Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

A little dirt won't hurt you!

Area Premiere
June 10 - June 26, 2011 

Book - Jeffrey Lane
Music and Lyrics - David Yazbek
Based on the film by Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning

This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

We’re off to the Riviera with Broadway’s smash-hit musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. This is the story of two crafty con artists who try to out-con each other.  When it becomes apparent that the Riviera isn’t big enough for the both of them, they make a winner-takes-all wager over the fortunes of a naïve American soap heiress: the first to “clean her out” can make the other clear out and keep the Riviera and its unsuspecting tourists to himself!  This hysterical musical comedy will have you laughing out of your seats!

Director - Lori Maxwell
Musical Director - Matthew Bear
Choreographer - Nickie Kromminga

Light Designer - Craig Gottschalk
Scenic Designer - Darren Hensel
Costume Designer - Andrea Gross
Sound Designer - Lucas Melchior
Prop Designer - Valerie Larche
Rehearsal Accompanist - Alex Heetland
Stage Manager - Sarah Bauer
Assistant Stage Managers - Jessica Kelley and Joyce Norman
Dance Captain - Bart Ruf

Cast
Freddy Benson - Joseph Bombard
Christine Colgate - Stacey Lindell
Lawrence Jameson - Steven Meerdink 
Andre Thibault - Ryan Grimes
Muriel Eubanks - Kim Kivens
Jolene Oaks / Ensemble - Alex Kotlarek
Ensemble - Nikki Anthony
Ensemble - Rebecca Gebhart
Ensemble - Ryan Halliday
Ensemble - Daniel Hazel
Ensemble - Andrew Newman
Ensemble - Tamara Philbrick
Ensemble - Kecia Rehkamp
Ensemble - Bart Ruf
Ensemble - Christian Unser

Musicians
Ryan Engelhardt (Trombone)
Kellie Gabrick (Bass)
Alex Heetland (Keyboard)
Tim Hoffman (Trumpet)
Matt Krueger (Reeds)
Kristen Sammartano Weeks (Violin)
Paul David Stanko (Percussion)

“If you've been looking for a new musical with an old-fashioned golden era mix of a frothy, not-to-be-taken seriously book, a tuneful score with clever (and often delectably lowbrow) lyrics that rhyme delightfully, look no further.” – Curtain Up