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Win Season Tickets to "Once Upon a Mattress, Hairspray, and Annie Get Your Gun" at Richter
Performances are given outdoors under the stars where audience members can bring food and drink to picnic on lawn chairs and blankets
Once Upon a Mattress – at Richter Park, Danbury
June 12, 13, 14
June 18, 19, 20, 21
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June 25, 26, 27
Directed and Choreographed by Bradford Blake
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Musicals at Richter is Connecticut’s longest-running outdoor theater. Performances are at the Richter Arts Center @ Richter Park, 100 Aunt Hack Road, in Danbury. Performances are given outdoors under the stars where audience members can bring food and drink to picnic on lawn chairs and blankets before and while they watch the show! A fun, family-friendly way to spend a beautiful summer evening!
You can WIN season tickets to all of our 2015 main stage shows... Enter now: http://www.musicalsatrichter.org/win.php
Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. Plot: Due to an unhappy curse, King Sextimus is unable to speak. Meanwhile, his terror-of-a-wife, Queen Aggravian, has taken over control of the kingdom. Most importantly, in an attempt to keep Prince Dauntless single, she has decreed that only the princess that can pass her test may marry her son. Further, no one else in the kingdom may marry until Prince Dauntless does. The antics that follow are best appreciated live on the stage. Come see if Prince Dauntless finds his true love!
2015 SUMMER SEASON TICKET PRICES
FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY *
Adults: $20, Seniors/Students: $15, Children under 10: $10
THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL *
Adults: $15, Seniors/Students: $10.00, Children under 10: $5
An additional $1 will be added to all ticket prices by the Richter Park Authority for Friends of Richter Park. Please check out their website at http://friendsofrichterpark.org for information on their plans to enhance Richter Park.
-Grounds open at 7:15 p.m. for picnicking. Chair rentals are available on site, along with a snack and soft drink concession. Curtain is at 8:30 p.m.
For tickets and for more information, visit the website at www.MusicalsAtRichter.org , or e-mail info@musicalsatrichter.org
Bradford Blake, (2015 Once Upon A Mattress Director/Choreographer) is the Founding Artistic Director of Musicals at Richter where he directed such shows as TITANIC, DAMN YANKEES, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, ANYTHING GOES, GREASE, GYPSY, SOUTH PACIFIC, BYE BYE BIRDIE, OKLAHOMA!, CAMELOT, THE MUSIC MAN, OF THEE I SING, CAROUSEL, LITTLE ME, ANNIE, HELLO, DOLLY!, OLIVER! , FUNNY GIRL and MAME. TheatreWorks New Milford he has directed A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, CABARET, CHICAGO, SWEENEY TODD, BATBOY, LITTLE ME, MUSICAL OF MUSICALS and AVENUE Q to name a few. At Western CT State University he has directed A CHORUS LINE, MY FAIR LADY, GREASE, GUYS AND DOLLS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, COMPANY, and PSYCHO BEACH PARTY. An accomplished composer and lyricist as well, Brad is the author of SMORGASBORD!, STAY TUNED and his most recent work: WRECK THE HALLS which will be produced this holiday season at the Ridgefield Theatre Barn where he has previously directed FOREVER PLAID, THE TAFFETAS and ANGELS OVER BROADWAY. Brad's work has also been seen at The Bushnell Theatre in Hartford, The Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Theatre-in-the-Park in New Haven and several dinner theatres throughout Connecticut, Pensylvania and New Jersey
Once Upon A Mattress Cast List
Princess Winnifred: Jessica Smith (New Fairfield), Prince Dauntless: Billy Dempster (Danbury), Queen Aggravain: Priscilla Squiers (Danbury), King Sextimus: Ted Schwartz (Brookfield), Lady Larken: Jessica Schwartz, (Brookfield), Jester: Todd Santa Maria (Cheshire) Minstrel: Robert Bria (Redding), Wizard: Matt Austin (New Milford), Sir Harry: Jacob Eventoff (Newtown), Ladies in Waiting: Daisy Stott (Brookfield), Laura Gelb (New Fairfield), Lexi Tobin (Newtown), Emma Giorgio (Ridgefield), Sarah Keough (New Fairfield), Knights: Richard Frey (New Fairfield), Thom Keough (New Fairfield), Noah Matson (Danbury), Andrew Kocur (Danbury), Alexis M. Vournazos (Danbury).
Upcoming shows this summer
HAIRSPRAY
Directed and Choreographed by Matthew Farina
July 3 + 5
July 9, 10, 11, 12
July 16, 17, 18
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Directed and Choreographed by Lauren Nicole Sherwood
July 24, 25, 26
July 30, 31, August 1, 2
August 6, 7, 8
