MARGATE – Fool Moon Theatre Company announced its classic season, “A Bad Year for Tomatoes,” opening May 10, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” opening July 19 and “The Miracle Worker” opening Sept. 20.
All productions will be at the Margate Community Church, 8900 Ventnor Ave., Margate. For tickets and additional information, visit the website at www.foolmoontheatre.org or email foolmoontheatre@gmail.org. Don’t miss the Mother’s Day Special, $20 tickets for the first 50 tickets sold online.
“It’s a classic season of great American comedy, music, and drama,” said Fool Moon President and co-founder Pattye Herron. “And we open with the funniest show no one ever heard of – ‘A Bay Year for Tomatoes.’ It’s a hilarious farce from beginning to end.”
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick, ‘Tomatoes’ tells the story of a Hollywood star who seeks peace to write her memoirs in a sleepy New England town and has her life upended by local zanies, a psychotic doppelganger, and a murder charge. “It’s flat out funny,” director Paul Herron said. “We’re thrilled to bring this little known classic American comedy to the Margate stage.”
The first 50 tickets sold online for the Mother’s Day performance will be $20 per ticket.
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” is Stephen Sondheim’s joyous, musical romp through ancient Rome, with desperate lovers, scheming neighbors, convoluted plot twists, and secrets behind every toga. Kim Tucker will direct. She directed Fool Moon’s summer 2023 smash hit, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
“The Miracle Worker,” a Tony Award-winning play, is the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months. With compassion, humor and dramatic tension, the play explores the volatile relationship between a lonely teacher and her headstrong charge. Andrea Zackheim-Poetsch, who last performed as The Stage Manager in Fool Moon Theatre’s “Our Town,” will direct. The Sept. 22 performance will include an American Sign Language interpreter.
Joe Lazarus is Fool Moon Theatre’s technical director for the full season. Lazarus, well known for his exceptional scenic and lighting designs, is a Fool Moon veteran and has designed shows at The Tropicana casino, the South Jersey Regional Theatre, and the original Gateway Playhouse.
“The 2024 season promises to be our most adventurous and satisfying season ever,” Herron said. “We hope that all of South Jersey joins us in our celebration of the American theater.”
At top, The Fool Moon Theatre cast of ‘A Bad Year for Tomatoes’ includes, from left, Rich McMahan, Navara Wallace, Chikta Wallace, Victoria Biron, Pamela Dollack, Kerry Burns, Mike Schlapp and Kate Read. (Photo courtesy of Fool Moon Theatre)