Star-Spangled Preview

I'm exited about returning to the director's perch with a play I'm excited about.  I liked The Star-Spangled Girl right away and am excited to have Mike, Eric and Sarah all in a play together.  Rehearsals begin tonight.  Should be good times.  Here's the initial announcement that went out:

The David A. Howe Public Library is kicking off their 2016 Adult Summer Reading Program, “Exercise your mind.  Read!,” with a weekend of theater from The Valley Theatre, directed by Nic Gunning.

From Neil Simon, the award-winning playwright of such hits as The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park, comes the zany comedy, The Star-Spangled Girl.  The lives of two small-time newspaper men, Andy (Mike Cox) and Norman (DAHPL’s own Eric Mikols), are turned upside down when Sophie (Sarah Keeler Badger of Genesee Dance Theater), a flashy Olympic swimmer, moves in to their small apartment building.  Norman falls hard for Sophie and can’t seem to focus on his writing.  Meanwhile, Andy is doing all he can to keep the bill collectors at bay.  Can Andy get Norman back on track or will this “star-spangled cornpone” be the ruin of both their publication and their friendship?

You can first catch the show on Thursday, June 30 at 7pm at the Houghton Fire Hall.  Tickets cost $5.00. 

Shows continue the next two nights at the Nancy Howe Auditorium, sponsored by the Friends of the David A. Howe Public Library.  These performances are free and open to the general public on Friday, July 1^st, at 7pm and Saturday, July 2^nd, at 2 pm at the Nancy Howe Auditorium in Wellsville.

To hear the cast of the Star-Spangled Girl discuss the show as well as their favorite Neil Simon shows, tune in here!