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music and lyrics by David Nehls book by Betsy Kelso
Directed by Cynthia Levin Musical Direction by Anthony T. Edwards Choreographed by Steven Eubank Assistant Director Sarah Crawford
December
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- December 31, 2006
Featuring Cathy Barnett, Teri Adams, Julie Taylor, Karen Errington, Jessalyn Kincaid, James Wright and Jake Walker Talk Back Performances December 5, 10 and 12. Performance interpreted for the deaf on Wednesday December 6th at 7:30 pm.
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 Cynthia Levin (Director) is beginning her 28th season with the Unicorn Theatre where she has worked as a director, actor, designer or producer for 200 productions. In addition to managing the Unicorn, she stays busy tending her 3 story Victorian home (and gardens), 2 wonderful dogs and one very mischievous cat. Most recently she directed tick, tick…Boom!, Frozen, I Am My Own Wife, Bug, The Exonerated, Convenience, Take Me Out, BatBoy: The Musical, The Mineola Twins and The Memory of Water at the Unicorn. At the Coterie Theatre she has directed Frankenstein, Gatherings in Graveyards (I and II), Valley Song and To Kill a Mockingbird and for the graduate program at UMKC she has directed My Mother Said I Never Should. Some other recent favorites include Proof, Closer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Wit, Beauty Queen of Leenane, How I learned to Drive, Having Our Say, Quills, Sylvia, Unidentified Human Remains, Angels in America and the world premieres of How His Bride Came to Abraham, Light:Damage, Mercy Killing, Innocent Thoughts and Jack and Jill. Cynthia is a graduate of Park University where she was additionally awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2002. She is also a founding board member of the National New Play Network, an organization dedicated to the development and production of new works. She is the 2006 recipient of the Pinnacle Award for Excellence in the Arts from the Johnson County Library Foundation. Next up at the Unicorn, she will be directing Nickel and Dimed.
Anthony T. Edwards (Musical Director) is a native of Humboldt, Tennessee, and is delighted to be a part of this Unicorn production. Anthony has been privileged to be the Musical Director for theatres across the country including the Denver Center for the Performing Arts where he performed for four years in Always…Patsy Cline. Anthony is currently the Resident Musical Director for the American Heartland Theatre, Epic Entertainment and Bar Natasha. He completed a Bachelor of Music degree in commercial music and piano performance at Belmont University in Nashville, TN and graduate studies in piano performance at the University of Missouri-Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, MO. He has appeared with the New Theatre Restaurant, the Quality Hill Playhouse, Starlight Theatre, Theatre in the Park, the American Heartland Theatre, the Unicorn Theatre, the Red Barn Theatre and Waterfront Playhouse in Key West, FL., and Late Night Theatre. Recent shows include: Swing Time Canteen, Always…Patsy Cline, Peter Pan, A Grand Night for Singing, The All Night Strut, Red Rock Diner, Valley of the Dolls, The Complete Millennium Musical (abridged), 1940’s Radio Hour, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, Forever Plaid, Sweet Underground Charity, Honky Tonk Angels, When Pigs Fly!, Pageant, Dames at Sea, Nuncrackers, Annie, The Big Bang!, Mashugganuns, From My Home Town, Married Alive!, My Way, Swing!, The Buddy Holly Story, Menopause the Musical, along with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Bat Boy, Crowns, Convenience and tick, tick…Boom!, here at the Unicorn. Anthony lives in here in Kansas City with a great guy named Scott, and a really incredible dog named Samantha.
Sarah Crawford (Assistant Director) This is Sarah’s first time to be on this side of the tracks at Unicorn Theatre. Unicorn audiences may recognizer her most recently on the other side in Next of Kin and tick, tick…BOOM! Other credits on this side include directing the musical Pal Joey and the play Noises Off at Drake University in Iowa. She also directed the musical The Taffetas to sold-out audiences at The Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre in Wichita. Sarah greatly appreciates the opportunity to continue to get he feet wet here in the communal “trailer park” pool. She hopes you “have a snack and sit back” and enjoy the show. Hello Mo’.
