By Paula Pyzik Scott
On April 10-11-12-13, the Freed Center for the Performing Arts at Ohio Northern University will present the musical comedy Hello, Dolly!, which was made famous with a 1964 Broadway production and four subsequent revivals. It is also a 1969 Academy Award winning film starring Barbara Streisand and Walter Matthau.
The Ohio Northern production is double-cast:
YONKERS CAST: April 10 at 7:30 p.m. and April 12, 13 at 2 p.m. with Armani Ponder-Keith, Jessica Sanders, Sara Moore, Pyper Sharkins
NEW YORK CAST: April 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m. with Frankie Alba, Andi Brooke Keller, Belle Fockler, Vivian Lakin
There will also be a free talkback session following the Sunday matinee providing inside information directly from the show's director, designers, cast and crew.
An ePlaybill is available HERE including cast and crew biographies and notes from the director and dramaturg. The production is directed by Scott Susong, SDC and underwritten by The Middlefield Banking Company.
The story of Hello, Dolly! is based on Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker. Set in 1890, it follows matchmaker Dolly Levi to Yonkers, New York, to find a wife for the miserly Horace Vandergelder.
CAST
*Yonkers Cast Thursday/Saturday Matinee/Sunday Matinee
^New York City Cast Friday/Saturday Evening
Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, ARMANI PONDER-KEITH*
Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, FRANKIE ALBA^
Horace Vandergelder, REN GLEASON
Cornelius Hackl, GRANT BELL
Irene Molloy, JESSICA SANDERS*
Irene Molloy, ANDI BROOKE KELLER^
Barnaby Tucker, JASON PORTER, JR.
Minnie Fay, SARA MOORE*
Minnie Fay, BELLE FOCKLER^
Ambrose Kemper,GAVIN HULL
Ermengarde, PYPER SHARKINS*
Ermengarde, VIVIAN LAKIN^
Ernestina/Ensemble, ELLA FOOSE
Rudolph/Ensemble, ZAVIER ALTERIO
Ensemble, LENORE MARGUERITE MCBEAN
Manny/Ensemble, MATTHEW COOK
Ensemble, EMMA KYLER
Danny/Ensemble, ANDREW HOLDSWORTH
Ensemble, SYDNEY MISTRETTA
Stanley/Ensemble, ROSS FOGLE
Ensemble, CASSANDRA KUREK
Louie/Ensemble , MICAH HAMSTRA
County Clerk/Ensemble, SAM RYAN
Harry/Ensemble, JACKSON BIRD
Judge/Hank/Ensemble, BRADY GRIFFIN
Mrs. Rose/Martha/Ensemble , JULIE MCCONNELL
