Bergen County Players to Present LEADING LADIES Now Thru 3/5

Bergen County Players continues its 83rd season with Ken Ludwig's hysterical comedy, Leading Ladies, through March 5, 2016 at the Little Firehouse Theatre, 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell. The high-heeled hilarity is helmed by veteran director Lynne Lupfer of Tenafly.

Leading Ladies is the side-splitting farce by Ken Ludwig, author of the Tony
Award-winning Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo. Two down-on-their luck English
Shakespearean actors find themselves performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an elderly woman is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English relatives, they hatch a plot to scam her of the fortune. The trouble is, upon their arrival, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces and, in the tradition of any Ken Ludwig farce, absolute hilarity ensues! With nothing but a few costumes of some of Shakespeare's greatest female characters, such as Cleopatra and Titania, Queen of
the Fairies, they decide to give it a try. Their desperate attempts to keep themselves under cover (and in high heels) will have audiences rolling on the floor.

The talented cast of Leading Ladies includes Filipe Valente of Bergenfield as Leo, Ian Murphy of Dumont as Jack, Brittany Haydock of Glen Ridge as Meg, Katie Lupfer of Tenafly as Audrey, Andrew Whitney of Ramsey as Duncan, James Lesko of Englewood as Doc, Celeste Fasone of Woodland Park as Florence, and Daniel Reid of Emerson as Butch.

TICKET AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION
- All performances for Leading Ladies take place at The Little Firehouse Theatre at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, home to the Bergen County Players since 1949. Performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm.
- Tickets for Leading Ladies are $21 for Friday/Saturday performances and $17 for Sunday matinees, and can be purchased online atwww.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours. Visa, Master Card, and American Express are accepted.
- Those interested in Group Sales of 20 or more tickets can email groups@bcplayers.org or call the main number and press #6.
- Row K, Seats #1 and #2 are held to accommodate people with disabilities. They can be purchased by calling the box office at 201-261-4200. These seats will be released for public sale one week prior to performance.
- Advance discount tickets for students age 25 and under with proper ID are available for $14 by phone or walk-up only, and student rush seats can be purchased for $5 (cash only) starting 30 minutes before curtain at every performance, pending seat availability. There is a limit of one rush ticket per student.
- Parking is free at the Park Avenue municipal lot, across the street, one-half block north of the theater.

The Bergen County Players has grown tremendously from its roots as a small community
theater when it was founded in 1932; today, nearly 300 volunteer members, working on and off stage, make possible the nine productions presented each season. The remaining Main Stage productions are Enchanted April (March 19th to April 16th), and A View from the Bridge (April 30th to May 22nd). Remaining Second Stage productions include The Irish Curse (February 27th and 28th), and An Evening of One Act Plays (June 4th and 5th).

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