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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nJune 5, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Tina.slak@pashakespeare.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Treasured Gershwin songs meet sparkling, sensational dances in Crazy for You<\/em>, the ultimate feel-good musical comedy that will kick-off the summer season on PSF\u2019s Main Stage on June 12 at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University.<\/p>\n

From acclaimed Lend Me a Tenor<\/em> and The Three Musketeers<\/em> funnyman playwright\u00a0Ken Ludwig<\/strong>, this Tony Award-winning musical sends a banker with show business stars in his eyes from New York to Deadrock, Nevada on official business. Mistaken identities, love at first sight, and hijinks hilarity resuscitate an abandoned theater and the spirit of a small town.<\/p>\n

With a wealth of memorable Gershwin tunes from the American songbook including \u201cI Got Rhythm,\u201d \u201cSomeone to Watch Over Me,\u201d and \u201cNice Work if You Can Get It,\u201d\u00a0Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0bubbles over with show-stopping numbers and glistens with 1930s glamour.<\/p>\n

Similar to the last several seasons, PSF expects the majority of performances to sell out. (Order early for best seating options.)<\/p>\n

As previously announced,\u00a0Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0will star veteran actors from Broadway and National Tours including\u00a0Danny Gardner<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Hayley Podschun<\/strong>, who will star as love interests Bobby Child and Polly Baker, respectively.<\/p>\n

A Pennsylvania native, Gardner has performed on Broadway in\u00a0Dames at Sea<\/em>\u00a0and in the National Tours of\u00a0White Christmas<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a042nd Street<\/em>. He has also performed at Radio City Music Hall and City Center Encores in New York City.<\/p>\n

Podschun\u2019s Broadway credits include\u00a0Hairspray, Chaplin, Sunday in the Park with George<\/em>, and\u00a0Anything Goes<\/em>. She has played the leading role of Glinda in the National Tour of\u00a0Wicked<\/em>\u00a0and was seen in the film\u00a0Hail, Caesar!<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Joining them in the cast, as Bela Zangler is\u00a0Vishal Vaidya<\/strong>\u00a0(credits include Broadway: Groundhog Day, City Center Encores, Arena Stage, and Kennedy Center);\u00a0Kate Loprest<\/strong>\u00a0as Irene Roth (Broadway credits:\u00a0Hairspray<\/em>,\u00a0Xanadu<\/em>,\u00a0Drowsy Chaperone,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Wonderland<\/em>);\u00a0Christopher Coucill<\/strong>\u00a0as Everett Baker (Broadway:\u00a0Annie<\/em>\u00a0Get Your Gun<\/em>,\u00a0Kiss Me Kate<\/em>,\u00a0The Graduate<\/em>); and\u00a0Matthew Patrick Quinn<\/strong>\u00a0as Lank Hawkins (National Tour:\u00a0Finding Neverland<\/em>).<\/p>\n

They will be joined by\u00a0Rashaan James, II<\/strong>\u00a0(tours include\u00a0South Pacific<\/em>,\u00a0West Side Story<\/em>, and\u00a042nd Street);\u00a0<\/em>Jerry Gallagher<\/strong>\u00a0(regional credits include Paper Mill Playhouse, MUNY, and Goodspeed Opera House); and\u00a0Jason Daniel Rath<\/strong>\u00a0(Denver Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and Westchester Broadway Theatre).<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching this Broadway caliber cast for\u00a0Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0on the PSF stage will be thrilling\u2014a fireworks display of tap dance, comedy, and song,\u201d says\u00a0Patrick Mulcahy<\/strong>, producing artistic director. \u201cIt\u2019s a dazzling production, not to be missed this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also as previously announced,the productionwill be helmed by Broadway actress and director\u00a0Gina Lamparella<\/strong>, who directed PSF\u2019s\u00a0King Richard II\u00a0<\/em>last season. Her acting credits include the Broadway productions of\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>,\u00a0A Little Night Music<\/em>,\u00a0Dirty Rotten<\/em>\u00a0Scoundrels<\/em>,\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>,\u00a0Gypsy<\/em>,\u00a0Imaginary Friends<\/em>,\u00a0Jane Eyre<\/em>, and\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables;\u00a0<\/em>and TV appearances include\u00a0Master of None,\u00a0All My Children<\/em>,\u00a0As the World Turns<\/em>, and\u00a0Guiding Light<\/em>.\u00a0Gina\u2019s PSF acting credits include Thaisa in\u00a0Pericles<\/em>\u00a0and Miranda in\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Tempest<\/em>. Her additional PSF directing credits include\u00a0Beauty and the Beast<\/em>; the Linny Fowler WillPower Tours of\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>,\u00a0Macbeth<\/em>,\u00a0Much Ado<\/em>\u00a0About Nothing<\/em>, and\u00a0Hamlet<\/em>; and associate director of\u00a0The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>. She has also directed in New York and Florence, Italy.<\/p>\n

