CHOCOLATIER: A NEW MUSICAL To Hold Reading In March

Next month, an invited reading will be presented of Chocolatier, a new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Colby Thompson. The reading will take place Wednesday, March 19th at Ripley-Grier Studios.

Chocolatier tells the story of Milton Hershey, the founder of the Hershey Company, from his beginnings as a teenage candy seller to his eventual rise to confectionery tycoon.

The cast will consist of Neil Devlin as Milton Hershey and Georgia VanRy as his wife Catherine, along with Melissa Broder, Justin Burr, Myles Carter, Sarah Gellerman, Colleen Gold, Abigail Graham, Rocky Nardone, Colby Thompson, and Henry Vincent. Direction is by Thompson and music direction is by Tristan Strasser.