Ardmore Little Theatre
Kindergarten
Directed by Nick Sweet
Music Director Gina Quary
Performances
September 18-21, 2008
Comedy/Drama Musical. Based on the books by Robert Fulghum. Conceived and adapted by Ernest Zulia. Music and Lyrics by David Caldwell
Based on Robert Fulghum's best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life. This tightly woven adaptation has earned standing ovations from Singapore to Prague— from L.A. to D.C.
It's an evening of theatrical storytelling in revue format, with monologues, dialogues, and multiple voice narration, enhanced through the use of live piano underscoring, which provides fluidity, charm, and emotional texture, and seven optional original songs.
The delightful stories feature colorful characters such as: a shy little boy who insists on playing the "pig" in his class production of Cinderella and steals the show;
a man whose dream of flying carries him high over Los Angeles...in a lawn chair buoyed by surplus weather balloons;
a "mother of the bride" who's staged a perfect wedding—until the bowling ball of fate rolls down the aisle;
and a modern-day Greek philosopher who finds the meaning of life in a piece of broken mirror from World War II.
These stories celebrate our very existence, from the whimsy of childhood to the wisdom of old age.
Courtesy of Dramatic Publishing
Special Thanks
Jjerome Westheimer Family Foundation, First National Bank, The Daily Ardmoreite, Christ Community Church, First Presbyterian Church, The Blank Page Theatre, American National Bank, V. E. Enterprises, Michelin of North America
| Cast | |
| Lisa Cowan | Chasity Strebeck |
| Jon Scott | Anna Flatt |
| Leah Simmons | Peggy Ritter |
| Steve Brandenburg | Nathanael Durbin |
| Brian Alexander | Sharon Postoak |
| Mary Ann Keester | Fred Collins |
| Brian Edge | Mary Lee Collins |
| Chuck Watterson | Tim Lynch |
| Taloa Alexander | Aaron Edge |
| Toni Hignight | Jeanne Balcerak |
| Jackie Hill | Mike Quary |
| Carl Clark | Lonnie White |
| Crew | |
| Stage Manager | Chemane Scott |
| ALT Producer | Tom Walker |
| Pianist | Elizabeth Klinger |
| Light/Sound Design | Steve Wisely |
| Video Effects | Joe Annen, Gina |
| Quary | |
| Set Crew | Brian Edge, Mike |
| Quary | |
| Master Rigger | Jon Scott |
| Tech Crew | Gloria White |
| Assistant to Pianist | Ashley Edge |
| Video Technician | Kalina Keester |
| Costumes/Props | Gina Quary, Chemane |
| Scott, Cast & Crew | |
| Set Construction | Carl Clark, Brian |
| Alexander, Jon Scott, | |
| Mike & Gina Quary, | |
| Mary Ann Keester, | |
| Monica Stolfa, Steve | |
| Brandenburg, | |
| Nathanael Durbin |
