Tag Archives: Middletown Lyric Theatre

MRS. MANNERLY
Middletown Lyric Theatre
Nov. 11-19
Middletown

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Bette Korris as Mrs. Mannerly & Michael Schlotterbeck as Hatcher and many others

Inspired by hilarious memories of a childhood etiquette class, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the world of a ten-year-old studying manners. Mrs. Mannerly is a demanding teacher, and no student in her thirty-six years of etiquette classes has achieved a perfect score. But when he discovers her secret past, Young Jeffrey is determined to be the first to achieve this feat. This unique comic tale reveals truths about the face we present and the real selves that lie inside.

• Fri-Sat, Nov. 11-12 at 8pm
• Fri, Nov. 18 at 8pm
• Sat, Nov. 19 at 3pm & 8pm

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LES BELLES – SOEURS
Middletown Lyric Theatre
Sept. 16-24
Middletown

Cast: Peggy Allen as Gabrielle Jodoin, Sara Carbaugh as Des Neiges Verrette, Trisha Cooper as Yvette Longpre, Betty Coulter as Rheauna Bibeau, Dorothy Jolly as Lise Paquette, Rebekah Kay as Linda Lauzon, Claire LaNicca as Pierrette Guerin, Elizabeth Long as Olivine Dubuc, Angie Markham as Ginette Menard, Diane Minnich as Marie-Ange Brouillette, Karen Oehler as Rose Ouimet, Julie Poux as Therese Dubuc, Gail Rudolph as Angeline Sauve, Lori True as Lisette De Courval & Cate White as Germaine Lauzon

Meet Germaine Lauzon she has just won a million trading stamps in the local lottery. To get them pasted into books, she invites her four sisters and a variety of close friends to assist her. While Germaine dreams of things she’s always wanted and can now buy for herself, her sisters and friends scheme to thwart her, as they turn jealous with no understanding as to why Germaine should win anything. When tensions rise amongst the ladies a wild and raucous stamp-throwing melee ensues. Germaine’s sisters make off with as many stamps as possible and Germaine is left with shattered dreams and only a fraction of the million stamps she had when she started. This play contains mild adult language.

• Fri-Sat, Sept. 16-17 at 8pm
• Fri, Sept. 23 at 8pm
• Sat, Sept. 24 at 3pm & 8pm

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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Middletown Lyric Theatre
July 21-23
Middletown

Direction & musical staging by Charley Shafor
Vocal Direction by Jay Mills

Cast: Ivy Moody as Logainne Schwartzandgrunenierre,  Ashley Shamp as Marcy Park, Kenzie Hall as Olive Ostrovsky, Seth Allen as Chip Tolentino/Jesus, Paul Dunn as Leaf Coneybear, Jacob Lovelace as William Barfee, Elyssa Carmony as Rona Lisa Peretti/Olive’s Mom, Emma Janson as Madge Mahoney & Jacob Watkins as Douglass Pance

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home life, the tweens spell their way through a series of [potentially made-up] words hoping to never hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box!

• Thu-Fri, July 21-22 at 8pm
• Sat, July 23 at 3pm & 8pm

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