Standing Room Only Theatre Company Presents Hair!

Posted on February 10, 2015 by blackchickmedia

February 10, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Kenisha Sanders

216-647-8374

kenisha_sanders@yahoo.com

Executive/Artistic Director

Nancy S. Nocks

614-258-9495

sro.nocks@yahoo.com

Standing Room Only Theatre Company Presents Hair!

Standing Room Only Theatre Company is staged March 6-15, 2015 in the Van Fleet Theatre at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215.

Hair opens on March 6, running through March 15, 2015. Hair features music by Gail MacDermot, lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni. This rock musical has garnered Tony Awards for “Best Score from and Original Cast Show Album” and “Best Revival of the Musical” in 2009. Hair features hit songs including Aquarius, Let the Sun Shine In and Good Morning Starshine. Hair tells the story of Vietnam-era youths who are disenchanted with the status quo. This musical is intended for mature audiences.

Hair is directed by Theatre Roundtable award winner Frank Barnhart. The cast includes Ricky Locci (Berger), Nick Evans (Woof), Ryan Patrick Jones (Hud), Sean Felder (Claude), Michelle Weiser (Jeannie), Sharon Kibe (Dionne), Kelly Hogan (Crissy), Kim Mollett (Shelia), and Perry L. Meyer (Margaret Mead). Ensemble also includes Denise Anderson, Alex Lanier, Josh Stepp, Tim Lockett, Devon Porter, Samuel Price, Kyle Salmons, Cassie Gress, Maria Sagan, Tiarra Marshall, Sylvia Gonzalez and Danielle Webster.

Hair show times and dates are 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 7; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8; 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 13; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 14; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 15. Tickets for all shows are $21 for adults, $18 for senior citizens (55+), $16 for SRO members, $12 for students. Tickets can be purchased by going to the website at http://www.srotheatre.org. Discounted group tickets (10+ people) are available.

SRO’s mission is to produce invigorating theater that breaks generational boundaries.

For more information, please visit www.srotheatre.org.

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Imagine Productions “Dreamgirls”!

Posted on January 23, 2015 by blackchickmedia

For all those in the Columbus, Ohio area, make sure you get out and support our amazingly talented friend Chrissy Turner in Imagine Productions version of Dreamgirls. This promises to be a wonderful show, and one we cannot wait to see.

Love

BCM

Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyer
Music by Henry Krieger
Original Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Produced on Broadway by Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records and The Shubert Organization
Directed by James Blackmon

A young female singing trio from Chicago get their big break at an amateur competition and begin singing backup vocals for James “Thunder” Early. However, things begin to spin out of control when their agent, Curtis Taylor, Jr., makes Deena and not Effie, the star of what will become known as “The Dreams.”

Imagine Productions “Dreamgirls”

9 SHOWINGS (Friday-Sunday of each weekend):

February 20, 21 and 22nd

February 27, 28 and March 1st

March 6, 7 and 8th

Show starts at 7:30pm, doors open at 6:30pm

Location Wall Street Night Club (parking will be on Gay and High St. which is right near night club)

Additional info http://www.imaginecolumbus.org/dreamgirls.html

PROMO CODES (discounts off tickets!)

Early Bird Promo Code: January 5-18th

CODE: Steppin (not case sensitive)

Discount: $3 off seat/combinable with table discount

Ongoing Promo Code: January 19th-February 15th

CODE: OneNightOnly (not case sensitive)

Discount: $2 off seat/combine with table discount

Reservation link to order tickets: http://www.imaginecolumbus.org/reservations.html

GET TICKETS FAST! Shows will be SOLD OUT!!!

Press Release: Bye Bye Birdie

Posted on September 28, 2014 by blackchickmedia

Standing Room Only Theatre Company Presents Bye Bye Birdie!

Photo credit via srotheatre.org

Standing Room Only Theatre Company in association with Music Legends Live presents Bye Bye Birdie. This musical production will be staged October 24 – November 2, 2014 at the Shedd Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215.

Bye Bye Birdie show times and dates are 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 24; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 25; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 26; 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 31; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 1; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2. This production will feature a special “Elvis” impersonator from Music Legends Live, featuring Jay Freeman or Kavan, performing a half hour before curtain at both of the Saturday and Sunday shows and at the Friday eve performance, October 31! Plan to arrive 40 -50 minutes before curtain if attending one of the special pre-show performance dates.

