Photos: First look at Hilliard Arts Council's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO

Hilliard Arts Council is presenting its fall production in their 2023 season: The Last Night of Ballyhoo. This Tony award winning dramatic comedy, written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy), concerning the trials and tribulations of a southern jewish family in 1939 Atlanta on the eve of WWII.

See photos below!

Gone With the Wind is having its world premiere and Hitler is invading Poland. But Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Especially concerned is the Freitag family: bachelor Adolph; his widowed sister, Beaulah (Boo) Levy; and their also widowed sister-in-law Reba. Boo is determined to have her dreamy, unpopular daughter, Lala, attend Ballyhoo, believing it will be Lala's last chance to find a socially acceptable husband. The family gets pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of comedy, romance and revelations along the way. Events take several unexpected turns as the characters face where they come from and are forced to deal with who they really are.

Written by Alfred Uhry, Director Robin - Brenneman, Scenic Designer - Kat Wexler, Lighting Designer - Settimo Ninde, Costume Design - Teresa Johnson, Assistant Director - D.J. Williams, Set Construction - Michael Bynes, Stage Manager - Emma Hampton, Assistant Stage - Manager Aaron Arbour, Props - Megan Mateer, Backstage Crew - Ally Boff and Jayde Evans. Cast: Adolph Freitag - David Kandel, Boo Levy - Teresa Johnson, Reba Freitag - Mandy Willenberg, Lala Levy - Jessie Strait, Sunny Freitag - Rae Williams, Joe Farkas - Mike Faltas, Peachy Weil - Alex Chlosta.

Performances run Nov. 4 - 13, 2022 at Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center, 5425 Center St, Hilliard, OH 43026. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.hilliardartscouncil.org/

Check out the first look below!

Photo Credit: Jerri Shafer