Casa Mañana is proud to present Richard Kind, star of stage and screen, in the musical comedy Damn Yankees, August 12 - 17, 2008 at Casa Mañana Theatre.
Damn Yankees is a devilishly clever musical comedy! A middle aged man finds himself endlessly frustrated that his beloved baseball team is constantly thwarted by the New York Yankees. In desperation, he sells his soul to the Devil (
Richard Kind) for a chance to lead his team to victory in the pennant race against those damn Yankees. Though his dreams of success and fame get closer every day, he finds himself yearning more and more for the life, and the wife, he left behind. Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Damn Yankees features the classic songs, "Heart," "Two Lost Souls," "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO," "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets," and "Those Were The Good Old Days."
Audiences will recognize Kind from his work on the hit comedies Mad About You and Spin City. In addition to his extensive work on television, he has also starred in numerous shows on stage including the Broadway productions of The Producers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, just to name a few.
"Richard brings a sense of gleeful silliness to the role of the devil," states Yockey. "We are looking forward to his performance."
Additional cast members include Lindsay Roginski as "Lola". Audiences will recall Roginski's recent performance as "Roxie" in the national tour of Chicago at the Bass Performance Hall. Christopher Deaton is "Young Joe Hardy." Audiences will recall Deaton's performance as
"The Prince" in Cinderella at the Bass Performance Hall.
HAl Davis is "Old Joe Boyd." Audiences will recall Davis's performance as "Captain Von Trapp" in The Sound of Music at the Bass Performance Hall, or as "Daddy Warbucks" in Annie at Casa Mañana Theatre. Wendy Welch is "Meg Boyd." Audiences will recall Welch's performance as "Mrs. Cratchit" in A Christmas Carol at the Bass Performance Hall.
Other cast members include:
Dana Winkle as "Gloria Thorpe,"
John O'Creagh as "Van Buren," Lois Sonnier as "Doris,"
Melissa Jobe as "Sister," Greg Dulcie as "Welch," Doug LoPachin as "Commissioner," Dwight Sandell as "Postmaster,"
Jim Johnson as "Rocky," Brad Jackson as "Smokey," and C. Nicholas Morris as "Linville."
Damn Yankees is directed by Elliot Wasserman.
Eugene Gwozdz is the Musical Director. Michael Garner is the Technical Director. Millie Garvey is the Choreographer,
Jay Isham is the Lighting Designer,
Ryan Mansfield is the Sound Designer, Theresa Furphy is the Production Stage Manager, and Max Marquez is the Assistant Stage Manager. Tammy Spencer is the Wardrobe Supervisor and Clare DeVries is the Set Designer.
Performance dates are: Tuesday, August 12 at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, August 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, August 15 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, August 16 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, August 17 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. All performances are at Casa Mañana Theatre. This show is suitable for all audiences.
Tickets for Damn Yankees are now on sale and can be purchased by calling the Casa Mañana Theatre box office at 817-332-2272. You can also visit the box office at Casa Mañana Theatre, 3101 West Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, 76107. Ticket prices are $40 to $69 per person, depending upon seating location. For more information, go to
www.casamanana.org.
About Casa Mañana
Now in its 50th Anniversary Summer Season, Casa Mañana is a Fort Worth-based live theatre company that produces and presents up to 20 live theatre productions each year at two distinct performance venues - Casa Mañana Theatre and the
Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall. By combining the talent of award-winning directors, choreographers and musicians with outstanding professional actors from across the United States to Broadway and Hollywood, Casa Mañana's self-produced musicals, plays and world-premieres are among the best in the nation. Casa Mañana is also proud to be Fort Worth's premiere presenter of Broadway's hottest national touring shows, making Casa Mañana the largest performing arts organization in Tarrant County.
As a performing arts organization, Casa Mañana strives to create, nurture and advance live professional theatre unparalleled in artistic excellence for the enrichment and education of our diverse community and its future generations of artists and patrons.
