Photo Flash: First Look at LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO at Actors Theatre
Directed by Actors Theatre Artistic Director Les Waters, Little Bunny Foo Foo will begin preview performances January 9, open January 11 and run through February 4 in the Bingham Theatre as part of the Brown-Forman Series, with the production underwritten by D. D. Williamson.
Check out a first look at production photos below!
Tickets are available at 502.584.1205, online at ActorsTheatre.org or in person by visiting The Actors Theatre Box Office at 316 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202.
In this fun-filled play with music, butterflies are fluttering and breezes are blowing in the enchanted forest, and one saucy bunny just can't stop boppin' all the field mice on the head. Will The Blue Fairy be forced to curb his mischief and turn him into a Goon? Renowned playwright Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play) and Tony-nominated composer Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812)-joined by a sensible Skink, a carnivorous Catmonster, and a band of Gentlemen Toads-spin an effervescently delightful entertainment.
Little Bunny Foo Foo marries heart and humor that kids and adults can enjoy side-by-side. Director Les Waters shares, "Our process has been to reach for the most playful ideas-asking what would be most fun for the performers to perform and for the audience to watch. We aim to charm the socks off people."
Hopping into the titular role is Sam Breslin Wright (We're Gonna Be Okay at Actors Theatre, Madam Secretary), who has collaborated with Washburn before, most notably in the playwright's 2013 hit Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play. April Matthis (Yale Repertory Theatre, Public Theater, company member of Elevator Repair Service) will play the all-powerful Blue Fairy. She is accompanied by her Fairy Chorus: Andrea Abello, Alaina Kai and Emily Kaplan-all Acting Apprentices in the Theatre's 2017-2018 Professional Training Company.
Eliza Bent (award-winning performer and playwright at Abrons Arts Center, JACK, the New Ohio) will play the lizard-like Skink. Bear Brummel (Acting Apprentice, 2017-2018 Professional Training Company) will play the Catmonster, a true enemy of the Field Mice.
Appearing as the band of Gentlemen Toads are Daniel Arthur Johnson (Professional Training Company alumnus), Luis Ramos, Troy Valjean Rucker and Andy Strain, who serves double-duty as the production's music director.
A corps of young local actors play the Field Mice: Hadley Bauer, Belle Blevins, Brylee
Deuser, Cadence Diggs, Abigail Hughes, Ella Jenkins, Brendan Miller, Molly Peters, Austin Ramirez and Vaughn Ramirez.
The creative team for Little Bunny Foo Foo includes scenic design by Laura Jellinek (Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Design, Marvin's Room, The Wolves), costume design by Tony Award winner Paloma Young (Peter and the Starcatcher, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Bandstand), lighting design by Mark Barton (Macbeth and The Glory of the World at Actors Theatre, Amelie) and sound design by Bray Poor (Latin History for Morons, The Glass Menagerie, In the Next Room...). Actors Theatre veteran Barney O'Hanlon (The Glory of the World, Wellesley Girl, Steel Hammer with Siti Company) returns as the production's movement director.
Photo Credit: Bill Brymer
The Field Mice in LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO
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Eliza Bent, Sam Breslin Wright
Bear Brummel, April Matthis
April Matthis, Sam Breslin Wright
Andy Strain, Luis Ramos, Troy Valjean Rucker, Daniel Arthur Johnson
