The Footlighters Present...KISS ME, KATE
Pit Audition Dates:
Audition Location:
Denison Building: http://wiki.case.edu/Denison_Building
Audition Preparation:
If you have any questions about auditions, please contact Mat Solomon (mbs106).
Show Dates:
Thursday, April 12th, 2011 at 8:30pm
Friday, April 13th, 2011 at 8:00pm
Saturday, April 14th 2011 at 8:00pm and 11:59pm
Show Location:
Excelsior Ballroom, Thwing: http://wiki.case.edu/Thwing_Center
Show Synopsis:
Combine Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" with Porter's music and lyrics to get KISS ME, KATE an instant success with every cast and audience. This is a play-within-a-play where each cast member's on-stage life is complicated by what is happening offstage. Musical numbers include Why Can't You Behave, So In Love Am I, Wunderbar, Tom, Dick or Harry, Were Thine That Special Face, Too Darn Hot, Brush Up Your Shakespeare, I Hate Men, Always True to You (In My Fashion) and Another Op'nin, Another Show. KISS ME, KATE is fun, melodious and sophisticated.
Production Staff and Cast
| Production Staff | |
| Director: | Sean Kruer |
| Vocal Director: | Andrea Clarke |
| Choreographer: | Nicole Furtado |
| Stage Manager: | Terri Slivka |
| Pit Director: | Mathew Solomon |
| Technical Director: | Alec Jokubaitis |
| Costumes: | Grace Elliott |
| House Manager: | Celena Kopinski |
| Cast | |
| Fred/Petruchio: | Beau Reddington |
| Lilli/Kate: | Grace Elliott |
| Bill/Lucentio: | Surya Ravindran |
| Lois/Bianca: | Cicely Schonberg |
| General Harrison: | Nick Mantzios |
| Paul: | Frank Blackman |
| Hattie: | Grace Mitri |
| Gangster #1: | Greg Tongue |
| Gangster #2: | Lydia Burke |
| Hortensio: | Nathan Jackson |
| Gremio: | James Fitzpatrick |
| Ralph: | Mika Little |
| Harry/Baptista: | Connor Toomey |
| Ensemble | Dance Ensemble |
| Nora Evett | Mika Little |
| Maggie O'Brien | Abby Walker |
| Ecehan Cezayirlioglu | Chelsea Donelson |
| Mika Little | Frank Blackman |
| Abby Walker | Cat McKay |
| Chelsea Donelson | |
| Cat McKay | |
| Nathan Jackson | |
| James Fitzpatrick | |
| Nick Mantzios | |
About Us
Footlighters is a completely student-run group devoted to promoting musical theater at Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Institute of Art, and The Cleveland Institute of Music. Since 1998, the Footlighters have produced one show each semester in order to best serve the community. Recent shows the Footlighters have performed include Chicago, Sweeney Todd, Pippin, Beauty and the Beast, and West Side Story.
Footlighters gives students an opportunity to be involved in all aspects of theater production including directing, choreographing, working backstage, acting, playing in or directing the pit orchestra, constructing sets, making costumes, and publicizing the performances. Every aspect of the musical is done by a student. Each semester, over 1000 students, faculty, staff, and community members come together to watch the Footlighters take the stage!
| Current Officers |
President: Kimberly Star |
