Summer Theater

Coming this Summer

Join Us in the Roaring 20s with “Drowsy Chaperone” 

Presented by the YWCA New Britain and New Britain High School

The YWCA New Britain and New Britain High School present "The Drowsy Chaperone" August 2nd & 3rd. This 2006 musical, with Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Bob Martin & Don McKellar, is a loving spoof of the American musical of the 1920s. 

The story is narrated by Alanise Jimenez (New Britain) as Person in Chair. Throughout the evening, they describe their favorite old musical while listening to the cast album on their vintage record player while the characters come to life and act out the show within a show right there in their New York City apartment. Featuring Olivia Smailes (Southington) and Ethan Roy (New Britain) as a couple about to be married, the story includes Miguel Pagan (New Britain) as the frantic Best Man, Derick Lopez (New Britain) as an aging Latin Lothario, Jovan Torres (New Britain) as a desperate Broadway producer, Aliza Clark (New Britain) as a dopey chorus girl who wants to be a star, and Margarita Cartagena (New Britain) as the elderly and very absentminded hostess with Arthur Sanchez-Leroux (New Britain) as her faithful servant. Rounding out the cast are Alyssa Velasquez (New Britain) as Trix the Aviatrix, Michael Cordero (New Britain) and Spencer Meucci (Plainville) as two gangsters disguised as pastry chefs and Laura Munch (Berlin) as the eponymous “Drowsy” Chaperone, for whom “prohibition” is merely a suggestion.

Directed and Music Directed by Jason Nicolo Ferrandino (New Britain), with Choreography by Christine Kuzia (Plainville), Technical Direction by Robert Smedley (New Britain), Stage Management by Serina Julien (New Britain) and Sandy Butler (Plainville), and Matthew Sbalcio (Rocky Hill) conducting. The show also features singers and dancers from New Britain and surrounding towns.

“The Drowsy Chaperone” will be landing at NBHS on Friday August 2nd at 7:00pm and Saturday August 3rd at 2:00pm & 7:00pm in the NBHS Auditorium in New Britain, CT. All tickets are $10 and seating is first come first serve. Tickets are available at www.NBHSshows.org. If you would like to place an ad in our program, please email ferrandj@csdnb.org for more information.

Our Summer production is open to anyone ages 16-30 from New Britain and the surrounding towns.

There is a $150 participation fee with $100 due at the beginning of rehearsals 

and $50 in ad sales or a final payment of $50 being due by July 21st.

*There are Scholarship opportunities available for New Britain High School students*

Email Mr. Ferrandino or Miss Chris for more information