Leading Ladies is a comedy by Ken Ludwig, the author of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo. In it, two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, Meg, who's engaged to the local minister. Meg knows that there's a wide world out there, but it's not until she meets "Maxine and Stephanie" that she finally gets a taste of it.
Download the Promotional Poster (January 2010 - 32 MB .pdf)
Download the Show Poster (January 2010 - 66 MB .pdf)
Download the Billboard Ad (January 2010 - 42 MB .pdf)
Performances
All performances will be held at the Decatur Civic Center Theater - 1 Gary K. Anderson Plaza, Decatur, IL
- Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
- Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Ticket price - $12 each. Individual tickets go on sale in Monday, January 19 2010, at the Civic Center Box Office.
Crew
- Director - John Poling
- Assistant Director - Penny Williams
- Producer & Set Designer - Dreux Lewandowski
- Set Construction - Steve Trout
- Set Painting - Cynthia Hinkle & Jody Byers
- Set Dressing/Props - Gwen Bauman
- Costumes - Dina Fryman, Mary Wilking, Cheryl Laskowski
- Hair - Chuck Landrum, Sr.
- Sound - Cheryl Laskowski
- Lights - Nancy Sullivan
- Publicity and Graphics - Katrina Wilkerson, Nancy Sullivan, Dreux Lewandowski
Cast
- Meg – Cathryn Eccleston
- Leo/Maxine – Shawn Becker
- Jack/Stephanie – Andrew Curry
- Audrey – Lauren Taylor
- Duncan – Joe Davies
- Florence – Tamara Bivens
- Doc – Peter Churukian
- Butch – Ross Moyer
- Moose Lodge Members/ Partygoers - Lindy Perryman, Debbie Niles, Kevin Collins-Brown, Adam Lewandowski