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The Gallery Players presents
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
book and lyrics by Tony Kushner
music by Jeanine Tesori

KUSHNER’S AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL GETS FIRST NYC REVIVAL AT THE GALLERY PLAYERS

January 30 – February 21, 2010
Thurs - Sat at 8 pm,
Sat at 2 pm,  Sun at 3pm

Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Producer – Lanie Zipoy/The Gallery Players
Director – Jeremy Gold Kronenberg

The Cast
Caroline Thibodeaux – Teisha Duncan
Noah Gellman – Daniel Henri Luttway
Rose Gellman – Eileen Tepper*
Stuart Gellman – Peter Gantenbein*
Emmie Thibodeaux – Elyse McKay Taylor*
Radio – Heather Davis,  Markeisha Ensley* & Nikki Stephenson*
Bus/Dryer – Frank Viveros*
Moon – Gisela Adisa*
Washing Machine – Marcie Henderson*
Dotty – Ellisha Marie Thomas
Grandma Gellman – Gael Schaefer*
Grandpa Gellman – John Weigand*
Mr. Stopnick – Bill Weeden*
Jackie Thibodeaux – Barrington Walters Jr.
Joe Thibodeaux – River Aguirre
*appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

The Gallery Players, three-time recipient of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical, proudly kicks off 2010 with the award-winning modern classic Caroline, or Change. Playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and composer Jeanine Tesori’s (Thoroughly Modern Millie) elegantly crafted and uniquely poignant theatrical work receives its first New York City revival January 30-February 21, 2010.

Set in 1963 in sleepy Lake Charles, Louisiana, Caroline, or Change centers its action on the Gellman family and their African-American maid. Caroline is drifting through her life, nearly paralyzed by her circumstances - a single mother of four working in a service job to a white family.  The thunder of the civil rights movement and John F. Kennedy's death is distant, yet reverberates deeply through the script, provoking all characters to see their lives in a new light and either embrace or reject the larger social changes that are in motion. Caroline herself ultimately must choose between continuing on as her “implacable” and proud self and her family's welfare. Does she, or doesn't she? Caroline, or Change's rich, soulful score has influences from American spirituals and blues as well as Jewish Klezmer and folk.

Musical Direction is by Nehemiah Luckett, the Assistant Director is Allison Bressi. Choreography is by Micheal Rice, Set Design is by Edward T. Morris, Costume Design is by Soule Golden (Joffrey Ballet), Lighting Design is by Mike Billings and Sound Design is by Jillian Walker. Production Stage Manager is Andrew Cohen*, Assistant Stage Manager is Marina Steinberg

Tickets: $18 for adults, $14 for Seniors & Children 12 and under and can be purchased by calling TheaterMania at (212) 352-3101, or online at www.galleryplayers.com.

The Gallery Players
199 14th St., between 4th and 5th Avenues
Brooklyn, NY 11215. Take the F Train to 4th Ave. or the R Train to 9th Street. By car: BQE to Hamilton Avenue to 14th Street.

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