With our 30
th
Anniversary season about to open, some of our favorite artists from our long history will be back at Cape May Stage.
The very first director to work here was John Gulley who is now the Head of Directing at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He’ll be directing Artistic Director Roy Steinberg as King Henry and longtime actress/director/writer Marlena Lustik as Eleanor of Aquitaine in “The Lion in Winter”. Kate McCauley Hathaway is starring as Erma Bombeck in “At Wit’s End” written by Peggy Engel from our Writer’s Symposium with her sister Alison. “Chapter Two” brings back Michael Basile and John Patrick Hayden (who now appears as an action hero on Netflix). Award winning writer Shawn Fisher returns with a new play written for Cape May Stage and taking place on an oyster boat called “The Shuck”. That play brings back Bill Tatum from “The Gin Game” and introduces multiple Emmy Award winner Kim Zimmer who played Reva on “Guiding Light” on CBS. Local actress Kyra Adams now residing in Manhattan and a professional actress completes that cast. Finally, our Christmas show is called “An Actor’s Carol” and this is the East Coast premiere. Another return for Charles Evered, a New Jersey native, living in California who wrote “Class” that we produced. That play is being made into a feature film. We did the world premiere.
All of us at Cape May Stage are immensely grateful for your ongoing support and encouragement and look forward to seeing you at the theatre.
Producing Artistic Director
Roy Steinberg
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By Allison Engel and Margaret Engel
Directed by Marlena Lustik
May 23 – June 22
Wednesdays – Saturdays 8pm
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Saturdays & Sundays 3pm
A loving tribute and lampoon of life in the suburbs filled with light-hearted humor and nuggets of wisdom that give insight into the life and family of the beloved 1960s columnist.
By Neil Simon
Directed by Roy Steinberg
June 27 – August 3
Tuesdays – Sundays 8pm
Filled with the humor that made Neil Simon famous, this semi-autobiographical story of a recently widowed writer, his press agent brother, soap star love interest, and her neurotic best friend explores what it means to take a second chance on romance.
By James Goldman
Directed by John Gulley
August 8 – September 14
Tuesdays – Sundays 8pm
It’s Christmas 1183 and sibling rivalry, adultery, and intrigue abound in this modern day classic that chronicles the personal and political conflicts of Henry II, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their children as they all stake their claim for the throne.
By Shawn Fisher
Directed by Roy Steinberg
September 19 – November 9
Wednesdays – Saturdays 7:30pm | Saturdays & Sundays 3pm
Constance has spent her life on the deck of a workboat. When her troubled son is lost at sea, and her long-lost daughter suddenly decides to visit, she is forced to face the truth about her family and the secrets that broke it apart so many years ago.
A world premier by a Cape May County native.
By Charles Evered
Directed by Roy Steinberg
November 14 – December 30
Thursdays – Saturdays 7:30pm | Saturdays & Sundays 3pm
Having played Scrooge one too many times a cranky actor finds himself visited by three spirits of his own. A cast of four play seventeen characters in this hilarious new look at a holiday classic that reminds us that the most jaded among us can find magic in the holiday season - and in the theater as well.
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Cape May Stage is thrilled to partner once more with PNC Arts Alive – allowing us to bring exceptional talent to Cape May to light up your Monday Nights throughout the summer!
July 9: Will & Anthony Nunziata
Singers, songwriters, and entertainers Will & Anthony Nunziata are the Brooklyn-born, classically trained singing and comedy brother duo hailed by The Huffington Post as “a nearly impossible pairing of talent, stage presence and charisma.”
July 16: Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer known worldwide as a master of his trade.Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics and orchestration.
July 23: Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an actor, director, author and filmmaker. He recently starred as “Jesse Tuck” in T
uck Everlasting
on Broadway (Drama League Award nominee). He created the role of “Crutchie” in the Original Broadway Cast of
Newsies
(Outer Critics Circle nominee) and in the record-breaking
Newsies: The Broadway Musical
film.
August 13: Anita Gillette with Penny Fuller
Those two multi-award winning Broadway actresses, Anita Gillette and Penny Fuller (often mistaken for each other, although one is a redhead and the other, the blonde, is three inches taller!) are armed with adventures from the Golden Age of Broadway: stories and songs of their glories and disappointments, adventures in the land of motherhood, friendship, and romance.
All Broadway Series shows start promptly at 8pm. All tickets are $50.
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The 2018 season opens May 23
rd
with
Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End by Allison Engel and Margaret Engel.
The one-woman comedy starring Kate Hathaway
is full of the wit and wisdom of the woman herself; written by journalist/sister duo Allison and Margaret Engel, the play allows Erma to tell her own story, leading the audience through her years as a mother and housewife who lampooned life in the suburbs.
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May 23, 2018 - June 22, 2018
Wednesdays – Saturdays 8pm |Saturdays & Sundays 3pm
Writer: Allison Engel & Margaret Engel
Director: Marlena Lustik
May 23rd Best Value Preview
May 24th Official Opening Night with Party
June 1st Best Value
June 10 Pay-What-You-Wish
Adult Tickets $40.00
Senior Tickets $35.00
Student & Military $25.00
Preview & Best Value Show $28.00
Opening Night $50.00 with after party sponsored by Mad Batter
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Kate McCauley Hathaway happily returns to Cape May Stage having previously been seen in I
Hate Hamlet
,
Steel Magnolias
, and
Other Desert Cities
. On tour and regionally, Kate has performed the role of Fantine in Les Miserables, Eva Peron in
Evita
, Sally Bowles in
Cabaret
, and
Nellie
Forbush in South Pacific, among many others. Kate is also a theatrical producer:
Ann
, presented at Lincoln Center about former Texas Governor Ann Richards, Beautiful:
The Carole King Musical
, (as an investing producer) and has invested in other Broadway productions. Currently, Kate is a member of the board of directors of Cape May Stage.
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2018 Lead Producers:
Victor Keen & Jeanne Ruddy, Vicki Watson & The Merion Inn
Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End p
roduced by:
Janice & Joseph Anania, Curtis Bashaw, Jill & Lee Bellarmino,
Lynn Martenstein & Jorg Pawlik, Jo Ann & Lewis Price, Cathy Rein,& Theresa & George Schu...
Associate Producers:
Wendy Collins & Laura Shaddock
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A Co-Production with
The Eagle Theatre
97 minutes. 40 years. 25 songs. 3 roles. 2 actors. 1 family.
May 4-6
Friday & Saturday 8pm | Sunday 3pm
Music: Andrew Lippa
Lyrics: Tom Greenwald
Book: Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald
Director: Ted Wioncek III
Set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, this truly original musical sheds a heart-warming light on the power of family. With a cast of only two people, John & Jen is a tour-de-force, taking them from playful childhood, through awkward adolescence, and far beyond. Audiences will find themselves uplifted by this sentimental gem, perfect for anyone who values the love, connection, and commitment of family.
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Did you know that Michael Starobin was nominated for a Tony Award this year for orchestrations for “Once On This Island”?
He created the soundscape for our production of Beckett’s “Happy Days” and did the orchestrations for Pulitzer Prize winning “Next To Normal”. Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature. We are so thankful to work with the artists that we do...
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Cape May Stage | Robert Shackleton Playhouse | 405 Lafayette Street | Cape May, NJ 08204
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