Saturday, August 7
12 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Join us for a daylong outdoor festival celebrating the return of live theater

 

Songs from Broadway and Today’s Best Hits!

Live Performances from Local Playwrights!

 

 

Emcees: Jake Rosenthal, Laura Samuelson, Brianne Theocharides

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Music Director and Accompanist: Francois Suhr

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12:00 – 1:00 Kick Off and Music by Noga Darwish, Kyle Javon, Taye McQueen, Jeff Price, Elizabeth Rzasa & Katy Widmer-Boyer (Amphitheater)

 

• Katy Widmer-Boyer -- Summer in Ohio from The Last Five Years

• Jeff Price & Elizabeth Rzasa -- Where in the World/How Could I Ever Know from The Secret Garden

• Jeff Price -- Where I Want to Be from Chess

• Kyle Javon -- Without A Song from Anthony Warlow

• Taye McQueen -- POV from Ariana Grande

• Kyle Javon -- Titanium from David Guetta ft. Sia

• Noga Darwish -- Thinking Out Loud from Ed Sheeran

• Noga Darwish -- Who You Are from Jessie J

• Katy Widmer-Boyer -- The Spark of Creation from Children of Eden

 

1:00 – 1:30 “Messages” A drama written by Fred Dennehy and Directed by Ed Faver (Tent)

• Ed Faver as “Simon”

• Lynn Langone as “Emma”

 

1:35 – 2:15 A Medley of Music for the Family with Allie Cohen, Marissa Marciano, Talia Fabrizzio, Elizabeth Rzasa & Sami Schonberger (Amphitheater)

 

• Allie Cohen -- In My Dreams from Anastasia

• Marissa Marciano -- When Will My Life Begin from Tangled

• Sami Schonberger -- Turn up the Music from Lemonade Mouth

• Talia Fabrizzio -- For the First Time in Forever from Frozen

• Elizabeth Rzasa -- Practically Perfect from Mary Poppins

• Allie Cohen -- God Help the Outcasts from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

• Sami Schonberger -- Into the Unknown from Frozen 2

• Ensemble -- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins

 

2:20 – 2:55 “You Know How I Feel About the Theatre” -- A play written and directed by Alexis Kozak (Tent)

• Vic Pater as “Amanda”

• Alexis Kozak as “Elyot”

 

“Coming to Town” -- A comedy written by Keith Whalen and directed by Emilio Cutaneo  (Tent)

• Matthew Gustavsen as “Kenny”

• Kathy Caruso Spirito as “Arlene”

• Charles Deitz as “Walter” 

 

3:00 – 3:25 A Wild West Revue by Period Productions (Great Lawn)

Period Productions presents a Wild West Revue, a hoot-in hollerin’ action packed good time for kids of all ages.

 

3:30 – 3:55 “The Case of the Missing Identity” -- A comedy written by Richard Fowler and directed by Emilio Cutaneo (Tent)

• Emilio Cutaneo as the Doctor

• Serena Cutaneo as “Amelia” 

• Amy Garland Goldman as “June”  

 

4:00 – 4:40 A Collection of Modern Broadway Songs with Angela Dohl, Talia Fabrizzio, Crystal Huau, Marissa Marciano, Taye McQueen & Elizabeth Rzasa (Amphitheater)

• Talia Fabrizzio -- Popular from Wicked

• Crystal Huau -- If You Knew my Story from Bright Star

• Taye McQueen -- Satisfied from Hamilton

• Talia Fabrizzio -- Thank You for the Music from Mamma Mia!

• Angela Dohl -- I Just Want To Be A Star from Nunsense

• Marissa Marciano -- She Used to be Mine from Waitress

• Crystal Huau -- Someone Like You from Jekyll and Hyde

• Taye McQueen -- Heart of Stone from SIX

• Marissa Marciano & Elizabeth Rzasa -- For Good from Wicked

 

4:45 – 5:15 “Appointment at Three” -- A drama written and directed by Emily Niemeyer (Tent)

• Asia McKnight as “Destiny”

• Morgan Hope as “Amy”

• Molly McCloskey Barber as “Denise”

• Donniee Barnes as “Janine”

 

5:20 – 6:00 Classic Broadway Medley with Allie Cohen, Angela Dohl, Crystal Huau and Zach Love (Amphitheater)

• Ensemble -- Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

• Crystal Huau -- Meadowlark from Bakers Wife

• Angela Dohl -- Nothing from A Chorus Line

• Allie Cohen -- So In Love from Kiss Me Kate

• Angela Dohl -- No Time At All from Pippin

• Zach Love -- The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha

 

6:00 – 7:00  Bring Your Own Picnic Dinner Concert with Ray Zipf and Neil Nemetz (Dinner Not Provided, Just the Music) (Tent)
 

7:00  The VooDUDEs on the Amphitheater

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STAFF

Producers:  Angela Dohl, Denise Marciano, Adam Neary

Music Director and Accompanist: Francois Suhr

Stage Manager: Jennifer Moffett

Technical Director: Marc Rogol

Assistant Stage Manager: Michele Greenspan

Sound Operator/Designer:  Joe Maisano

Script Supervisor:  Adam Neary

 

Production Team:  Ray Kelton, Stephanie Long, Andrea Polselli, Peter Riga, Marlene Zyontz

 

Special Thanks

East Brunswick Arts Coalition

East Brunswick Mayor Dr. Brad Cohen

Township of East Brunswick Department of Parks and Recreation

Rise Up Chorus

MCFOODS

Miller’s Rentals

The VooDUDES

Period Productions LLC

Tour Masters Productions

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Bring Your Lawn Chair!

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ALL OUTDOORS * ALL FREE

 

Attendees are asked to make donations of some non-perishable

food items to benefit MCFOODs & Feeding Middlesex County.