HAIRSPRAY Plays Omaha Community Playhouse, 5/25-6/24

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) will present Hairspray May 25-June 24, 2012.

“You Can’t Stop the Beat” of this Tony Award®-winning musical! This flashback to the 1960s is full of musical dance numbers that will have you boogying all night long! Hairspray is a light-hearted musical that redefines beauty, as a big girl with bigger aspirations becomes the newest local TV star. This larger-than-life musical will leave you hungry for more.

Book by Mark O'Donnell and Scott Wittman, Music by Thomas Meehan, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman. Director: Susan Baer Collins; Music Director: Jim Boggess; Choreographer: Kathy Wheeldon.

Cast:

Tracy Turnblad EASTIN YATES

Edna Turnblad JIM MCKAIN

Link Larkin DAVID ZENCHUK

Amber Von Tussle COURTNEY STEIN

Seaweed J. Stubbs LUTHER SIMON

Penny Pingleton BAILEY CARLSON

Corny Collins BOB KROPP

Motormouth Maybelle KATHY TYREE

Wilbur Turnblad JERRY Van Horn

Velma Von Tussle STACY MADDUX

Prudy Pingleton/Gym Teacher/

Prison Matron/Guard JUDY RADCLIFF

Harriman F. Spritzer/Principal/

Mr. Pinky/ Guard ABLAN ROBLIN

Little Inez LARECE HAWKINS

Tammy SOFIA ABOU-NASR

Brenda AMANDA ROUNDS

Shelley ASHTON TAYLOR

Lu Ann SOPHIA GOLDBERG

IQ AARON GALANG

Fender CHRISTIAN YOST

Brad Thomas GJERE

Sketch JASON DELONG

Judine/A Dynamite SEANIQUE FLEMING

Kamilah /A Dynamite MICHAELA RUSSELL

Shayna/A Dynamite BRANDI SMITH

Cindy Watkins RACHEL BUSSE

Lorraine JHONE WHITE-LUCAS

Gilbert Aaron Ellis

Duane TYLER MARSHALL

Thad BRENDAN BROWN

Stooie DAWAUNE HAYES

The show runs May 25-June 24, 2012; Wednesday–Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m., at the Omaha Community Playhouse, Howard and Rhonda Hawks Mainstage Theatre, located at 6915 Cass Street, Omaha, NE 68132

Tickets: At the OCP Box Office, by calling (402) 553-0800 or online at www.OmahaPlayhouse.org or www.TicketOmaha.com. Single tickets are $40 for adults, $24 for students. Group tickets are $29 for adults, $18 for students. On Wednesday, May 30, tickets will be $10 at the Box Office after 4 p.m. for that evening’s performance (cash or check only).

The Omaha Community Playhouse is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. Established in 1924, the Omaha Community Playhouse is the largest community theatre in the United States based on memberships sold and facility size, among other factors. The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.