SEASIDE MUSIC THEATER - PROFESSIONAL THEATER (Press Room

SMT Performance
of
A Tale of Two Cities

Music and lyrics by Milton Granger.
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

WORLD PREMIER.
Performed July 10 - 20, 2003 at the DBCC Theater Center location

SMT Performance

Seaside Music Theater actress Jennifer Avery performs in SMT's "A Tale of Two Cities" at DBCC Theater Center. (Photo: News-Journal/Bob Pesce)

SMT Promotion
A Tale of Two Cities
Damon Keith, standing left, plays Ernest Defarge, and Meghan Moroney plays Madame Defarge and seated with the noose around his neck is Jason Dula as Charles Darney in Seaside Music Theater's "Tale of Two Cities" at DBCC Theater Center. (Photo: News-Journal/Bob Pesce)

CREATIVE TEAM

Lester Malizia, Director
Milton Granger, Musical Director
Chuck Hoenes, Choreographer
Ken Goldstein, Scenic Designer
Stacey Galloway, Costumer Designer
Russell Sandifer, Lighting Designer
Ricky Lighthall, Sound Designer
Mark Harborth*, Production Stage Manager/Fight Captain
Joseph Travers, Fight Director
Andrew J. White, Assistant Director
Jerry Lapidus, Company Manager
Tippen Davidson, Producer
Julia Truilo, Managing Director

CAST

Gary Briggle* - Alexander Manette
Rachel Rhodes - Young Therese
Mark Fisher - Therese's Brother
Chris Weikel* - Marquis de Saint Everemonde
Damon Keith - Ernest Defarge
Darlin Barry - Miss Pross
Jay Aubrey Jones* - Jarvis Lorry

Jennifer Avery* - Lucie Manette
Megan Moroney* - Therese (Madame Defarge)
Jason Dula* - Charles Darnay
Gary Cadwallader* - John Barsad
Osborn Focht* - Sydney Carton
Jeremy Parrish - Judge at Old Bailey
Forrest Hedden - Stryver/Tribunal Judge

ENSEMBLE: Rachel Bennett, Holly Butler, Kristin Calgaro, Mark Fisher, Lindsay Hand, Jaclyn Minerva, Matthew Napoli, Patrick O'Herron, Laura Oldham, Adam Perry, David Schlumpf, Kiira Schmidt, Walter David Sheperd, Benjamin Simpson, Amanda Wansa

TAGLINE

Feel the drama of 18th century France in Milton Granger's world premiere musical adaptation of one of literature's most popular and compelling tales. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this new musical spins a web of treachery, love, mistaken identities and supreme sacrifice. The romance of Charles Darnay and Lucy Manette unfolds, as Darnay's French aristocratic roots come back to haunt him. The impoverished people of France want revenge, and aristocratic blood is what they thirst for. Director Lester Malizia assures audiences that, "A Tale of Two Cities will pulsate with vibrant life in songs you'll remember long after the final, chilling fall of the guillotine blade."

*Members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. Some costumes were rented from Dodger Costumes, New York City and Long Wharf Theater, New Haven.

SMT PerformanceofA Tale of Two Cities

SMT Performance
of
A Tale of Two Cities