The creative team for\u00a0Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0features scenic design by\u00a0Steve TenEyck<\/strong>, costume design by\u00a0Sam Fleming<\/strong>, lighting design by\u00a0Eric T. Haugen<\/strong>, and sound design by\u00a0Matthew Given<\/strong>. The musical will be under the music direction of, and conducted by,\u00a0Ryan Touhey<\/strong>\u00a0with choreography by\u00a0Stephen Casey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0previews June 12 and June 13 at 8p.m., opens Friday, June 14 at 8p.m. and runs through June 30 at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University.<\/p>\n

Subscription packages and single tickets can be purchased online at\u00a0www.pashakespeare.org<\/a>\u00a0or by calling the PSF box office at 610.282.WILL [9455].<\/p>\n

The Production Sponsor is Alvin H. Butz, Inc., and the Co-sponsors are Diefenderfer Electrical Contractors and Air Products. The Orchestra Co-sponsors are Fitzpatrick, Lentz, and Bubba; and Allen Organs.<\/p>\n

The 2019 Festival Season Sponsor is Valerie Moritz Smith. The Associate Season Sponsors are Linda Lapos and Paul Wirth, Kathleen Kund Nolan and Timothy E. Nolan, the Szarko family, and Harry C. Trexler Trust.<\/p>\n

The professional theatre company at DeSales University, PSF features acclaimed actors from Broadway, television, and film, winners and nominees of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, and other major theatre awards, from New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and around the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

Summer 2019 Season:<\/strong>
\nMain Stage:\u00a0<\/strong>Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0(June 12 to June 30),\u00a0<\/strong>Antony and Cleopatra\u00a0<\/em>(July 10 to Aug 4),\u00a0Private Lives<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(July 18 to Aug 4),\u00a0<\/strong>Shakespeare for Kids<\/em>\u00a0(July 24 to Aug 3).<\/p>\n

Schubert Theatre:\u00a0<\/strong>The Adventures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian<\/em>\u00a0(May 31 to Aug 3),\u00a0The Mystery of Irma Vep<\/em>\u00a0(June 20 to July 14),\u00a0Henry IV, Part 1\u00a0<\/em>(July 24 to Aug 4).<\/p>\n

About Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Patrick Mulcahy, is the only professional Equity theatre of its scope and scale within a 50-mile radius. PSF is one of only a handful of theatres on the continent producing Shakespeare, musicals, classics, and contemporary plays, all of which can all be seen in rep and in multiple spaces within a few visits in a single summer season. Similarly, PSF was among just a handful of theatres on the continent this summer to produce three Shakespeare plays in a single summer season.\u00a0 A patron would have to travel seven to nine hours from PSF to find a comparable range of offerings at a single theatre within a few weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

The Festival\u2019s award-winning company of many world-class artists includes Broadway, film, and television veterans, and winners and nominees of the Tony, Emmy, Obie, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Jefferson, Hayes, Lortel, and Barrymore awards. A leading Shakespeare theatre with a national reputation for excellence, PSF has received coverage in\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>,\u00a0NPR<\/em>,\u00a0American Theatre Magazine<\/em>, Playbill.com,\u00a0The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, and in recent seasons\u00a0The New York<\/em>\u00a0Times\u00a0<\/em>has identified PSF as one of the leading summer theatre festivals in the nation. \u201cA world-class theater experience on a par with the top Bard fests,\u201d is how one New York Drama Desk reviewer characterized PSF.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1992 and the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PSF\u2019s mission is to enrich, inspire, engage, and entertain the widest possible audience through first-rate productions of classical and contemporary plays, with a core commitment to Shakespeare and other master dramatists, and through an array of education and mentorship programs. A not-for-profit theatre, PSF receives significant support from its host, DeSales University, from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With 150 performances of seven productions, the Festival attracts patrons each summer from 30+ states. In 27 years, PSF has offered 168 total productions (72 Shakespeare), and entertained 900,000+ patrons from 50 states, now averaging 34,000-40,000 in attendance each summer season, plus another 13,000 students each year through its WillPower Tour. PSF is a multi-year recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts: Shakespeare in American Communities, and is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group, and the Shakespeare Theatre Association. In 2013, leaders of the world\u2019s premier Shakespeare theatres gathered at PSF as the Festival hosted the international STA Conference.<\/p>\n

