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WHEN:
August 21-October 6. 2024
WHERE:
Paramount Theatre
23 E. Galena Blvd.
downtown Aurora.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...With their backs to the wall, unemployed Buffalo ‘90s steelworkers Jerry, Dave and their pals decide to use their hearty blue-collar work ethic to create a male strip show to pay their mortgages and provide for their families. Facing their insecurities, along with economic, and in some cases, personal, disaster, these taboo-busting boys bare their souls and their bodies. But they’re not just stripping off their clothes. From the unemployment line to the self-made man, these guys are stripping layers and layers of toxic masculinity to expose the true ingenuity of the American spirit – gettin’ it done…"
CAST:
Ben Mayne (Jerry Lukowski), young actors Will Daly and Ellis Myers (alternating as Nathan Lukowski), Rebecca Hurd (Pam Lukowski), Jared David Michael Grant (Dave Bukatinsky), Veronica Garza (Georgie Bukatinsky), Jackson Evans (Harold Nichols), Ann Delaney (Vicki Nichols), Adam Fane (Malcolm MacGregor), Diego Vazquez Gomez (Ethan Girard), Bernard Dotson (Noah “Horse” T. Simmons) and Liz Pazik (Jeanette Burmeister). The ensemble includes Caron Buinis, Lydia Burke, Alanna Chavez, Evan C. Dolan, Tiyanna Gentry, Donovan Hoffer, Kevin Kuska, David Moreland, Lee Palmer, Abby C. Smith, David Stobbe and Matt Thinnes.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Jim Corti, director; Creg Sclavi, associate director; Tor Campbell, choreographer; Kory Danielson, music director and conductor; Michelle Lilly, scenic designer; Izumi Inaba, costume designer; Heather Gilbert, lighting designer; Adam Rosenthal, sound designer; Katie Cordts, wig, hair and makeup designer; Aimee Plant, properties designer; Ethan Deppe, electronic music designer; Violent Delights, intimacy/fight direction; Faith Walh, associate choreographer; Cameron Tragesser, associate music director and associate conductor; Bailey O’Neil, young performer supervisor; Matthew Silar, stage manager; and Emma Franklin and Rachel Campbell, assistant stage managers.
