Vokes Players Announce Their Production of Avenue Q

Performances will be held at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre, Route 20 in Wayland, MA from October 30th through November 15th on Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8PM with a 2PM matinee on Saturdays, November 8th & 15th. For tickets and information call 508-358-4034, or order online via our website www.vokesplayers.org. Ticket prices are $20.00 for Thursday evenings & Saturday matinees; $28.00 for Friday & Saturday evenings.

What would it be like to live next door to a puppet? Not a “can’t-think-for-himself” puppet, an actual puppet! This inventive, gigglingly-funny Tony-winning musical will surprise you with the answer. One doesn’t often get a chance as an adult to learn life-lessons from a puppet – but that’s what’s in store in this R-rated take on Sesame Street. Puppets and “real people” all live in the same neighborhood, and all deal with the same adult issues: sexuality, unemployment, bigotry and a sense of identity. Princeton, a young puppet who has just left school, is ready to take on the world … but he finds the world surprisingly uninterested. Still, he holds onto his dreams, he makes a living, he finds love, and he strives for more. The magic of this theatrical experience comes, in part, from the complete earnestness of the characters in their expressions of sadness, love, embarrassment, confusion, longing, and hope.

The cast for the show includes: Kevin Hanley (Waltham), Heather Darrow (Woburn), Nick LaPete (Jamaica Plain), Lovely Hoffman (Roxbury), Christine Verzosa (Worcester), Mark Estano (West Roxbury), and Tiffany Steinke (Cambridge). The director, Laura Espy, is from Newton, and the musical director, Howard Boles, is from Marlborough.

WARNING: While Avenue Q uses puppets and is presented in a light-hearted manner, the show is intended for adults, and contains adult language and frank sexual content. It is not appropriate for children.

The historic Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre in Wayland is one of the truly unique cultural and historical resources in Metrowest. The Vokes Players is a non-profit theatrical organization. Avenue Q is the first production of our 2014-15 season; our 311th production to date. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. For more information about the Vokes Players, visit our website – www.vokesplayers.org.

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