Arts & Entertainment
Looking for a Show? Royalton Players Announce Season
Theater group will perform plays, music, murder mystery
The Royalton Players' schedule for the remainder of the year will include several shows, original productions, murder mysteries and a musical event.
“We’ve got something for everyone in the community,” said Chuck Poliafico, president of the Royalton Players.
Poliafico said the theater’s murder mysteries have become a lot of fun, especially since they are now being housed at Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante in North Royalton. In addition, several original musical productions written by Poliafico and the theater’s music director, Scott Maynard, are on the agenda as well as an established play about southern women in a beauty salon.
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The Royalton Players 2012 season includes:
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• A Disney Murder Mystery (A Royalton Players Fund Raising Event): April 27 at Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante, 8922 Ridge Rd., North Royalton. Several Disney characters are being murdered and the suspect may just be another beloved character. Tickets are $30 and include a full course dinner, the show and grand prizes. Tickets will go on sale beginning April 1.
• “Teen Angel,” “How to Succeed in High School Without Even Trying” & “The Skokie Detective Charter School” - May 11-20. Our student show that will be a lot fun for all ages. Directed by Mary Manos-Mitchem.
• Broadway Cabaret: June 8-16. A variety of Broadway songs from such favorite shows as “Godspell,” “Cabaret,” “Damn Yankees,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Chicago” and “Les Miserables,” plus from a few newer productions including “The Book of Mormon” and “Spring Awakening.” Directed by Chuck Poliafico and Musical Director Scott Maynard.
• Summer Murder Mystery Event: July 14 at Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante.
• An Original Royalton Players Musical Production: Aug. 3-18, written by Scott Maynard and Chuck Poliafico, the musical is based on the Rock Hudson/Doris Day 1960 romantic comedies about a young couple about to get married but decide to have one last fling, not knowing that they have made their rendezvous with each other.
• Fall/Halloween Murder Mystery Event: October.
• “Steel Magnolias” – Oct. 19-28, about a group of southern women who gather at a beauty salon to discuss life, with much laughter. Directed by Mary Manos-Mitchem.
• “War: An All Too Real Christmas Story” – Nov. 30-Dec. 15. The play is an original Royalton Players production written by Maynard and Poliafico that has been extended and revamped about a group of soldiers in Afghanistan who communicate with their families back home through a series of letters and emails during the Christmas holidays.
Check the Royalton Players website for more information or call Poliafico at 440-877-0009.
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