The Festival\u2019s vision is for world-class work.<\/p>\n

PATRICK MULCAHY<\/strong>\u00a0(Producing Artistic Director, PSF) Since assuming leadership in 2003, Mulcahy has led PSF\u2019s surge in artistic excellence, financial stability, and national recognition. Accomplishments include first-ever grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, attracting a multitude of award-winning artists including winners and nominees of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Barrymore, and Emmy awards, a doubling of annual attendance, a successful campaign to double the Festival\u2019s endowment, and the expansion of the number of Actors\u2019 Equity contracts per season. He led the strategic planning process that led to PSF\u2019s\u00a0Vision 2030<\/em>, a commitment to world-class professional theatre, and coverage in\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, and\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>. As a professional director, actor, and fight director, credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, television and radio. Mr. Mulcahy has acted with many industry luminaries including Don Cheadle, Angela Bassett, Cynthia Nixon, and Tony Shaloub at the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Roundabout Theatre, Hartford Stage, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and the Walnut Street Theatre.\u00a0 He served as fight director for\u00a0A Few Good Men<\/em>\u00a0on Broadway, and multiple Off-Broadway productions starring Marcia Gay Harden, John Mahoney, Patrick Dempsey, and John Savage.\u00a0 He directed Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga in\u00a0The Real Thing<\/em>, and, for PSF, directed\u00a0The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em>,\u00a0Henry IV, Part 1<\/em>,\u00a0The Tempest<\/em>,\u00a0Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Shakespeare in Love.<\/em>\u00a0Also Head of Acting at DeSales, Patrick holds degrees in acting and directing from Syracuse University.<\/p>\n

Artist Bios:<\/p>\n

Stephen Casey (Choreographer) Recent PSF: \u00a0Ragtime, Evita, West Side Story<\/em>. Other favorites:\u00a0The Producers, Jesus Christ Superstar, What a Glorious Feeling<\/em>\u00a0(Bristol Riverside Theatre),\u00a0Catch Me if You Can<\/em>, (Arizona Broadway Theatre),\u00a0Dames at Sea<\/em>\u00a0(Montgomery Theatre),\u00a0Cinderella: \u00a0A Musical Panto<\/em>\u00a0(People\u2019s Light),\u00a0Me and My Girl,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Pippin<\/em>\u00a0(DSU). Three time Barrymore nominee, for his choreography of\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Little Shop of Horrors<\/em>\u00a0at Bristol Riverside, and for his direction of\u00a0The Musical of Musicals<\/em>\u00a0at Montgomery Theatre.<\/p>\n

