The Port Chester Council for the Arts has an assortment of theater productions coming up this summer, beginning with “Godspell” this Friday and Saturday in Lyon Park.
Then, on the following weekend, is a youth/teen production of another musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” at Rye Country Day School. A week later, “Peter Pan” comes to the same venue.
In August, the Lawnchair Theatre has its seventh season with “Much Ado About Nothing,” which will travel from park to park in Port Chester and Rye Brook..
To reserve tickets or for more information, call the Council offices at 914-939-3183 or email PortChestercfa@gmail.com.
(Photo: Jake Lewis of Katonah performs a scene during a rehearsal for “As You Like It” in the Girl Scout house at Lyon Park in 2007, during Lawnchair Theatre’s second season.)
Details are in the following press release.
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The season opens July 13 and 14 with “Godspell.” This reunion show stars alumni from all the previous PCCFA productions of this popular musical. PCCFA Executive Director Denise Colangelo co-directs this very special performance with her daughter, Christina Colangelo, a multiple Metropolitan High School Theater Award nominee. Cindy Moore returns as musical director.
Based on the gospel of Matthew, “Godspell” presents the story of Jesus and his disciples through a series of skits and songs set in modern day society. Stephen Schwartz wrote the songs and John-Michael Tebelak the book. Memorable songs from the show include “Beautiful City,” “We Beseech Thee” and “By My Side.”
Tickets are $18 general public, $15 for seniors 65 and older and children 12 and under. All performances are at 8 PM at the Girl Scout House, 60 Parkway Drive, Port Chester, NY.
The Youth/Teen Theatre production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” follows on July 20 and 21, directed by Kelly Budde, with musical direction by Cindy Moore. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music and Tim Rice the lyrics.
The show tells the Old Testament story of Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob, who finds himself blessed with prophetic dreams. Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, he’s taken to Egypt where he endures a series of adventures that challenge his spirit and humanity. Eventually his suffering brothers find their way to Egypt groveling at the feet of a stranger, who turns out to be their grown brother Joseph. In the end, he shows them compassion and they reconcile.
Tickets are $12 general public, $10 for seniors 65 and older and children 12 and under. All performances are at 7:30 PM at the Dunn Performing Arts Center at Rye Country Day School, Cedar Street, Rye, NY.
A cast of 82 takes the stage in the Children’s Theatre presentation of “Peter Pan” July 27 and 28, featuring an original script by Diane Linen. Julie Colangelo directs the story of Peter, Captain Hook, Wendy and the Lost Boys in Neverland, with musical direction by Cindy Moore.
Tickets are $12 general public, $10 for seniors 65 and older and children 12 and under. All performances are at 7:30 PM at the Dunn Performing Arts Center at Rye Country Day School, Cedar Street, Rye, NY.
Peter Green returns as director for the seventh season of LawnChair Theatre’s Shakespeare production, “Much Ado About Nothing,” August 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 in parks throughout the Town of Rye. Carin Zakes produces.
This version is set in 1917 and the director describes it as “Shakespeare meets Downton Abbey.” Young lovers Claudio and Hero find their wedding ruined when the villainous Don John slanders the bride-to-be. Hero’s family pretends she’s died from shock, but eventually Don John’s evil plan is revealed. When Claudio learns Hero is still alive, the young lovers are reunited, while Don John is captured and punished for his crime.
Suggested donations are $15 general public and $10 for seniors 65 and older and children 12 and under. All performances are at 5:45 PM. For rain date updates, visit www.lawnchairtheatre.org. The venue schedule is as follows:
August 3, Rye Town Park, Dearborn Avenue, Rye, NY
August 4, Pine Ridge Park, corner of Latonia Drive and Mohegan Lane, Rye Brook, NY
August 9 & 11, Lyon Park, 60 Parkway Drive, Port Chester, NY
August 10, Crawford Park, 122 N. Ridge Street, Rye Brook, NY
