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Marina del Rey Symphony
 

at Burton Chace Park-2020


We regret to announce that the

Marina del Rey Summer Concert

series has been canceled for 2020,

in an effort to slow the spread of

the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

and in compliance with the Order

of the Health Officer of LA County
.  



​This page shows last season's concert.


PLEASE KEEP SAFE,

KEEP WELL, AND CONTINUE

​SOCIAL DISTANCING.



​​KISS ME, KATE


(From 2019)

​Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

Book by Sam and Bella Spewack

Critical Edition by David Charles Abell

​and Seann Alderking

(Photos are below.)
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Thursday August 22

and Saturday August 24, 2019


​
Burton Chace Park, Marina del Rey

13650 Mindanao Way

Marina del Rey, California 90292




Frank Fetta, Conductor and Artistic Director

Marina del Rey Symphony
​

Zeffin Quinn Hollis; Producing Director

Karen Culliver Parks*; Stage Director

Sylvie Gosse*; Choreographer / Dance Capt.

Douglas Peck; Associate Music Director

Timothy León; Assistant Music Director

Lora Powell*; Stage Manager

Brooke Baldwin*; Assistant Stage Manager

Rubén Bolívar; Production Assistant

Shon LeBlanc; Costume Designer

The Costume House

Dylan Powell; Props & Set Coordination

Shay Garber; Crew

Brandon Banda; Crew

Cat Maxson; Crew

Rosanna Wong; Crew

​
* “Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the

Union of Professional Actors and Stage

Managers in the United States.”





Parking information: Marina Concerts, 2019

KISS ME, KATE
is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK

www.tamswitmark.com
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Show Synopsis: 
​

Passions run high as leading lady Lilli Vanessi and

her ex-husband, actor/director Fred Graham, battle

onstage and off in a production of Shakespeare’s

Taming of the Shrew. With romance, comedy,

sophistication, and behind-the-scenes high jinks,

KISS ME, KATE combines the irreverent humor of two

brilliant writers: Cole Porter and William

Shakespeare.
​Musical numbers include


Musical numbers include 

“So In Love,” 

“Wunderbar,” 

“Tom, Dick or Harry,” 

“Too Darn Hot,” 

“Brush Up Your Shakespeare,” 

“I Am Ashamed That People Are So Simple,” 

“I Hate Men,”

“Always True to You (In My Fashion)” 


“Another Op’nin, Another Show,” 

​“Why Can’t You Behave?” 

Frank Fetta: BIO
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Kiss Me, Kate

(2019)

​Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter


Book by Sam and Bella Spewack

Critical Edition by David Charles Abell

​and Seann Alderking

Cast
Photos of the cast are below
Teri Bibb* / Lilli Vanessi & “Katharine”

Madison Claire Parks*  / Lois Lane & “Bianca”

Zeffin Quinn Hollis*  / Fred Graham & “Petruchio”

Ethan Daniel Corbett* /  Bill Calhoun & “Lucentio”

Joelle Lamarre* / Hattie

Andy Umberger* / Harrison Howell

Joe Abraham* / First Man

Matthew Henerson* / Second Man

Sylvie Gosse* / Ensemble & Dance Capt.
Antoine Lee / Paul

Scott Spraags / Hortenzio

Preston Diaz / Gremio

Mike Russell / Harry Trevor & “Baptista”
Laura Aronoff

Angela Baumgardner /

Understudy
  Lilli Vanessi & “Katharine”

Mia Davidson

Carolyn Lupin

Cleo Magill

Marissa Mayer

Iris Sharp

Taleen Shrikian

Ali Swift

Alissa Wilsey

Xavier Cornell

Caleb Green

Thomas Hollow

Cory Johnson

Andreas Pantazis

Josh Ranck

Brady Stanley

Adam Stern-Rand

​Max Torrez


“ Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.”


Rodgers & Hammerstein is the organization founded in 1944 by

the legendary team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

II to protect and license their theatrical works. R&H own the

rights to the world's most popular stage and film musicals,

including OKLAHOMA!, CAROUSEL,SOUTH PACIFIC, THE

KING AND I, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA and

THE SOUND OF MUSIC. With offices in New York Cityand

London, the theatrical licensing division, R&H Theatricals,

represents the stage performance rights to over 150 musicals by

more than 200 writers.

Collectively these include works by Rodgers & Hammerstein,

Rodgers & Hart (BABES IN ARMS, PAL JOEY), Kern &

Hammerstein (SHOW BOAT), Kurt Weill (THE THREEPENNY

OPERA, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS), Adam Guettel (FLOYD

COLLINS, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA),as well as the

incomparable, Irving Berlin (ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, WHITE

CHRISTMAS).

R&H Theatricals is home to works from Broadway 

(SOPHISTICATED LADIES, Michael John LaChiusa’s THE WILD

PARTY, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s IN THE HEIGHTS, [TITLE OF

SHOW] and FIRST DATE), Off-Broadway (CARRIE THE

MUSICAL, ORDINARY DAYS, ALTAR BOYZ, GIANT, 21 CHUMP

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collection which includes GARFIELD THE MUSICAL WITH

CATTITUDE and MAD LIBS LIVE!, and the longest-running

revues in the history of Broadway - SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE - and

Off-Broadway - I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW

​CHANGE.

Rodgers & Hammerstein ​is a Concord Music company: www.rnh.com. 


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