Senior Rep of Ohio Theatre Co Closes 25th Anniversary Season With FOLLIES 6/4-13

The Sondheim musical Follies will close out the celebratory 25th anniversary season of the Senior Repertory of Ohio Theatre Company (SRO), a Columbus-based theatre company specializing in senior adult theatre. Accompanied by a live orchestra, SRO's all-local cast will perform the signature Sondheim tunes of this seven-time Tony Award-winning musical including "Broadway Baby," "I'm Still Here," "Too Many Mornings," "Could I Leave You?" and "Losing My Mind."

Follies plays the Shedd Theatre of the Columbus Performing Arts Center (549 Franklin Ave.) June 4-13. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. There will be one matinee performance on Friday, June 11, at 10:30 am. Tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for
seniors (55+), and $10 for students. Tickets for the matinee performance are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by phone at 614-258-9495 between 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday. Seating is general admission.

Set in a crumbling Broadway theatre slated for demolition, Follies focuses on two couples attending a reunion for the "Weismann's Follies," a musical revue which played the theatre between the World
Wars. The show is interspersed with ex-showgirls reprising their big numbers, and the atmosphere is heightened by the presence of the ghosts of everyone's former selves, who sometimes sing along,
sometimes reenact important events, and sometimes even interact with the present. Towards the end, vaudeville-style numbers reflect the lead characters' emotional troubles before returning to the theatre for the end of the reunion party.

Cast members include:

Bellefontaine
Damian Jones (Roscoe)

Columbus
Steven Black (Director/Buddy)
Lenore Kaler (Phyllis)
Chris Storer (Young Buddy)
Chelsea Widner (Young Phyllis)
Greg Wyatt (Emsemble)

Granville
Todd Lemmon (Young Ben)

Grove City
Danielle Mann (Sally)
Liz Wheeler (Young Sally)

Hilliard
Ruth Fullen (Emily)
Joyce Patrone (Solange)
Bev Pettit (Carlotta)

Marysville
Joe Bishara (Ben)

Obetz
Toni Tinsley (Hattie)

Pataskala
Janetta Davis (Stella)

Powell
John Schmidt (Theodore)

Westerville
Sara Bell (Young Heidi)
Dawn Farrell (Heidi)
Nancy Nocks (Musical Director)
Ron Nocks (Weissman)

HYPERLINK "http://www.sro-theatre.org" www.sro-theatre.org

CALENDAR LISTING
The Senior Repertory of Ohio presents FOLLIES
June 4-13; Shedd Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center (549 Franklin Ave.)
Friday, June 4, 8 pm
Saturday, June 5, 8 pm
Sunday, June 6, 2 pm
Friday, June 11, 10:30 am and 8pm
Saturday, June 12, 8 pm
Sunday, June 13, 2pm

Tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for seniors (55+), and $10 for students. Tickets for the matinee performance are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by phone at 614-258-9495 between 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday. General admission seating. HYPERLINK http://www.sro-theatre.org

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