Bye Bye Birdie tells the story of Rock ‘n Roll legend, Conrad Birdie (loosely based on Elvis Presley), who receives a draft notice to serve in the army. As part of a publicity stunt, he travels to the small town of Sweet Apple, Ohio to sing one last song and plant one last kiss on a lucky member of his fan club. This musical with book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, It has been adapted into a 1963 film, a 1995 TV-movie, and a recent 2009 Broadway revival.

Bye Bye Birdie is directed by David Bahgat with musical direction by Jeff Hamm, and choreography by Zoe Lathan. Principal actors are Nicolette Montana AEA (Rose Alvarez), Justin Labelle (Albert Peterson), Ricky Locci (Conrad Birdie), Kelly Hogan (Kim MacAfee), Scott Willis (Mr. MacAfee), Karla M. Kruse (Mrs. MacAfee), Kathy Taylor (Mrs. Mae Peterson), Ryan J. Kopycinski (Hugo), Cherish Myers (Ursula Merkle), and Cam Holland (Randolph MacAfee).

Other cast members include Drew Washburn (Mayor), Scott Green (Charles F Maude), Katey Munger (Mrs. Merkle), Kasey Wolfgang (Gloria Rasputin), Michelle Weiser (Mayor’s Wife), Patrick Foley (Harvey Johnson), Joe Bolzenius (Mr. Johnson), Maddie Bolzenius (Alice), Cara Corrigan (Deborah Sue) and Quartet (Andy Simmons).

Tickets for all shows are $20 for adults, $17 for seniors (55+), $15 for SRO members, $10 for students, and $15 for adults and seniors for the 10:30 a.m. Friday, performances. Tickets can be purchased by going to the website at www.srotheatre.org. Discounted group tickets (10+ people) are available. For group sales, or further information, leave message at 614-258-9495.

SRO’s mission is to produce invigorating theater that breaks generational boundaries.

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Press Release: SRO Theatre Company Presents The Sound of Music

Posted on January 29, 2014 by blackchickmedia

SRO Theatre Company Presents

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

February 20 – March 2, 2014

SRO Theatre Company presents The Sound of Music to be staged February 20-March 2, 2014, at the Shedd Theatre in the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215.

With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, the musical, which tied as a 1960 Tony Award winner, tells the story of a postulant who becomes a governess to the seven children of a widowed father and how their lives change through love and music. The story is based on Maria Augusta Trapp’s memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.

The director is award-winning director/producer Frank A. Barnhart whose work has been acclaimed in Columbus with awards that include a Best Director award from the Central Ohio Theatre Round Table and in New York with an Off-Off Broadway Review Award for producing and directing.

Sharon M. Kibe plays Maria Rainer, Heather Carvel plays The Mother Abbess, and the von Trapp family is played by William Darby (Captain Georg von Trapp), Paula Shtein (Liesl), Nathaniel Thomas (Friedrich), Taryn J. Huffman (Louisa), Keegan Sells (Kurt), Avery Bank (Brigitta), Sophia Caraline Ribar (Marta), and Jillian Savage (Gretl).

Additional cast members are Taryn Melynn Barton (Elsa Schraeder), Ronald E. Nocks (Max Detweiler), Devon Porter (Rolf Gruber), Dakota Thorn (Sister Berthe), Cassie Gress (Sister Margaretta), Angie Duncan (Sister Sophia), John Feather (Franz), Dawn Farrell (Frau Schmidt), Francois Dean (Herr Zeller), Bruce F. Huffman (Admiral von Schreiber), Catherine J. Huffman (A New Postulant/Nun), Meredith Hunsaker (Ursula/ Nun), Alicia Brown (Nun), and Melissa Christophersen Redmill (Nun).

Musical director is Bryan Babcock and choreographer is Catherine J. Huffman.

Showtimes and dates for The Sound of Music are 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 20; 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 21; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 22; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 23; 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 1; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday March 2.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for seniors (55+), $15 for SRO members, $10 for students, and $15 for adults and seniors for the 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 28, performance. Tickets can be purchased by going to the website at www.srotheatre.org. Discounted group tickets (10+ people) are available. For group sales, call 614-258-9495.

SRO’s mission is to build upon decades of internationally acclaimed professional theater, emphasizing inclusive “theater for life,” through our strong community and educational involvement, as well as growing corporate partnerships. For more information, please visit www.srotheatre.org.