Mercury Theatre Company presents the award-winning musical Caroline, or Change, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (Pulitzer Prize, Angels in America), score by Jeanine Tesori (Tony Award, Fun Home).
South Euclid, OH – Mercury Theatre Company presents the award-winning musical Caroline, or Change, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (Pulitzer Prize, Angels in America), score by Jeanine Tesori (Tony Award, Fun Home), and directed by MTC Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault. Caroline, or Change was nominated for six Tony Awards in 2004, and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2007. Tesori’s Drama Desk Award-Winning score combines spiritual music with blues, Motown, classical and Jewish klezmer music. The production will run from July 27 through August 11th, 2018 at Notre Dame College, 1857 South Green Road, South Euclid, OH 44121.
Veteran actress and MTC Associate Artistic Director Kelvette Beacham will star as Caroline Thibodeaux. Beacham appeared previously at MTC in last season’s sold-out production of Hairspray, and as Mrs. Mullins in the 2017 Best of Theater Best Musical Award-winner (Cleveland Jewish News and Cleveland Scene Magazine), Carousel. Broadway’s Derrick Cobey makes his MTC debut as The Dryer/The Bus. Cobey most recently appeared in the Broadway production of The Scottsboro Boys.
Book Writer and Lyricist Tony Kushner is a playwright best known for his two-part Pulitzer Prize-Winning epic Angels in America: a Gay Fantasia on National Themes, for which he also received back-to-back Tony Awards. He co-authored the screenplay for the 2005 film Munich, and wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film Lincoln (both directed by Steven Spielberg). Kushner’s plays A Bright Room Called Day and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures have been produced locally to recent critical acclaim. In 2013, President Barack Obama awarded Kushner the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor for achievement in the arts conferred to an individual.
Composer Jeanine Tesori is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five Broadway musicals and four Tony nominations. In 2015, Tesori shared the Tony award for Best Musical with Lisa Kron for Fun Home, which is currently running on Broadway. Tesori and Kron are the first all female composing team to win this award. Tesori won the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music for Caroline, or Change. Her other major works include, Shrek The Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Violet.
The creative team for Caroline, or Change includes Eddie Carney as Musical Director, Nicholas Thornburg as Scenic Designer, Michael Jarett as Lighting Designer. The remaining cast features Bob Abelman, Jyrah Graves, Emily Grodzik, Keyonna Hughley, Colleen Longshaw, Brian Marshall, Kyle Monaghan, Sunayna Smith, Lynette Turner, Cindi Verbelun, and Carter Welo.
Tickets for Caroline, or Change can be purchased at mercurytheatrecompany.org or by calling 216.771.5862.
Who/What: MTC Presents: Caroline, or Change
Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Directed by Pierre-Jacques Brault
Featuring Bob Abelman, Kelvette Beacham, Derrick Cobey, Jyrah Graves, Emily Grodzik, Keyonna Hughley, Colleen Longshaw, Brian Marshall, Kyle Monaghan, Sunayna Smith, Lynette Turner, Cindi Verbelun, Carter Welo.
When: Friday July 27 7:30 PM
Saturday July 28 7:30 PM
Saturday August 4 7:30 PM
Sunday August 5 2:00 PM
Wednesday August 8 7:00 PM
Saturday August 11 7:30 PM
Where: Notre Dame College, Regina Auditorium
1857 South Green Road, South Euclid OH 44121
Ticket Info: Adults: $20 | Seniors (60+): $18 | Students (with id): $16
Discounts for Groups of 10 or more available
www.mercurytheatrecompany.org or 216.771.5862
Free Parking is available. Air Conditioned.
Phone: 216-771-5862
Email: info@mercurytheatrecompany.org
2018/07/27 - 2018/08/11
Regina Auditorium
1857 South Green Road, South Euclid, OH 44121