Rehearsals started last week for The Fantasticks, and the cast and production staff are working hard and fast to get everything together for our October 2 opening.
Reservations
We expect good crowds for this particular show, so it’s a good idea to make reservations. Here’s how.
via email (best way)
Email us via act2theatre@gmail.com by providing your name, the date of performance you want to attend, and number of people in your party. Make sure the subject line says FANTASTICKS RESERVATIONS.
via phone
We don’t have a business office, but we do have a Google Voice phone number (304-918-0010) where you can call and leave a message telling us your name, which performance you want to attend, and the number of people in your party.
$12/seat
OR
you may reserve at table for 8 people for $84.
You can pick up your tickets at the door. We will hold your reservation until 15 minutes prior to the show.
Here’s our cast
THE NARRATOR (EL GALLO) – Doug Seckman
THE GIRL (LUISA) – Bekah James
THE BOY (MATT) – Dan Hawkins
THE BOY’S FATHER (HUCKLEBEE) – Rich Stull
THE GIRL’S FATHER (BELLOMY) – Hunter Riley
THE ACTOR (HENRY) – Phyl Charnes
THE MAN WHO DIES (MORTIMER) – Callia Byard
THE MUTE – Jordan Kennedy Rea
Under the direction of Jerry McKeen with musical direction by Joshua Stubbs.
About the Show
The Fantasticks is the longest running musical in the world. The show first opened in 1960 with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones at a small off-Broadway theatre in Greenwich Village in New York City. It ran for 42 years making it the longest running musical ever. The show closed in 2002 after 17,162 performances, but it wasn’t long before a revival of the show was staged. In 2006, the show opened again, this time at the off-Broadway Snapple Center Theatre. It’s still running there today, so we’re especially grateful that MTI has allowed us to license the performance rights for our local production.
The Story
Take a boy and a girl, their meddling parents, the moon, some magic and some truly memorable songs, and we’re set for this ageless tale. Based upon a late 19th century play by Edmond Rostand called Les Romanesques (The Romancers) it is the story of young love complete with it’s naïveté. When their fathers conspire to have their children marry they hire El Gallo to stage an elaborate kidnapping that will allow the boy to be seen as the hero. The tide turns, however, when the children learn of their fathers’ deceptions and the romance under the moon soon appears differently under the bright light of day. The boy and the girl part ways to journey toward maturity each in their own ways. And the music under the expert direction of Joshua Stubbs is beautiful!
Performances
October 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 7:30 p.m.
October 5 and 12 (Sundays) 2:00 p.m.
at the Friedlander’s Center, downtown Clarksburg, WV.