HALLOWEEN SPAWNS “LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS”
AT THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, October 17, 2007 –The weekend following Halloween, The College of New Rochelle’s theater club, CNR Drama, will present the hit musical Little Shop of Horrors.  Performances will take place between Friday, November 2, and Sunday, November 11, in Romita Auditorium on CNR’s Main Campus at 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle. The production will include both evening performances and matinees, scheduled as follows:

Evening performances  
8:00 p.m.
November 2, 3, 8, 9 10
Matinee performances  
2:00 p.m.
November 3, 4, 10, 11  

Tickets:
$18 general admission, $15 for children and seniors.

Tickets may be ordered by telephone (914) 654-5373. 
Early reservations are recommended as seating is limited. (Please note that the play may not be suitable for children under 10.)

Based on the 1960 cult film by Roger Corman, Little Shop of Horrors was originally produced off-Broadway, then as a smash movie. In 2003 it was revived on Broadway.  The musical comedy about a man-eating plant named Audrey II has been hailed as bizarre and brilliant, full of dark humor and riotous fun.

Laurie Peterson Castaldo will direct the production, which will be choreographed by CNR graduate student Jessica Bittner (who also stars as Audrey II). Other CNR students involved in the production are cast members Cristine Locke (Crystal), Darianna Parra (Ronette) and Sherna-Lee Wedderburn (Chiffon); monster plant puppeteers Janine Napierkowski, Sakina Laksimi and Mattie Jalonack; and stage manager Arielle Ares. Erin Churchill will serve as production stage manager and JoAnna Marchetti as costumer designer.  Ms. Castaldo, Ms. Churchill and Ms. Marchetti are all CNR alumnae.  

New Rochelle resident Steve Loftus (Seymour), Michael Guy (Mr. Mushnik), BJ Markus (the Dentist), and Peter McClung (Voice of Audrey II) round out the cast.  Music will be directed and conducted by Kurt Kelley, with set design by Ralph Castaldo and lighting design by Anne Mitchell.

CNR Drama’s first production, Tennyson’s The Princess, premiered over 100 years ago on June 12, 1906. Today, CNR Drama has the distinction of being the campus club with the longest uninterrupted tenure in the College’s history.