Lend Me a Tenor
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Will Luera

November 11, 12, 17, 18 at 8pm
November 19 at 2pm and 8pm

Cambridge YMCA Theater
820 Mass Ave.
Central Square, Cambridge, MA

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In residence at the Cambridge YMCA Theater, The Longwood Players opens its 14th season with Ken Ludwig's hilarious farce Lend Me a Tenor.

September, 1934: the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. World famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the harried General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the cultural map. Morelli is nowhere to be found; when he finally arrives drunk, it is too late for any rehearsal. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, 'Il Stupendo' is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Saunders coaxes Max into Morelli's costume, intending to fool the audience with this fake 'Il Stupendo', blackface and all. Nervous amateur Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli revives and dresses for his second act. With two Otellos now in costume and two women en dishabille, each thinking she is with 'Il Stupendo', the farce spins out of control onstage and off.

Cast

Diana
 

Catherine Lee Christie
Maria
 

Karen Fanale
Julia
 

Sarah Jones
Maggie
 

Theresa Masse
Bellhop
 

Christopher Nourse
Saunders
 

Stephen Peters
Tito Morelli
 

Stephen Russo
Max
 

Sam Szabo


 
   
 
 

 

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