Casting For National Music Theater Conference Projects
KIKI BABY, TRIANGLE Announced

June 29, 2006

Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Music Theater Conference (NMTC) has announced the full casts for KIKI BABY and TRIANGLE, the two musicals to be developed at the O'Neill this summer. Ms. Haupt stated, “Seasoned performers are an integral part of enabling the writers and composers to see and hear their work come to life at the O'Neill.”

The casts and performance details for the two projects are:

KIKI BABY
Book by Lonny Price, Music by Grant Sturiale, Lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh
Directed by Matt Cowart; Stan Tucker, Music Director
A four-and-a-half year old child prodigy becomes the breadwinner for her destitute family and greedy neighbors, resulting in hilarious yet scathing results. A cautionary tale about people who incrementally give up their values for fame and fortune.
Performances: Sat., July 15 at 8:15 pm; Sun., July 16 at 3:15 pm; Thurs., July 20 and Fri., July 21 at 8:15 pm In the Rose Barn Theater.

ROLE - ACTOR
Kiki - Jenn Collela*
Markus - William Parry*
Patsy O'Brien - Alison Briner*
Paddy O'Brien - Dan Sharkey*
Maladin - Colby Foytik*
Levisee - David Pittu*
Marina - Mary Pat Gleason*
Christine - Veanne Cox*
Adolph - Adam Heller*
Grandmother - Phyllis Somerville*
Frau Dangl - Anne L. Nathan*

TRIANGLE
Book by Joshua V. Scher, Music by Curtis Moore, Lyrics by Thomas Mizer
Directed by Robert Longbottom; Dale Reiling, Music Director
The present resurrects the past and the past rescues the present in two New York stories. Two couples, almost one hundred year apart, grapple with what it means to risk everything you have and everything you believe in for love.
Performances: Sat., July 22, Weds., July 26, Fri., July 28 and Sat., July 29 at 8:15 pm in the Rose Barn Theater.

ROLE - ACTOR
Brian - Colin Hanlon*
Taylor - Stephen Bienskie*
Cynthia - Heather Ayers*
Sarah - Jodie Langel*
Vincenzo - Wayne Wilcox*
Chaya - Megan McGinnis*
Theresa - Alicia Irving*
Isaac/Boss - David Brummel*

*member of Actors' Equity Association

All schedules and artists subject to change. Please call the O'Neill Box Office at 860-443-1238 for times, prices and reservations. Outdoor performances will be moved indoors in the event of rain.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, founded in 1964, has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and 2,500 emerging artists and is itself the winner of a special Tony Award, the National Opera Award, the Jujamcyn Award for Theater Excellence and the Arts and Business Council Encore Award. Today, the O'Neill is home to the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, Puppetry Conference, Cabaret Conference, National Critics Institute, and the fully accredited National Theater Institute, which includes semester-long, fully accredited intensive theater-training programs and a six-week accredited summer program, Theatermakers. In addition, the O'Neill owns and operates the National Historic Landmark Monte Cristo Cottage, the childhood home of Nobel Prize-winning and four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill. For more information regarding the Center, please visit the O'Neill website at www.TheONeill.org or call 860-443-5378.