The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Theater company’s ‘She Loves Me’ opens July 28
BETHLEHEM — Clay & Wattles Theater Company’s production of “She Loves Me” opens July 28 and runs through Aug. 12, with Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows at 2:30 p.m.
Monica Charline Brown, of Houston, will play the role of Amalia Balash and actor Jonah Kramer, of Long Island, N.Y., will play Arpad.
Based on the films “The Shop Around the Corner” and “In The Good Old Summertime,” “She Loves Me” is based on the 1930s Hungarian play by Miklos Laszlo called “Parfumerie.” Set in Hungary, the musical centers on the adventures of Maraczhek's Parfumerie.
According to its website, Clay & Wattles Theater Company is an arts/education nonprofit organization performing at The Gary The Olivia Theater in Bethlehem.
Since 2007, the artistic direction of the theater company has been led by Sally and Thomas Camm, whose theater connection to The Gary The Olivia Theater goes back to the 1987 production of Pablo Casal’s Oratorio, El Pessebre. A native of Australia, Sally Camm trained with the Queensland Ballet and the Queensland Theater Company before touring Australia and Europe as a dance soloist and as an actor in Australia and London’s West End. She taught at Cornish College for the Arts in Seattle and has choreographed more than 20 original works.
Thomas Camm studied dance in Boston with David Shields from London’s Royal Ballet and as a scholarship student at the School of American Ballet in New York City. As a member of Actors’ Equity and The American Guild of Musical Artists, he performed as a soloist in the U.S., Austria, Germany and Switzerland and as a featured performer in musicals, operetta and oratorio. He has taught at Cornish College for the Arts, the Usdan Center for the Performing Arts and for the National Endowment for the Arts-Artists in Education program.
“The Clay & Wattles Theater Company’s season runs from June through September with plays and musical productions, cabaret and educational workshops in music, theater, dance and design featuring working professionals in each discipline,” the website states. “Auditions are held each year and actors from the local community theater network, local colleges and universities and from Actors’ Equity audition for roles in our productions. Our audience is growing — 4,500-5,000 theatergoers attend performances each season and take advantage of the amenities our area has to offer.”
For tickets to “She Loves Me” or to learn more about the theater’s season and other special events, visit thegarytheolivia.com, email info@thegarytheolivia.com, or call 203-273-5669.