Ray Of Light Theater Closes Jerry Springer the Opera 10/16

Ray of Light Theatre (www.roltheatre.com), San Francisco's inimitable non-profit musical theatre company, is pleased to announce that the sensational, award-winning musical Jerry Springer the Opera will open its 2010-2011 10th Anniversary Season. This hilarious, crudely delightful yet heartbreaking operatic farce will rage beginning on September 10, 2010 at The Victoria Theatre in San Francisco's Mission District - home of the company's wildly successful and critically recognized productions of The Who's Tommy in 2009 (winner of 6 BATCC Awards), The Rocky Horror Show in 2008 (nominated for 5 BATCC Awards), as well as Bat Boy: The Musical in 2005 (named a Top 10 show of the year by The SF Bay Guardian). Ray of Light is among a select few theatre companies across the United States to be granted permission to produce this work and is proud to be present its WEST COAST PREMIERE!

Jerry Springer the Opera is the only work in British history to win all of their Best Musical awards: Olivier Awards, Critic's Choice, Evening Standard, and What's On Stage (along with many others). This bold, controversial show mixes high art and low culture - opera and daytime television - in an operatic farce that's by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. At first, talk-show host Jerry Springer seems to be having an ordinary day - outrageous guests, sordid secrets and a media-hungry audience. But after a surprise visit from Satan, Jerry's soul becomes the battle ground for an epic battle of good versus evil.

Featuring such timeless classics (ha!) as ‘Every Last Mother F***er Should Go Down', ‘Talk to the Hand', ‘Chick with a D**k' and the roof-raising ‘I Just Wanna Dance', the show is uproariously funny and honest to a fault. In other words, get ready for the musical ride of your life!

CAST

To check out the full cast list with headshots and biographies, visit www.jerrysf.com.