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‘Little Shop,’ ‘Reefer Madness have Kitsap connections

If you go to Second Story Repertory‘s production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” it’s likely some of the cast and crew will be familiar to you.

Seattle Musical Theatre‘s “Reefer Madness,” winding up a two-weekend run this weekend, also has some familiar faces on stage and behind the scenes.

“Little Shop” is directed by Ken Michels, who’s done a number of shows at Bainbridge Performing Arts, and will be helming BPA’s holiday production of “Mary Poppins.” Joanna Hardie, who was a performer, choreographer and assistant director of BPA’s “A Chorus Line,” also directed last season’s “The Drowsy Chaperone” and will have the helm for “The Little Mermaid” next May. Hardie is playing Audrey, the female lead, at Second Story.

Cherisse Martinelli, who grew up on Kitsap stages and was the 2015 recipient of the Miss West Sound title, is cast in the trio. Doug Fahl doesn’t have any stage credits in Kitsap, was one of the leads in the 2009 film “ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction,” which was shot in Port Gamble. Port Orchard’s Justin Silver is the plant puppeteer for Audrey 2.

Second Story’s next show, which opens Dec. 4, is “A Christmas Carol,” which features John Clark — so memorable teaming with Curtis Jacobson in “The Mystery of Irma Vep” at Key City Public Theater last summer — as Ebenezer Scrooge.

SMT’s “Reefer Madness” is directed by former BPA artistic director Steven Fogell, and his cast includes Bremerton’s Michelle Abad as The Placard Girl.

Second Story Repertory is in the Redmond Town Center. The show runs through November 15, with 8 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with a closing 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 15.

Seattle Musical Theatre is at 7120 62nd Ave. NE in the Sand Point neighborhood. There are 7:30 p.m. shows on Oct. 29 and 30, and a 10:30 p.m. late-night show will close the run on Oct. 30.

Information: Second Story Repertory — 425-881-6777, secondstoryrep.orghttp://secondstoryrep.org  Seattle Musical Theatre — 206-363-2809, seattlemusicaltheatre.org

— MM

Henley-Hicks lands big Seattle Musical Theatre role

South Kitsap’s Sara Henley-Hicks will play Judas in Seattle Musical Theatre’s upcoming production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” according to a release from the company.

Billie Wildrick, a staple of the Seattle musical-theater scene, makes her directing debut with the production, with Brandon Peck serving as musical director. Peck filled the same role when Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge mounted “Superstar” on Bainbridge Island in December 2013. He also music directed last winter’s “Peter Pan” for Ovation!

Two other actors easily recognizable to Kitsap  audiences also are in the cast: DeSean Halley, who has numerous credits with Bainbridge Performing Arts, will play Simon, and Justin Carrell, who has appeared on several local stages, is in the ensemble.

Henley-Hicks appeared in numerous Kitsap shows at Port Orchard’s Western Washington Center for the Arts, and more recently at Cornish College of the Arts. She was in SMT’s recent production of “Sweet Charity.”

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