WCT Presents BAREFOOT IN THE PARK 9/25-10/11

Westport Community Theatre announces the first show of the 2009 / 2010 season Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park. Directed by Scott R. Brill and Produced by Kevin Moore

The show runs Fridays September 25, October 2, October 9 at 8:00 PM, Saturdays September 26, October 3, October 10 at 8:00 PM, Sundays September 27, October 4, October 11 at 2:00 PM, Thursday October 1 at 8:00 PM

Tickets $12 - $18 - call the Box Office for reservations at (203) 226-1983

Barefoot in the Park is the funny and heartwarming romantic comedy about a newlywed couple who have just moved into a 6th floor apartment in New York City. Neil Simon's classic 1960s "rib-tickling" comedy, directed by Scott R. Brill, opens the 2009 / 2010 season.

Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He's a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she's a free spirit always looking for a new kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find... After a six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner where everything that can go wrong, does. Paul doesn't understand Corie - he's staid and she just wants to go running "barefoot through the park."

Making their Westport Community Theatre debuts, Barefoot in the Park stars Merrie Trout and Richard Cummings as Paul and Corie Bratter and Martin Ripchick as Victor Velasquez, the "Bluebeard of 48th Street"; WCT favorite Rosanne Nelson returns to the theatre in the role of Corie's mother, as well as Marc Hartog as the telephone man. Some of Fairfield County's favorite actors make a special guest appearance (alternating performances) - Bob Lasprogato, Tom Petrone, John Pyron and Frank Smith.

Profiling Director Scott Brill:

He received his Masters in Theatre Directing from Emerson College in Boston where he directed Man of La Mancha, The Ruffian on the Stair, four plays by Samuel Beckett and numerous one-acts. For the Westport Community Theatre, Scott previously directed productions of Da, What the Butler Saw, ART, Vanities, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, and Rumors. Scott's other directing credits for area theatres include: Blithe Spirit, A Grand Night for Singing (New Canaan Town Players); Our Town, Rumors, A Thurber Carnival, Steel Magnolias (Darien Players); The Sisters Rosensweig, The Real Thing (Wilton Playshop); As Bees In Honey Drown (Brookfield Playhouse); The Actor's Nightmare, Blithe Spirit (Eastbound Theatre); GYPSY, South Pacific (Musicals at Richter) and Jeffrey, Burn This and several one-act plays (Grand Finale Production Company). As an actor, Scott's roles include his recent critically acclaimed performance as Crumpet the Elf in The SantaLand Diaries (Playhouse on the Green), Allan Felix in Play It Again, Sam (for which he won the Square One Theatre Subscriber's Award for Outstanding Actor); Antony Wilding in Enchanted April (New Canaan Town Players); Gonzalo in The Tempest, Hortensio in Taming of the Shrew (Putney Players); Ko-Ko in The Mikado (Musicals at Richter); Wes Hurley in Fifth of July, Lloyd Dallas in Noises Off, Jesus in Godspell (Wilton Playshop); Albert in The Secret Garden (Warner Theatre) and Prince Dauntless in Once Upon A Mattress (SHU Center for the Performing Arts). Scott has taught acting at Sacred Heart University where he also directed a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Scott is an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a past President of the Westport Community Theatre and currently serves as the Workshops/Classes/Education Chair on the Board of the Wilton Playshop, where he will be directing a staged reading of the award-winning new musical Greenbrier Ghost in late October.

So join us beginning Friday, September 25 for Barefoot in the Park!

Fridays and Saturdays September 25, 26, October 2, 3, 9, 10 at 8:00 PM; Sundays September 27, October 4, 11 at 2:00 PM; Thursday October 1 at 8:00 PM. Call the Box Office at (203) 226-1983 for reservations or go to www.westportcommunitytheatre.com for directions.