New Minowa Players Director Sheryl Scheffert announces the cast for the spring production of The Light in the Piazza.
Principal roles will be performed by Jeni Grouws (Margaret Johnson), Emily Kurash (Clara Johnson), Jason Rausch (Fabrizio Naccarelli), and Rick Scheffert (Signor Naccarelli).
Appearing in featured roles are Matt Cody (Giuseppe Naccarelli), Jeanine Scheffert (Franca Naccarelli), Olga Rinco (Signora Naccarelli), and Steve Smith (priest).
Additional cast members include Kate Blair, Sarah Brandt, Michael Hanan, Gavin Markee, and Amanda Zweibohmer.
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953. Margaret Johnson, the wife of an American businessman, is touring the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing, Clara - a beautiful, surprisingly childish young woman, as if guided by an unseen hand, meets Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine. The brief episode sparks an immediate and intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio. Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart. As THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA unfolds, a secret is revealed: in addition to the cultural differences between the young lovers, Clara is not quite all that she appears. Unable to suppress the truth about her daughter, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her own hopes as well.
Performances will run April 22-25 in the New Minowa Players Theatre, 903 South Mill St. Play goers will have the option of enjoying a pre-theatre dinner on April 23rd in the lower level of T-Bock’s Sports Bar & Grill.
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is funded in part by William Becvar in memory of Raymond Mikesh, Jr., and by T-Bock’s Sports Bar & Grill, JD’s house of Wine & Spirits, and Latham Furniture. It is produced by arrangement with Turner Entertainment C
