IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?

“IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?”

Part of ODTC’s award-winning Closing Notice Series

CAST ANNOUNCED & TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

*** WINNERS – 2009 BISTRO AWARD: OUTSTANDING SERIES ***

Opening Doors Theatre Company presents the 1983 musical IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? – April 6, 7, 8 and 15, 16, 17. All six performances will be held at The Duplex (61 Christopher Street, NYC – (212) 255-5438 – www.TheDuplex.com) and are scheduled for 7:00PM. The production will be directed by Jeremy Gold Kronenberg (Gallery Players’ Caroline or Change) with musical direction by Andrew Smithson from a score by Craig Carnelia (music and lyrics). The book is by Jeffrey Kindley. Jennifer Ashley Tepper serves as assistant director. Edward Carignan will choreograph. The production manager is Billie Di Stefano with Suzanne Adams producing.

Cast in the show are Owen Austin*, Doug Chitel*, Mark Emerson*, Amy Fitts* (Off-Broadway: So Help Me God!), Marcie Henderson*, Leslie Henstock* (Nat’l Tour: Les Miserables, Light in the Piazza), Austin Ku*, Heather Jane Rolff (Broadway: Shrek The Musical), and Lou Steele*. (*Member Actors’ Equity)

Tickets will go on sale NOW. Tickets are $20 + 2-drink minimum. Members of MAC and AEA pay only a $15 + minimum (visit website www.ODTConline.org for MAC & AEA code.) Tickets must be purchased in advance online through www.SmartTix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444.

Is There Life After High School? chronicles the effects that our high school years have had on each and every one of us. Told through various monologues and songs, Is There Life After High School? reflects upon the quintessential high school moments that have made us who we are today. At times hilariously awkward – at times heartbreakingly painful – this production exposes the intimate and vulnerable memories of our high school days. Suggested by a novel by Ralph Key, Craig Carnelia’s devastatingly beautiful score and Jeffrey Kindley’s hilarious book takes us on an emotional journey through the hallways of our yesteryears. The Broadway show opened on May 7, 1982 to run only 17 performances (after a preview period of 48 performances).

Opening Doors Theatre Company is a New York City-based, non-profit performing arts ensemble committed to developing an eclectic mix of programming through the artistic collaboration of performers as well as playwrights, composers, directors and designers, and providing opportunities for new talent to be seen and heard. The company was formed in 2006 by Suzanne Adams (Artistic & Managing Director), along with Hector Coris (Associate Artistic Director).

The “Closing Notice” Series is a set of “living cast album” presentations focusing on classic musicals that were either dubbed a “flop”, had short commercial runs or most likely will never be revived again. Opening Doors respectfully presents these scores with the understanding that – unsuccessful or not – the creators poured their craft, guts and love into the work and they deserve to be heard once again – live on stage. The focus is on the score with a truncated book. The “Closing Notice” series began in December 2006 with the critically-acclaimed presentation of Bring Back Birdie (2007 MAC Award nomination – Outstanding Variety Production/Recurring Series), and has included acclaimed revivals of It’s A Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Superman, Whoop-Up, Flora the Red Menace, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Goldilocks, Fade Out-Fade In, I Love My Wife and Subways are for Sleeping. Opening Doors Theatre won the 2009 Bistro Award for Outstanding Series.