Queensbury Theatre Opens Inaugural Season with MAN OF LA MANCHA Tonight

Queensbury Theatre will open its inaugural 2015-2016 season curtains to the tune of Man of La Mancha, premiering tonight, July 24, and running through August 23.

The classic tale of a man on the ultimate quest for adventure will be the theatre's first show in the new state-of-the-art 250 seat proscenium theatre, located at 12777 Queensbury Lane near City Centre and Town & Country in West Houston.

Built from the ground up, the new theatre has already attracted some of the finest talent in Houston.

Cast:
Cervantes/Quixote: Alex Stutler
Aldonza/Dulcinea: Katie Fridsma
Sancho: Ryan Smith
Padre: Daniel Rosales
Antonia: Melissa Milano
Inn Keeper: Jim Salners
The Duke: Brian Chambers
The Barber: Joe C. White
Housekeeper: Angela Harkins
Captain of the Inquisition: John Raley
Maria: Katy Butler
Fermina: Crystal Sharadin
Muleteers: Garret Line, Cameron William Davis, Kelly Harkins, Gareth West

Creative Team:
Director: Andrew Ruthven
Musical Director: Kathy Elder
Choreographer: Rob Babbitt
Fight Choreographer: Ann Harlan
Costume Designers: Elaine Steinbach, Deborah Blake
Set Designer: Adam Thornton
Lighting Designer: Adam Richardson
Sound Designer: Alex Worthington
Props Designer: Eileen Dyer
Stage Manager: Amanda Adwers

A play-within-a-play, this award-winning musical sets its sights on reaching the impossible with just the right amount of imagination. Inspired by the story of Don Quixote, the play opens with 17th century author-turned-tax-collector, Cervantes, who is thrown in prison by the Spanish Inquisition. To avoid having his belongings stolen from his fellow inmates, he creates a play, acting in a mock-trial with the prisoners. The verdict will decide the fate of his possessions. Cervantes transforms into Alonso Quijana, an elderly man who believes himself to be Don Quixote: a chivalrous, if not confused knight, whose mission it is to right the world's wrongs and battle badly behaving windmills.

The original Broadway production won five Tony awards, including Best Musical, and has been revived on Broadway four times. Since then, it has been performed consistently throughout the world and in many different languages.

For tickets, reservations and pricing information, visit www.queensburytheatre.org or call the box office at 713-467-4497.

Queensbury Theatre, formerly Country Playhouse, has been providing quality performances to the Houston community since 1956. Now with a premier 20,000 sf theatre located in the Town Centre development, the new space features a 250-seat theater with a proscenium stage and a black box theater with the ability to host community events, rental space and private event functions. For more information, visit www.queensburytheatre.org and or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/queensburytheatre.

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