The shows in CenterStage North’s 2019 season highlight romance, family values, the love of animals, and the absurdity of committees. Both ambitious and satisfying, the 2019 season brings great stories by great story-tellers to Cobb County.
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Almost, Maine
By John Cariani
February 15-17&
February 21-23, 2019
Almost, Maine by John Cariani
Synopsis: Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. It’s almost in Canada. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.
CAST
Pete: James Connor
Ginette: Linda Place
East: Kirk Campbell
Glory: Leigh-Ann Campbell
Jimmy: Michael Rostek
Sandrine: Courtney Loner
Waitress: Hayley Haas
Steve: John Coombs
Marvalyn: Katie Wickline
Lendall: Greg Fitzgerald
Gayle: Stephanie McFarlane Dennard
Shelly: LeeAnna Lambert
Deena: Amy Cain Lucas
Phil: Jerry Jobe
Marci: Lisa Clark
Man: Kevin Kreissl
Hope: Amy Tallmadge
Dave: Toby Smallwood
Rhonda: Nylsa Smallwood
Director: Julie Taliaferro
CREW
Lighting Design: Jonathan Liles
Set Design: Jeff Costello
Sound Design: Brenda Orchard
Light Board Operator: Ravi Saini
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY JOHN MISTRETTA
Things My Mother Taught Me
By Katherine DiSavino
May 10-12 &
May 16-18, 2019
Things My Mother Taught Me by Katherine DiSavino
Synopsis:
Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They’ve just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country to start a new life together in Chicago. Their moving day doesn’t go exactly as planned, though, and things become slightly more complicated when all of their parents show up to help! Can a two-bedroom apartment contain all of the love, laughs, worry, and wisdom that’s about to happen?
CAST
Olivia Keegan: Sorsha Masters
Karen Keegan: Marge Krengel
Carter Keegan: James Connor
Gabe Lawson: Alex Doriot
Lydia Lawson: Gisele Frame
Wyatt Lawson: Jim Wilgus
Max Mirowski: Haley Masenthin
Director: Jerry Jobe
TECHNICAL
Lighting Design: David Reingold
Set Design: Jeff Costello
Sound Design: Winston Johnson
Sylvia
by A.R. Guerny
August 9-11 &
August 15-17, 2019
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
Synopsis:
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg’s career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate’s career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the name “Sylvia” on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of his job and the unknowns of middle age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn’t understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.
CAST
Sylvia: Jessie Kuipers
Greg: Ned Thurman
Kate: Julie Forbes Resh
Tom/Phyllis/Leslie: LeeAnna Lambert
Director: Amy Cain Lucas
TECHNICAL TEAM
Lighting Design: David Reingold
Set Design: Jeff Costello
Sound Design: Brenda Orchard
Costume Design: Julie Forbes Resh
Stage Manager: Amiel Djoume
A Point of Order
By Ed Simpson
October 11-13 &
October 19-21, 2019
A Point of Order by Ed Simpson
Synopsis:
Ever since the leading employer left for sunny Georgia, times have been tough in Randolphsburgh, PA. the nation’s leading importer of overcast. Hoping to create a media event that will turn things around, a committee is organizing the dedication of a statue of the town’s only famous citizen, short, bald space shuttle astronaut Dr. Dick Davidson. With three weeks remaining before the gala event, the flirtatious former cheerleader, the avid gardener and school band director, the hypochondriacal shoe salesman, the cynical art history professor and the timid, pistol packing storekeeper are finding that everything that can go wrong has. Facing certain embarrassment, probable financial liability and possible legal action, the committee reluctantly turns to Randolphsburg’s most hated citizen a vindictive millionaire.
CAST
Larry Mitchell: Matthew Mindeman
Elizabeth Rutley: LeeAnna Lambert
Milton Porter: Reggie Harper
Muriel Hudak: Stacy Bowers
Doug Scanlon: Steve Robey
Buck Drum: John Zincone
Directors: Jenifer Renshaw and Kevin Renshaw
TECHNICAL TEAM
Lighting Design: Johnny Boddie
Set Design: Kevin Renshaw
Props and Set Dressing: Debra Pae Robey
Sound Design: TBD
Stage Manager: Jenifer Renshaw