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Dames at Sea final fall production
By Caitlin Waters
On October 24, 2012
Casting Hall Productions will finish out the semester with the musical Dames at Sea
premiering at 8 p.m. next Wednesday.
This is their first time doing this musical and is being directed and choreographed
by Carlos Jones.
The tickets for this show are available at the box office in Rockwell Hall, $6 for
Buffalo State Students, $10 for faculty and staff and $15 for the general public. There
is a special preview at 8 p.m. Tuesday during which all tickets are half off.
"We like to do the preview night as courtesy to the students and it's also our last
night to take out any kinks," Jones said. "If we're doing something and something
happens or messes up we stop and start over."
There will also be two shows a day on Nov. 3 and Nov. 10, which is the last day the
play is running. The matinee will be at 2 p.m. and a nighttime performance at 8.
It's a musical parody of other large productions set in the 1930s. There will be some
romance but lots of laughs, said Casting Hall Publicity Manager Michelle Meer.
The story revolves around a production that's going on, and one of the characters,
Mona, is a "diva" with has a main role in the production. Another character,
Ruby, comes in and becomes the understudy to Mona trying to make her way to
Broadway.
The main crisis of the musical is that the stage that was going to be used for the
show is being torn down and they have to find somewhere else to perform. Dick,
the captain of a Navy ship, and another character Lucky, decide to utilize the ship to
display the production on.
Romance is also a big part of the musical.
In the midst of Ruby's attempts to stardom she meets Dick and the two of them
become very close. Mona discovers that the captain of the ship is one of her old
boyfriends. Lucky and another character, Joan, used to date as well.
Mandi Hess and Raquel de Souza play Mona dually and Meg Johnston and Cassondra
Conrad play Ruby. Chelsea Correa and Cecelia Barron play Joan, Paul Gabriellini
and Lee Becker play Lucky and Robert Sherman plays the character Dick. Brandon
Machajewski plays The Captain.
According to Jones, the faculty tries to choose shows that will act as teaching tools in
terms of performance, technical and historical information.
This musical was chosen because the students are not used to doing something
based off this style and time period, Jones said.
To celebrate the Halloween holiday, guests are asked to come dressed in sailor
costumes on opening night. If guests show up in a nautical themed costume they will
be given a raffle ticket and automatically entered into the costume contest.
Prizes will be given to the three chosen winners after the show.
Auditions for the productions and membership to the organization is free an open to
any Buffalo State student regardless of their major.
Gabriellini said he has been involved in Casting Hall since his freshman year at
Buffalo State.
"This is my seventh production in the department," Gabriellini said. "I always look
forward to the shows because I get to see how far I've grown from the previous
ones."
According to Gabriellini, the audiences are going to have a great time.
"Come and enjoy the night," Jones said. "It's quick, it's not a long show, and you can
continue on with your Halloween night."
For more details and show times check out Casting Hall Production's site on Bengal
Connect.
Caitlin Waters can be reached via email at waters1.record@live.com.
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