MY FAIR LADY Begins Tonight at Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse

My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe (Camelot). The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a proper lady. Little does Professor Higgins realize the important lesson Eliza is about to teach him in return.

The musical, which opened on Broadway in 1956 with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews was an enormous success, igniting many classic songs that have become standards in musical theatre throughout the decades, including "On the Street Where You Live", "I Could Have Danced All Night", "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?", "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" and many more.

The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse production of My Fair Lady will feature 53 volunteer performers lead by Eliana Berrean as Eliza Doolittle, Jonathan Goforth as Henry Higgins, Gene Hayes as Alfred P. Doolittle, Cass Stark as Mrs. Higgins, Kenneth Hjortsberg as Colonel Pickering, Mitchel Burns as Freddy Eynsferd-Hill, and Michele Malinda as Mrs. Pearce. Supporting company includes Jessica Baez,

Opal Bailey, Chris Beavers, Benjamin Berrean, Abriana Blount, Don Bricker. Connie Browning, Mary Chadwick, Jackson Cravens, Alecia Devereaux, Kelsey Fout, Jessica Garrett, Rebecca Gauvin, Dillon Giles, Suza Goltz, Daniel Hill, Katie Hjortsberg, Robert Johnson, Kira Kazi, Daniel Klintworth, Jess Klintworth, Brittany Koscinski, Robin Lea, Ian Lee, Robby Mackish, Ryan Marty, Gretchen McGaffic, Devyn Mercer, Lindsey Miner, Lynn Miner-Hasler, Erik Narvaez, Jennifer Narvaez, Victoria Narvaez, April Norton, Kira Parker, Destinee Rhodes, Christina Sayut, John Sayut, Victoria Slemmer, Kari Snodgrass, Amanda Stevens, Aidan Thomas, Samantha Tlohi, David Ward, Sr., Margaret Ward, and Christine Zepp

The creative team for My Fair Lady includes Dr. Anastacia Hawkins-Smith (Artistic Director and Producer) Megan Abbott (Assistant Director and Choreographer), Bob Barone (Music Director & Conductor), Ian Cook (Scenic and Lighting Design), Jeremy Phelps (Associate Production Design), Daniel Hill (Costume Design), Gavin Little (Sound Design), Sheryl Koby (Scenic Artist), Sharon Metz (Hats) and Judy Lacy (Box Office Manager). Produced through special arrangements with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.

Tickets for My Fair Lady are priced from $18 - $32 (Includes service fees). Performances are March 13 - April 4, 2015, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm. (Two Thursday Performances on March 16 and April 2 at 7:30 p.m.)

A portion of the proceeds from the March 21 matinee performance of My Fair Lady will go toward Law Enforcement United to benefit the families of fallen police officers. For more information on LEU, please visit lawenforcementunited.org

For tickets and information call (321) 636-5050, visit www.CocoaVillagePlayhouse.com, or visit the box office in person at 300 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, FL 32922. Open Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. My Fair Lady is sponsored by Victory Casino Cruises.

Our 25th Anniversary Season will continue with Fiddler on the Roof (May 1 - 17, 2015, Auditions: March 14, 16 and 17) and Rent (June 26 - July 5, 2015, Auditions: May 3 and 4). We will be announcing our 26th Season of "Broadway on Brevard" on July 11, 2015 at the King Center for the Performing Arts.