PRTC Presents BOEING-BOEING Beginning 6/17

The Purple Rose Theatre Company summer comedy will be Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Beverley Cross. The production will enjoy an eleven-week engagement from Thursday, June 17 through Saturday, August 28, 2010. Seven low-price previews of Boeing-Boeing will be performed from Thursday, June 17, through Thursday, June 24, with Press Opening on Friday, June 25, 2010. Regular performances for the duration of the engagement are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm with Saturday matinees at 3:00 pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm. (Editor's Note: A complete performance schedule including pricing can be found on page 3; added performances will be announced at a later date.) All performances will be held at The Purple Rose Theatre Company, 137 Park Street, Chelsea, Michigan 48118.

The English adaptation of this French farce features Bernard, a self-styled Parisian lothario juggling three fiancées, each beautiful airline hostesses with frequent layovers in Paris. Bernard's carefully constructed timetable runs like clockwork until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to his apartment at the same time, and his "ideal life" unravels all in one nonstop night.

Boeing-Boeing originally premiered in Paris in 1960. The English language adaptation, translated by Beverley Cross, was first staged in London in 1962. The play was first produced on Broadway in 1965. In 1991, the play was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most performed French play throughout the world. Boeing-Boeing was revived in London in 2007. It once again proved to be a hit with critics and audiences alike and received two Olivier Award nominations. The 2008 Broadway revival won both the Tony and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.

PRTC associate artist Nathan Mitchell (Novi, MI) makes his professional directing debut with Boeing-Boeing. The cast will include Jeff Thomakos (Detroit, MI) as Bernard, John Seibert (Ann Arbor, MI) as his friend Robert, Stacie Hadgikosti (Roseville, MI), Rhiannon Ragland (Flint, MI) and Charlyn Swarthout (Barryton, MI) as the fiancées, and Michelle Mountain (Chelsea, MI) as Berthe, Bernard's long-suffering maid.

Design for this production includes set by Bartley H. Bauer, properties by Danna Segrest, costumes by Christianne Myers, lighting by Reid G. Johnson and sound by Quintessa Gallinat. Stephanie Buck stage manages with Jessica Garrett as assistant stage manager.

Founded in 1991 by acclaimed actor and Chelsea-native Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose Theatre Company is a leading American theatre dedicated to producing the new American play and creating opportunities for Midwest theatre professionals. The PRTC is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Theatre Operating under a Small Professional Theatre agreement with the Actors' Equity Association. The PRTC promotes the development of new American theatre and its practitioners, provides valuable educational opportunities for young artists, and, through consistently high quality production values, has earned the respect of both local and National Theatre communities.

Tickets for Boeing-Boeing are on sale now. Reservations can be made by calling the Box Office at 734.433.7673; Box Office hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Single tickets are also for purchase at purplerosetheatre.org.

Meet the Director

Nathan Mitchell is a PRTC associate artist making his professional directing debut with Boeing-Boeing. He started work with the PRTC behind the scenes as fight choreographer for A Streetcar Named Desire and Bleeding Red and directing intern for Bleeding Red and Wake. He has also appeared on the PRTC stage in Gravity and Our Town. In the past, he has performed in the United States and the United Kingdom in plays such as Hawk, I'm Your Brother, Ill Seen Ill Said, A Flea in Her Ear, Attempts on Her Life, Our Town, Six Degrees of Separation and A Zoo Story. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Western Michigan University and his Master of Fine Arts in Physical Training for the Actor from The University of Exeter, UK, and has trained with Moscow Art Theatre.

Coming Soon!

2010 / 2011 season
All New, All Michigan
Four World Premieres by Michigan playwrights in celebration of our 20th anniversary

Best of Friends by Jeff Daniels
October 14-December 18, 2010
Press Opening: Friday, October 22

Corktown by Michael Brian Ogden
January 20-March 5, 2011
Press Opening: Friday, January 28

Some Couples May... by Carey Crim
March 24-May 28, 2011
Press Opening: Friday, April 1

Consider the Oyster by David MacGregor
June 16-September 3, 2011
Press Opening: Friday, June 24

Production schedules subject to change.

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