Christopher Coucill*\u00a0(Everett Baker) PSF:\u00a0Richard II,\u00a0Man of La Mancha, King Lear, 1776, Hamlet, Sweeney Todd<\/em>.\u00a0Broadway:\u00a0The Graduate, Kiss Me Kate,<\/em>\u00a0Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>. Philadelphia:\u00a0Body Awareness\u00a0<\/em>(The Wilma), Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0(The Forrest),\u00a0Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>\u00a0(The Prince). Regional: McCarter, Arena Stage,\u00a0Hartford Stage, Shakespeare & Company, The Huntington, Boston Shakespeare Company, Dallas Theater Center, and many others. Television:\u00a0Deadline, Law & Order, One Life to Live, O Pioneers!, Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Sam Fleming (Costume Designer) Her designs have been seen at theatres across the country including the Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Arizona Theatre Co, Playmaker’s Repertory, Hartford Stage, Denver Center, Center Stage, Peterborough Players, Houston Opera Studio, Skylight Opera, ACT Seattle, Georgia Shakespeare Festival and Berkeley Rep. She designed over 50 productions for Milwaukee Repertory Theater during her 14 years with the company. In New York, she has worked with the Pearl Theatre, and The Mint. She is the associate costume designer for\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jerry Gallagher* (Moose) has performed around the country and the world in\u00a0Guys & Dolls<\/em>,\u00a0Big River<\/em>,\u00a0City of Angels<\/em>,\u00a0My Fair Lady<\/em>,\u00a0All Shook Up<\/em>,\u00a0Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>, and\u00a0Crazy for You<\/em>. In 2017, Jerry recreated the role of Moose in the 25th Anniversary Concert production of\u00a0Crazy for\u00a0<\/em>You at Lincoln Center, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman. Regional: Goodspeed, Paper Mill, MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO. Television:\u00a0\u00a0Guiding Light, The Big C, and PBS Great Performances<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Danny Gardner* (Bobby Child)\u00a0Dames At Sea\u00a0<\/em>(Broadway)\u00a0<\/strong>The NY Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes\u00a0<\/em>(Radio City Music Hall). Lady, Be Good!\u00a0<\/em>(Encores!).\u00a0Irving Berlin\u2019s White Christmas\u00a0<\/em>(National Tour).\u00a042nd Street\u00a0<\/em>(National Tour).\u00a0<\/strong>Here to Stay – The Gershwin Experience\u00a0<\/em>(National Symphonic Tour).\u00a0<\/strong>Neurosis\u00a0<\/em>(Off-Broadway),\u00a0Room 17B<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Everybody Gets Cake<\/em>\u00a0(Off-Broadway).\u00a0Crazy For You<\/em>\u00a0(Signature Theatre).\u00a0Gentleman\u2019s Guide To Love & Murder<\/em>\u00a0(Engeman Theatre).\u00a0Mary Poppins<\/em>\u00a0(Theatre Under The Stars).\u00a0Singin\u2019 In The Rain\u00a0<\/em>(Marriott Lincolnshire).\u00a0The Music Man\u00a0<\/em>(Asolo Repertory Theatre).<\/p>\n

Matthew Given (Sound Designer) was PSF\u2019s resident sound designer for 10 years, during which time he designed over 40 productions. Some of his notable PSF designs include:\u00a0Macbeth<\/em>\u00a0(2014),\u00a0A Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em>,\u00a0Cat on a Hot Tin Roof<\/em>,\u00a0King Lear<\/em>, and\u00a0Dracula<\/em>. In 2014 Matthew joined Bucks County Playhouse as Director of Production & Facilities. Matthew holds an MFA in sound design from Ohio University.<\/p>\n

Rashaan James II* (Sam)\u00a0PSF debut, he went to University at Buffalo for a BFA in musical theatre and a BA in dance. Some of his favorite credits include,\u00a0Crazy for You\u00a0<\/em>at Lincoln Center\u00a0<\/em>(Junior) directed by Susan Stroman,\u00a0Oklahoma!\u00a0<\/em>at DCPA\u00a0<\/em>as Ike Skidmore\/Ensemble,\u00a0Damn Yankees\u00a0<\/em>at SMC\u00a0<\/em>(ensemble),\u00a0Joseph\u2026Dreamcoat\u00a0<\/em>at Dallas Theater Center\u00a0<\/em>(Naphtali),\u00a0Dreamgirls\u00a0<\/em>with Jennifer Holliday (Tru-Tone\/5 Tuxes),\u00a0Swing!\u00a0<\/em>(Sexy Couple),\u00a0The Wiz\u00a0<\/em>at MSMT\u00a0<\/em>(Featured Ensemble),\u00a0Dirty Dancing US tour\u00a0<\/em>(Ensemble),\u00a0West Side Story<\/em>\u00a0international tour,\u00a0South Pacific<\/em>\u00a01st\u00a0National Tour (Swing) and\u00a042nd\u00a0Street<\/em>\u00a0National Tour.<\/p>\n

