Brookville
Community Theatre
770 Arlington Road
Brookville, OH 45309
937.833.6790
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The Brookville Community Theatre is proud to present
Lend Me A
Tenor
Farce By Ken Ludwig Directed by: Sharon Henry
In 1934, the renowned tenor Tito
Merelli (G. Michael Robinson,
Fairborn), known to his fans as "Il
Stupendo," is scheduled to sing the
lead in Otello.
The opera is being produced as a
gala fundraiser for the Cleveland Opera
Company. Unfortunately, even before
the star leaves his hotel room,
everything begins to unravel. Chaos
ensues when Merelli's wife, Maria
(Kathy DeVorak, Lewisburg), who has
mistaken an autograph-seeker hidden
in his closet for a secret lover,
leaves him a "Dear
John" letter. The
distraught Merelli accidentally is
given a double dose of tranquilizers to
calm him and passes out. Saunders
(Alain Alejandro, Englewood), the
company's General Manager, is
determined that the show will go on
(for his own financial sake), so he
asks his assistant Max (Scott Coon,
Brookville) to impersonate the opera star.
Max puts on the blackface makeup
required for the role of Otello, and
his disguise succeeds admirably –
until Merelli, also in blackface,
wakes up and heads for the stage.
What follows is a chain-reaction of mistaken
identity, farcical plot
twists, double
entendres, innuendoes,
and constant entrances and exits
through many doors that will keep
audiences laughing! Rounding out the
cast is Jene Rebbin Shaw (Medway),
Michelle Cunningham (Brookville),
Cathy Marquis (Brookville) and
Trevon Rhoads (Brookville).
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