Blithe Spirit

"A drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty…”
- New York Times

 


 

Audio Described Performance September 23

Directed By Bain Boehlke

Starring Wendy Lehr, Joshua James Campbell, Alayne Hopkins, and Michael Booth.

 

In a rundown apartment in a St. Louis ghetto, erstwhile Southern belle Amanda Wingfield, her painfully shy daughter, Laura, and her aspiring poet son, Tom, form a triangle of quiet desperation.  Amanda, an overbearing single mother, lives on memories of her flower-scented youth, while her children bear the weight of her unrealistic dreams for their future.  But when a gentleman caller offers false hope to the family, their precarious world shatters with haunting results.

Tuesday - Thursday & Sunday 7:30pm
Friday & Saturday 8:00pm
Sunday Matinee 2:00pm

WENDY LEHR (Amanda) is a beloved figure on the Jungle stage, who last appeared as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, and alongside Bain Boehlke in The Gin Game. Wendy has acted on many stages locally—The Jungle Theater (A Delicate Balance, Bone Dry, House of Blue Leaves), The Guthrie Theater (A Christmas Carol), Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Lulu, Lettice and Lovage), Park Square Theatre (Mary Stuart, Noises Off!), The Great American History Theater and Chanhassen Dinner Theaters. 

 

JOSHUA JAMES CAMPBELL (Tom) – In Minnesota, Josh was recently in Grey Gardens at the Ordway playing Joe Kennedy Jr/Jerry and The Full Monty with Theater Latte Da playing Jerry.  Some favorite credits include: 1st National Tour of Legally Blonde-the Musical. Sky in Mamma Mia; Las Vegas. Danny in Baby; Pennsylvania Center Stage. Bobby in Urinetown; Gallery Players (NYC).  Hans Weimer in The Good War; Northlight Theater. Wally in Dr. Sex; Bailiwick Rep Theater. Jack in Into The Woods; Peninsula Players.  Kenneth Hunt in Such Good Friends; NYMF.  Television: The Playbook; Spike TV, Guiding Light, One Life to Live.  Josh is a graduate of Loyola University-Chicago. 

 

ALAYNE HOPKINS (Laura)made her Jungle debut last season in Mary’s Wedding.  Other production credits include an acclaimed performance as Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth for Girl Friday, and several shows with Park Square Theatre: Agnes in Agnes of God, Princess Leonide in The Triumph of Love, Poppy in Noises Off!, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, Poopay in Communicating Doors, and Lala Levy in The Last Night of Ballyhoo.  She has also performed with Ten Thousand Things in Red Noses, Sandbox Theater in Koogoomanooki, Frank Theater in The Adventures of Herculina, and many others.

 

MICHAEL BOOTH (Jim)last appeared at the Jungle in Blithe Spirit as Charles Condomine and in SHIPWRECKED! as Louis de Rougemont.  He has also appeared in numerous roles at the Guthrie, Park Square, St. Louis Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Berkshire Playhouse, MN Shakespeare Project, and MN Fringe Festival, and in the films Wooly Boys, This Car Up, and A Simple Plan.