsy Chaperone features a comic cast of characters involved in a delightfully silly series of misadventures.

Amongst the cast are a Follies girl seeking true love, her attractive but dim groom-to-be, a chaperone who likes to tipple, an over-the-top Latin Lothario, a hapless best man, and a Follies producer harassed by two “punny” gangsters.

Bringing the show to the Playhouse 111 stage are: Susan Able Barry (Mrs. Tottendale); Garrett Ard (George); Harmony Barry (Ensemble); Angelicque Cate (Kitty); Andrew Dameron (Robert Martin); Ron Fletcher (Ensemble); Katie Follmann (Trix); Zachary Gibson (Ensemble); Harold LeBoyer (Underling); Sara Malloy (Janet Van de Graaff); Mark Mocarski (Gangster 1); Dennis Paul (Gangster 2); Amy Royle (Ensemble); Steve Schroeder (Adolpho); Lars Timpa (Feldzieg); Pam Turlow (The Drowsy Chaperone); Stuart Vance (Man in Chair).

Craig Gustafson is directing, assisted by Toria Hollyn. Genevieve Pastore is the production manager. Sue Kinney-Watschke is the musical director and Tracy Adams is the choreographer. Debbie Trueblood is stage manager.

Performances of The Drowsy Chaperone are September 17 through October 10, 2010. Shows are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $21 each, except Thursdays, which have a special price of $18 per ticket. The Drowsy Chaperone is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

Other shows in Wheaton Drama’s 2010-2011 season are Little Women, Twentieth Century, All My Sons, and 1776.

For tickets and information, please visit www.wheatondrama.org or call 630-260-1820.

At play since 1931, Wheaton Drama’s quality productions are staged at Playhouse 111, 111 N. Hale Street in downtown Wheaton. IL. Excellent restaurants and free parking are within walking distance of the Playhouse.     

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