paradise park
The Charleston Light Opera Guild will present this WV story at the Guild Theatre on February 4-6 and February 11-13, 2022.
Paradise Park The Musical is based on the cult classic film of the same name by acclaimed West Virginia filmmaker and film director Daniel Boyd. The musical has been adapted for the stage by Boyd and Mountain Stage's own Larry Groce who has written a new and extensive score.
The story contains themes familiar to citizens of West Virginia: poverty, religion, hopes and dreams and centers on people caring for other people through hard times, through natural disasters and through everyday life. The musical tells the story of an elderly woman in a West Virginia trailer-park who dreams that God will come to their community and grant them all a wish.
Theatre West Virginia premiered the musical in 2018 at Grandview State Park's Cliffside Ampitheatre and repeated it in 2019.
**Masks are required at all times in the theatre regardless of vaccination status.**
CAST
Nada - Julie Miller
Marlon - Mark Bates
Libby - Taylor Shaw
Caroline - Sara Golden
Casey - Thomas Ward
Clifford - John Inghram
Avis - Phil Washington
Man Will Work; HOA; Backups - Tim Whitener
Governor Harless - Kennie Bass
Governor's Aide; HOA; Backups - Ted Brightwell
Madame Alice C. Duverack - Cheryl Plear
Ramona - Heather Allen
Joyce - Marsha Isaacs
Evelyn; HOA - Kaylee Burdette
Harley; Backups; Fantasy Character - Beau LeMaster
Wesley - Kent McMillion
Marsha; Fantasy Character - Hannah O'Brien
Kendall; Bar Customer - Brett Harper
Shorty; Paul - Jim Damron
Earl; Bar Customer - Clint Thomas
Deputy Morton; Rawhide - Ronnie Aultz
Park Resident; Backups - Andrew Adkins
Park Resident; Fantasy Character - Andrea Cremeans
Park Resident; Fantasy Character - Hope Griffith
Another Woman; Park Resident - Pamela Legg
Park Resident; Bar Customer; Fantasy Character - Brittany Westfall
Frankie - Kate Erlewine
Belle - Lucia Lipton
Skipper - Garrett Hughes
Man Will Work Son - Brodie Myers
DIRECTION
Director/Choreographer
Nina Denton Pasinetti
Musical Director
David Patrick
Technical Director
Tom Pasinetti