Lincoln Community Theatre
preparing for "Once Upon a Mattress"
Tickets on sale now for August 5 through 8
productions
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[July 15, 2021]
After a successful kickoff to the 2021 summer season with “The
Grunch,” Lincoln Community Theatre is thrilled to announce the
conclusion of the season with the family favorite musical “Once Upon
a Mattress.”
“Mattress” is a musical comedy adaptation of the 1835 Hans Christian
Andersen fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea,” where a queen tests
the validity of her son’s future brides by how sensitive they are to
even the smallest pea under her mattresses. Potential bride after
potential bride fail Queen Aggravain’s tests until Princess
Winnifred the Woebegone arrives on a stormy night to charm Prince
Dauntless the Drab and pass the test.
LCT president Brandon Davis directs the production which includes
many of his former teachers and colleagues in roles on the stage
where he himself cut his own acting teeth - Lincoln Community High
School’s Auditorium.
“It’s a full circle moment to be directing on this stage,” Davis
said. “It’s where I built my confidence and so many memories were
made.”
The talented cast includes: Princess Winifred played by Kelly
Rosendahl, Prince Dauntless played by Brian Bolton, Lady Larken
played by Lauren Stanfield and Sir Harry played by Dough Drake. The
Queen will be played by Kim Peterson-Quinn and the King by Tim
Searby, both of Davis’s previous directors in vocal music and on the
LCHS stage.
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Brittney McLaughlin (right)
teaches a routine for a song in Lincoln Community Theatre’s “Once Upon a
Mattress” to Brian Bolton, Lee Funke, Nikos Poulos and Mike Koke.
The cast is completed by Timber Ziegler as Minstrel, Melissa Cremeens as Jester,
Caleb DeJarnette as Wizard, Tegan Follis as Lady Mabelle/Lady Rowena, Lee Funke
as 1st Knight/Sir Studley, Mike Koke as 2nd Knight/Sir Luce, Linda Cole as 1st
Lady-in-Waiting/Kitchen Wench, Ann Brookens as Lady Merrill, Nikos Poulos as Sir
Harold, and Kambrea McCree as Lady Lucille.
Tickets are already on sale for the August 5-8 show dates at the LCT website:
www.
lincolncommunitytheatre.org
or reserve by calling 217-671-6371.
[Jennifer Keith]
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