On Stage This Weekend - "Courting Disaster"

Here's a press release with loads of information about a funny show taking the stage in Charleston this weekend - the premiere of a new musical comedy:

KANAWHA PLAYERS IS COURTING DISASTER

World Premiere Musical Comedy Opens May 27, 2010

Charleston, WV — Has your funny bone experienced pain and suffering due to loss of laughter? Kanawha Players will give you the humor compensation you deserve with the World Premiere of Courting Disaster, a new musical opening May 27, 2010.

Featuring music by Mark Scarpelli (Norman Rockwell’s American Paradise, Mary) and book and lyrics by Jeremy Eisler, Courting Disaster is a musical comedy which makes fun of judges, lawyers, and litigants, all without fear or favor.

Tiff and Howard are a married couple who make their living filing personal injury lawsuits. Accident-prone Tiff loses her memory after downing a bottle of miracle elixir “Health-E” which means only one thing... time to call in the lawyers!

Love triangles unfold when attorneys Sue N. Wynn and Hugo Hyde II enter the picture. Add in fast-talking, “Health-E” manufacturer Manny and disorder in the court ensues. It’s up to no nonsense, but not-so-by-the-book Judge Fair to administer the “very best Justice you’ll find.”

Kelly Strom, most recently seen as Big 8 in Charleston Stage Company’s Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, directs the six member cast consisting of Melanie Larch (Judge I.M. Fair), Lisa Gandee (Tiff), Mark Felton (Hugo Hyde II), Shawn Price (Manny), Tasha Harris (Sue N. Wynn) and Craig Auge (Howard).

Musical direction is by composer Scarpelli on piano, with Mike Fitzwater on drums and Matt Harris on bass. Emily Alice Dunn serves as Assistant Director and Stage Manager.

Performance dates are Thursday, May 27, Friday, May 28, and Saturday, May 29 at 8 p.m., and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, May 30.

All performances will be at the Kanawha Players Theater, located at 309 Beauregard Street in Charleston, WV.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance by calling 304-343-7529. Cost is $16.00 for adults and $10.00 for students and children under age 17. For more information, call 304-343-7529 or online at www.kanawhaplayers.org.

Consider yourself served — with the chance to see original theatre produced by Kanawha Players, one of the oldest continuously-operating amateur theatre companies in the United States.