Photo Flash: Area Premiere of LYSISTRATA JONES Opens Today at Red Branch Theatre Company

Red Branch Theatre Company (RBTC) continues its 2017 season entitled Mad About You with Lysistrata Jones, a musical about hoops, hope, and love. The production that will run at Drama Learning Center, where Red Branch is the professional theatre in residence, runs from August 4-26.

Travel from Ancient Greece to present day Athens University in this updated retelling of the classic Greek play. Featuring a new, infectious score, Lysistrata Jones follows "Lyssie J," a spunky transfer student. She and her brigade of sisters keep their physical affections under lock and key until their basketball player boyfriends start winning games, learning an important life lesson: absence might make the heart grow fonder, but abstinence makes the heart grow fondest. See what happens when women take fate into their own hands when the men around them refuse in this musical re-boot of Aristophanes' bawdy ancient comedy.

Individual tickets available for purchase online at www.redbranchtheatrecompany.com or by calling the box office at (410) 997-9352.

Photo credit: Bruce F Press Photography

Hailey Ibberson is Lysistrata Jones. Photo courtesy of Bruce F Press Photography.

left to right, Diego Esmolo, Andrew Overton, Patrick Campbell, Conner Gilbert, Jason Quackenbush, and Elad Ness. Photo courtesy of Bruce F Press Photography.

left to right, Taylor Witt, Hailey Ibberson, and Angeleaza Anderson. Photo courtesy of Bruce F Press Photography.

Alex Levenson, Angeleaza Anderson, Flora Aubin, Hailey Ibberson, and Victoria Meyers. Photo courtesy of Bruce F Press Photography

Hailey Ibberson (center) as Lysistrata Jones with her gang of cheerleaders. Photo courtesy of Bruce F Press Photography.

left to right, Tiara Whaley, Victoria Meyers, and Angeleaza Anderson. Photo courtesy of Bruce F Press Photography.