Dundalk Community Theatre to Open 2018 Season with THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

Dundalk Community Theatre opens its 2018 season with the Baltimore Area Premiere of the musical "The Bridges of Madison County" from October 27th - November 5th.

This critically acclaimed musical features one of Broadway's most accomplished creative teams: three-time Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown ("Parade," "The Last Five Years"), and book by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Marsha Norman ("The Secret Garden," "The Color Purple," "night, Mother"). It is an unforgettable story of two people caught between decision and desire, as a chance encounter becomes a second chance at so much more.

Individual tickets are $23 for adults, $20 for senior adults and $15 for students/DCT Actors/Children 12 and under.

The Bridges of Madison County, based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller, tells the story of Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson and her life-changing four-day whirlwind romance with traveling photographer Robert Kincaid. Francesca has been married for 18 years with two teenage children. When the family leaves her home for some "alone-time" to go to the 1965 State Fair, an unexpected chance-encounter changes her life. Ruggedly handsome, National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid pulls into her driveway seeking directions to bridges he is to photograph for the magazine. An instant passion between the two lonely folk leads Francesca to believe she may have met her soulmate. The eternal question of "What if...?" leads them to discuss the roads they have traveled, the doors that have opened and the bridges yet to cross,

The Cast: Nancy Asendorf (Francesca), Tom Burns (Robert Kincaid), Tiffany Walker Porta Burrows (Marge), Jeff Burch (Bud), William Bryant (Michael), Ariel Edler (Marian/Ensemble), Ken Ewing (Charlie), Emily Signor (Carolyn), with ensemble members Lillian Blank, Eva Grove, Albert J. Boeren, Jules Einhorn, Jackie Rebok, and Joel Signor. Creative team: Director: Todd Pearthree, and Music Director: Glenette (Rohner) Schumacher. Scenic/Lighting/Sound & Technical Direction: Marc W. Smith.

Show times are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday - October 27th - November 5th, in the John E. Ravekes Theatre, K Building. For tickets and information, call 443-840-2787. Patrons requiring special accommodations are urged to notify the Box Office at least two weeks in advance. The CCBC Box Office between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, or visit www.ccbcmd.edu/performingarts/dct.html.

Dundalk Community Theatre is a program of the college, providing high-quality live theatre experiences for the entire family at affordable prices. Tom Colonna, a veteran actor and director, serves as The Managing Director for DCT. DCT is in residence at the Community College of Baltimore County, Dundalk, 7200 Sollers Point Road.

Todd Pearthree (Direction/Staging) returns to DCT where he staged The Secret Garden, The Women and was Nick in Baby. Elsewhere: Theatre Hopkins: Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Candide (Best Musicals/City Paper); Ragtime, Gypsy (Best Musicals/Bwayworld & OUTloud; Into the Woods & Sweeney Todd (Best Director/Choreographer, The Sunpapers). Mack & Mabel, Grand Hotel, Anyone Can Whistle, Peter Pan for Gateway Playhouse, Center Stage, Peabody Opera Theatre and other local theatres. Adjunct Professor, Peabody Conservatory; Guest Lecturer; TSU and Loyola College. Producer/Director for 3 theatres.