RIVER CITY
REPERTORY THEATRE
Presents
THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES
December 9-11, 2011
Tony Award winner DONNA
McKECHNIE will star in River City Repertory Theatre’s
2011-12 season opener, Frank D. Gilroy’s THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES.
The show opens December 9th at Riverview Theater.
The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play focuses on a young
veteran, newly returning from WWII, and his strained relationship
with his parents. LOGAN SLEDGE and RICHARD FOLMER round out the
three-character cast.
McKechnie won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for
the original production of Michael Bennett’s A CHORUS LINE.
She portrayed Cassie, a dancer seeking a comeback, and was featured
in the show’s most famous number “The Music and the Mirror.”
In addition to the Tony Award, McKechnie also won the Drama Desk
Award and a Theatre World Special Award for the musical. In 1996,
she was given the Fred Astaire Award for Best Female Dancer for
her performance in the Broadway production of STATE FAIR.
Recently, she completed a run in TEN CENTS A DANCE which
premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and later transferred
to the McCarter Theatre. McKechnie was seen in River City Rep’s
production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE in the inaugural season
for the company.
Sledge has appeared in several River City Rep productions including
DOUBT, THE LION IN WINTER, THE ROSE TATTOO, THE LITTLE FOXES
and THE GLASS MENAGERIE. Folmer has been seen in RCRT’s
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS and THE ROSE TATTOO.
The play is directed by PATRIC McWILLIAMS with Light Design by
DAVID GIPSON, Set and Costume Design by McWilliams and Original
Music/Sound Design by KERMIT POLING. The Production Stage Manager
is VANNA RICHARDSON.
THE
SUBJECT WAS ROSES
Riverview Theatre
601 Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport
December 9-10 @ 7:30 p.m.
December 11 @ 3:00 p.m.
All seats $35.00
Student/Military discount 30 minutes prior to each curtain. All
seats $10.00 with valid I.D.
BOX OFFICE OPENS MONDAY NOVEMBER 21
For reservations and information
318-868-5888
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