Ray of Light Theatre Presents Jerry Springer the Opera

Ray of Light Theatre (www.roltheatre.com), San Francisco's inimitable non-profit musical theatre company, is pleased to announce that the sensational, award-winning musical Jerry Springer the Opera will open its 2010-2011 10th Anniversary Season. This hilarious, crudely delightful yet heartbreaking operatic farce will rage beginning on September 10, 2010 at The Victoria Theatre in San Francisco's Mission District - home of the company's wildly successful and critically recognized productions of The Who's Tommy in 2009 (winner of 6 BATCC Awards), The Rocky Horror Show in 2008 (nominated for 5 BATCC Awards), as well as Bat Boy: The Musical in 2005 (named a Top 10 show of the year by The SF Bay Guardian). Ray of Light is among a select few theatre companies
across the United States to be granted permission to produce this work and is proud to be present its WEST COAST PREMIERE!

Jerry Springer the Opera is the only work in British history to win all of their Best Musical awards: Olivier Awards, Critic's Choice, Evening Standard, and What's On Stage (along with many others). This bold, controversial show mixes high art and low culture - opera and daytime television - in an operatic farce that's by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. At first, talk-show host Jerry Springer seems to be having an ordinary day - outrageous guests, sordid secrets and a mediahungry
audience. But after a surprise visit from Satan, Jerry's soul becomes the battle ground for an epic battle of good versus evil.

Featuring such timeless classics (ha!) as ‘Every Last Mother F***er Should Go Down', ‘Talk to the Hand', ‘Chick with a D**k' and the roof-raising ‘I Just Wanna Dance', the show is uproariously funny and honest to a fault. In other words, get ready for the musical ride of your life!

CAST
To check out the full cast list with headshots and biographies, visit www.jerrysf.com.

Patrick Michael Dukeman
Rebecca Pingree
Jerry Baby Jane
Jonathan Reisfeld
Satan
Tracy Camp
Peaches
J. Conrad Frank
Valkyrie
Jerry: Patrick Michael Dukeman
Security 1: Michael Vega
Security 2: Bill Tankovich
Peaches/Nurse: Tracy Camp
Baby Jane: Rebecca Pingree
Shawntel/Eve: Jessica Coker
Zandra/Irene Mary: Jordan Best
Andrea/Archangel: Mia Fryvecind
Jonathan/Satan: Jonathan Reisfeld
Dwight/God: Steve Hess
Montel/Jesus: Chris Yorro
Chucky/Adam: Manuel Caneri
Tremont: Timito Artusio
Valkyrie: J. Conrad Frank

Ensemble: Lee Achacosco-Haskin, Emily Adams, Joey Arden, Nikki Arias, Laura Arthur, Deirdre Ashby, Christopher Burkey, Chloe Condon, Laura Domingo, Maria Duzon, Lonnie Haley, Larena Iocco, Alexis Jensen, Calia Johnson, Eliza Leoni, Tony Maddox, Gregory Marks, Dale Murphy, Amy Muzingo, Lisa-Marie Newton, Bryan Pangilinan, Miss Sheldra, Alyssa Stone, Maggie Tenenbaum, RJ Villanos, Christopher Winslow and Alexis Wong.

The Production Staff
Authors: Stewart Lee & Richard Thomas
Artistic Director: Shane Ray
Director: M. Graham Smith
Musical Director: Ben Prince
Choreographer: Chris Black
Assistant Director: Jason Hoover
Scenic Designer: Maya Linke
Lighting Designer: Dustin Snyder
Costume Designer: Margaret Whitaker
Sound Design: Sound Productions
Technical Director: Garrett M. Westfall
Stage Manager: Tanya Telson
Props Master: Kevin Pong
Executive Producers: Micah Joel, Justin Sadoian and Nick Semon
Producers: Lori Fowler and Ben Krantz
Show dates: September 10 to October 16, 2010
Show times: Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Venue: The Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street at Mission) in SF. Visit: www.victoriatheatre.org
More Info: www.jerrysf.com