{"id":67569,"date":"2006-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-theatre-to-present-the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2006-11-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-theatre-to-present-the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/11\/uri-theatre-to-present-the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre to present The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. –November 10, 2006–The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s prize-winning Theatre Department announces its upcoming production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas to be performed in the Robert E. Will Theatre, Fine Arts Center, Kingston Campus. The play runs from Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 and Dec. 7 through Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 and 10 at 3 p.m. Admission is $18 for the general public, $14 for senior citizens and 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty\/staff; and $12 for students. For reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at 401-874-5843. For more information, call 401-874-5921. The play does contain adult language. <\/p>\n


\nThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas tells the true story of the high-profile closing of a 130 year-old brothel outside the small town of La Grange, Texas in 1973. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhorehouse isn\u2019t really about sex any more than Fiddler on the Roof is about violins\u201d says 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre chair Paula McGlasson, the play\u2019s director. \u201cAt its most basic, Whorehouse is about how putting life on TV changes it, and how the TV camera impacts that which it records. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is about how lives are ruined by \u201creality TV. The play\u2019s about people in glass houses throwing lots of stones, about one group of people imposing their version of morality on others, about Texas politics and America\u2019s pre-occupation with sex.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThe play is adapted from the book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, with music and lyrics by Carol Hall.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s musical direction is by Lila Kane; costume design by David T. Howard, choreography by Angelica Cardente-Vassella; scenic design by 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre alumna Cheryl deWardener; lighting design by Christian Wittwer; and sound design by guest artist Michael Martineau. <\/p>\n


\nThe Sunday, Dec. 3 performance at 3 p.m. is dedicated to the memory of Thomas R. Pezzullo, a former vice president for university relations at 溏心vlog免费B站 and frequent actor who died in 1992 at the age of 49. All proceeds from that performance will go directly to the Thomas R. Pezzullo Memorial Scholarship Fund. A MATChat, short for matinee chat, with the director, cast, designers and crew will follow the performance. The interactive chat will give audience members an opportunity to ask questions.<\/p>\n


\nMembers of the cast, their characters and hometowns follow:<\/p>\n


\nActor, Character, Hometown<\/p>\n


\nBenjamin Rose, Dogette\/Thorpe Singer, Charlestown , R.I.

\nKyle Blanchette, Aggie & Cowboy, Coventry , R.I.

\nKate Ferdinandi, Eloise, Coventry, R.I.

\nNile Hawver, Dogette\/Thorpe Singer, Coventry , R.I.

\nMelanie Kane, Miss Wolla Jean, Exeter , R.I.

\nDavid DeAlmo, Dogette\/Thorpe Singer, Hope Valley ., R.I.

\nJohn Messere, Senator Wingwoah, Kingston , R.I.

\nPatrick Bosworth, Melvin P. Thorpe, Narragansett , R.I.

\nJamie DuFault, Mayor Rufus, Narragansett , R.I.

\nAndrew Holder, Aggie\/Cowboy, Narragansett , R.I.

\nJames Joseph, Scruggs, Narragansett, R.I.

\nMax Panticelli, Aggie & Cowboy, Narragansett , R.I.

\nPatrick Cullen, Governor, Narragansett ., R.I.

\nVirginia Rexroad, Shy, North Kingstown, R.I.

\nBenjamin Grills, Aggie & Cowboy, North Kingstown , R.I.

\nDan DaCunha, Sheriff Ed Earl Dood, Pawtucket ., R.I.

\nJonPaul Rainville, Aggie & Cowboy, Richmond, R.I.

\nMeg Kane, Dogette\/Thorpe Singer, Smithfield , R.I.

\nAmanda Ruggiero, Dawn, Smithfield, R.I.

\nJosh Short, Edsel Mackey, Wakefield , R.I.

\nErin Condry, Ginger, Warwick, R.I.

\nMicah Tougas, Dogette\/Thorpe Singer, West Kingston , R.I.

\nLara Maynard, Linda Lou, West Warwick , R.I.

\nLeah Kolb, Mona Stangley, Sacramento, Calif.

\nSarah Chaet, Jewel, Avon, Conn.

\nNevan Richard, Aggie & Cowboy, Cheshire, Conn.

\nKira Arnold, Beatrice, Fairfield, Conn.

\nJoe Kidawski, Aggie\/Cowboy, Framingham, Mass.

\nAutumn Gillette, Taddy Jo, Manchester, Mass.

\nDana Merson, Angel, West Orange, N. J.

\nStephanie Sherman, Rudy Rae, Marlboro, N.J.

\nMichael Pignatelli, Aggie & Cowboy, Oakland, N.J.

\nElyssa Baldassarri, Doatsey Mae, Holmes, N.Y.

\nJessica Kody, Dogette\/Thorpe Singer, Dublin, Ohio<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\n溏心vlog免费B站 students star (back row, l-r) Max Ponticelli of Narragansett, Dan DaCunha of Pawtucket, Kyle Blanchette of Coventry, (front row l-r) Erin Condry of Warwick, Leah Kolb of Sacramento, Calif., and Lara Maynard of West Warwick in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Theatre production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre photo by Randy Osga.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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