Geva Presents AMADEUS As Opener For 2010 Season

GeVa Theatre Center's 2010/11 Season officially opens tomorrow evening with Amadeus by Peter Shaffer and runs in the Mainstage through October 3.

GeVa Theatre Center's production of Amadeus features Brent Harris (The Lion King) as Antonio Salieri, Jim Poulos (Broadway's Rent, Geva's Convenience and Urinetown) as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Laura Griffith (Broadway revival of South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma!) as Constanze Mozart. The cast also features Michael Fitzpatrick (Count Von Strack), David Graham Jones (Venticelli I), Brad Heberlee (Emperor Franz Joseph II), Richmond Hoxie (Count Orsini-Rosenberg), Ned Noyes (Venticelli II) and Robert Rutland (Baron Von Swieten). Royce Bleier, Vinnie Carbone, Kate Dylan, Tim Ellison, Darrell Lance, Patricia Lewis, Stephanie McKee, Ricky Thomas and Rachael Yoder complete the ensemble.

Amadeus is directed by Paul Mason Barnes and the design team includes Bill Clarke (scenic design), Dorothy Marshall Englis (costume design), Ken Smith (lighting design) and Rusty Wandall (sound design).

Amadeus is co-produced by Bausch and Lomb, Nixon Peabody and WARM 101.3.

Amadeus runs on the Mainstage through October 3.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Previews: September 7, 8, 9 @ 7:30pm
September 10 @ 8pm
September 11 @ 2pm

Opening: Saturday, September 11 @ 8pm

Performances: Sunday, September 12 @ 2pm and 7pm
Tuesday, September 14 @ 6pm
Wednesday, September 15 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, September 16 @ 7:30pm
Friday, September 17 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 18 @ 4pm and 8:30pm
Sunday, September 19 @ 2pm and 7pm
Tuesday, September 21 @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 22 @ 2pm
Wednesday, September 22 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, September 23 @ 7:30pm
Friday, September 24 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 25 @ 4pm and 8:30pm
Sunday, September 26 @ 2pm (Audio-described) and 7pm
Tuesday, September 28 @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 29 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, September 30 @ 7:30pm (Sign Interpreted)
Friday, October 1 @ 8pm
Saturday, October 2 @ 4pm and 8:30pm
Sunday, October 3 @ 2pm (Sunday Salon) and 7pm (closing performance)

TICKET PRICES: $22 - $59.

RESERVATIONS: (585) 232 GEVA (4382), Website: www.gevatheatre.org

LOCATION: GeVa Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd, Rochester, NY 14607

GeVa Theatre CENTER

GeVa Theatre Center is Rochester's leading professional theatre and the most attended regional theatre in New York State. Founded in 1972, Geva attracts over 170,000 patrons annually, including more than 16,000 students. The 552-seat Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage offers a wide variety of shows, from musicals to American and world classics.

The 180-seat Ron & Donna Fielding Nextstage is home to Geva's own series of cutting-edge drama, comedy and musical theatre; Geva Comedy Improv; What's Next: Geva's New Play Reading Series and the Hornets' Nest - an innovative play-reading series facilitating community-wide discussion on controversial topics. The Nextstage also hosts visiting companies of both local and international renown.

GeVa Theatre Center offers a wide variety of educational, outreach and literary programs, nurturing audiences and artists alike. Since 1995 the organization has been led by Artistic Director Mark Cuddy.

 

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