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
nger to Kitsap
audiences, Martinelli has been making her mark in theaters around
Puget Sound, including recent shows at Stageright (“The Great
American Trailer Park Musical”), Seattle Musical Theatre (“Man of
La Mancha”) and Leavenworth Summer Theater (“Annie Get Your Gun”)
She also appeared recently at Second Story, located in the Redmond
Town Center, in “Little Shop of Horrors.”