by Ken Ludwig
Sound Design by Holly Rybnick
Lighting & Projection Design by RJ Romeo
Wig Design by Peggi De La Cruz
Costume Design by Diane Vanderkroef
Assistant Scenic Design/Prop Supervision by Arielle Silbert
Scenic & Prop Design by April M. Bartlett
Fight & Intimacy Direction by Dan O’Driscoll
Stage Managed by Abbey Murray
Directed by Clint Hromsco
Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm, Sundays at 2pm
Performances at MUSIC THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT
509 Westport Avenue (Route 1) in Norwalk
(Click here for directions)
Previews begin February 7th at 8pm
Opening Night on February 8th at 8pm
Runtime: TBD
The 2024/2025 MainStage Season is sponsored by
The Burry Fredrik Foundation
The Schnurmacher Foundation
About
In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re actually performing, caused by Charlotte’s deaf, old stage-manager mother who hates every bone in George’s body.
Who’s Who
ROD BROGAN (George Hay)
Theatre: Broadway: Mauritius; National Tour: Doubt; Select Off-Broadway: Beyond The Horizon, Mary Broome, Treasure Island; Select Regional: Guthrie, Old Globe, Center Stage; Film/TV: Major Dad (series regular), The Winning Season, Oz, One Life To Live, Law & Order; Video Game: GTA V; Training: MFA, The Old Globe
OLIVIA FENTON (Eileen)
is thrilled to be making her MTC debut! Favorite regional credits include: Mystic Pizza, Escape to Margaritaville, God Bless Us Everyone! (Ivoryton Playhouse), Hunchback of Notre Dame (The REV), Sweeney Todd (Connecticut Repertory), The Pin- Up Girls (Playhouse on Park). Proud graduate of The Hartt School. Many thanks to the MTC team and her wonderful family! @liv_fenton
TED GIBSON (Howard)
is thrilled to return to MTC to make his mainstage debut in this hilarious play. Ted is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Theatre & Drama Department; his previous work includes: “Rabbit: The Miniseries” (YouTube) and “Sesame Street: The Musical” (Off-Broadway). He’d like to thank the cast and crew for their wonderful work, Cyrena and Brad at Red Letter Entertainment for their support, and Kevin and Jim for this amazing opportunity. Special thanks to Claire, Dad, and Koda. For Mom. @teddywex
ANNA HOLBROOK (Charlotte Hay)
Most recent NY stage - Measure of Doubt, Daniels Husband, Miss America’s Ugly daughter. Recent TV - L&O SVU, L&O, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, Bull, Homeland, Harlem, The Equalizer, Sister Swap (Hallmark). Film – Summerhouse, Seasons: Four Love Stories, Brake, The Boy in the Cabinet Beneath the Sink (festivals). Anna spent many years as Sharlene Frame on Another world for which she earned a Daytime Emmy. Annaholbrook.com
MATT MANCUSO (Paul)
So excited to be back at MTC! Recent credits include; Ghost, Clybourne Park, Jersey Boys, all at MTC, as well as And Then There Were None and The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged. Thank you to Kevin, Clint, all of MTC, and my family and friends. (www.mancusomatt.com)
Jo Anne Parady (Ethel)
Appearances at the Players Club & National Arts Club NYC in The Life of Shakespeare; Zipper Theatre in Momoirs: The Umbilical Cord Stops Here, which she co-wrote; Othello (Emilia) at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; many performances with Theatre Artists Workshop. MTC: Ancestral Voices, New Play Series & recently Lend Me a Tenor & I Hate Hamlet. Great fun to be back at MTC with Kevin and Jim and this amazing cast and crew in another fabulous Ken Ludwig comedy. Lots of love to her ever supportive family. In memory of her late husband, Ron Parady.
JIM SCHILLING (Richard)
co-founded Music Theatre of CT and is MTC’s Managing Director and Conservatory Director. Select MTC credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cabaret (CT Critics Circle Award Nomination), Sylvia, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Lend Me A Tenor, and most recently, Master Class. Jim was also an adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University where he was nominated Best Director of a musical for Godspell.
ALLIE SEIBOLD (Rosalind)
is thrilled to be back at MTC! Previous MTC credits include: Molly in Ghost: The Musical and Clybourne Park. She has toured nationally and internationally with Disney on Classic, The Lightning Thief and Footloose. This past summer she originated the role of Rachel in Anne Frank in Mt. Vernon, Ohio at JACK NYC. Selected Regional: Beautiful (North Shore MT), Jersey Boys (Weston Theater Co.), Alabama Story (Ivoryton Playhouse), The Twelfth Night Show (ArtisTree). Catch her now in theaters everywhere in the horror comedy, Screamboat! @allieseibz
CLINT HROMSCO (Director)
Clint is thrilled to be returning to MTC after playing the leading role of Casey in The Legend of Georgia McBride last season. He has directed and choreographed productions at Ogunquit Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, LTOTS, Mac-Hadyn Theatre, VCT, Write Act Rep. and Vital Theatre. Clint won the 2022 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his work on La Cage Aux Folles. His production of Frankenstein, which ran for 3 years Off-B’way, was selected to perform at the 2019 Broadway in Bryant Park series. He has performed in 5 nat’l tours, at countless regional theatres and in several NYC productions. He has been featured in many NYC, regional and int’l commercials, print ads and TV shows. His work can be seen in Before I Go and in Resilient, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the NY Int’l Film Festival and the Vegas Movie Awards. BFA from Ithaca College. www.clinthromsco.com @chromsco
Production Photos
To be posted by February 8th
Moon Over Buffalo is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.