Photo Flash: First Look at COUNT ME IN at Kitchen Theatre Company

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). Lampert is known for plays filled with music, dance, and her singular wit. A search for forgotten friends and memories leads to reunions of all kinds in this heartwarming new play. Count Me In began previews on January 14, with opening night on January 17. The play runs until February 1.

Check out a first look below!

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.

Photos by Dave Burbank