 URINETOWN is SPRING GROVE'S 2012 Summer Musical performing July 19-22nd If you'd like to direct, produce, or work in any way on this musical, please contact barn@yeoldeoperahouse.org or call 507-498-JULY. (also accepting applications for the summer musical director & producer until January 6th) (Click the link above to listen to music from the show and read the synopsis.) PLAZA SUITE PERFORMED Oct. 6, 7, 8 at 7pm and 9th at 2pm in our DOWNTOWN LOCATION by Neil Simon The play is composed of three acts, each involving different characters but all set in Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel. THREE ACTS & THREE VERY DIFFERENT COUPLES Each couple spends a day in Suite 719 of Plaza Hotel and it changes everything, in the premise of this 1968 Neil Simon comedy. 1-Karen and Sam Nash have been married for over 20 years but they both reacted to getting older in different ways. Karen accepts it and Sam rejects it. What does a couple do when they realize they are now so different?  2-Muriel Tate and Jesse Kiplinger were in love with each other years ago but both took different paths. Jesse is now a lonely but famous Hollywood Producer and Muriel, a married housewife and mother. What will their reunion stir up? 3-Norma and Roy Hubley have gathered to celebrate their only
daughter's wedding. The problem is the bride to be has locked herself in the
bathroom. CAST LIST
The first act, "Visitor From Mamaroneck", introduces the audience to not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon suite in an attempt by Karen to bring the love back into their marriage. Her plan backfires and the two become embroiled in a heated argument about whether or not Sam is having an affair with his secretary. The act ends with Sam leaving (allegedly to attend to urgent business) and Karen sadly reflecting on how much things have changed since they were young. The second act, "Visitor from Hollywood", involves a meeting between movie producer Jesse Kiplinger and his old flame, suburban housewife Muriel Tate. Muriel - aware of his reputation as a smooth-talking ladies' man - has come for nothing more than a chat between old friends, promising herself she will not stay too long. Jesse, however, has other plans in mind and repeatedly attempts to seduce her. The third act, "Visitor from Forest Hills", revolves around married couple Roy and Norma Hubley on their daughter Mimsey's wedding day. In a rush of nervousness, Mimsey has locked herself in the suite's bathroom and refuses to leave. This is the most comic of the acts, filled with increasingly outrageous slapstick moments depicting her parents' frantic attempts to cajole her into attending her wedding while the gathered guests await the trio's arrival downstairs. Watch this website for audition and performance dates. See you at the theatre! Thanks for a successful run of "The Music Man." We had over 1500 people come to the show over this weekend. Thanks so much, we had a wonderful time.  |
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