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“Nice Work If You Can Get It” follows
Jimmy Winter (Eli Mansur), a well-to-do bachelor who unexpectedly falls in love
with Billie Bendix (Emma Ostrau), a spirited bootlegger. Join gang members
Cookie McGee (Andrew Williams) Duke Mahoney (Zofia Kosakowski) and characters
Eileen Evergreen (Alice Craft), Estonia Dulworth (Lila Waxman), Jeannie Muldoon
(Lila Jones), Chief Berry (Sophie Jones) and Millicent Winter (Elisia Sonsalla)
plus many chorus girls and Vice Squad members in our fun story! Mistaken
identities, hilarious misunderstandings, and romantic entanglements ensue, the
musical weaves together Gershwin’s timeless melodies, played by a 6th
piece band, with a dose of madcap comedy.
Thursday, May 16th, Friday May 17th and Saturday May 18th at the Rivendell Academy Gym.
7:00 p.m.
$12/adult, $5/student.
Doors open at 6:30 general seating.
This show is rated PG due to
more mature content with references to sex and drinking.