Bart Shatto, Sheri Sanders, Kelly Briggs & More Set for Surflight Theatre's 2014 Summer Season

Surflight Theatre, has announced initial casting for its 65th Anniversary Season with the musicals Jekyll & Hyde,Fiddler on the Roof, and Monty Python's SPAMALOT

Broadway's Bart Shatto (Hands on a Hard Body/The Civil War/Dracula) returns to Surflight to star in Jekyll & Hyde (June 18 - July 6). Norb Joerder directs. A dark and dangerous love story between good and evil is brought to life in the musical sensation Jekyll & Hyde. A well-meaning Dr. Henry Jekyll desperately seeks a cure for the evil in the world but is instead pitted in a cruel battle against his own evil alter ego, Edward Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson's epic tale of both undeniable romance and unspeakable evil sets the stage for this captivating musical that took Broadway by storm! Featuring the remarkable music of Frank Wildhorn including "Someone Like You," "This Is The Moment" and "Once Upon A Dream."

Shatto's other credits include his 10 year association with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and "Gaspard and Lisa" on Disney Jr. He can be seen in the upcoming film co-starring with Academy-award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. "Carry Me Home."

'Rock the Audition' Sheri Sanders will make her Surflight debut as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof (July 9 - 27).

Directed and choreographed by Norb Joerder. Packed with memorable music, rousing dances and a touch of human wisdom, the beloved classic, Fiddler on the Roof features a score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, with a book by Joseph Stein, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem.

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary of its Broadway debut, this award-winning musical captures the colorful story of one Jewish father's struggle to hold on to his family's traditions amidst the rebellious antics of his three independent daughters and the turmoil of an ever-changing world. The universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy and sadness. One of the beloved musical scores in the history of the American theatre includes "Tradition," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "If I Were a Rich Man," and "Sunrise, Sunset."

Sheri Sanders has played Kitty Genovese in The Screams of Kitty Genovese (NYMF), Little Becky Two Shoes in the national tour of Urinetown, a hippie in both HAIR with Encores! and in Kerrigan-Lowdermilk's The Woman Upstairs (NYMF) and more.

Kelly Briggs (Broadway's Les Miserables/Cats) returns to Surflight to star as King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot (July 30-August 24). Briggs previously starred at Surflight as Thernadier in Les Miserables and FD in Annie.

Ali Gleason returns to Surflight to star as 'Lady of the Lake.' Gleason previously starred as Hortense in The Boy Friend and Eponine in Les Miserables(which won her a NJ Broadway World for Best Actress in a Musical) at Surflight, and was recently featured in the national tour of Man of La Mancha.
Monty Python's Spamalot is an outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the 1975 film classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." With music and lyrics by the Grammy-Award winning team of Eric Idle and John Du Prez and book by Eric Idle, Spamalot tells the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their madcap quest for the Holy Grail. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful show girls, flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers?

Surflight Theatre is located at 201 Engleside Avenue in historic Beach Haven, NJ. Tickets are $45 and on sale now by (609) 492-9477 or online atwww.surflight.org. Matinee performances Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday are at 2pm with evening performances Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm.

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