Tony Award-winning writing team, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's, first produced show, Lucky Stiff, premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. That incarnation's talented cast included Stephen Stout, Stuart Zagnit, Mary Testa and Julie White. A winner of the Richard Rodgers Award and Washington's Helen Hayes Award for Best Musical, Lucky Stiff is now performed frequently across the country.
Based on the novel, The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo by Michael Butterworth, Lucky Stiff is an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds and a corpse in a wheelchair. The story revolves around an unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed in passing his uncle off as alive, Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit $6,000,000. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn... or else his uncle's gun-toting ex!
Featuring a tuneful Flaherty and Ahrens score, an ensemble cast of zany characters and small rock combo orchestra, Lucky Stiff is an audience charmer. MTI offers plenty of theatrical resources to aid in producing the show, including a reference recording and advice from the authors on set and pacing.
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Music by Stephen Flaherty Based on The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo by Michael Butterworth
Performances were in La Sala De Puerto Rico
January 30-31 and February 5-7 at 8 PM, and February 1 at 2 PM
Production Photos are available.
Staff
- Producer: Caroline Walsh (MIT 2017)
- Assistant Producer: Cheryl Gaul (MIT 2016)
- Director: Jonathan Sue-Ho (MIT 2013)
- Vocal Director: Paul Gallagher (Graduate Student)
- Orchestra Director: Kyle Saleeby (MIT 2017)
- Choreographer: Thao Nguyen (Graduate Student)
- Technical Director: Jake Gunter (MIT 2016)
- Stage Manager: Anni Zhang (MIT 2017)
- Assistant Stage Manager: Dirk Stahlecker (MIT 2016)
- Set Designer: Jake Gunter (MIT 2016)
- Lighting Designer: Jake Gunter (MIT 2016)
- Sound Designer & Engineer: Matt Putnam (MIT 2009)
- Assistant Sound Designer & Engineer: Julie Henion (MIT 2011)
- Costume Designer: Sami Lewis (MIT 2015)
- Assistant Costume Designer: Leigh-Ana Rossitto (MIT 2018)
- Props Designer: Chamille Lescott (MIT 2016)
- Props Designer: Mackenzie Devoe (MIT 2015)
- Hair & Makeup Designer: Hermoon Worku (MIT 2017)
- Assistant Hair & Makeup Designer: Annie LaBine (MIT 2015)
- Publicity Manager: Leigh-Ana Rossitto (MIT 2018)
- Publicity Designer: Michael Greshko (Graduate Student)
- Program Designer: Michael Greshko (Graduate Student)
- Master Carpenter: Ellena Popova (MIT 2017)
- Assistant Master Carpenter: Laura Standley (MIT 2016)
- Scenic Painter: Laura Standley (MIT 2016)
- Assistant Scenic Painter: Patience Stevens (MIT 2016)
- Master Electrician: Marian Heman-Ackah (MIT 2016)
- Front of House Manager: Caroline Walsh (MIT 2017)
- Reservations Manager: Cheryl Gaul (MIT 2016)
- Box Office Manager: Lindsey Wang (MIT 2016)
Cast
- Harry Witherspoon: Michael Greshko (Graduate Student)
- Annabel Glick: Carrie Fowle (MIT 2018)
- The Body: Matt Iovino (MIT 2017)
- Rita LaPorta: Tobi Amos (MIT 2015)
- Luigi Gaudi: Geoff Hegg (MIT 2016)
- Vinnie DiRuzzio: Joshua Scherrer (MIT 2018)
- Dominique Du Monaco: Allison Hamilos (Graduate Student)
- Emcee: Matt Peairs (MIT 2009)
- Dogs: David Favela (MIT 2018)
- Dogs: Marian Heman-Ackah (MIT 2016)
- Ensemble: Melanie Abrams (MIT 2017)
- Ensemble: Marian Heman-Ackah (MIT 2016)
- Ensemble: Cole Houston (MIT 2015)
- Ensemble: Brett Jordan (Community Member)
- Ensemble: Rachel McDermott (MIT 2015)
- Ensemble: Patience Stevens (MIT 2016)
- Ensemble: Emily TenCate (MIT 2015)
- Ensemble: Christina Wettersten (MIT 2015)
Orchestra
- Conductor: Kyle Saleeby (MIT 2017)
- Piano: Eric Fegan (MIT 2017)
- Keyboard / Synthesizer: Daniel Gittler (Community Member)
- Electric Bass: Kayla Statham (MIT 2015)
- Drums: Hubert Hwang (MIT 2007)
- Percussion: Carol Novitsky (MIT 1981)
- Flute / Piccolo: Kris Kim (MIT 2017)
- Clarinet / Tenor Sax: Daniel Fischer (Community Member)
- Alto Sax: Kathleen Johnson (MIT 2017)
- Soprano Sax / Baritone Sax: Kyle Swanson (MIT 2018)
- Horn 1: Devany West (MIT 2018)
- Horn 1: Kathryn Shroyer (MIT 2009)
- Trumpet 1: Andrew Smith (Community Member)
- Trombone: Nate Melhorn (Community Member)