Kitchen Theatre Presents COUNT ME IN by Rachel Lampert

A new play for a new year! Kitchen Theatre Company is happy to present the latest work written by and starring Kitchen Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Rachel Lampert (Soup Comes Last, Tony and the Soprano, Bed No Breakfast, In the Company of Dancers, and many others). A search for forgotten friends and memories leads to reunions of all kinds in this heartwarming new play filled with music, dance, and Lampert's singular wit. Count Me In begins previews on January 14, with opening night on January 17. The play runs until February 1.
TICKETS: $15-$37 Call Kitchen Theatre Company's ticket line at (607) 272-0570 (Monday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday-Sunday 12-4pm), or buy online at www.kitchentheatre.org.
GROUP RATES: Discounts are available when you come with a group. For details, call (607) 272-0403.

Joining Lampert onstage for Count Me In is a cast with extensive credits on and off Broadway and in film and television. Lydia Gaston's Broadway credits include Miss Saigon; The Red Shoes; Shogun, the Musical; the King and I; West Side Story; South Pacific, and The Joy Luck Club. Keith Pillow's credits include over 70 television episodes, with guest appearances on The Mentalists, Glee, The Goldbergs, Law & Order L.A., The Closer, Nip/Tuck, 24, and many others. Playing a younger generation of dancers are choreographer/dancer Tucker Davis (national tours of Cats and The Music Man) and recent Ithaca College graduate Avery Sobczak. Also joining the cast is Rachel's real life husband, David Squires, the recently retired Finance Director of Tompkins County.
"What a great company to be working with! I am always happy when there is music, dance, comedy and fantasy on stage," says writer Rachel Lampert.

Leading the production is director Emily Jackson, Kitchen Theatre Company's Artistic Associate (Co-director of Crooked). Larry Pressgrove (Bed No Breakfast, Tony and the Soprano, Waiting For Spring, Angle of the Sun) is composer and Tucker Davis is choreographer. Tyler M. Perry returns as scenic and lighting designer (The House, Venus in Fur, Opus, What I Thought I Knew, and many others), Hunter Kaczorowski returns to the Kitchen as costume designer (this season's Lonely Planet), and Lesley Greene, KTC Associate Producer, is sound designer. The Production Stage Manager is Jennifer Schilansky. Count Me In is underwritten by C.S.P. Management, and the media sponsor is The Lansing Star.