GOOD PEOPLE ANNOUNCES MUSICAL REVUE “MARRY ME A LITTLE”—A SHOWCASE OF SONDHEIM SONGS

Marry Me A Little

Two singles—separated by just one floor in an apartment building—contemplate love and life while reprising Stephen Sondheim classics

Opens June 4 and runs through June 28, 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival (Project #2234)

LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2015 — Good People Theater Company today announced its third appearance at the Hollywood Fringe Festival with MARRY ME A LITTLE, a two-hander music revue featuring Stephen Sondheim trunk songs from some of his greatest musicals including Anyone Can Whistle, Follies, Company, Forum and A Little Night Music. Craig Lucas and Norman Rene thread the Sondheim songs through a story about two singles passing a Saturday night musing about love, never knowing they live just one floor apart. Good People’s production features Jessie Withers, noted cast member from the company’s recently acclaimed musical revue CLOSER THAN EVER, Ovation nominated David Laffey, and award winning Musical Director Corey Hirsch.

For Producer/Director Janet Miller MARRY ME A LITTLE is “about loving Stephen Sondheim.” She notes it is a true Fringe show due to a One Act structure (about 70 minutes) and for patrons who know their Sondheim “it’s an ‘oh, I love that song. And that song. And that song’ kind of show. Plus, for Fringers who know Sondheim mainly from his mega hits—like Sweeney Todd—it’s a fantastic chance to hear his lesser known, but no less brilliant, rep.”

Good People’s Fringe Festival production of MARRY ME A LITTLE runs for 12 performances at the Lillian Theatre Hollywood (1076 Lillian Way at Santa Monica Boulevard). The show opens on Thursday, June 4 at 7pm and closes on Sunday, June 28 with a 2:30pm matinee. Tickets are $20 general admission and $15 for students and seniors, with additional discounts available for Fringe insiders (Citizens and Participants). Show time details and ticket sales are available online at MARRY ME A LITTLE Fringe Project Page: www.hff15.org/2234

As a part of their commitment to “good people doing good work,” Good People Theater Company also announced a special “Charity of Choice” performance on Saturday, June 27 at 1pm. 100% of the ticket proceeds from this show will be donated to The Young Storytellers Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the intersection of children’s literacy, storytelling and theater. The Young Storytellers Foundation helps more than 1000 kids each year write an original story and see it brought to life by professional actors in stage and film, inspiring children to “discover the power of their own voice.” (http://www.youngstorytellers.com)

MARRY ME A LITTLE Cast

Jessie Withers / WOMAN – originally hails from Canada where she studied theater and opera. Jessie is a recent alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and appeared in Good People’s latest production CLOSER THAN EVER. Additional credits include Young Little Edie, Grey Gardens (Broadway World Nomination Best Featured Actress Musical) opposite Broadway veteran Sara Gettelfinger, SoCal premier Jerry Springer: the Opera as Shawntel/Eve (Broadway World Nomination Best Featured Actress Musical, Susan in Nerve (Best Performance Lead Actress in a Play OC Registrar), Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables, Pam Sakarian in Baby, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, and Irene Malloy in Hello, Dolly!

David Laffey / MAN – David has appearing in productions throughout Southern California including Camelot, The Mikado (Nanki-Poo), The Secret Garden (Neville Craven) and Crazy for You (Moose). In 2011, David earned an Ovation nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his work in the Southern California premiere of Jerry Springer: The Opera. In 2013 David was part of a concert staging of West Side Story with the San Francisco Symphony. That production’s cast album won the International Classical Music Award for Recording of the Year and was nominated for a Grammy.

About Good People Theater Company
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The Good People Theater Company is 501c3 non-profit membership-driven cultural organization dedicated to presenting revivals of musicals and plays in the intimacy of 99-seat theater spaces, produced to the highest standards by actors and theater techs of many generations. Our goals as an organization are to contribute to the living history of theatrical storytelling, keep selling the value of “off line” arts experiences, provide a high quality forum for Janet Miller’s talent and do some good—for actors, patrons and our Charity of Choice partners.

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