RIVER CITY REPERTORY OPENS 2011-12 SEASON WITH TONY AWARD WINNER

Tony Award winner DONNA McKECHNIE  will star in River City Repertory Theatre’s 2011-12 season opener, Frank D. Gilroy’s THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES. River City Rep is North Louisiana’s only professional theatre company.

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play focuses on a young veteran, just returned from WWII, and his strained relationship with his parents. LOGAN SLEDGE and RICHARD FOLMER round out the three-character cast.

The actress won a Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical for the original production of Michael Bennett’s A CHORUS LINE. She portrayed Cassie, a dancer seeking a comeback, and was featured in the show’s most famous number “The Music and the Mirror.”In addition to the Tony Award, McKechnie also won the Drama Desk Award and a Theatre World Special Award for the musical. In 1996, she was given the Fred Astaire Award for Best Female Dancer for her performance in the Broadway production of STATE FAIR. McKechnie recently starred in TEN CENTS A DANCE at the Williamstown Theatre Festival which is being prepared for a Broadway opening in Spring of 2012.

The play is directed by PATRIC McWILLIAMS with Light Design by DAVID GIPSON, Set and Costume Design by McWilliams, Original Music/Sound Design by KERMIT POLING and Production Stage Manager VANNA RICHARDSON.

THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES

Riverview Theatre

601 Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport

December 9-10 @ 7:30 p.m.

December 11     @ 3:00 p.m.

All seats $35.00

Student/Military discount 30 minutes prior to each curtain. All seats $10.00 with valid I.D.

For reservations and information 318-868-5888

For additional information www.rivercityrep.org