Gina Lamparella (Director) directed PSF\u2019s\u00a0King Richard II\u00a0<\/em>last season. Her acting credits include the Broadway productions of\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>,\u00a0A Little Night Music<\/em>,\u00a0Dirty Rotten<\/em>\u00a0Scoundrels<\/em>,\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>,\u00a0Gypsy<\/em>,\u00a0Imaginary Friends<\/em>,\u00a0Jane Eyre<\/em>, and\u00a0Les Miserables;\u00a0<\/em>and TV appearances include\u00a0Master of None,\u00a0All My Children<\/em>,\u00a0As the World Turns<\/em>, and\u00a0Guiding Light<\/em>.\u00a0Gina\u2019s PSF acting credits include Thaisa in\u00a0Pericles<\/em>\u00a0and Miranda in\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Tempest<\/em>. Her additional PSF directing credits include\u00a0Beauty and the Beast<\/em>; the Linny Fowler WillPower Tours of\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>,\u00a0Macbeth<\/em>,\u00a0Much Ado<\/em>\u00a0About Nothing<\/em>, and\u00a0Hamlet<\/em>; and associate director of\u00a0The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>. She has also directed in New York and Florence, Italy.<\/p>\n

Kate Loprest* (Irene) PSF debut. Broadway:\u00a0First Date<\/em>\u00a0(Allison),\u00a0Hairspray<\/em>\u00a0(Amber),\u00a0Wonderland<\/em>,\u00a0Xanadu<\/em>, and\u00a0Drowsy<\/em>\u00a0Chaperone<\/em>. Tours:\u00a0Wicked<\/em>\u00a0(Glinda\/Nessarose u\/s) and\u00a0Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0(Nellie Oleson). Recent:\u00a0Gentleman\u2019s Guide<\/em>\u00a0(Sibella) Engeman Theater;\u00a0Noises Off<\/em>\u00a0(Brooke) Guthrie;\u00a0Chicago<\/em>\u00a0(Roxie) Hangar Theatre;\u00a0A Chorus Line<\/em>\u00a0(Sheila) Gateway Playhouse. Other favorites:\u00a0Company<\/em>\u00a0(Susan) Barrington Stage;\u00a0Bright Star<\/em>\u00a0(Lucy) Old Globe;\u00a0Showboat<\/em>\u00a0(Ellie) Washington National and Dallas Opera. TV:\u00a0All My Children, Running Wilde, Boardwalk Empire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ken Ludwig (Playwright) is a two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright who has written over\u00a028\u00a0plays and musicals, including 6 shows on Broadway and 7 in London’s West End. \u00a0His first Broadway play,\u00a0Lend Me A Tenor<\/em>, won two Tony Awards and was called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century\u201d by\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>. His other awards include the Helen Hayes Award, the 2017 Samuel French Award for Sustained Excellence in the American Theatre, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Contributions to the American Theater. His book\u00a0How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare<\/em>, published by\u00a0Penguin\/Random House<\/em>, won the Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of the Year, and his essays are published by the\u00a0Yale Review<\/em>. Ken\u2019s best known works include\u00a0Crazy For You<\/em>\u00a0(5 years on Broadway, Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical),\u00a0Lend Me A Tenor<\/em>,\u00a0Moon Over Buffalo<\/em>,\u00a0The Game\u2019s Afoot<\/em>,\u00a0Baskerville<\/em>,\u00a0Sherwood<\/em>,\u00a0A\u00a0<\/u>Fox on the Fairway<\/em>,\u00a0A Comedy of Tenors<\/em>\u00a0and a stage version of\u00a0Murder on the Orient Express<\/em>, written expressly at the request of the Agatha Christie Estate, which will open in the West End next season. His play,\u00a0The Gods of Comedy<\/em>, premieres this season at The McCarter Theater in Princeton and The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. His newest plays are\u00a0Moriarty<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Dear Jack, Dear Louise<\/em>, which premieres at Arena Stage in fall 2019. On Broadway and the West End, his plays have starred Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Tony Shalhoub, Lynn Redgrave, Joan Collins\u00a0and Kristen Bell. He holds degrees from Harvard, where he studied music with Leonard Bernstein, and Cambridge University. His work has been performed in over 30 countries in more than 20 languages, and is produced somewhere in the United States every night of the year.\u00a0www.kenludwig.com<\/u><\/p>\n

