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 Port Chester, NY - The Port Chester Council for the Arts, in cooperation with the Village of Port Chester Recreation Department, presents its 2008 Summer Theatre Season, featuring the retro rock show All Shook Up, the musical salute to the ‘50s Grease, the musical twist on the classic tale of the Ugly Duckling Honk!, and Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona.
For ticket reservations and more information, call the Council Office at 914-939-3183. Tickets are cash or check only.
Young Adult Theatre
Christina Colangelo directs All Shook Up July 17, 18 and 19 at 8 PM at the Crawford Park Mansion, on Ridge Street in Rye Brook, NY. Cindy Moore is musical director. Tickets are $18 adults, and $15 for seniors and children under 12. All Shook Up mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of the King, in a musical production featuring the musical hits of Elvis with a book by Joe DiPietro, all set in Smalltown, USA circa 1955. When a rolling roustabout rambles into town on his motorcycle, guitar slung over the leather jacket on his back, everyone falls under love’s spell, but with the “wrong” person.
Youth/Teen Theatre
It’s back to 1959 in Grease to be presented August 1 and 2 at 8 PM at the Port Chester Middle School, 113 Bowman Ave., Port Chester, NY. Julie Colangelo directs this salute to the ‘50s teenager, with musical direction by Cindy Moore. Tickets are $12 adults, and $10 for seniors and children under 12. This Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey musical focuses on the romance between Danny Zuko, leader of the Burger Palace Boys gang, and the new girl in school, Sandy Dumbrowski, at the fictional Rydell High.
Children’s Theatre
The Ugly Duckling gets another look in the musical Honk!, August 8 and 9 at 8 PM at the Port Chester Middle School, 113 Bowman Ave., Port Chester, NY. Honk! is directed by Kelly Budde, with musical direction by Cindy Moore. Tickets are $12 adults, and $10 for seniors and children under 12. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s Honk! tells the story of an odd looking baby duck, Ugly, and his quest to find his mother.
Lawn Chair Theatre
Shakespeare returns to Port Chester with a production of Two Gentlemen of Verona August 21, 22 and 23 at 7 PM in Lyon Park, Parkway Drive, Port Chester, NY. Tickets are $10, suggested donation. Tal Aviezer directs this coming-of-age story by William Shakespeare in which best friends Valentine and Proteus, the two gentlemen of Verona, travel to Milan and learn about the world of courtship.
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