(ASBURY PARK, NJ) — The newly shaped Asbury Park Theater Firm (APTCo) will current Inexperienced Day’s American Fool, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, as the corporate’s debut manufacturing. Performances happen on the Kingsley Theater at The Berkeley Oceanfront Resort in Asbury Park over the primary two weekends of July. The play is based mostly on the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, and boldly takes the American musical the place it is by no means gone earlier than. This high-octane present contains each track from Inexperienced Day’s album, American Fool, in addition to a number of songs from its follow-up launch, twenty first Century Breakdown.
Johnny, Tunny, and Will wrestle to seek out which means in a post-9/11 world. When the three disgruntled males flee the constraints of their hometown for the thrills of metropolis life, their paths are rapidly estranged when Tunny enters the armed forces, Will is known as again dwelling to take care of familial duties, and Johnny’s consideration turns into divided by a seductive love curiosity and a hazardous new friendship. An energy-fueled rock opera, American Fool, options little dialogue and as a substitute depends on the lyrics from Inexperienced Day’s groundbreaking album to execute the storyline. American Fool is a high-concept present with robust social messages.
Inexperienced Day’s American Fool is an enormous endeavor, however one that’s well worth the effort, in response to Bob Angelini, APTCo’s Managing Director. “The choice to current this as our first present got here out of the concept Asbury Park is such an enormous rock and roll city. We have been a bit involved concerning the measurement of the present, however knew that we might discover the expertise on this space to drag it off,” says Angelini. “And once we noticed that Inexperienced Day was headlining the Sea.Hear.Now Pageant in Asbury Park in September, it gave the impression to be an excellent match for an superior summer time occasion, so we simply all agreed to go for it.”
With such an enormous present to mount, APTCo sought assist from the gifted rock singer, producer and native phenom Anthony D’Amato (a/ok/a Bear in mind Jones) to behave because the present’s Manufacturing Supervisor. “Once they requested me to assist out, I took no time in deciding that I wished to be a a part of this,” says D’Amato. “I’ve been doing theater my whole life and being an Asbury Park resident, I wished to be concerned on this manufacturing. And who doesn’t love Inexperienced Day?”
The present will likely be choreographed by Serena Soffer who additionally resides in Asbury Park. Her lengthy listing of credit goes past Broadway and contains choreography for the rock band Panic! At The Disco and a number of other nationwide commercials. She was additionally the assistant choreographer for the film Rock of Ages starring Tom Cruise. Native artist and Sisters Academy artwork trainer Jason Sisino is the present’s set designer. The manufacturing stage supervisor and assistant stage supervisor are Asbury Park residents Antonio Johnson and Carina Duffy respectively. The music director, Andrew Macirowski can be from the larger Asbury Park space.
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“You will need to us to rent as many native professionals for these positions as attainable,” says Whitefield, who can even direct the present. “It’s really superb the expertise that exists proper in our personal yard. I’m so satisfied that we will have our very personal skilled theater firm proper right here in Asbury Park that won’t solely produce some superb theater however can even produce among the subsequent theater makers in our College of Dramatic Arts. And since theater arts schooling is such a excessive precedence for our theater firm, we’re providing this summer time a handful of lessons which embrace a Broadway Showcase and Musical Theater Intensives.”
Inexperienced Day’s American Fool will characteristic a forged of native actors and singers with the function of Johnny performed by Jeremy Rotolo, the function of Will performed by Luke Surretsky, and the function of Tunny performed by Connor Closs. Halle Ryan Lipton will likely be featured together with Avery Gallagher, Janie Hornstien and Kim Trachtenberg. The ensemble contains Grace Allison, Gavin Bailey, Shannah Dolan, Carina Duffy, Emily Gulden, Leah Krupnick, Nathaniel Paris, Luke Pearlberg, Courtney Ravelo, Frank Saverino, Connor Sheridan, Fiona Sheridan, Rose Taylor-Riley and Joey Walsh.
APTCo is proud to acknowledge a number of season sponsors together with PNC Financial institution, O’Brien Realty, The Jules L. Plangere, Jr. Household Basis, Inc., Shore Houses Service, Holman Frenia Allison CPAs & Advisors, Blue Perimeter Safety, Marilyn & Ken Rocky and the LoBiondo Hignite Group of Compass Realty. “We really respect these people for his or her generosity,” says Robert Allison, APTCo’s Board President. “We’re so fortunate to have the assist of those enterprise leaders in our neighborhood.”
Inexperienced Day’s American Fool will play July 1-3 and 8-10 with exhibits on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and on Sundays at 5:00pm on the Kingsley Theater situated inside The Berkeley Oceanfront Resort, 1401 Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ. All tickets for the present are $40. Purchase all three exhibits within the season for an incredible low value of $99. Arrive early and luxuriate in a drink or a chew at one of many resort’s eating choices.
After American Fool, the corporate will current Million Greenback Quartet in December. The Tony Award-winning musical particulars the night time Elvis Presley, Johnny Money, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins bought collectively in a recording studio in Memphis on December 4, 1956, will run for 2 weekends. Rounding out the season in April of 2023 will likely be Broadway play and HBO movie, American Son during which an estranged bi-racial couple confronts their emotions about race and bias after their son is detained by the native police.
“After two years of diminished programming as a result of pandemic, we’re thrilled to lastly be producing actual theatrical productions. We’re excited with the titles we’ve been capable of procure and are satisfied these exhibits will likely be an incredible match for Asbury Park. To be in such a pleasant area on the Berkeley Oceanfront Resort for our first massive manufacturing is a thrill. By internet hosting us, the Berkeley helps us to attain our mission of bringing skilled theater and theater schooling to Asbury Park,” mentioned William Whitefield, Producing Creative Director of APTCo.
To buy single present or subscription tickets, or to join the College of Dramatic Arts, go to www.asburyparktheatercompany.org.