Coming Next Season to Kelsey Theatre

In case you haven't heard Maurer Productions OnStage (http://www.mponstage.com/) has settled on it's shows for next season. After staging another puppet-filled production in August called A Winnie the Pooh Birthday Tail (directed by Diana Maurer), we'll launch into next season. We'll be producing Brighton Beach Memoirs (directed by Alycia Cantor). This comedy drama written by Neil Simon is the first in his auto biographical series. Then we'll be mounting our production of the Broadway classic Man of La Mancha, directed by John Maurer.

Here now is the entire 2008-2009 Kelsey Season...

Through Our Eyes – Sept 12-14
Moon Over Buffalo – Sept. 19-21, 26-28
Brighton Beach Memoirs (MP OnStage) - Oct. 3-5, 10-12
Dames At Sea – Oct. 17-19, 24-26
Parade – Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Nov. 7-9
The King and I – Nov. 14-16, 21-23
Twas – Dec. 5-7
The Nutcracker – Dec. 13-15
Possible show TBA – Jan. 9-11, 16-18
Rumplestiltskin – Jan. 23-25
Princeton Montessori and Russian Am. Kids Circus – Jan. 28-31
Man of La Mancha (MP OnStage) Feb. 6-8, 13-15
Sunshine Boys Feb. 20-22, 27-29
The Wiz – Mar. 6-8, 13-15
Strike Up The Band – Mar. 21
Godspell – Mar. 27-29, Apr. 3-5
Peer Gynt – Apr. 17-19, 24-26
High School Musical – May 1-3, 8-10
Mercer Dance Ensemble May 16-17
Pierrot show – May 29-31, Jun. 5-7
Perf Arts High & C & E Jun. 11-13
James Tolin – Jun. 19-21

Daisy Journal: Costume Changes

Wow, there sure are a lot of costume changes in Driving Miss Daisy. Diana and I finally sat down to figure out the costume plan. We walked through the script scene by scene. Not only to figure out what the actors will wear, but exactly when they'll get a chance to change into their various costumes. Daisy is performed without an intermission, the time between scenes is very brief, and there are only three actors in the cast so it's not like any one of them spends a lot of time off stage. We worked it out, though. And I think we were able to get a handle on the timing for the make-up changes as well.

Erin Penney is handling make-up and wigs for this show. She's working up three different looks for each of the characters. If the first is done during pre-show, that means we need to identify when each actor can have their make-up changed twice, so we can show them aging over the 25 years that pass during the show. It's going to be tight, but I'm sure we'll work it out.