Play Readings
The Montgomery Davis Play Development Series
2011-12 Staged Reading #2:
The tavern keeper's daughter
A collaboration with Skylight Music Theatre
Book, Music & Lyrics by Brett
Ryback
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 7:30 p.m.
Director: Ray Jivoff
Music Director: Ruben Piirainen
Cast: Ryan Cappleman, Karen Estrada, Tommy Hahn, Bob
Hirschi, Amanda Hull, Josh Krause, Rick Pendzich, Rana
Roman
A Muskego native, Ryback's musical was inspired by the story
of his grandparents' courtship.
Returning home to Milwaukee from WWII, Lenny, a young Polish
marine, finds himself arranged to marry the tavern keeper's
daughter from the bar across the street. Wanting more than a small
town life, he runs off to New York City, where he meets Wanda, a
spunky young woman trying to make something of herself in the Big
Apple. Together they embark on a hilarious and heartwarming journey
of self-discovery and romance, complete with a kooky,
chorus-dancing gypsy, two mischievous gangster brothers, and the
villainous godfather of the Polish mafia.
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter is a
brand-new, throwback musical that celebrates that home is what you
choose to make of it.
The reading will be in Broadway Theatre Center's Cabot
Theatre, 158 N. Broadway.
The reading is free with donations kindly accepted. Seating is
first-come, first-served.
Dinner & refreshments available in the Skylight Bar &
Bistro beginning at 5:30 p.m.
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2011-12 Staged Reading #1:
October, before i was born
by Lori Matthews
Monday, September 19, 2011- 7:30 p.m.
Directed by C. Michael Wright
Featuring Michael Cotey, Raeleen McMillion, April
Paul & Ken Williams
An hour after the 1960 explosion at Tennessee Eastman Company,
three family members await word on the fate of their loved ones
employed there. Martha, Anne and Houston are stranded at the
family's rural farm house with only limited access to information
about the unfolding disaster. The tension of the day and their
misguided efforts to cope with the situation create a different
kind of explosion-this one caused by the combustion of tempers,
frustrations and fears.
The reading will be in The Skylight Bar & Bistro,
2nd Floor, Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway.
Open for dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. Call Kafevino at 414-224-4900
to make a reservation.
The reading is free with donations kindly accepted. Seating is
first-come, first-served. Patrons are encouraged to arrive
early.
Past Readings
The Montgomery Davis Play Development Series - staged
reading history
2010-2011 Readings:
HOT FLASHES, the metaphor
by Lynne Topping Farrell
September 20, 2010
AMONG THE SQUIRRELS
by Eric Appleton
March 7, 2011
2009-2010 Readings:
THE DESERT QUEEN
by James DeVita
September 21, 2009
BROKEN AND ENTERED
By Kurt McGinnis Brown
March 15, 2010
2008-2009 Readings:
NOT THE ARTIST
by Kurt McGinnis Brown
September 22, 2008
A THOUSAND WORDS
by Gwendolyn Rice
March 16, 2009
2007-2008 Readings:
THE DALY NEWS
Story, book and lyrics by Jonathan Gillard Daly
Music by Larry Delinger, Gregg Coffin and Jonathan Gillard
Daly
September 10, 2007
BACKWARDS
by Alice Austen
March 17, 2008