Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park Presents BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

The Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park presents Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" from February 24-March 13, 2017.

Here is part one of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy: a portrait of the writer as a young teen in 1937 living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the narrator and central character. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother, Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche, her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters, and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states "if you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't be living here."

Show Dates and Times:
February 24-27, March 3-6, March 10-13
*Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays at 8 p.m.
and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Ticket Prices:
$20.00 General Admission
$18.00 Seniors (60 and up)
$15.00 Students
$12.00 Mondays
$10.00 Breakthrough Alumni
cash only at the door or online at www.breakthroughtheatre.com

This play is directed by Paul Castaneda and stage managed by Tiffany Ortiz.

Cast:
Eugene: Nate Elliott
Kate: Sharon Barbour Tedder
Jack: Mark Davids
Stanley: Andrew Emery
Blanche: Jenn Devine
Nora: Gabby Hatch
Laurie: Sophia Beil (February 24, 26, March 4, 6, 10, 12)
Laurie: Ryleigh Lawton (February 25, 27, March 3, 5, 11, 13)

The Breakthrough Theatre is located at 419A W. Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park.

Photo Credit: SuzAnne Elliott

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