Elden Street Players are proud to produce another Community Theatre
Premier!
Blood Brothers, the musical written by the author of Educating
Rita and Shirley Valentine, is a haunted rags to riches tragedy.
An impoverished woman with too many children to support surrenders one of
her newborn twins to her barren employer. The boys grow up streets
apart in this contemporary prince-and-pauper tale. One brother is
raised in privilege while the other remains in poverty. The pressures
of superstition, economics and class trap them both, sealing their fate --
their paths are destined to cross again in both friendship and anger with
the most tragic of consequences. As legend says "...if either twin
learns that he was one of a pair, they shall both immediately die."
Garnering 7 Tony nominations and winner of the 1983 Laurence Olivier
Award for best musical; Blood Brothers is a powerful and
moving story, with both lively and sad parts, that will capture your heart
and leave a lasting impression.
Produced by Nanette Reynolds
Directed by Gloria DuGan
Music Direction by David Rohde
Stage Managed by Leslie Peterson
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Runs July 28-August 19, 2006
About the director:
Gloria DuGan is returning to direct her fourth production at ESP.
She previously helmed All the King's Men, The Runner Stumbles,
and ART. While Blood Brothers may be her first musical
at ESP, she has produced many others over her directing career, many of them
winning multiple awards from WATCH, ACT and Ruby Griffith. The list
includes Evita (Vienna), Jesus Christ Superstar (Vienna),
Jekyl & Hyde (TAP), Kiss of the Spider Woman (TAP), and several
others with Springfield Community Theatre. Her play direction has also
received several awards for Hauptmann (Port City), M Butterfly
(Port City), The Foreigner (Vienna), King Lear (TAP),
Last Night at Ballyhoo (LTA), and Dancing at Lughnasa
(Springfield) just to name a few.
Production Dates: July 28-August 19, 2006
Auditions: May 13 & 14, 2006
Produced by special arrangement with
Samuel French, Inc.
ESP Productions are partially supported by grants from the
The Town of Herndon, The Nelson and Katherine Post Foundation, the Virginia
Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
