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2011-2012 Season
Tickets – All Seats $20
Opening Night Tickets $25
$10 Thursday Preview
Dates, Shows, Prices Subject to Change
( Mature content. No one under 18 admitted)
Please Note: Tickets will not be mailed.
Your tickets will be reserved in your name at the JazzCentral Box Office.
You can pick them up there the night of the show.


Judy's Scary Little Christmas
December 2-10, 2011, 8pm
NO Thursday preview

Sorry, all online tickets are SOLD OUT

Please check with the box office to see if seats are still available.
Written by James Webber and David Church
Music and Lyrics by Joe Patrick Ward
Directed By Dan Tursi
Musical Director Josh Smith

Cast:
Jimmy Wachter - Judy
Derek Potocki - Bing Crosby
Tamaralee Shutt - Ethel Merman
Josh Smith - Liberace
Garrett Heater - Joan Crawford
Kate Huddleston - Lillian Helman
Brian Pringle - Richard Nixon
Death - C J Young

Chorus:
Dave Cotter
Liam Fitzpatrick
Sara Weiler
Kaleigh Pfohl

Judy Garland is primed for her biggest comeback ever - the dazzling star of her own TV special, broadcast live on Christmas Eve, 1959. Judy's guests include Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, and Liberace. However, mysterious snafus behind the scenes and cameo appearances by Vice President Richard Nixon and blacklisted writer, Lillian Hellman throw Judy's program off course.

The surprises climax when the arrival of Joan Crawford is interrupted by the spectral figure of...Death. The evening takes a detour into the twilight zone as the celebrities are forced to confront the lies behind their legends. Devastated and alone, Judy meets a special fan who ultimately proves that, despite her flaws, her shining legacy still endures.

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!

Beautiful Child
March 1-16, 2012, 8pm
$10 Preview Thursday, March 1, 8pm
Preview tickets available through Box Office only
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By Nicky Silver
Directed by Roy Van Nostrand

Cast:
Theresa Constantine
Anne Fitzgerald
Tom Minion
Heather Roach
Steve Smith

How do we love someone who falls outside our moral code? A couple's marriage is called into question when their son comes home for lunch and asks to stay. The world's no longer safe for their son; as his secrets are about to become public. They want to help their son, who was once a beautiful child. They want to love him. But how? They arrive at a decision that's painful and restorative.

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!
My First Time
April 13-28, 2012, 8pm
$10 Preview Thursday, April 12, 8pm
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By Ken Davenport
Directed by Dan Tursi

Cast:
TBA

First sexual experiences are one of the few things that almost every single person on this planet has in common, whether you're Paris Hilton or P. Diddy, George Clooney or George Washington, yet we rarely talk about them. Until now...

In 1998, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their First Times.

The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, shy, sexy and everything in between.

And now, these true stories and all of the unique characters in them are brought to life by four amazing actors in the acclaimed play, MY FIRST TIME, presented by Ken Davenport, producer of Altar Boyz and creator of The Awesome 80s Prom.

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!

Bunked
June 1-16, 2012, 8pm
NO Thursday Preview
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Book and Lyrics ALaina Kunin
Music, Book, Lyrics Bradford Proctor
Directed by Dan Tursi
Musical Director, Chris Widomski

Cast:
TBA

BUNKED!: A New Musical is a comedic coming of age story of five summer camp counselors, three male and two female, during the pivotal summer before the beginning of college. With easily relatable characters that are experiencing their first taste of independence, BUNKED! taps into the uncertainty of trying to find yourself while forging your first adult relationships.

Exploring themes of sexual orientation, first loves, and growing up, the show asks the fundamental questions "who am I?, "where do I belong?" and "how do I make a name for myself?" in a manner that is both humorous and poignant.

Won the New York International Fringe Festival's "Best Overall Production of a Musical."

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!


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The Exonerated
October 21-28, 2011, 8pm
No Thursday Preview
Preview tickets available through Box Office only
Written by Jessica Bland and Erik Jensen
Directed by Linda Lance

Cast:
Charles Anderson
Sheena Solomon
Michael Dean Anderson
Stephond Brunson
Anne Fitzgerald
Robb Sharpe
David Minikheim
Tim Ferlito
Theresa Constantine

THE EXONERATED tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words. The six interwoven stories paint a picture of an American criminal justice system gone horribly wrong—and of the brave souls who persevered to survive it. Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and the public record.

Part of the proceeds of this show go to
THE EXONERATED FUND.

WINNER 2003 DRAMA DESK and OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE awards

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!

Disenchanted Bitches
September 9 - Oct 8, 2011, 8pm
No Thursday Preview
Music, Lyrics, Book by Dennis T. Giacino
Additional Lyrics by Fiely A. Matias
Directed by Dan Tursi
Musical Director Michael Stephan

Cast:
Mulan: Jodie Baum
Rapunzel: Sunny Hernandez
Belle: Sarah Elmer
Pocahontas: Marissa Bregande
Snow White: Julia Berger
Cinderella: Amy Zubieta
Little Mermaid: Ceara Rose Windhaosen
Sleeping Beauty: Marcia Mele
Patricia Catchouny: Sleeping Beauty Alternate
Frog Princess: Serika Jones
Secondary Princesses: Dan Williams,
Secondary Princess Alternate: Aubry Ludington Panek

DISENCHANTED! Bitches of the Kingdom! is a brand new, fun-loving, hilarious musical revue proving that happily-ever-after can be a royal pain in the ass! The original storybook princesses comically kvetch about the exploitation they've suffered in today's animated films, theme parks and pop culture. Snow White and her band of angry royal cohorts musically storm the castle in this riotously clever take on the the princess culture.

