Stage Door Players to Present KISS ME, KATE

Wrapping up the wildly successful 42nd Season of Dunwoody's very own professional theatre, STAGE DOOR PLAYERS produces the musical comedy, "show within a show", Kiss Me, Kate, music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Sam and Bella Spewack. Alan Kilpatrick directs, Nick Silvestri is the music director, and Jen MacQueen choreographs. The show opens on Friday, July 15, and runs through Sunday, August 7. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm (except, no performance on Thursday, July 21), and Sundays at 2:30pm. Single tickets are on sale now at the box office (770-396-1726), or online at www.stagedoorplayers.net. Tickets are $30; senior, student, and youth discounts are available.

Stage Door Players is located at 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338, approximately one block south of the Mt. Vernon Road and Chamblee Dunwoody Road intersection, in the North Dekalb Cultural Arts Center.

ABOUT KISS ME, KATE

Kiss Me, Kate is a show within a show and involves the characters' putting on a musical production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew". Each cast member's on-stage life is complicated by what is happening offstage-resulting in an hysterical battle of the sexes, in complete Shakespearean tongue in cheek glory! Kiss Me, Kate features arguably Cole Porter's greatest score including classics such as: "So In Love", "Too Darn Hot", "Wunderbar", "From This Moment On", and "Another Opening, Another Show".

Leading this incredibly talented cast are Paige Mattox as Lilli Vanessi/Katherine; Bryant Smith as FrEd Graham/Petruchio; Lyndsay Ricketson as Lois Lane/Bianca; and A.J. Klopach as Bill Calhoun/Lucentio. The cast also includes this impressive list of Atlanta veterans and favorites: Ritchie Crownfield, Benjamin Davis, George Deavours, Jessica De Maria, Brittany Ellis, Shelby Folks, Luis Hernandez, Greg Hunter, Tyler Sarkis, and Xylina Stamper.

The production/design team includes Jim Alford (Costume Design), Hayley Brotherton (Production/Stage Manager), George Deavours (Wig Design), Kathy Ellsworth (Props Design), Rial Ellsworth (Sound Design), Chuck Welcome (Scenic Design), and John David Williams (Lighting Design).

TICKETS

Tickets start at $30 and are available online at www.stagedoorplayers.net or by calling the box office at (770) 396-1726. Senior and student discounts are available.

Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm, and Sundays at 2:30pm.