Cathy Barnett (Betty) may be the first actress in history to appear at two theaters – simultaneously! This past summer, she performed in the Kansas City Actors Theater’s exciting repertory season featuring Lanford Wilson’s “Talley Trilogy” at Union Station AND the New Theatre’s production of Fiddler on the Roof! Now, how is that possible, you may ask? Well, she was live at Union Station but she was digital at the New Theater as the lively, larger-than-life corpse, Fruma Sara. Cathy has delighted audiences locally, nationally and internationally in both Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Hollywood. She has also traveled across the nation as Louise in Always, Patsy Cline. She has entertained as a stand-up comedienne in New York, appearing at Caroline’s and the West Bank Cafe. Other shows in Kansas City include Divas at the Quality Hill Playhouse, Company at the Missouri Repertory Theater, and numerous productions at the New Theatre. She also portrays the Hallmark greeting card character, “Maxine,” and has traveled from coast to coast as this beloved curmudgeon. Cathy lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband, Dan, daughter, Julia and hound-dog doggie, Lucy.
Teri Adams (Lin) loves to spend the holidays with her pals at the Unicorn! She is returning for the third straight year, after appearing two years ago in the original musical; Convenience, and as seven wacky characters in last year's Painted Alice. Other Unicorn credits include Quilters, Ruthless! and Dirty Blonde. Teri is just coming off a five month run of the wildly popular Menopause, The Musical at the American Heartland Theatre. She's ready to leave the hot flashes behind and get down and dirty in the trailer park with some of her favorite people! Adams will be seen with the Divas of Kansas City, ringing in the New Year at Bar Natasha, for the second New Year's Eve in a row. You will also find her back at the Quality Hill Playhouse in the spring, singing Music From the 1960s and 1970s. Teri has been a member of Actors Equity Association since 1994. She thanks you good people for supporting local theatre, and wishes you happy holidays and peace in the New Year!
Julie Taylor (Pickles) is so very happy to return to the Unicorn where she was last seen as Shelly in BatBoy: The Musical. Other favorite performances include Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel) at The New Theatre; Nothin’ Like a Dame at Quality Hill Playhouse; Stuart Little and Suessical at the Coterie Theatre; The Wizard of OZ at Theatre For Young America; A Christmas Carol at KC Repertory Theatre; and The 1940’s Radio Hour at AHT. Enjoy the show!
Karen Errington (Jeannie) is delighted to return to Unicorn Theatre, where she was most recently seen as Karen in last season’s Next of Kin. Other roles at the Unicorn include Meredith Parker in Bat Boy, Nurse Susie Monahan in WIT, and a Daughter in Quilters. She has performed in theaters throughout the Kansas City area for the past 14 years, where some favorite roles include Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Rhetta Cupp in Pump Boys and Dinettes, and Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, and has also toured extensively with Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Hollywood. Karen also enjoys a busy schedule as a vocalist, and is one of “The Divas”, an eclectic female vocal quartet based in KC. Karen has never actually lived in a trailer, but once dated a guy who lived in a double-wide and drove a pick-up truck with no passenger door and a gun rack… but that’s a story for another time …
Jessalyn Kincaid (Pippi) is very happy to return to the Unicorn where she was last seen in The Gene Pool. A Kansas City native, local audiences may remember her from appearances at The American Heartland Theatre, Late Night Theatre, Musical Theater Heritage, Theatre for Young America and, most recently, The Coterie Theatre where she portrayed the Blue Fairy in Stephen Schwartz's world premiere production of Disney's Geppetto & Son. Although she's been fortunate enough to perform at many local theatres, she considers the Unicorn home, and is thrilled to be returning to where she made her professional debut.
James Wright (Norbert) is a veteran Kansas City actor and singer who appears regularly on stages throughout the city and is happy to be making his Unicorn Theatre debut. Appearances include Married Alive, Twigs, Sylvia and The Buddy Holly Story (The American Heartland Theatre), Music of the 1920’s & 30’s, The World Goes ‘Round, Cabaret Swings and Sentimental Journey (The Quality Hill Playhouse), Grease, Rumors, Shear Madness and Tom Sawyer (The New Theatre Restaurant), Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar and Hello Dolly (Starlight Theatre) and Guys & Dolls and The Front Page (Kansas City Rep). In addition, James manages a very busy commercial acting schedule, appearing in television commercials, industrial films and radio voice-overs. Upcoming: Music of the 1950’s at The Quality Hill Playhouse and his next CD entitled Center Stage: Songs of Spirit from the Musical Theatre, which will be released in the spring of 2007. Visit www.absolutelywright.com for details.
Jake Walker (Duke) is honored to be returning to the Unicorn stage for the third time. Previously Jake has been seen in Fuddy Meers and The Santaland Diaries. A Kansas City native, he has been seen on several other Kansas City stages including the Coterie Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Theatre League and Theatre for Young America. Most recently he was seen in the Shakespeare Festivals Henry V, swinging from a noose! Jake would like to thank Cynthia for this opportunity and his family for their unending support.
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