TIARAS OVER TEANECK Debuts in Milford

 Pantochino Productions Inc will debut “Tiaras Over Teaneck” Friday, April 25 at the Milford Arts Council, The Mac in Downtown Milford. The new musical comedy plays through May 11.

 

“Tiaras Over Teaneck,” featuring book and lyrics by Bert Bernardi and music by Justin Rugg follows two beauty pageant contestants and their nagging mothers on their way to Atlantic City. But the merry journey comes to a grinding halt when they find themselves in a roadside motel room in Teaneck where everything that could possibly go wrong, does including the east coast black out of 1965.  Slamming doors, mistaken identities, bloopers, blunders and a cast of colorful characters are all part of the ridiculously entertaining antics.

 

“Its fast, funny and full of laughs,” said writer/director Bernardi, “And I think that's something we all need right now,” he added. “The characters are so colorful, the situation completely unhinged and the action is just plain frantic,” he continued.

 

The cast includes Pantochino company members Mary Mannix, Shelley Marsh Poggio, Maria Berte, Valerie Solli, Rachelle Ianniello, Jimmy Johansmeyer, and Rugg. They are joined by Killian Meehan, Tracey Marble and Katie Durham. The two pageant contestants are played by Sydney Yargeau who appeared in Pantochino's “The Rocky Horror Show,” and Leanne Onofrio who was seen here in “Dorothy's Christmas in Oz” and “Panto of the Opera.”

 

“Tiaras Over Teaneck” features setting by Von Del Mar, costumes by Johansmeyer, lighting by Jakob Kelsey, sound by Tyler Kittleman, musical direction by Rugg and stage management by T. M. Gadomski.

 

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