Theatre Guild of Simsbury presents My Favorite Year

Theatre Guild of Simsbury presents My Favorite Year

Set in 1954, My Favorite Year features a week in the life of Benjy Stone, freshman writer on the television variety hour, The King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade. Stone’s world is turned upside down when he is assigned the daunting task of baby-sitting veteran Hollywood swashbuckler, Alan Swann, who is set to make a live guest appearance on the show. The effort to keep the reckless Swann off the booze and out of the papers during the rehearsal week nearly drives Benjy to the brink. But when he’s given an unexpected glimpse into Swann’s broken heart, Benjy begins to discover a thing or two about life and love. The cast is filled with colorful characters and a tuneful Broadway score that will get your toe tapping and have you humming the whole way home!

SHOWTIMES:

November 8, 14, & 15 - 8:00pm

November 9 & 16 - 2:00pm

TICKETS:

Presale: $21 for adults, $18 for students & seniors

At the door: $24 for adults and $20 for students & seniors.

Performances are presented at Simsbury High School, 34 Farms Village Rd

Simsbury, Connecticut 06070

For tickets or more info: www.theatreguildsimsbury.org

Directed by: Doreen Cohn

Musical Direction by: Will Minton

Choreography by: Terry Rowe

Technical Direction by: Ken Jones

Costuming by: Cindy Braunlich

CAST:

Benjy Stone: Al Girard

Alan Swann: Christopher Berrien

King Kaiser: Brian Rucci

Sy Benson: James Wood

Alice Miller: Tracy Lynn Funke

Herb Lee: Michael Yachanin

K.C. Downing: Melissa Veale

Leo Silver: Bill Quinn

Belle May Steinberg Carroca: Kathy Cook

“Rookie” Carroca / Roquefort: Nick Parisi

Tess: Kristin Weiss

Uncle Morty: Joe Sacala

Aunt Sadie: Karen Sidel

Scungilli/Mitch Fleckman/Doorman: Geoff Ruckdeschel

Floor / Stage Manager: Rick Anderson

Daisy: Allison Cohen Young

Veronica: Laura Roberts Garger

ENSEMBLE: Margaret Afheldt, Rick Anderson, Leslie Anderson, Rosemarie Beskind, Nancy Brownstein, Kim Capagna, Penny Carroll, Dana Culligan, Kathy Werner Dayton, Christen Feola, Laura Garger, Art Hetherington, Ginny Hetherington, Wilson Keithline, Dawn Meegan, Laurel Mills, Ray Paquet, Nick Parisi, Bill Quinn, Roberta Quinn, Rick Rendeiro, Geoff Ruckdeschel, Joe Sacala, Jessie Sawyer, Terri Schulman, Karen Sidel, Andrea Andrea Ezrin Silverstein, Kim Sanders Spera, Tracy Arcari Weed,Kristin Weiss, Alllison Young, Linda Ziemnicki