"A sensational production!" — NJ Star-Ledger.
"A high-energy laugh machine!" — Orlando Sentinel.

DISENCHANTED! is the winner of the 2010 NEW JERSEY PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST.

The production has also played to nothing but SOLD OUT HOUSES and STANDING OVATIONS in the New York City workshops at Pearl Studios and at William Paterson University in New Jersey.

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!

Psycho Beach Party
June 3-18, 2011, 8pm
$10 Preview Thursday, June 2, 8pm
Preview tickets available through Box Office only
Written by Charles Busch
Directed by Dan Tursi

Cast:
Mark Ameigh
Jimmy Curtin
Peter Irwin
Chris James
David Minikhiem
Gabe Mirizio
Junior Morse
Marguerite Fulton-Newton
Derek Potacki
Jimmy Wachter

Gidget, Frankie and Annette beach party epics meet Hitchcock's psychological suspense thrillers such as Spellbound and Marnie. Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen named Ann Bowman who has nothing less than world domination on her mind.

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!
Wonderettes


"With only a raised stage platform, four microphones, fancy period costumes, and a crepe paper background, Jodie Baum, Katie Lemos Brown, Aubry Panek, and Sara Weiler light up the confines of The Orange Line Theatre at Jazz Central in Rarely Done Productions' 'The Marvelous Wonderettes'."
— Tony Curulla, The Post-Standard
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April 1-23, 2011, 8pm
No Preview for This Show
Written by Roger Bean
Directed by Dan Tursi
Musical Director: Nadine Cole

Cast:
Jodie Baum
Katie Lemos Brown
Aubry Ludington Panek
Sara Weiler

The story is set 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes - Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match! As we learn about their lives and loves, we are treated to the girls performing classic 50's and 60's songs.
Corpus Christi
March 11-26, 2011, 8pm
$10 Preview Thursday, March 10, 8pm
Preview tickets available through Box Office only
Written by Terrence McNally
Directed by Dan Tursi

Cast:
Mark Ameigh
Scott Austin
Fred Belcher
Jimmy Curtin
Vinnie Delaney
Ryan Diana
Rob Fonda
Peter Irwin
Ty Marshal
Gabe Mirizio
Derek Potocki
Jimmy Wachter
CJ Young

The most controversial and talked about play of 1998. An old and familiar story, but from that point on, nothing feels quite familiar again. What follows is a story that parallels the New Testament, and its subject is nothing less than the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. But McNally's Christ figure is a character named Joshua, a young man born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the early 1950's.

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!
Elegy in Blue


"Rarely Done Productions presents premiere of Donna Stuccio's new play 'elegy in blue'"
"The dialogue is so realistic, and often so witty, that you're surprised suddenly to find that the play is taking for granted mystical matters like connections between the dead and the living."
— Neil Novelli, Syracuse.com

Read the full review here...

September 10-25, 2010, 8pm
$10 Preview Thursday, September 9, 8pm
Preview tickets available through Box Office only
Written & Directed by Donna Stuccio

Cast:
Jamaal Wade
Moe Harrington
David Simmons
Mark Eischen
Al Marshall

Officer Celeste Luna wades through the fog of her day-to-day operations, tending to her urban beat while doggedly guarding her heart. A fateful convergence of four other lost souls in her territory leads to the unearthing of long-secreted information which threatens to reap catastrophic fallout. Will forgiveness or retribution win out? A world premiere, the play is the sequel to "Blue Moon".
[title of show]
"Rarely Done's '[title of show]' is Fresh, Contemporary Commentary"—Tony Curulla , Syracuse.com
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"Guys and dolls conspire to create a musical in Rarely Done's offbeat [title of show]"—James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times
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October 1-16, 2010, 8pm
No Preview for This Show
Written by Jeff Bowen & Hunter Bell
Musical Director Jon Balcourt
Directed by Dan Tursi

Cast:
Julia Berger
Shawn Forster
Aubry Panek
Dana Sovocool

[title of show] is a musical about two nobodies named Hunter and Jeff who decide to write a completely original musical starring themselves and their attractive and talented ladyfriends. Their musical, [title of show], gets into the New York Musical Theatre Festival, then off-Broadway! Then it's announced that their musical is going to Broadway!

*INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!
Every Christmas Story Ever Told
December 3-11, 2010, 8pm
$10 Preview Thursday, December 2, 8pm
Preview tickets available through Box Office only
Written by Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald & John K. Alvarez
Directed by Dan Tursi

Cast:
Lou Leonardo
Josh Mele
Jordan Glaski

Instead of performing Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic for the umpteenth time, three actors decide to perform every Christmas story ever told—plus Christmas traditions from around the world, seasonal icons from ancient times to topical pop-culture, and every carol ever sung. A madcap romp through the holiday season!

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