Spring Production
Animal Crackers
Performances: 8pm Evening / 3pm Sunday Matinee
Friday April 27th 8pm
Saturday April 28th 8pm
Friday May 4th 8pm
Saturday May 5th 8pm
Sunday May 6th 3pm (matinee)
Friday May 11th 8pm
Saturday May 12th
The Presbyterian Education Center
64 Oswego Street
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
Directed by Dan Stevens
This hallmark of Marx Brothers lunacy was revived on stage by Washington's Arena Stage. Audiences flocked as critics from coast to coast applauded the antics of Captain Spalding and company at Mrs. Rittenhouse's ritzy weekend gathering.
"Delicious...A nonstop riot" - a profusion of puns, gags, and hysteria with only an occasional pause (or maybe, gasp) for breath. - The Washington Tribune
"The 1928 Marx Brothers' Broadway musical, lovingly reassembled by Arena Stage...is called Animal Crackers. But you might just as well call it bonkers!...Check your rationality at the door. Disorder is the order of the evening, and lowbrow humor is its high calling." - Washington Post
Cast:
Hives Jack Carr
Mme. Doucet Susan Johnson
Mrs. Rittenhouse Nora O'Dea
Arabella Rittenhouse Tara O'Connor
Mrs. Whitehead Heather McNeil
Grace Carpenter Willow Eckel
John Parker Derek Powell
Roscoe W. Chandler Lanny Freshman
Capt. Jeffrey T. Spalding Doug Rougeux
Horatio Jamison Andrew Skinner
Emanuel Ravelli Dan Stevens
The Professor Jennifer Staples
Sgt. Hennessy
Ensemble: Aaron Bleiweiss, Cheryl Teal, Tori Sayre, Dylinn Andrew, Angela van Gorder
