RED BANK – The Red Bank Catholic Casey Players next month will present Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, ‘Lost in Yonkers.”
The dramatic comedy has heart, humor and hope. The memory play is set in Yonkers in 1942, and features some of Simon’s most memorable characters. Bella, played by senior Olivia Rauso, is 35-years-old, mentally challenged and lives at home with her mother, the stern Grandma Kurnitz, played by senior Sabrina Caci. As the play opens, ne’er do well son Eddie, played by senior Timothy di Domenico, deposits his two young sons, Jay (senior Christopher Mallamaci) and Arty (freshman Baylor Rodman) on the old lady’s doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road to try his luck as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, Bella, Bella’s secret romance, her brother Louie, played by sophomore John Gnazzo, the small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers and the ever petrified Aunt Gertrude played by junior Sarah Hough.
Performances for “Lost in Yonkers” will run from Thursday, Nov. 6 through Saturday, Nov. 8. All performances will be at 7 p.m. and will be held at the Broad Street Auditorium at Red Bank Catholic High School, 112 Broad St.
Tickets for “Lost in Yonkers,” which will be $15 for adults and $10 for students and senior citizens, will be on sale, beginning Monday, Nov. 3 and through Friday, Nov. 7, at the Red Bank Catholic High School bookstore from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
In March 2015 the Casey Players season continues with its production of “Shrek the Musical.” Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, “Shrek the Musical” is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori.
Additional information is available by calling Red Bank Catholic at 732-747-1774.
