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2009 - 2010 Season
nToon Too - Ever Ever After
Directed By James J Girgenti and Mario Cruz
Music inspirations for the show will feature A Whole New World, Why Don't You Do Right, Someday My Prince Will Come, Part of Your World, Like a Virgin, You’ve Got A Friend in Me, Poor Unfortunate Souls, Kiss the Girl, Beauty and the Beast, When You Wish Upon a Star, Ever Ever After to name a few. Think Burlesque with parodies and satire, a revue inspired by characters from some of our favorite cartoons and you have this musical collaboration which is the latest creation of the dynamic duo of Jimmy and Mario – so you don’t want to miss it!
Featuring:
Kenneth Mayer (Acton), Kathleen Wackowski (Andover), Anna Poplawski (Belmont), Linda Goetz ( Newton),Alyse Pettitt (Danvers), Claudia Koziner and Tina Rae Demers (Haverhill), Andrea Femino (Holbrook), Yolanda Ferina (Malden), Rebekah Turner (Melrose), Cheryl Condon (Methuen), Rebecca Riley (Roslindale), John Pirroni (Somerville), Lisa Gath (Tewksbury), Micky Molongoski (Tyngsboro), Kristen Huberdeau (Waltham), Dan Goldstone (Wellesley), Stephen Russo (Winchester), and Lisa Atkinson (Manchester, NH) Merrill Peiffer and Chris Bradley (Portsmouth) and Phyllis Uloth (Wilmington).
Production dates: September 18 - October 3.
There are 2 Saturday matinees aimed at the family. They will be shorter versions of the evening performance, and are scheduled for the afternoons of September 26 and October 3. Both are at 2PM. Tickets will be $12.00 for adults and $10.00 for children. These Saturday shows are G rated; something the entire family can attend and enjoy.
A Night of Improv
by Acme Improv Company
The Acme Improv Company is made up of some of the funniest veteran performers in the Greater Boston area. They're back for the third season as a FUNraiser for QP! It is always different and always funny. The art of making the laughs up as you go along. No scripts, no nets, no kidding!
Production date: October 10, 2009
A Christmas Carol
By Michael Paller
Directed by Chip Sheeran
Charles Dickens' beloved ghost story comes to life in a whole new way, through the eyes of Dickens himself. The author gathers his family for a Christmas Eve celebration and draws them into creating a new holiday tradition, for both the Dickens family and generations of families to come! They are transformed into the familiar characters of the classic tale, and we are reminded of the real meaning of the holiday season.
Featuring:
Shayne Doherty, Johnny Kilcoyne, Bernie Hutchens, Adam Lauver, Shawn Maguire, Emily Sheeran, Miles Petrie, Alison Barker, Laura Chandler and Hugh Metzler, with Ian Wallace for the extended run.
Production dates: November 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, and December 4, 5, 11 and 12, 2009
Dial "M" for Murder
By Frederick Knott
Directed by Ron Wackowski
A classic "whodunit" with a washed up tennis star who learns that his wealthy wife had an affair – so he decides to kill her. He blackmails an old acquaintance to do it for a fee. It is the perfect murder until someone else gets killed! And it is the perfect mystery for QP to adapt into a live radio play!
Featuring:
Maria Mogavero, Liam McNeill, Shawn Maguire, Hugh Metzler, Karl E. Schmith, Barbara Dempsey West, Brian Fanning and Marc Capizzi
Production dates: January 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, and February 5 and 6, 2010
My Comic Valentine
Conceived and directed by John Pease
with Muscial Director Rusty Palumbo
The month of February is all about love and QP has the perfect musical pairing of love and humor to celebrate heart day.
Production date: February 13, 2010
The Shape of Things
By Neil Labute
Directed by Nancy Curran Wills
CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL SITUATIONS.
PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
This is a thought-provoking look at art and intimacy in the lives of four young students who become emotionally and romantically involved with each other. This is an exciting and contemporary drama that explores what lengths a person will go to for love. It contains adult subjects and language.
Featuring: Gordon Ellis, Kristen Dattoli, Bill Stambaugh and Jenn Shea
Production dates: March 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, and April 2 and 3, 2010
FUNraiser: Love Changes Everything
Featuring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Conceived and Directed by James J Girgenti
with Music Direction by Mario Cruz
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat®, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me On A Sunday later combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game and The Woman in White. He composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File, and a setting of the Latin Mass Requiem. His latest show, Love Never Dies, a sequel to Phantom is about to have its World Premiere.
Join over a dozen amazingly talented singers bring the music of Sir Webber to life on the Quannapowitt Players stage
Featuring: Brooke Wilcox, Maureen Pilot, Tracy Nygard, Jim Hunt, Bridget Doran, Shana Dirik, John Pirroni, Kristen Huberdeau, John Pease, Ken Mayer, Claudia Faulkner, Craig Faulkner, Rob Scullin, Tracy Sullivan, Rebecca Riley, Yolanda Leroy, Dan Goldstone, Chuck Walsh and Kendra Alati
Sunday April 11, 8:00 PM
The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It
By Don Nigro
Directed by Donna Corbett
A comedy featuring a small touring troupe of under-rehearsed and ill-equipped actors who play 33 roles trying to deliver one of Shakespeare's most famous speeches "All the world's a stage," while proving its' truth with many laughs.
Featuring: Hugh Metzler, Kathy Dalton, Karen Dervin, Shayne Doherty, Brian Sensale, Shawn Maguire, Elizabeth Sheeran
Production dates: May 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, and 29, 2010
