Theatre-at-Tusculum will present “A… My Name is Alice” in February with a cast that includes a number of Tusculum College students and alumni.
The cast of the musical revue includes nine Tusculum college students – Paige Hudson, Allison Harris, Sabine Azemar, Kayla Desiree Jones, Amanda Lee Huylebroeck, Julian Robinson Parks, Billie Jennings, Brianna Cox and Brian Ricker. Other cast members include alumnae Angela Alt Bride ’95 and Paige Malone Mengel ’88.
The musical revue, which director Marilyn duBrisk describes as a “naughty little musical revue,” will be performed at the David Behan Arena Theater on February 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 7 p.m. and on February 21 and 28 at 2 p.m. The play is recommended for mature audiences, high school and up, says duBrisk, artist-in-residence at Tusculum.
The show gets its unusual name from the way in which each of the cast members introduces herself by reciting an adult update on the children’s ABC nursery rhyme.
“Alice” features about 20 songs and sketches that explore the many facets of women’s lives with insight, empathy and self-deprecating humor. Sophisticated, bawdy, funny and insightful, the revue portrays friends, rivals, sisters, mothers, business professionals and more.
Conceived by Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd, Alice was first introduced in 1984 at the American Place Theatre in New York as part of its Women’s Project, and enjoyed a long run at the Village Gate Off Broadway.
Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 60 years of age and over and $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, contact Tusculum College Arts Outreach at 423-798-1620, e-mail jhollowell@tusculum.edu or visit http://arts.tusculum.edu.