June 2018
THANK YOU TO THE CAST & CREW OF ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END
Thank you to the Kate & Crew!
Thank you to Kate McCauley Hathaway for your passion, dedication, and commitment to the role of Erma Bombeck. Watching you on stage night after night was sheer joy.

To the crew and director, Marlena Lustik of "Erma Bombeck". You are one in a million and it is because of your hard work that makes Cape May Stage so successful. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

STILL TO COME IN THE 2018 SEASON


                                                           
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.
2018 BROADWAY SERIES
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.

Luxury accommodations generously provided by Cape Resorts.
CHAPTER TWO
Next up is the 2018 season is  Chapter Two by Neil Simon, opening on June 27 th and running through August 3 rd Chapter Two tells the story of successful writer George Schneider, who is mourning the recent death of his beloved wife when he meets a bright, vivacious actress. George is eager to rush into another marriage following a whirlwind courtship. But, the memories of his wife threaten to ruin his second chance for happiness. This witty romance deals with more than love and grief, but what it means to have a fresh start and a new lease on life. 
June 27, 2018 - August 3, 2018
Tuesday-Sunday at 8 PM
Writer: Neil Simon
Director: Roy Steinberg

June 27th Best Value Preview
June 28th Official Opening with Party
July 8th Best Value
July 13th  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

John Patrick Hayden
as George Schneider
John is thrilled to be back with Roy and the entire Cape May Stage family. Some of his credits include Tartuffe  on Broadway and Jack Murdock in  Daredevil, Law and Order , Blindspot,  I love you But I Lied Blue  Bloods, and  Land of the Outlaws. 
Michael Basile 
as Leo Schneider
Michael is beyond thrilled to return to his artistic home away from home here at Cape May Stage. His credits include off-Broadway in Most Dangerous Man In America and All Dolled Up and r egionally in Barefoot in the Park and Mistakes Were Made, Film includes:  The Dark Tower,Trapped Girl, Where God Left His Shoes, Bronx Paradise, Firefighter, Dog’s Life. He has the best day (and night) job for an NYC actor, working for the FDNY as a Firefighter at Engine 242 in Brooklyn.
Alexis Bronkovic 
as Jennie Malone
Alexis is making her Cape May Stage debut playing Jennie in Chapter Two . Her other theater credits include Silent Sky Born Yesterday. Her television credits include: Younger , Rainbow Ruthie , and Royal Pains. Alexis is a proud alum of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Program and Marymount Manhattan College.
Lianne Marie Dobbs 
as Faye Medwick
Lianne Marie Dobbs was Off-Broadway playing six different characters in  Himself & Nora , and as Hildy in the revival of  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Her television credits include HBO’s Girls and 30Rock . Her album of jazz standards, “Everything Old Is New Again”, is currently available on iTunes. She joins forces with NY cabaret star Carole J. Bufford on Monday, July 30th, in their duo show “When Broadway Hit The Billboards” at Cape May Stage.
Roy Steinberg
Director
Roy has directed classical and contemporary plays as well as world premieres all over the United States. He directed Ann Jackson, Kim Hunter, and Alvin Epstein in  The Madwoman of Chaillot  at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. As a member of Circle Repertory Company, he developed and directed  The Marriage Fool  with Lynn Cohen and Farley Granger. His production of  Othello  played at the Intar Theatre on Theatre Row in New York and he directed Joan Copeland in a new play called  Second Summer  for the Colleagues Theatre Company. He was the Artistic Director of Theatre Matrix in New York and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin. He has directed touring companies of bilingual productions of Moliere’s  The Miser  and  The Bourgeois Gentleman . Mr. Steinberg has also produced and directed film and television including  Guiding Light One Life To Live Days Of Our Lives Forensic Files , and  Scandalous Art . He has four Emmy nominations for his work. He directed Jo Beth Williams in  Life In General  on strike.tv, which won five Spirit Awards. At Cape May Stage, Mr. Steinberg has directed  Souvenir The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife The Gin Game Outside Mullingar,  and  The Ultimate Christmas Show . This season, Mr. Steinberg directs  Chapter Two , the world premiere of  The Shuck , and the East Coast premiere of  An Actor’s Carol . Roy Steinberg has an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. He also functions as the Producing Artistic Director. His proudest production is his daughter, Alexa Catherine.
Show Sponsor:

2018 Lead Producers:
Victor Keen & Jeanne Ruddy, Vicki Watson & The Merion Inn

Chapter Two p roduced by:
Irene Darocha & Michael Picariello, Christine Petrik & David Green, Jill & Lee Bellarmino, Sue & Tom Carroll, Terry & Bob Lamendola, Leslie & Myles Martel.


Reading of Agamenon
Reading of "Agamenon"

Monday, June 18th at 8 pm
Reading of
Agamemnon
from the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus.
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytaemnestra, the murder of Clytaemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and pacification of the Erinyes. The trilogy—consisting of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides—also shows how the Greek gods interacted with the characters and influenced their decisions pertaining to events and disputes. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theatre trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC. Many consider the Oresteia to be Aeschylus' finest work. The principal themes of the trilogy include the contrast between revenge and justice, as well as the transition from personal vendetta to organized litigation. Orestia originally included a satyr play, Proteus, following the tragic trilogy, but all except a single line of Proteus has been lost. 
This is a Pay-What-You-Wish Event
WHEN BROADWAY HIT THE BILLBOARDS
This one-night only event will feature the music of Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, and so much more performed by Carole J. Bufford & Lianne Marie Dobbs, who can be seen Tuesday-Sunday as Faye in “Chapter Two” here at Cape May Stage.
JULY 30TH
AT 8 PM
TICKETS ARE $40.00 EACH
2018 THEATRE CAMP

Creative Drama Level 1 |
Grades 2-4
Dates: Tuesday, July 10 – Friday, July 13
Times: 9:00am-3:00pm (Full Day)
Grades: 2nd-4th
$185.00
Creative Drama Level 2 |
Grades 5-8
Dates: Tuesday, July 17 – Friday, July 20
Times: 9:00am-3:00pm (Full Day)
Grades: 5th-8th
$185.00
Musical Theatre Camp Level 1 | Grades 2-4
Dates: Tuesday, July 24 – Friday, July 27
Times: 9:00am-3:00pm (Full Day)
Grades: 2nd-4th
$200.00
Musical Theatre Camp Level 2 | Grades 5-8
Dates: Tuesday, July 31 – Friday, August 3 Times: 9:00am-3:00pm (Full Day) Grades: 5th-8th 
$200.00
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