Download New Musical The Tutor Features Eric Ankrim Back From Broadway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2014
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$25 - $60 http://www.villagetheatre.org/everett/tickets.php
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PRESS/OPENING NIGHTS: Issaquah, Thursday March 20, 7:30pm
Everett, Friday May 2, 8pm
New Musical The Tutor Features Eric Ankrim Back From
Broadway Debut and KIDSTAGE’s Own Katie Griffith
Issaquah Tickets on Sale Now.
Everett Tickets on Sale March 26, 2014.
Issaquah Run:
Everett Run:
March 20 – April 27, 2014
May 2 – 25, 2014
ISSAQUAH, WA – After nearly a decade in the making, Village Theatre’s new musical, The Tutor, opens
March 20, 2014 in Issaquah. Set to a fun and energetic pop score, The Tutor is a musical comedy filled with
family drama, creative angst, and romantic blunders. Eric Ankrim, back from his Broadway acting debut in
First Date, will now sport a sharp looking sweater vest for the role of Edmund –the aspiring novelist and tutor.
Seventeen year old Issaquah High senior Katie Griffith transitions from KIDSTAGE kid to lead actress as
she “plugs in her headphones” to become the college-bound trouble-maker Sweetie.
In 2004 The Tutor debuted as part of Village Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals. The bright and witty book
and lyrics are by Maryrose Wood; the new music is by Andrew Gerle. Eric Ankrim read the role of Edmund
in 2004 and returned in 2005 when The Tutor had a brief run as a Village Original developmental production.
Now, almost ten years later, Maryrose, Andrew and Eric are together again for a ten-week, two-city Village
Theatre Mainstage run with a full cast, crew and orchestra.
Edmund, The Tutor, is the aspiring young novelist who thinks he has discovered the formula for success;
slaving over his novel in the morning and tutoring rich kids in the afternoon to pay the bills. When his
characters start to develop an attitude and take on a life of their own, Edmund learns that muses can come in
the least expected places. His latest “cash cow” student, a sullen 16-year-old named Sweetie from the Upper
Eastside, just might have the key to his success.
Eric Ankrim recently returned from his 2013 Broadway debut starring as Aaron in First Date. Prior to
Broadway he wore his “director hat” for local productions of Trails (Village), Avenue Q and Spring Awakening
(Balagan), and Elf (The 5th Avenue). Katie Griffith has performed in countless KIDSTAGE productions and
made her Village Theatre Mainstage debut in 2009 as Agnes in Village Theatre’s holiday production of Meet
Me in St. Louis. This is Katie’s first leading role in a Village Theatre Mainstage production.
Joining Eric Ankrim and Katie Griffith on stage for this hot new musical are Beth DeVries as Sweetie’s
mother Esther, Hugh Hastings as Sweetie’s father Richard, Kirsten deLohr Helland in dual roles as
Hildigard and Pippi and Matthew Kacergis in the dual roles of Sean and Bo.
The Tutor is directed by David Ira Goldstein who recently directed Fiddler on the Roof and Xanadu for
Village Theatre. Andrew Gearle is the composer and Maryrose Wood did the book and lyrics. Jessica Low
is the choreographer, Jeff Bell is the music director, Scott Fyfe is the scenic designer, Alex Berry is the
lighting designer and Kish Finnegan is the costume designer. Paulette Buse stage manages.
About Village Theatre
Based in Issaquah, WA, with operations in Everett, Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in
the Pacific Northwest. Producing entertaining, quality productions for the entire family since 1979, Village
Theatre has grown into one of the region's best-attended Equity theatres, with over 18,400 Subscribers and
183,000 projected total attendance each season. Through its Village Originals program, Village Theatre is
nationally recognized for its contribution to the development of new musicals, having launched over 130 new
works to date. Village Theatre also takes pride in nurturing tomorrow’s audiences through its youth education
programs, Pied Piper and KIDSTAGE, serving over 54,000 young people, families, and schools annually
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