Monster Box Theatre Announces its Production of  LOST IN YONKERS 

Monster Box Theatre (MBT) under the leadership of Artistic Director, Paul Stark, announces Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers.

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize, Lost in Yonkers is a heartfelt and hilarious coming-of-age story by America's great comic playwright, Neil Simon. Directed by Stacy Grutza and featuring Trevor Stark as Jay and Alex Optochin as Artie, both veteran young actors. Theodora Pardales, who performed to rave reviews in Title of Show this past summer at MBT plays Bella. The stubborn matriarch of the family, Grandma, is played by Mary L. Pettit, also a veteran actor and director from local stages such as MBT and The Purple Rose. Local actor Nate Brassfield plays Louie, Kim Janowicz is Gurt, and Ken Overwater brings Eddie to life in their debut with MBT to round out a stellar cast.

Like many of Simon's plays, Lost in Yonkers is drawn from his experiences growing up in New York City. Set during World War II, the two Young Brothers, Arty and Jay are sent to live with their formidable Grandma, the sweet but damaged Aunt Bella, and Uncle Louie, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers.

Grutza began her association with MBT in 2015 during the Metro-Detroit Fringe Festival and has recently been seen on stage in Jump Camp by Larry Blamire. In September, she directed MBT's critically acclaimed production of Oleanna by David Mamet, the premiere show on MBT's Second Stage.

Advance Tickets for Lost in Yonkers are on sale now for a discount of $12 to $16. They will be $20 at the door on the day of performance. Special discounts for groups of 9 or more are available by contacting the Box Office at 248-787-1400. Show dates begin Thursday, December 9th and run through Sunday December 18th. Dates and times of performances are Dec. 9th, 10th, 15th, 16th and 17th at 7:30 PM. There is one Sunday matinee December 18th at 2:00 PM. For further information, call 248-875-6943 or visit www.monsterboxtheatre.com

About Monster Box Theatre
Monster Box Theatre (MBT), is a critically acclaimed small professional theatre located in Waterford, MI. Since its founding in 2014, Monster Box has strived to present the best in engaging and interesting theatre, worked hard to develop up and coming works, and opened its doors to nurture many emerging artists. In 2015, MBT Produced the Metro-Detroit Fringe Festival. It featured 10 days of exciting new plays, music, and comedy as well as being the World Premiere of the full length drama Worm by Matthew Jarjosa. In March of this year, MBT hosted the 365 Women's Festival which over 4 days, featured new plays, by and about women, from all over the country. Along with festivals, the theatre has been home to staged-readings and complete performances for World Premiere plays such as In Hyding which is now in development for publishing and the Regional Premier of The Trouble with Harry the stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's famed comedy. This summer and fall MBT had a string of glowingly reviewed shows such as Title of Show, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, David Mamet's Oleanna, and most recently, 12 Angry Men, MBT is looking forward to the highly-anticipated World Premiere of God Help Us, a hilarious comedy by California author, Jeremy Kehoe.

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