PASSAJJ Productions & M&M Productions Acting Company, Inc. present
ONCE/TWICE
Adaptation, Music and Lyrics by PAUL DICK
Based on "A Sunny Morning" by the Quintero brothers
and "The Bear" by Chekhov
JUNE 12-JUNE 28, 2009
Roy Arias Theatre at 300 W 43rd St. NYC
Directed by Melinda O’Brien
Music Direction by Mila Henry
Stage Management by Michael Palmer*
Set Design by Floyd Gumble
Costume Design by Nicole Pezzolla
Lighting Design by Tony Mulanix and Scott Needham
A new musical, ONCE/TWICE, by Paul Dick will run for three weeks, June 12 through June 28, 2009 with performances on Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM and with matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00 PM at the Roy Arias Theatre at 300 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor. The press opening is on Friday, June 12th at 8:00 PM and Saturday, June 13th at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $18.00 and $12.00 with student I.D. Reservations can be made by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or TicketCentral.com. Additional information may be found at www.mmpaci.com.
In ONCE, an elderly woman and an elderly man meet in a park in Madrid. They squabble over the exclusive ownership of a park bench, then finally agree to share the bench. They strike up a conversation about each ones' youth, about the young loves they once had, but who now are dead. Without telling each other, they realize that the person sitting with them on the bench is, in fact, the long lost love of their youths, still alive. Set to charming music and lyrics by Paul Dick.
TWICE, is a stormy romantic comedy in sharp contrast to ONCE. A young widow is in mourning at the death of her much older husband, a drunken womanizer. A neighboring landowner, bursts into the mourning woman's home, demanding immediate repayment of a loan he lent to her husband. She refuses and he refuses to leave until paid. Their fiery interaction boils up to the point that he challenges her to a duel. He is awed by her fearless gumption, falls hopelessly in love with her - all to a hilarious score by Mr. Dick.
The cast includes: Dawn Timm*, Danny Bolero*, Brian Henry*, Elizabeth Daniels*, Adam Cavagnaro, Miranda Noelle Wilson* and Paul Betz*.
*Actors and stage manager appear courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association.
