The North Riverside Recreation Community Theater

Presents  

 MAME
 Directed by John Strelecky
Limited Engagement Opens March 26, 2004 

…John Strelecky bids a fond farewell …

North Riverside, IL – Join North Riverside Recreation Community Theater founder and veteran director John Strelecky as he presents his final NRRCT production, MAME. Strelecky, who founded NRRCT in 1989 and has directed over 15 plays, along with his wife, Kathy, have worked tirelessly to keep the theater group growing and prospering throughout the years. The Streleckys plan to retire to Florida in the coming months to be closer to two of their three children.

MAME is the story of one of America's favorite eccentric aunts who unexpectedly finds herself the guardian of her 10-year-old nephew.  The story is based on the biography of Patrick Dennis, which first became a play and then a movie before it was adapted into the 1966 Tony Award-winning musical written by Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee and Jerry Herman.  MAME first appeared on Broadway May 24, 1966, and ran for an amazing 1508 performances.

With such colorful characters as the flamboyant Aunt Mame, the wise-cracking Agnes Gooch and the booze-soaked Vera Charles, Mame is as uproariously funny and packed with energy as it was when it first appeared on Broadway 35 years ago.  As for the songs, you probably know them by heart. Aside from the classic title number, “Mame,” the score includes such upbeat classics as "We Need a Little Christmas,"  "Bosom Buddies," and "Open a New Window.”

MAME opens on Friday, March 26th and continues through Saturday, April 3rd at the North Riverside Village Commons located at 2401 S. Des Plaines Avenue, North Riverside, Illinois. Evening performances will be Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Thursday, April 1^st at 7:30pm. There will be two performances on Sunday, March 28^th – at 2:00pm and at 6:30pm. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students with ID, and $6 for children under 12.  For tickets, call Terri at 708-447-1297.

The North Riverside Recreation Community Theater (www.nrrct.com) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1989 with the goal of expanding appreciation of the arts by presenting quality theater at affordable prices.  Since its inception, the group has produced 23 shows, ranging from time-honored classics such as Hello, Dolly! and The Music Man, to modern shows such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Little Shop of Horrors, to six original scripts written by NRRCT members.