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You don’t need to have seen Part 1 to enjoy the continuation of the journey. Come be enchanted by the music, the movement, and the cunning of Odysseus as he confronts gods, monsters, Sirens, and suitors. Performances are Saturdays at 1pm & 3pm, Sundays at 1pm, February 17 through March 4 at the Kitchen Theatre.
Odysseus is played by David Moreland, well-known locally as Moreland the Magician, who, with Chester the Rabbit, has entertained thousands of children at birthday parties, school assemblies, and library shows. Before his move to Ithaca in 2002, Moreland lived in Los Angeles, where his comic gifts kept him steadily employed as a film and TV actor. He appeared on “Friends,” “Seinfeld,” “Legally Blonde,” and, for three seasons, he guest-starred as Ted Danson's next-door-neighbor on “Becker.” The ensemble cast also includes dynamic siblings Nathan, Kevin and Erin Hilgartner (with oldest brother Nathan Hilgartner also assisting Rachel Lampert with the text), Family Fare favorite Brett Bossard (Rebecca Returns, I Have a Song to Sing O!, Winter Tales), and Robert De Luca, last seen on the Kitchen Theatre stage as the mobster Carmine Bruno in Tony & the Soprano. New to the Kitchen are recent college graduates Jessica Carr (Athena) and Ashley Huyge (Penelope), Wells College sophomore Lindsey Cahoon (Circe) and Ithaca College freshman Ryan DeNardo (Achilles).
Composer Kevin Rockower has written another magical score with melodies that evoke ancient Greece. His previous work includes songs for the Kitchen Theatre production of Fools! Schmools! An Ithaca College musical theater graduate, Kevin lives in New York City where he works as an actor and composer. Kevin played Frank in the world premiere of Adam Bock’s The Drunken City at the Kitchen Theatre.
Playwright/lyricist Rachel Lampert, also the KTC’s Artistic Director, has authored many original Family Fare productions (Rebecca Returns, The Mozart Mystery, I Have a Song to Sing O!, Winter Tales, A December Suite, The Sisters Fitzenstarts Fall Recital, The Emmett & Hambone Stories and Fools! Schmools!) and adaptations (A Christmas Carol, Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore and The Mikado).
Ofer Ravid makes his Kitchen Theatre directorial debut with this show. Ofer has taught acting and directed plays around the world in English, Hebrew and Spanish, and has recently joined the Kitchen Theatre staff as Assistant to the Artistic Director. At the Kitchen he has been seen in Waltz and Lampert Variations and appeared with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra last September in “Rounds” with choreography by Rachel Lampert.
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