IT CAME FROM MARS Closes its Curtains at Williamson Theatre, 4/18

Mid-Michigan's newest professional theatre company, Williamston Theatre, located at 122 S. Putnam in downtown Williamston, will close the World Premiere of It Came From Mars by Joseph Zettelmaier on April 18th.

October, 1938. The members of Farlowe's Mystery Theatre Hour are in rehearsal for their weekly radio show when they hear an alarming announcement come over the radio - Martians have landed! Honesty and hilarity ensue when the dramatic dramatists are faced with true drama. Written by Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier, It Came From Mars is a co-production with the Performance Network in Ann Arbor. Please be aware this show does contain adult language/themes.

The cast consists of Joseph Albright (Every Christmas Story Ever Told!!, Guys on Ice), Sandra Birch (Maidens, Mothers and Crones), Morgan Chard, Jacob Hodgson, Alysia Kolascz and Wayne David Parker (Talley's Folly). Tony Caselli is the Director. The production team includes set by Janine Woods Thoma, lights by Daniel C. Walker (The Smell of the Kill), costumes by Sally L. Converse-Doucette (Hate Mail), sound by Will Myers and props by Charles Sutherland. The Stage Manager is Rochelle P. Clark.

It Came From Mars is supported in part by the Arts Council of Greater Lansing and is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award.

The Williamston Theatre is a not-for-profit, professional live theatre company, dedicated to producing plays that excite, engage and entertain our audiences. The theatre opened its doors in 2006 and has received a number of local awards including the 2008 Robert Busby Award for extraordinary overall contribution to theatre in the Greater Lansing Area.

Additional information about the company and the rest of the shows in the 2009-2010 Season is available online at www.williamstontheatre.org or by calling (517) 655-SHOW (7469).