The Harbor Lights Theater Co Presents I HATE HAMLET 11/12-21

The Harbor Lights Theater Company presents I HATE HAMLET
By Paul Rudnick, Starring Mandy Bruno, Joy Franz, Jay Montgomery, Caralyn Kozlowski, Howard Kaye, and Paul Wyatt. November 12th -21st, 2010

Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 8 PM, and Sundays at 3PM
Veterans MemoriAl Hall
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, New York 10301
Tickets: $25, $35

Available at http://www.showtix4u.com or box office 866-967-8167 (From 1pm to 12am)

The Harbor Lights Theater Company, a new professional theater company based at Snug Harbor Cultural Center brings Broadway to Staten Island with its production of Paul Rudnick's hilarious comedy, "I Hate Hamlet", starring Emmy nominated actress Mandy Bruno (Guiding Light, Les Miserables), and Broadway's Joy Franz, (Into The Woods, Pippin, Company, A Little Night Music, etc.), Jay Montgomery (Falsettos, Heart Strings), Caralyn Kozlowski (Confessions of a Soccer Mom), Howard Kaye (Miss Saigon, The Visit) and Paul Wyatt (Sessions, The Yellow Wood). Directed by Stephen Nachamie.
When the ghost of John Barrymore haunts a second rate TV star hired to play Hamlet in a Shakespeare in the Park production, hilarious high-jinx ensue!
Tickets prices range from $25 to $35, available at www.showtix4u.com or box office 866-967-8176.
For more information visit our web site at www.theharborlightstheatercompany.org or call

Harbor Lights at 718-273-7516
Snug Harbor Cultural Center is an 83 acre city park housing gardens, museums, galleries and two historical theaters, just off the Staten Island Ferry. From the Ferry, take bus 40 from ramp D.

The Harbor Lights Theater Company - Staten Island's new, not-for-profit, professional theater company, "Bringing Broadway to Staten Island!"

For more information go to www.theharborlightstheatercompany.org.

Mandy Bruno (Deirdre) Daytime Emmy-nominated actress Mandy Bruno took over the role of Marina Cooper on Guiding Light on May 12, 2004. Eight weeks after landing the role, Bruno graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. There, she trained in dance, voice and acting and went on to appear in acclaimed Theater Productions in and around the Columbus area. In 2006, Bruno received her first Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. In addition to her work on Guiding Light, Bruno continues to pursue her love for the stage. Bruno stepped into one of the biggest roles of her career this April as Eponine in Broadway's "Les Miserables." In October she went on to play Justin Moritz (or, the Bride of Frankenstein) in the off Broadway production of Frankenstein The Musical. Last May, Bruno appeared as Belle in a production of "Beauty and the Beast" at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera House. Her credits also include "The Man Who Would Be King," starring opposite Guiding Light former star Paul Anthony Stewart, "Vanity Fair," "Green Gables" and "Little Shop of Horrors." Bruno appeared in several commercials for RCN and the Partnership for a Drug Free America. She is also a spokesperson and vocalist on recordings for spiritandsong.com records.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/mandybruno#ixzz136UsvHC5

Joy Franz (LILLIAN) just appeared in the world premiere of the musical We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Adam Bock and Todd Almond at Yale Repertory Theatre. Other recent credits include The Glass Menagerie and The School for Scandal at New Harmony Theatre at the University of
Southern Indiana. She can currently be seen in the original web series Horrible People. Her Broadway credits include Sweet Charity, Company, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods(original production, revival, National Tour, and PBS recording), Pippin, Open Admissions, The Bitter
Tears of Petra Von Kant, and Musical Chairs. Her other theatre credits include, Off-Broadway: Mrs. Warren's Profession, The House of Bernarda Alba, Tomfoolery, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Of Thee I Sing; many National Tours and regional theatre productions. Among her favorite roles: Meg Boyd opposite Jerry Lewis in the National Tour and London productions of Damn Yankees. Her film and television credits include No Picnic for Penny, Under Red Lantern,Law & Order and all NY-based daytime dramas. She is also a student pilot: three solo flights, one crash.

Jay Montogmery (John Barrymore) made his Broadway debut as Whizzer opposite Mandy Patinkin in the Falsettos. He has toured nationally with Falsettos, and twice with the landmark AIDS benefit Heart Strings. Regionally, Jay has played ‘Antony' in Sweeney Todd with George Hearn,
the Gentlemen Caller in The Glass Menagerie, ‘Robert' in Company, ‘Che' in Evita, ‘Rutledge' in 1776, ‘Billy' in Anything Goes, ‘Anatoly' in Chess, ‘Cliff' in Cabaret, ‘Joe Hardy' in Damn Yankees, ‘Valentin' in Kiss Of The Spider Woman, and ‘Sky' in Guys & Dolls. Jay is a co-founder and the Associate Artistic Director of The Harbor Lights Theater Company. His favorite credits by far are husband to Tamara and father to Emerson Grace.

Howard Kaye (GARY) has performed on Broadway in Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, in regional theatres including Long Wharf, Alliance, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Merrimack Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Alabama Shakespeare, Centerstage and others. Recently he was in The Visit, starring Chita Rivera and George Hearn. Favorite credit is Silence of the Lambs the musical. Graduate of Juilliard Drama Division

Caralyn Kozlowski (Felicia) The Servant Of Two Masters (Beatrice), Boeing Boeing (Gretchen), Flygirls (Amelia Earhart), Mrs. Warren's Profession (Vivie), You, Nero (Poppaea) , Private Lives (Amanda), Secrets Of A Soccer Mom (Alison), Fair Game (Miranda), The Play's The Thing (Ilona), Restoration Comedy (Amanda), The Importance Of Being Earnest (Gwendolen), Macbeth (Witch), Love's Labour"s Lost (Princess Of France), Othello (Desdemona), The Odyssey (Athena), Three Sisters (Irina), Twelfth Night (Olivia), Great Expectations (Estella), and Threepenny Opera (Polly), among others. Caralyn has appeared at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, The Old Globe, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Barrington Stage, the Berkshire Theater Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Connecticut Repertory Theater, , Manhattan Theater Source, and the Estrogenius Festival, as well as Off Broadway at the Snapple Theater. Film and Television credits include Law & Order, Numbers, Six Degrees, Guiding Light, All My Children, Third Watch and Practical Magic.

Paul Wyatt (Andrew) began his professional acting career at the age of  10 playing Peter Cratchit in the Denver Center Theatre Company's (DCTC)  production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Laird Williamson. He  continued at the DCTC in The Grapes of Wrath, directed by Donovon  Marley. He earned a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of  Michigan, and promptly moved to New York City to pursue acting. Paul's Off-Broadway credits include: Sessions (Preston, Dylan) at
Playwrights Horizons; The Yellow Wood (Adam Davies, lead) at The York  Theatre Company; and Growing Up 70s (Jason) at Theatre at HA! He has also toured with Theatreworks USA in Dr. Dolittle (Colin) and in Nate  the Great (Nate). Regional credits include Pump Boys and Dinettes (Jackson) at St.  Michael's Playhouse, Vt.; Respect (Kenny) at New York Stage and Film,  Grease (Doody) at Sacramento Music Circus, Austentious (Blake) for the  New York Musical Theatre Festival; The Full Monty & Big River at the  Weston Playhouse; and Brighton Beach Memoirs (Stanley) at the Emelin  Theatre in Mammaroneck, N.Y.

Paul is also an accomplished song-writer, guitarist and clarinetist,  having co-written songs with his sister, longtime New York  singer/songwriter Maddy Wyatt.