"Phare Play's cast is winning." -- Backstage for The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
The Spitfire Grill, the musical

Performance Dates

December 11th - 20th, 2009

Showtimes

Fridays:8PM
Saturdays:8PM
Sundays:2PM
Mondays:no show
Tuesdays:no show
Wednesdays:no show
Thursdays:no Show

Venue

Wings Theatre
154 Christopher Street
New York, NY

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Pricing

General Admission $20
Students & PP $15

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Tickets

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The Spitfire Grill


Music and Book by James Valcq; Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley

Directed by Blake Bradford, Musical Direction by Mark T Evans

Percy Talbot has been released from prison after serving time for manslaughter and lands in Gilead, Wisconsin working at the Spitfire Grill. In this sleepy town, things start to move when the owner of the Spitfire Grill - the only eatery in the struggling town - decides to raffle it off for a $100 a shot and an essay describing why you want to win the grill. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely heating up in Gilead. This musical triumph is an inspiring celebration of fresh starts and the power of what one person can do.


Creative Staff:

Mark T Evans (Music Director)
Mark T Evans is a composer and musical director originally from Long Island. Most recently he was the musical director and orchestrator of Topsy Turvy Loves, conceived and directed by Robert Sickenger, also at Wings Theater. Mark has just received his MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He has written music for I Am Jim Thompson with Eric Kubo and Zac Kline, and Human Interest with Gena Oppenheim. In 2008, he was the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation's Frederick Loewe Award for Emerging Musical Theatre Composers. Before returning to New York, Mark lived in Philadelphia for eight years, where he worked for many theaters in and around the city, including the Arden Theatre Co., the Walnut Street Theater, and the Prince Music Theater. BA in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania.

Blake Bradford (Director)
is an Emmy Award-winning writer/director whose theatrical work has appeared all over the US and internationally in Canada, Mexico, Greece, Scotland/England, Denmark, Italy and South Africa. As a director, his most acclaimed work has been with two time Emmy Winner Joan Darling and Bill Svanoe.
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Cast


Hannah Ferguson:Linda Hill
Percy Talbot:Gloria E. Stewart
Shelby Thorpe:Rachel Flynn
Joe Sutter:Stephen Stocking
Caleb Thorpe:Erik Gullberg
Effy Krayneck:Maureen O'Boyle
The Visitor:Andrew Lonsdale