Hayley Podschun* (Polly Baker) PSF debut. Broadway:\u00a0Wicked<\/em>\u00a0(Glinda, National Tour),\u00a0Hello, Dolly!, Something Rotten!, Chaplin, Anything Goes, Pal Joey, Sunday In The Park\u2026, Hairspray\u00a0<\/em>(& National Tour),and\u00a0The Sound of Music<\/em>. Regional:\u00a0I Married An Angel<\/em>\u00a0(Anna Murphy, NY City Center),\u00a0The Royal Family of Broadway<\/em>\u00a0(Gwen, Barrington Stage),\u00a0Holiday Inn<\/em>\u00a0(Linda Mason, Paper Mill),\u00a0Gypsy<\/em>\u00a0(Dainty June, Muny),\u00a0Peter Pan<\/em>\u00a0(Peter Pan, ArtPark),\u00a0Legally Blonde<\/em>\u00a0(Elle, Arvada Center) & many others.\u00a0TV\/Film:\u00a0The Blacklist, Louie, Hairspray<\/em>\u00a0(Tammy).<\/p>\n

Matthew Patrick Quinn* (Lank) PSF debut. First national tour of\u00a0Finding Neverland<\/em>. Regional:\u00a0Matilda\u00a0<\/em>(Northern Stage),\u00a0Peter and the Starcatcher<\/em>\u00a0(Playhouse on Park),\u00a0The Addams Family<\/em>\u00a0(Gateway & Ogunquit),\u00a0A Gentleman\u2019s\u00a0Guide to Love and Murder<\/em>\u00a0(Engeman Theatre),\u00a0She Loves Me<\/em>\u00a0(Infinity Theatre), Tours:\u00a0Scooby Doo LIVE!<\/em>\u00a0(Warner Bros),\u00a0The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare Abridged\u00a0<\/em>(Windwood Theatricals), Original casts of\u00a0Villain\u2019s Tonight<\/em>,\u00a0Wishes<\/em>\u00a0&\u00a0Aladdin<\/em>\u00a0for Disney Cruise Line.<\/p>\n

Jason Daniel Rath* (Billy) PSF debut. His previous credits include:\u00a0Oklahoma!\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0(Slim u\/s Will Parker, Ali Hakim)\u00a0at the Denver Center of Performing Arts,\u00a0Anything Goes\u00a0<\/em>(Luke)\u00a0at Westchester Broadway Theatre,\u00a0West Side Story<\/em>\u00a0(Pepe) and\u00a0Chicago<\/em>\u00a0(Fred Casely) at Ivoryton Playhouse. Jason received a BA in Theatre Performance from Wagner College.<\/p>\n

Steve TenEyck (Set Designer) PSF:\u00a0West Side Story<\/em>,\u00a0Evita<\/em>,\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>,\u00a0Julius Cesar<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Twelfth Night<\/em>. Design work for companies such as The Dallas Theatre Center, The Gulfshore Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Big Art Group, The Kitchen Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Hangar Theatre, Madison Opera, Syracuse Opera, Anchorage Opera, Minnesota Opera, Florida Grand Opera. Steve is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and teaches design at Ithaca College in New York.<\/p>\n

Ryan Touhey (Music Director\/Conductor) PSF debut. BROADWAY:\u00a0King Kong<\/em>\u00a0(Orchestration Assistant) REGIONAL:\u00a0Paradise Square<\/em>\u00a0(Berkeley Rep);\u00a0Mother Courage<\/em>\u00a0(Arena Stage);\u00a0Sheryl Crow\u2019s Diner<\/em>\u00a0(Delaware Theatre Company);\u00a0Tell Me On A Sunday<\/em>\u00a0(Walnut Street Theatre);\u00a0Fun Home<\/em>\u00a0(Arden Theatre Company);\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>\u00a0(Bristol Riverside Theatre). Ryan worked on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer Darlene Love\u2019s album\u00a0Introducing Darlene Love\u00a0<\/em>produced by Steve Van Zandt. He is a seven-time Barrymore Award Nominee in Philadelphia, and an AUDELCO Award Winner in New York City.<\/p>\n

Vishal Vaidya* (Bela Zangler) makes his PSF debut. Recent theater credits include Larry in\u00a0Groundhog Day<\/em>\u00a0on Broadway, Ovington in\u00a0How to Succeed\u00a0<\/em>at the Kennedy Center, and the new musical\u00a0Dave<\/em>\u00a0at Arena Stage. Vishal spends a lot of time helping composers develop new work for The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Second Stage, ART, Prospect Theater, and more. Education: American University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2019 Contact:\u00a0Tina.slak@pashakespeare.org Treasured Gershwin songs meet sparkling, sensational dances in Crazy for You, the ultimate feel-good musical comedy that will kick-off the summer season on PSF\u2019s Main Stage on June 12 at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University. 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