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The KAT Collective is this weekend! Our 7th Annual Fundraising Gala, set for Saturday, August 23rd, will be hosted by and starring KAT favorite Diego Prieto (Side Show, Cabaret, Closer Than Ever, The Rocky Horror Show, Company) and Brad Oscar, who originated the role of Franz Liebkind in the Broadway production of The Producers and received a 2001 Tony nomination for his performance. Brad later succeeded Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock for over 1200 performances on Broadway, on tour, in London, and he originated the role in the Las Vegas production at the Paris Casino.
Brad grew up in Rockville, MD and began his career at Adventure Theater, Rockville Musical Theatre, the JCC in Rockville, and Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theater. He is currently starring in The Mystery of Irma Vep at Arena Stage, and he recently appeared there as the Emcee in Cabaret and Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees. We at KAT are thrilled to have Brad involved with our Gala this year. Thank you, Brad and Diego.
Gala Packet |
Auction Item Form |
Donation Form
Sponsorship Form |
Full Packet
*** PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE ***
(Please don't pay online after 7pm on August 23rd -- just bring cash or check to the door)
Hunter Foster (Leo), Brad Oscar (Max), Angie Schworer (Ulla) in THE PRODUCERS
Thanks to all who auditioned for KAT 2nd Stage's Fall production of PIPPIN (music/lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson), the fictionalized story of Pippin, the son of Charlemagne who sets out to find meaning in life and discovers his true self along the way.
The cast list is now online.
For tickets, please visit the City of Gaithersburg's RecXpress website.
Auditions and all rehearsals will be held at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn (311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878). Please visit the 2nd Stage page for performance dates and character descriptions.
Congratulations to the cast, staff, and crew of NEVERMORE, as it won WATCH awards for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Sound Design (Kevin Garrett). Thanks to everyone involved with our 2007 shows, which garnered 17 WATCH nominations in all. Michael Toscano wrote that "the nominations show...the emergence of the Kensington Arts Theatre as a top community-based producer of musicals in the region." Read the Washington Post article
Nevermore Cast (2007 WATCH Best Musical)
Kensington Arts Theatre (KAT) boldly enters its 7th season by stepping in a new direction. This season KAT will introduce its first mainstage, non-musical to the repertoire of dramatic presentations. We hope this will challenge viewers to again take another look at the assumptions they have about people and life; a principle the group was founded on. KAT is very excited to share this ground-breaking season with you and looks forward to your continued support.
NEW DATES!!!!
110 in the Shade (Musical) |
September 25 -- October 12 |
Directed by Michael Kharfen
Book by N. Richard Nash |
Lyrics by Tom Jones |
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Synopsis: The tale of Lizzie Curry, a spinster living on a ranch in the American southwest, and her relationships with local sheriff, File, a cautious divorcé who fears being hurt again, and charismatic con man Bill Starbuck, posing as a rainmaker who promises the locals he can bring relief to the drought-stricken area.
One Red Flower (Musical) |
February 20 -- March 14 |
Directed by Craig Pettinati
Book, Lyrics, and Music by Paris Barclay
Synopsis: One Red Flower voices the thoughts, joys and fears of Kempner and a number of other men who served in the Vietnam War. The names have been changed, but the emotions are very real and very raw.
Nunsense |
May 8 -- May 23 |
Directed by: TBA
Book, Lyrics, and Music by Dan Goggin
Synopsis: Five of the 19 surviving Little Sisters of Hoboken, a one-time missionary order that ran a leper colony on an island south of France, discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, accidentally killed the other fifty-two residents of the convent with her tainted vichyssoise while they were off playing bingo with a group of Maryknolls. Upon discovering the disaster, Mother Superior had a vision in which she was told to start a greeting card company to raise funds for the burials. The greeting cards were an enormous success and, thinking there was plenty of money, the Reverend Mother bought a VCR for the convent, leaving her with no money in the kitty to pay for the last four burials. With the deceased nuns on ice in the deep freeze, they decide to stage a variety show in the Mount Saint Helen's School auditorium to raise the necessary amount.
Thanks to the cast, staff, and crew of ZANNA, DON'T! for putting together a wonderful production and all of the patrons who joined us for the Washington, DC area community theater premiere.
Be sure to check out the DC Theatre Scene interview with composer Tim Acito, who talks about our production of ZANNA, DON'T! with Joel Markowitz.
Also, please take a look at the Baltimore OutLoud review.
Our Hot Cast
 
Kensington, MD – Kensington Arts Theatre is honored to have Founder and Artistic Director, Craig Pettinati, recognized by Capital Community News' Hill Rag as one of twelve talents to watch, one who "brought a strong sense of style and quality to productions." The article spans both professional and community theater and looked at talents from 56 professional companies and 25 community theater companies in the DC area. This comes off the heels of an unprecedented 4th season where KAT took home five WATCH (Washington Area Community Theatre Honors) awards, with Pettinati earning the Best Director in a Musical for Kiss of the Spider Woman. This season, KAT will produce Urinetown, which opens October 27, Nevermore (March 2007), and Sweeney Todd (May 2007). We look forward to seeing you there. (View Full Article)
KAT is a member of the Maryland Community Theatre Festival Association
(MCTFA).
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