Date: 9/15/08
Contact: Marc Lebovitz
"The Philadelphia Story," a romantic "comedy of remarriage," will open the School of Theatre season on Thursday, Sept. 25, at Illinois State University's Center for the Performing Arts Theatre. There will be 7:30 p.m. performances on Sept. 25 and 26, 2 and 7 p.m. performances on Saturday, Sept. 27, and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Sept. 28.
Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for students and senior citizens. They can be purchased at the CPA box office from 11 to 5 p.m. weekdays, by calling (309) 438-2535 or on line at www.ticketmaster.com/venue/57369/
Playwright Phillip Barry wrote the play with actress Katherine Hepburn in mind for the female lead, Tracy Lord. The play and the 1940 motion picture it inspired, revived Hepburn's career. The movie also starred Cary Grant as her ex-husband and Jimmy Stewart as an attractive reporter sent to cover her wedding.
Directed by theatre graduate student Rebekah Scallet, who is a native of Little Rock, Ark., "The Philadelphia Story" cast includes Megan Storti of Chillicothe, Mickey O'Sullivan of Oak Lawn, Ryan Hallahan of Mokena, Brynne Barnard of Glen Ellyn, Jenna Gagliano of Frankfort, Ryan Simpson of Bloomington, Conor Burke of Indianhead Park, Annie Rix of Wheaton, Alex Potanos of Carol Stream, Joshua Razavi of Glenwood and Nicholas Perez of Champaign.
Scallet has a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and English and American literature from Brandeis University. In February, she will be a guest at Eureka College to direct Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls."
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