RCC theater season to open next week
Published 8:01 am Sunday, October 5, 2014
The 2014-15 season of the Riverland Theatre Department will kick off with a song when they perform “Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein.”
The show kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 and run through the 12th. 7:30 p.m. shows will play on Oct. 8, 9, 10 and 11 with a 2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 12.
“Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein,” is a musical review that will feature the songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II who was the team behind such classics like “Oklahoma!,” “The King and I,” and “The Sound of Music.”
“Rodgers and Hammerstein are, arguably, one of the greatest songwriting teams of the 20th century,” said director Lindsey Duoos Williams in a press release.
“I don’t think any other composer-lyricist team working on Broadway in the last century has left as lasting impression, or has had as great an influence on musical theater. Shows like “Oklahoma!” and “South Pacific” are as beloved today as they were 70 years ago when they were written, and I think they will continue to be loved for decades to come,” she added.
The cast of “Some Enchanted Evening” includes Jake Berndt (Blue Earth), Carrie Braaten (Austin), Jodie Bratager (Rochester), Tess Douty (Adams), Alexa Ferguson (Lyle), Jannel Howard (Austin), Cole Peterson (Austin), Amoe Sato (Japan), Micah Strobel (Austin), Bryana Thorson (Luverne), Joshua Whalen (Austin), Jessica Williams (Brownsdale), Vic Wylde (Austin), Danny Ziebell (Kasson) and James Zschunke (Austin).
This will be a unique show because there is no dialogue. All the storytelling will be done through the songs.
“Ultimately,” Williams said. “the songs are the star of the show. They are so well-written that they don’t need a lot of gimmicks or flashy staging; if you have strong singers who can really tell the audience a story, that’s enough.”
Tickets for the show are currently on sale at www.riverland.edu/tickets and cost $16. People can also contact the box office at 507-433-0595 or by emailing box-office@riverland.edu.
2014 Season
• “Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein”
Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
• History Theatre’s production of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”
Nov. 6
• “She Stoops to Conquer”
Nov. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
• “The Crucible”
Feb. 25, 26, 27, 28, March 1
• “Legally Blonde the Musical”
April 23, 24, 25, 30 and May 1, 2, 3.