Beverly Resident Kelly Murphy Rocks the Arsenal Stage

The Wellesley Players are currently in rehearsal for their Fall musical, A…My Name Is Alice. The Play features both new faces and seasoned Wellesley Players in this Outer Critics’ Award winner for Best Musical. Currently in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, the Players will present A…My Name Is Alice at the Black Box Theatre November 7-16, 2014. Tickets are now on sale. The Black Box Theatre is an intimate space - a perfect environment for exploring this funny, heartfelt, timeless, universally appealing musical. Please purchase tickets early. This musical is a must see this season!

A… My Name is Alice presents a kaleidoscope of contemporary women in hilarious, insightful, empathetic and at times profound experiences. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even learn a little something more about the women in your life. The New York Times called it “Delightful and so sophisticated…the [creators] would rather tickle a male chauvinist pig to death than hack him to pieces.”

Beverly resident Kelly Murphy is cast in this ensemble musical featuring eight women and one token male. Kelly worked with The Wellesley Players in the past; having choreographed their production of Fiddler on the Roof about five years ago. Kelly comes to A… My Name is Alice as the choreographer in addition to her on stage role.

About A… My Name is Alice Kelly says “While I love choreographing and performing, I have to say, I am so excited to be back onstage in a musical again in “Alice” --- it’s been a while. More often, I seem to be behind the scenes directing or choreographing.” Theater is prevalent in much of Kelly’s life. She coaches students for auditions, choreographs quite a bit and works at the local middle school choreographing and co-directing their annual show. “My husband and I have also performed a number of times together onstage which is always special.” Kelly works the front desk at YogaSakti in Salem. “I love to exercise, hike, kayak and travel with my husband.”

Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd conceived A… My Name is Alice as a sequence of clever and serious songs, monologues and sketches depicting the trials and tribulations of living as a woman. This bright and lively revue was created by a wide variety of comedy writers including actress Anne Meara as well as lyricists and composers such as David Zippel and Lucy Simon.

Put on your heels, grab your cell phones and rally with your BFFs for a night out to meet the women of A… My Name is Alice. Performances: Nov 7-9 and 13-16, 2014. Performances will be at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Black Box Theatre. Tickets are now available. www.ticketstage.com/WP. Reserve your seat early!

Photo: The female ensemble of A...My Name is Alice. Photo Credit: Jon Sachs

Front: Sun-Mee Kasper
l-r Middle Row: Kelly Murphy, Jennifer Bubriski
l-r Back Row: Melissa Bisso, Regine Vitale, Kathleen Dalton, Jennifer Shotkin, Lara Simpson