The Drowsy Chaperone

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Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Golden Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

Hailed by New York Magazine as "The Perfect Broadway Musical,"The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre. Because of its many featured roles and accessible script, The Drowsy Chaperone will fit perfectly into any company's season or school's calendar.

The Drowsy Chaperone is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

Cast List

Man in Chair – Jason Mellin

Mrs. Tottendale – Bonnie Fairbanks

Underling – William Ball

Robert Martin – Wil Moser

George – Merrick Rubinstein

Feldzieg – Maeve Moriarty

Kitty – Melanie Singer

The Gangsters/Pastry Chefs – Kenzie O’Sullivan, Olivia Robinson

Adolpho – Drew Frayre

Janet Van de Graaff – Sydney Peterson

The Drowsy Chaperone – Kathleen Larson Day

Trix – Lily Anderson

Ensemble: Camille Brauch, Logan Broadway, Corinne Cole, Jon Cornet, Lylah Crawley, Aeva DaBreo, Michelle Heepe, Keaghan Johnson, Molly Lodge, Trinh Ryann