Disaster! is a new musical straight from Broadway, featuring some of the most unforgettable songs of the '70s. "Knock on Wood," "Hooked on a Feeling," "Sky High," "I Am Woman" and "Hot Stuff" are just a few of the scintillating hits in this hilarious musical comedy with a book by three-time Emmy Award nominee and SiriusXM Broadway host, Seth Rudetsky, and Jack Plotnick.
It's 1979, and New York's hottest A-listers are lining up for the opening of a floating casino and discotheque. Also attending is a faded disco star, a sexy nightclub singer with her eleven-year-old twins, a disaster expert, a feminist reporter, an older couple with a secret, a pair of young guys who are looking for ladies, an untrustworthy businessman and a nun with a gambling addiction. What begins as a night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as the ship succumbs to multiple disasters, such as earthquakes, tidal waves and infernos. As the night turns into day, everyone struggles to survive and, quite possibly, repair the love that they've lost... or at least escape the killer rats.
Performances:
June 20th - 29th
Location:
Sycamore Stage Outdoor Venue
We are excited to announce our cast of Disaster!
CHAD RUBIK - Ben Britton
SCOTT - Kevin Adams
PROFESSOR TED SCHEIDER - Adam Murdough
MARIANNE WILSON - Mary McCormick-Archutowski
TONY DEL VECCHIO - Landon Scott Heimbach
JACKIE NOELLE - Erica Dawn Young
BEN/LISA NOELLE - Rosie Angstadt
SISTER MARY DOWNEY - Gabrielle Lewis
SHIRLEY WINTERS - Amy Seifarth
MAURY WINTERS - Scott Giacobbe
LEVORA VERONA - Melinee Wilson
JAKE - Fox Peters
WEALTHY HUSBAND - Rachel Himes-Dewalt
WEALTHY WIFE – Heather Baum
WORKMAN 1 - Aaron Britton
WORKMAN 2 - Amarillys Torres
HUSBAND - Aaron Britton
WIFE - Becca Williams
YOUNG WOMAN 1 - Arianna Barata
YOUNG WOMAN 2 - Amarillys Torres
TRACI - Heather Baum
BLINDED WOMAN - Kirsten Heim
SEXY GIRL - Arianna Barata
TAXI DRIVER - Rachel Himes-Dewalt
VICTIM 1 - Kirsten Heim
VICTIM 2 - Rachel Himes-Dewalt
VICTIM 3 – Amarillys Torres
CHEF - Kirsten Heim
PASSENGER 1 - Becca Williams
PASSENGER 2 - Sheri Rowe
ENSEMBLE - Arianna Barata, IzannahBashore, Heather Baum, Aaron Britton, Kirsten Heim, Rachel Himes-Dewalt, Joyce Keffer, Fox Peters, Sheri Rowe, Amarillys Torres, Emani Velasquez, Becca Williams
If you know anyone that would like to join the Ensemble, let us know. We’d love to add a few dancers, if possible.
• Hot Stuff • The Lord's Prayer • Theme From Mahogany • Saturday Night • Do You Wanna Make Love • Without You • I Am Woman • That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be • Torn Between Two Lovers • Mockingbird • Still the One • Never Can Say Goodbye • Feelings • Feels So Good • Knock on Wood • Hawaii 5-O Theme • All Right Now • Three Times a Lady • Ben • Baby Hold on to Me • 25 or 6 to 4 • Muskrat Love • Sky High • When Will I Be Loved • Nadia's Theme • We Don't Cry Out Loud • Come to Me • I'd Really Love to See You Tonight • I Will Survive • Knock Three Times • A Fifth of Beethoven • Reunited • Daybreak • Hooked on a Feeling
Chad
A handsome and winning man. Pretends to be a player, but is really still heartbroken over the loss of his first love. Tenor with a great rock and pop voice.
Age: 20s-40s
Vocal range top: B4
Scott
Goofy guy. A nerd who wants to be cool. Tenor with a sweet voice.
Age: 20s-40s
Vocal range top: B4
Ted
A disaster expert. Non-emotional. Dry. A serious, professorial type. Baritone.
Age: 30s-50s
Vocal range top: Pop voice to a G4. Mix to a B4.
Marianne
An attractive and focused journalist. Insecure underneath it all. Great, high pop belt.
Age: 20s-40s
Vocal range top: F#5 (sustained)
Tony
A very unscrupulous but attractive and (sometimes) charming middle-aged schemer.
Age: 30s-50s
Vocal range top: Ab4
Jackie
An aging but still sexy showgirl and now lounge singer. Dumb but honest. Goldie Hawn-esque. Pop belt.
Age: 20s-40s
Vocal range top: D5
Ben / Lisa
Smart boy and girl twins played by the same actor. Honest and direct. Jackie’s son and daughter. Amazing pop voice. Belt to a high D.
Age: 10 to 13 (but open to adult actors to play 10-13 as well)
Vocal range top: D5
Sister Mary Downy
Awkward, judgmental nun with a gambling addiction. Great pop/gospel high belt. Has to sustain a high Ab! Soprano. Guitar ability a plus but not required.
Age: 30s-50s
Vocal range top: B5
Shirley
Maury’s wife. Lovable and jolly Jewish woman. Tap Dancing a plus. Great comedic actress.
Age: 40s-70s
Vocal range top: B4
Maury
Lovable and jolly. Shirley’s dedicated husband. Pop voice.
Age: 40s-70s
Vocal range top: G4
Levora Verona
A flamboyant and glamorous faded disco diva. Pushy and sassy but in love with her sweet dog. Great gospel/pop voice. High belt to an E, soprano/gospel notes above that.
Age: 30s-50s
Vocal range top: E5
Ensemble
Able to play various glamorous party guests/character roles. Great comedic chops, good dance ability and great voices needed.
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Sycamore Stage Theatre Company
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