BrightSide Theatre to Continue Sixth Season with MOON OVER BUFFALO

BrightSide Theatre, Naperville's only professional theatre performing in the historic downtown district, continues its sixth season - Classic Broadway. Moon Over Buffalo will perform at the Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Street in Naperville March 10-26, 2017. Aaron Henrickson directs.

Moon Over Buffalo features Angela Aiello (Carol Stream), Richard Allen (Downers Grove), Bev Coscarelli (Chicago), Becca Duff (Oak Park), Rob Frankel(Aurora), Mary K. Nigohosian (Batavia), Jack Smith (Bloomingdale), and Peter Surma (Aurora).

From the mind of Ken Ludwig (writer of Lend Me a Tenor) comes the classic Broadway comedy Moon Over Buffalo, a play that centers on the husband and wife acting team, George and Charlotte Hay -two fading stars of the 1950's. In an attempt to keep their careers afloat, the couple is producing two plays simultaneously: Noel Coward's Private Lives and Cyrano de Bergerac. Suddenly, George receives word that Hollywood director Frank Capra may be coming to see a matinee performance, giving them one last chance at fame! That is, of course, if they can remember what play they are doing. In short, everything that could go wrong does in this side-splitting, backstage farce full of romance, swordplay, prosthetic noses, and plenty of doors.

Tickets ($27 Discounts: Students/Seniors $24. Groups 10+ /$20) are on sale now at www.brightsidetheatre.com, by phone at 630-447-TIXS (8497), or the night of the performance at the box office at the Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College. The press performance is Friday, March 10 at 8pm. Performances play the Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall at North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth Street, Naperville. IL 60540, running March 10-26, 2017 - Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 3pm

About the Author
Ken Ludwig has had six shows on Broadway and 7 in London's West End, and his plays and musicals have been performed in more than 30 countries in over 20 languages. His first play on Broadway, Lend Me A Tenor, which the Washington Post called "one of the classic comedies of the 20th century," won two Tony Awards and was nominated for seven. He has also won two Laurence Olivier Awards (England's highest theater honor), the Charles MacArthur Award, two Helen Hayes Awards, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery from The Mystery Writers of America, the SETC Distinguished Career Award, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Services to the American Theatre. His plays have been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Old Globe and the Bristol Old Vic. He has written 22 plays and musicals, including Crazy For You (5 years on Broadway and the West End, Tony and Olivier Award Winner for Best Musical), Moon Over Buffalo (Broadway and West End), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Broadway), Treasure Island (West End), Twentieth Century (Broadway), Leading Ladies, Shakespeare in Hollywood, The Game's Afoot, The Fox on the Fairway, The Three Musketeers and The Beaux' Stratagem. His most recent plays include Baskerville, A Comedy of Tenors, and Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol (2015 Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding Play). His newest book, How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare, (winner of the Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of 2014) is published by Random House. Over the years, his plays and musicals have starred Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Lynn Redgrave, Mickey Rooney, John Astin, HAl Holbrook, Dixie Carter, Otto Schenck,Tony Shalhoub, Anne Heche, Joan Collins, and Kristin Bell. His work is published by the Yale Review, and he is a Sallie B. Goodman Fellow of the McCarter Theatre, Princeton. He holds degrees from Harvard, where he studied music with Leonard Bernstein, Haverford College and Cambridge University. For more information, please visit www.kenludwig.com.

About the Director
Aaron Henrickson has been directing in Chicago and the surrounding area since 2009. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago where he majored in Theatre Direction. Aaron's directing credits include: The Joseph Jefferson Recommended Scissortail (Adapt Theatre Productions in association with Redtwist Theatre), Badfic Love Inventing Van Gogh (Strange Bedfellows Theatre)Red Light Winter, Autobahn, Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Fairlane Theatre Co.), Emma, Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy (New Suit Theatre Company), And Time Runs On(Shapeshifters Theatre), Lemon Head (the side project theatre) and Fair (Cold Basement Dramatics), and Sandalwood, Folk Fire, Orange Orbs, Gospel Hour with Tympanic Theatre Company, where he is also an artistic associate. Additional credits include work with American Theatre Company, City Lit Theatre and Writers' Theatre, where he served as Assistant Director for David Cromer's Joseph Jefferson nominated Picnic.

BrightSide Theatre (Jeffrey Cass, Artistic Director and Julie Ann Kornak, Executive Director) celebrates our 6th season as Naperville's only professional theatre performing in the historic downtown district. BrightSide Theatre is committed to Enlighten, Educate, and Entertain through comedies and inspirational stories from across the globe. BrightSide's shows are selected to be a unique blend of award-winners, premieres, modern works and timeless classics meant to reflect upon and inform our community. BrightSide Theatre is partially supported and funded by a generous SECA grant and the Dolly McCarthy Show. For more information on BrightSide Theatre, visit www.brightsidetheatre.com.

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