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Natick's Jason Hersom to star in "Sweeney Todd in Concert"
Local actor takes on the role of "Pirelli" in Theater UnCorked's debut production on June 2, 2018.
Theater UnCorked – Boston’s newest small theater company – will present its debut performance: Sweeney Todd in Concert – A Pop-Up Musical on Saturday, June 2nd, 2018. This one-time-only benefit performance will take place at First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138) at 7:30 pm. The production will feature Natick resident Jason Hersom as the outrageous “Adolfo Pirelli”, the flamboyant con-man whose boasting pits him against rival London barber, Sweeney Todd.
Hersom will appear alongside Producing Artistic Director Shana Dirik reprising her 2009 IRNE Award winning role as “Mrs. Lovett”, Paul Farwell reprising his role as “Judge Turpin,” and Ben DiScipio reprising his IRNE Award winning role as “Sweeney Todd,” the unjustly imprisoned barber bent on vengeance. With a full cast of 36 and an all-female production team, Sweeney Todd in Concert will feature a full roster of regional talent.
Natick resident JASON HERSOM currently serves as the Director of Admission and Financial Aid at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, and performs for theater companies throughout New England. Credits include Cain in Children of Eden, Mr. Snow in Carousel, Albert in Bye, Bye, Birdie, and Harry in Lucky Stiff. Other credits include Les Mis (Maine State Music Theater), Of Thee I Sing; On the Twentieth Century (Theater at Monmouth), and Assassins. Born and raised in Maine, he attended the Hartt School of Music for a BFA in Musical Theater.
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About Sweeney Todd in Concert:
The eight-time Tony Award-winning Sweeney Todd is the infamous tale of an unjustly exiled barber who returns to nineteenth century London seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him. After opening a new barber practice above a failing meat pie shop owned by the resourceful Mrs. Lovett, Todd and Lovett’s paths merge and their fortunes begin to change. One un-savory ingredient added into the meat pies has the people of London lining up ... and the carnage has only just begun! Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler.
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Sweeney Todd is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684; Fax: 212-397-4684. www.MTIShows.com
About Theater UnCorked: Boston’s Newest Small Theater Company
Theater UnCorked is a new venture launching Spring 2018 by Producing Artistic Director and IRNE Award winning performer, Shana Dirik. Boston’s newest theater company is a collaborative effort with an 18-member Advisory Board comprised of regional performers, technicians, and business and theater professionals. From "pop up" one-day musical events, to work-shopping new pieces, staged readings, comedies, dramas and theater camps for young adults, the goal of Theater UnCorked will be to produce works that not only audiences can appreciate but that artists themselves feel passionate about performing.
Theater UnCorked’s inaugural 2018 season will include a benefit performance of Sweeney Todd in Concert on June 2, 2018 at First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138), a staged reading in fall 2018, and then a full production in the spring of 2019.
Tickets for Sweeney Todd in Concert – A Pop-Up Musical are $30 and $40 per person. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.ticketstage.com/THEATERUNCORKED.
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