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LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE” REVIVAL Last summer the Chelan Valley Players presented the hilarious musical revue, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” to sold out houses at Campbell’s Resort in Chelan. The audiences just could not get enough of this delightful, adult themed show so by popular demand, CVP will be offering it to four communities this June and July. “I am so excited to have the complete perfect cast return to their roles; all six actors will be reliving the 20 vignettes,” says director Judy Johnston. They are from all over central Washington: CherylAnn Ellingson (Chelan), Jack Reynolds (Manson), Rhonnie Craven (E. Wenatchee), Joel Yelland (Omak), Robin Andal (Moses Lake) and Doug Leese (Omak). The effervescent team of Kathryn Castrodale on keyboard and Kerry Travers on violin return to accompany the cast. Staff remains the same as well with the addition of a road manager. The show will travel to Omak’s Rockwall Cellars on June 24th and 25th, to Wenatchee’s Riverside Playhouse on July 1st and 2nd, to Chelan’s Campbell’s Resort on July 3rd and 4th, and to Twisp’s Merc Playhouse on July 21st and 22nd. All shows will be at 7:30 p.m. except for on July 4th when the curtain will open at 6:30 p.m. You may wish to arrive early to buy a glass of wine and socialize. All venues will have liquor available. Due to adult themes, the show is not recommended for children. To keep it simple, tickets will only be available by calling the CVP ticket outlet, 509-881-1112. There may be some tickets available at the door for the larger venues but sell outs last summer left some people disappointed so Producer Sheryl Smith recommends reserving your tickets ahead of time. Tickets are on sale from May 1st through July 22nd. In 1995, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” premiered at New Jersey’s American Stage Company, where, in the middle of one early performance, a woman in the audience couldn’t help but blurt out “This is my life!” From that moment on, the creators knew they were on to something. On August 1st, 1996, the show opened off-Broadway at the Westside Theater where it had an extremely long run, closing in 2008 This show is a musical revue containing 20 vignettes about the trials and tribulations of male/female relationships, from the first “cute meet” through love, marriage and the baby carriage, to the poignancy of old age remembrances. Act I takes a joyfully satiric look at being single in today’s world and Act II turns its attention to the woes and highs of married life. The tone is comic, the music is frisky and the pace is peppy – a laughter filled romp through such familiar territory. |