The Fantasticks

The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. The narrator, El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart, and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo’s words that “without a hurt, the heart is hollow”.

Cast

• The Narrator (El Gallo): Michael Edan
• The Girl (Luisa): Alison Potoma
• The Boy (Matt): David Reilly
• The Boy's Father (Hucklebee): Tony D’Anna
• The Girl's Father (Bellomy): Steve James Cochran
• The Old Actor (Henry): Ted Tarson
• The Man who Dies (Mortimer): Omar Kozarsky
• The Mute: Kathy C. Gnazzo

Production Staff / Crew

• Director: Denise Beckerle
• Musical Director: Helen Lindsey
• Choreographer: Andrew Gitzy
• Scenic Designer: Rob Ward
• Lighting Designer: Rob Ward
• Costume Designer: Eileen McGrath Polinsky
• Stage Manager: Nancy Hogan-Logan
• Producer: Selma Sorkin
• Producer: Helaine Ripps