Paul and
Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He's a straight-as-an-arrow
lawyer and she's a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new
apartment is her most recent find-too expensive with bad plumbing and in need
of a paint job. After a six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from
Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their
neighbor-in-the-attic Velasco, where everything that can go wrong, does. Paul
just doesn't understand Corie, as she sees it. He's too staid, too boring and
she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous.
New York
Times calls Barefoot in the Park “a bubbling, rib-tickling comedy.”
Regina
Belt-Daniels is back for her second directing endeavor with WSR. Her most
recent directing credit with the company was I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now
Change during WSR’s 2011/12 Season. A transplant from upstate New York, Regina
has been a Crystal Lake resident for 34 years.
Her career in theater has followed the road of stage managing,
producing, set building, acting and directing, while also teaching Communication
Disorders class for the Special Education District of McHenry County for 28
years and serving as Reading Recovery Specialist for District 47 for five
years. Regina serves on the Raue Board for Directors as the Vice-President. She also served on the TownSquare Players
Board for 30 years and has had four childrens’ plays published with writing
partner Mary Fetzner. She has directed
12 shows at the Woodstock Opera House and other shows at ECC and MCC.
Playing
the adoring newlyweds, Paul and Corie Bratter, are David Lowenthal and Amanda
Flahive respectively. Making up the rest
of the cast are a mix of WSR core ensemble members and veterans: Mark Mahallak as Victor Velasco, Shannon
Mayhall as Ethel Banks (Corie’s mother), Ryan McNerney as the Delivery Man
(Cliff) and Rob Scharlow as the Telephone Repair Man.
Behind the
scenes, the production crew includes, Pat Henderson (Stage Manager), Richard
Kuranda (Founding Artistic Director), Mike Vandercook (Director of Production),
John Dwyer (Production Coordinator/Sound Supervisor/Sound Designer), Steven
Spera (Technical Manager/Lighting Supervisor/Lighting Designer), Bill Schmiel (Scenic Designer), Jeremy Floyd
(Costume Designer) and Heather Olcott (Production Assistant/Props Master).
Over the
past year Raue Center has attracted regional and national attention from media
powerhouses like Playbill.com and BroadwayWorld.com.
Steve
Cochran of WGN Radio praised WSR calling its work, “Challenging, provocative
and, oh yeah… Fun.”
Rick Kogan
formally of WGN also had rave reviews of Raue Center and WS Rep saying, “You
must, must see this amazing work at this beautiful theater. Outstanding.”
Tickets
start at $25 and group pricing is available! Tickets can be purchased online at
WWW.WSREP.ORG, WWW.RAUECENTER.ORG or via the
Box Office at 815.356.9212 or 26 N. Williams Street in downtown Crystal Lake.
Sponsored by Centegra Health Systems, Crystal
Lake Bank & Trust, Countryside Flower Show, Garden Center & Nursery,
RFP Photography, Inc. and WSR’s official lighting sponsor is ComEd.
Thank you
to the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the MacArthur Fund for Arts &
Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
They will
continue programming this summer with a month long run of Suds: The Rockin’
60’s Musical Soap Opera in July of 2014. The company will also continue it’s
monthly reading series, Get Lit(erary).
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