Rachel Zatcoff, Antoine L. Smith, Mary Illes, & More To Star In Samantha Hahn’s Comedic Play THE RIGHT WAY In The JOCUNDA FESTIVAL'S Virtual Play Reading Series on Zoom
The Right Way will be presented Sunday, January 10th at 8PM EST on Zoom.
Young
playwright Samantha Hahn has written a school-set comedy filled with
wacky characters, word play, and little lessons as an aspiring teacher
(played by Broadway Star Rachel Zatcoff) tries to find her way through a
maze-like school.
Straight
from her novel debut of On the Roof: A Look inside Fiddler on the Roof
in Yiddish, Samantha Hahn is thrilled to present her One-Act in The
Jocunda Festival’s Virtual Play Reading Series before it hits the Riant
Theatre in the Strawberry One-Act Festival. Inspired by some of her
favorite books, Alice in Wonderland and The Phantom Tollbooth, Hahn
writes a play that is sure to sweep up audiences in an abundance of joy
and silliness.
The Right
Way will star Rachel Zatcoff (Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera,
Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, International Tour: West
Side Story) as Riley; Antoine L. Smith (Broadway: The Color Purple,
Carousel, Miss Saigon, Memphis, MJ), as Desk Attendant; Mary Illes
(Broadway: The Music Man, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Steel Pier, She Loves
Me, The Phantom of the Opera) as Al.
The
live one-act play reading will also star Suri Marrero (Broadway:
Frozen, The Lion King), Akira Golz (Broadway: Matilda), Sophie Knapp
(Broadway: Once), Lauren Thomas (Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in
Yiddish), Jodi Snyder (Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish),
Conor McShane (Off-Broadway: I Spy a Spy), Kayleen Seidl (Off-Broadway:
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish), Raquel Nobile (Off-Broadway: Fiddler on
the Roof in Yiddish), Jasmine Rogers (Regional: Becoming Nancy), and
Peyton Gifis (Film: A Very Quarantwinned Christmas). Rounding out the
cast are the up-and-coming talents from Manhattan School of Music:
Subiya Mboya, Paul Esswein, Jack D’Emilio, and Alesha Jeter.
To obtain tickets in advance go to:
Tickets
are $15.00 to benefit Riant Theatre. After registering, you will
receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
webinar.
The reading
will be followed by a Talk Back with the artists moderated by Van Dirk
Fisher, Founder and Artistic Director of the Riant Theatre and producer
of the Jocunda Festival.
Playwright
Samantha Hahn is best known for her acting career voicing Trinket the
unicorn on Nickelodeon’s Nella the Princess Knight series and portraying
Beylke in the critically acclaimed musical Fiddler on the Roof in
Yiddish. Her novel debut On the Roof: A Look inside Fiddler on the Roof
in Yiddish details her behind-the-scenes experience as the youngest
daughter in Joel Grey’s Yiddish Fiddler. She is a current college
student at Manhattan School of Music where she studies under Randy
Graff, Boyd Gaines, Robin Morse, David Loud, Erin Dilly, and more. To
learn more about the playwright, visit her official website: https://www.sammyhahn.com/
We look forward to seeing you at this wonderful event!
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