CULLMAN, Ala. – After the 2020 hiatus, Cullman Community Theatre returns later this month with a production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway classic “Hello, Dolly!”
Licensing agency Concord Theatricals said that the show “bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance and some of the greatest songs in musical theater history. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher-Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and ‘woman who arranges things,’ are certain to thrill and entertain audiences again and again. The show’s unforgettable songs include ‘Put On Your Sunday Clothes,’ ‘Ribbons Down My Back,’ ‘Before the Parade Passes By,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!,’ ‘Elegance’ and ‘It Only Takes a Moment.’”
Cullman Community Theatre production director Noah Carpenter told The Tribune, “This is, number one, our best cast we’ve ever had — for community theater, especially — the biggest cast we’ve ever had. And I would hazard to say that we are far beyond where we’ve ever been at this point. We’re running through this thing like wildfire. And it just goes to show how excited everybody is to be back onstage, to be back with the community theater.
“We would normally start full run-throughs next week, the week before the show, and we’ve started full run-throughs already this week. So we are doing incredibly well.
“A lot of that also has to do with East Elementary. They’ve allowed us to use their facility, which has given us a little more room to spread out, and we’ve been able to work on a lot more at a time where, in the past, each night was kind of focused on one scene or one set of scenes. We can split up–we can do this scene’s music, this scene’s choreography, this scene’s blocking. We can work on anywhere from three to six scenes a night since we’ve had that space to utilize in this show. So it’s been a huge help, to help get us ready for what is normally an 8-12 week production process, for us doing it in six weeks.”
Creative team
Director/Creative Director: Wayne Cook
Assistant Director: Nick Shabel
Production Director: Noah Carpenter
Music Director: Cindy Pass
Choreographer: Sarah Jane Skinner
Stage Manager: Linda Foley
Lead Cast
Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi: Kim Trelles
Ernestina Money: Sarah Glover
Ermengarde: Mary Claire Paige
Ambrose Kemper: Levi Stricklin
Horace Vandgelder: Rodney Basenburg
Mrs. Irene Molloy: Paige Clabo, Understudy Misty Waldrop
Cornelius Hackl: Nick Shabel, Understudy Sam Jones
Miss Minnie Fay: Laci New, Understudy Reagan Martin
Barnaby Tucker: Graham Waldrop
Mrs. Rose: Misty Walldrop
Rudolph Reisenweber: Justin Weygand, Understudy Grant Holland
Judge: Brent Smith
Clerk: Sam Jones
Chorus/Ensemble
Lily Abbott, Rodney Basenburg, Dayton Brunetti, Dee Brunetti, Rebecca Calear, Lauren Chapin, Paige Clabo, Ashley David, Aubrey Duncan, Ava Fales, Lana Gibson, Lillian Glover, Sarah Glover, Tori Glover, Laura Harris, Justin Helms, Lily Helms, Bailee Henderson, Grant Holland, Debbie Johnston, Mckenzie Jones, Sam Jones, Logan Key, Vickie Kicks, Reagan Martin, Laci New, Macey Orr, Mary Claire Paige, Cashe Seekers, Nick Shabel, Amy Smith, Brent Smith, Karen Smith, Willa Smith, Crystal Stone, Levi Stricklin, Kim Trelles, Slade Turbyfield, Graham Waldrop, Misty Waldrop, Abby West, Justin Weygand, Aiden Wisener
At a glance
Cullman Community Theatre’s production of “Hello, Dolly!”
July 16-18, 2021 at the Cullman High School Auditorium
July 16 at 7 p.m.
July 17 matinee at 2 p.m., evening at 7 p.m.
July 18 at 2 p.m.
Online ticket presales will begin next week. For more information and a link to the ticket site, visit https://www.facebook.com/Cullman-Community-Theater-1783955535053828 or https://www.facebook.com/cullmanparksrec.
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