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MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL® CASTS SAN ANTONIO ACTRESSES
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| Seen by more than eight million people in nine countries, the
original off-Broadway sensation Menopause The Musical® (MTM) is coming
to San Antonio, opening at the Cameo Center on May 3.
A local cast plans to repeat the international success of the show, which began its life in Florida in 2001 as the menopause-induced spark of author Jeanie Linders. The show centers on four women, Earth Mother, Soap Star, Power Woman and Iowa Housewife, who meet at a Bloomingdale's lingerie sale. Tackling themes such as hot flashes and chocolate binges with re-lyricized pop songs, the musical inspires women to embrace menopause and recognize that this time of life is about looking forward. |
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Men also enthusiastically relate to the show. Whether it's the familiar music, the side splitting humor or the unmistakable menopausal traits they recognize, they enjoy it immensely.
The San Antonio cast includes:
Jane Haas (Earth Mother): Haas has been the music director at area theaters for more than 40 different musicals, but she'll be performing in front of the piano for the San Antonio show of MTM. She has previously been seen in CHICAGO (Mama Morton), NUNSENSE (Reverend Mother), and CABARET (Fraulein Schneider).
Carla Nickerson (Power Woman): Carla Nickerson makes her San Antonio stage debut in Menopause The Musical®. Nickerson began acting as senior majoring in visual arts at Prairie View A&M University and has recently performed at Austin's State Theatre in NICKEL & DIMED, TWILIGHT IN LOS ANGELES and Neil Bartlett's CHRISTMAS CAROL. In addition to working on an ongoing role in Austin's locally produced soap, SHADES OF LIFE, Nickerson is best known to children in her self-produced role of traditional African storyteller/singer GRIOT LADY. An award-winning actress, she spent seven years as a sworn Austin Police officer.
Melissa Gonzalez (Soap Star): A graduate of The Performing Artist Musical Theatre Conservatory, Gonzalez has been seen in many musical roles including BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (Miss Mona), BYE-BYE BIRDIE (Rose), A CHORUS LINE (Sheila). and DAMN YANKEES (Gloria). Ensemble participation has included CABARET, GUYS AND DOLLS and CHICAGO.
| Mary Bowlin-Brand (Understudy): An ATAC award-winning actress with
over twenty-five years of experience, Brand has performed in roles ranging from
Madame Arcati in BLITHE SPIRIT to Helga in the musical WOMAN OF THE YEAR. Mary
is also a produced musical theatre librettist, composer and director. In 2003
she brought her first original musical, LIFE IS HELL! to the San Antonio stage. Jacqueline Denise Carter (Understudy): Carter began her acting career in 2006 when she made her first theatrical appearance at the San Pedro Playhouse in DREAMGIRLS. Since then she appeared in the musicals DO NOT PASS ME BY and AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' both at the Josephine Theater. Katie Anne Harper (Iowa Housewife): Hailing from Vegas, Katie is moving to the Alamo City just for the musical. She recently completed a run in the Seattle company of Menopause The Musical® and will be joining the San Antonio cast as the Iowa Housewife. Previous credits include BELLS ARE RINGING (Ella), MAME (Gooch), ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (Winnefred), ASSASSINS (Sara Jane Moore), THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Magenta), NUNSENSE II (Sister Hubert), THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES and JACOB MARLEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. |
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San Antonio Friends of Menopause The Musical
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