Another Opening, Another Show

WRITTEN BY: So many people
PERFORMED AT: Corning Community College, Corning, NY
PERFORMED ON: April 26-28
DIRECTOR: Hank Moonschein, with Clare Reidy as children's director
SPONSORED BY: CCC Two-Bit Players & Corning Rotary Club
PRINCIPAL CAST:
* HOST- Hank Moonschein
from Oliver!:
* ARTFUL DODGER- Adam J. Bennett
* OLIVER TWIST- Alex Feulner
* FAGAN- Eric Kirby (same as original CCC production)
from Grease:
* DANNY ZUKKO- David Alan Scott Jr.
* SANDY- Laura Fusare
from Little Shop of Horrors:
* PIP #1- Elizabeth R. Brill (same as original CCC production)
* PIP #2- Jill Demonstoy
* PIP #3- Heather Dunning
* PIP #4- Anne Jackson
* SEYMOUR- Dan Puccio
* AUDREY- Amber La Bella
from Oklahoma:
* AUNT ELLER- Marilyn Puccio
* CURLY- Ernie Danforth (to have been Adam Youngs, whose work schedule conflicted)
* LAURIE- Heather Dunning
from Annie:
* MISS HANNIGAN- Ann Milliken Reidy
* ANNIE- Kelly Galvin
from The Music Man:
* HAROLD HILL- B.J. Smith (same as original CCC production)
* AMARYLLIS- Kelly Galvin (same as original CCC production)
* MARION- Tammy Lynn Cook (same as original CCC production)
from The Wizard of Oz:
* DOROTHY- Sara Delaney
from The Sound of Music:
* MARIA- Lisa Duke
* MOTHER ABESS- Marcy Reed (April 26-27) and Amber LaBella (April 28)
* CAPTAIN VON TRAPP- Ernie Danforth (same as original CCC production)

PLOT: No particular plot, just various scenes from different musical comedies and dramas.

HISTORY: Since professor Henry Moonschein was retiring that year from his position as head of the theater department, he decided to put together a revue of highlights from the many musical he directed at CCC over the past 26 years.
Though much of every actor's onstage time was spent in the chorus, I was able to play Danny Zukko in the "Grease" segment, in which duet partner Laura Fusare and I sang a medley of "Summer Nights" and "We Go Together" with other members of the cast.

PHOTOS:
* Most of the cast (photo by Clare Reidy)
* Me and Laura Fusare in the "Grease" segment (photo by Alex Feulner)
* Me in the "Oklahoma" segment (photo by Alex Feulner)