THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, February 22, 2019 Page 17 Half a Century of Hometown Drama Theatre Company of Saugus opens second half of 50th anniversary season this weekend with “Children of Eden” (Editor’s Note: The following story is based on a press release from the Theatre Company of Saugus.) he Theatre Company of Saugus (TCS) is in the second half of its 50th anniversary season and is kicking off 2019 with the Stephen Schwartz and John Caird musical “Children of Eden,” which is based on the first nine-and-one-half chapters of the Book of Genesis. Act I explores the story of FaT ther, Adam, Eve and the Snake in the Garden of Eden and then the aftermath involving Cain and Abel. Act II then continues with the generations that follow and deals with Noah and the Flood. “Children of Eden” as a fulllength musical was originally produced in London in 1991 and had a short run. Its next iteration was in 1997 and performed at the Papermill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J. It’s this version of the script and music that most people know and that is being performed by TCS. New actors on the set The following actors will be making their TCS debut: Andy LeBlanc of Wakefield will be playing Father; Lori L’Italien of Somerville will be playing Eve and Mama Noah; Jeff Bliss of Malden will be playing Snake and Storyteller; Alex Deutch of Somerville will be playing Snake, Storyteller, Seth and Shem; Jennifer Quiros of Brighton will be playing Snake, Aphra and Storyteller; James White of Ipswich will be playing Cain and Japheth; Fernando Barbosa of Everett will be playing Abel, Ham and Storyteller; Emily Dufour of Franklin will be playing Yonah; Samantha Prindiville of Medford will be playing Aysha and Storyteller; and Ali Kinchla of Beverly will be playing Storyteller. Our cast also includes numerous returning faces to the TCS stage. We are excited to be working again with Bobby Imperato of Everett, who will be playing Adam and Noah; he was last seen on the TCS stage in “Heathers: The Musical.” Amanda Allen of Saugus will be playing Snake and Storyteller and is the current president of TCS and was last seen on stage in “Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical.” Sabrina Ornae of Lynnfield will be playing Snake and Storyteller and was last seen in “Nunsense II: The Second Coming.” Dillon Bresnahan of Peabody will be playing Young Cain and Storyteller and was last seen in “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” Zackary Perry of Lynn will be playing Young Abel and Storyteller and was also in “It’s EYE ON THE APPLES: The serpents continue to tempt Eve by flashing the forbidden fruit. A DISAPPOINTED MAN: Bobby Imperato of Everett, who plays Adam, expresses dismay after learning that Eve has eaten the forbidden fruit. Imperato is a Saugus native and 2001 Saugus High School graduate who has performed for the Theatre Company of Saugus for 21 years. THE SNAKES: The evil serpents who lurk in the Garden of Eden eventually tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” Nicholas Beach of Revere will be playing Storyteller and was last seen in “Urinetown: The Musical.” Mel Ingalls of Lynnfield will be playing Storyteller and has been found in the role of stage manager for prior productions. Larry Segel of Winthrop will be playing Storyteller and was last seen in “In/ Out – A Mis-Cast Cabaret.” And Shannon Shaffer of Lynn will be playing Storyteller and was last seen in “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” Behind the scenes “Children of Eden” will be directed by Alexandra Dietrich of Salem, with music direction by Matthew Putnam and choreography by Kathleen Tringale, who most recently directed and choreographed “Lizzie: The Musical” in October 2018. Stage manager will be Jamie Imperato, who was stage manager for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” in May 2018. Producers for “Children of Eden” will be Matthew Garlin, Deirdre Shaw and Wesley Toma-Lee, who all currently sit on the Board for TCS. Performances are scheduled for two weekends only – February 22-24 and March 1-3; Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 8 p.m. and the Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. The location for all performances is the American Legion Post 210, 44 Taylor St., Saugus. Our Saturday, March 2 performance is a special event HOMETOWN DRAMA | SEE PAGE 20 MAKING HIS DEBUT: Andy LeBlanc of Wakefield will play Father in his first performance with the Theatre Company of Saugus. Children of Eden Photo LISTENING TO FATHER: Andy LeBlanc of Wakefield gets plenty of attention as he stretches his hands out while playing Father during a Monday night rehearsal of “Children of Eden.” (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) FAST ASLEEP: Eve, played by Lori L’Italien of Somerville, and Adam, played by Bobby Imperato of Everett, rest during a practice scene of “Children of Eden,” which will be performed this weekend by the Theatre Company of Saugus.
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