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Adirondack Theatre Festivals eleventh season opens with Jeremy Desmons musical

THE GIRL IN THE FRAME June 22  July 2

Pay What You Can community appreciation

performance Wednesday, June 22 8pm

The Adirondack Theatre Festivals eleventh season begins with a pay What You Can performance Wednesday, June 22 and an Opening Night performance on Thursday, June 23 of the musical THE GIRL IN THE FRAME by Jeremy Desmon. The production runs June 22-July 2 at 8pm.  Tickets are $25 and can be ordered by calling 518-798-9663.  NOTE:  The June 22 performance is a preview.  Press are invited to attend any performance beginning June 23.

 A romantic musical comedy, THE GIRL IN THE FRAME features Todd Ceveris and Stephanie Kurtzuba as the afraid-to-commit couple Alex and Lanie. At their anniversary dinner they inadvertently give each other the same gift: a picture frame which comes out of the box with an idealized stock photo of a beautiful woman, The Girl in the Frame.  As Alex and Laney explore the pitfalls of their relationship, their fantasies begin to come to life in strange and hilarious ways. Mr. Ceveriss NYC credits include TWENTIETH CENTURY with the Roundabout Theatre, THE BOOTH VARIATIONS with the Moonshine Project, and TIME AND THE CONWAYS with the Epic Theatre Center.  Ms. Kurtzuba joins ATF from her recent television appearances on Law and Order, Flushed on Showtime, and the Lifetime Televisions premiere of Love, Sex, and Lies.  Her Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include:  THE BOY FROM OZ, starring Hugh Jackman; BAT BOY, THE JOYS OF SEX; and most recently, the Drama Desk nominated NEWSICAL at Studio 54.  Alex and Laneys fantasies as well as multiple other characters are played by Vicki Van Tassell whose most recent role was Honey in Syracuse Stages production of WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLFE?, and Victor Wallace, the original Sky in the Las Vegas production of MAMMA MIA!.

Thomas Caruso returns to ATF after directing last summers successful production of the spoof musical MIMI LE DUCK, which went on to play at the Fringe Festival in New York City.  His recent credits include, directing Arthur Millers latest play, RESURRECTION BLUES, at the Key West Playwrights Companys Inaugural Gala starring James Naughton and Mary McCormack. On Broadway, Caruso was the Associate Director for both BOMBAY DREAMS and the musical revival of FOLLIES by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman. He directed the national tour of MASTER CLASS by Terrence McNally, starring Charlotte Cornwell of the Royal Shakespeare Company.  Additionally Caruso is the resident director of MAMMA MIA in Las Vegas.  Designers of THE GIRL IN THE FRAME are Eric Renschler, set designer; Carol Brys, costume designer; Michael Creason, sound designer; and John Viesta, lighting designer.

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Writer-composer Jeremy Desmon is a recent graduate of New York Universitys musical theater writing program, where ATFs 2004 musical MIMI LE DUCK also originated, as well as a Jonathan Larson Fellow at the Dramatists Guild. His recent credits: ITS NOT YOUITS ME (Audience Favorite, Seattle Fringe); CABIN PRESSURE (Audience Favorite, NYCs Turnip Theatre Festival); I SEE LONDON, I SEE FRANCE: THE UNDERWEAR MUSICAL. His upcoming projects include, the adaptation of the childrens classic IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE , which will begin touring this fall with Theatreworks/USA and THE GIRL IN THE FRAME at Goodspeed Musicals (Norma Terris Theatre) this November.

Local residents are invited to a first look at THE GIRL IN THE FRAME on Wednesday, June 22 at 8pm when ATF offers a pay what you can performance.  Previous pay what you can performances have been overwhelmingly popular with lines forming well before the time that tickets are given out.  A limited number of pay what you can tickets will be available at the Festivals Box Office location in the Charles R. Wood Theater on Glen Street beginning at 6:30 pm Wednesday, June 22.

The Adirondack Theatre Festivals eleventh season will run June 22   July 30, at the Charles R. Wood Theater in downtown Glens Falls.  Full price tickets for GIRL IN THE FRAME are $25.  Discount season subscriptions are on sale for $60 for three shows or $75 for the entire season and can be ordered by calling 518-798-WOOD (9663).