” As the Theatre Arts Department’s offering to the Moorpark College Summer Arts Festival, “Scapino!” will offer slapstick comedy that is appropriate for the entire family. This production will run from Thursday thru Sunday July 19th to August 5th at the Performing Arts Center on the Moorpark College campus. Thursday thru Saturday performances will be @ 8:000pm and Sunday matinees will be @ 2:00pm.
Hang on to your seats and don’t forget to duck for flying pasta. This comic masterpiece begins with a song made up from the Italian menu as two friends whose fathers’ threaten their natural love by arranging their marriages turn to Scapino, a wily servant, to fix the dire situation. Chases, wordplay, mistaken identities and, of course, a happy ending make this play a rip-roaring good time. “This is a play that I fell in love with when I was in College,” said director John Loprieno, Moorpark College Theatre Arts instructor. “The cast at Moorpark College is amazing. Between the pratfalls and the improvised comedic bits, I think our biggest problem will be getting the cast to keep a straight face.”
The cast of “Scapinio!” includes Moorpark resident Ryan Winred as the crafty servant Scapino, Sarah Guyadeen, as Sylvia, his partner in crime, Frank Payfer and Ian Freeman as the two grumpy old men and Bonnyjean Hoffert, Jillian Bischoff, Alex Matute and James Culbertson as the pair of hopelessly star-crossed young lovers. Other cast members include: Hannah Bailey, Nick Noble, Winston Clark, Vincent Miller, David Harris, Kire’ Horton, Lindsay Macleod, Jessica Kent and Elise Loprieno.
The Moorpark College production of “Scapino!” runs July 19, 20 & 21 @ 8 pm, July 22 @ 2 pm
July 26, 27 & 28 @ 8 pm, July 29 @ 2 pm and August 2, 3 & 4 @ 8 pm, August 5 @ 2 pm. Adult tickets are $16.00, Students, Seniors and Staff are $9.00 and Children under 12 are $8.00. Tickets can be purchased online now at http://www.MoorparkCollege.edu/theater or by calling the box office at (805) 378-1485. |
