22January 28 – February 12, 2017
Firehouse Arts Center
4444 Railroad Avenue
Pleasanton, CA
The S. S. American is sailing between New York and England with a comically colorful assemblage of passengers: Reno Sweeney, a popular nightclub singer and former evangelist, her pal Billy Crocker, a lovelorn Wall Street broker who has come aboard to try to win the favor of his beloved Hope Harcourt (who is engaged to another passenger, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh), and a second-rate conman named Moonface Martin, aka “Public Enemy #13.” Song, dance, and farcical antics ensue as Reno and Moonface try to help Billy win the love of his life.
Terrific Cole Porter songs include: It’s De-Lovely, Friendship, I Get A Kick Out Of You, All Through The Night, Anything Goes, You’re The Top and Blow, Gabriel, Blow.
It’s a wonder that all the romances are sorted out and disaster is averted aboard the magical ship where Anything Goes!
Creative Team
Director | David Judson |
Choreographer | Suzanne Brandt |
Musical Director | Brett Strader |
Cast
- Carolyn Bacon (Ensemble, Principal Swing)
- Matt Busbee (Sailor, Ensemble)
- Ray D’Ambrosio (Moonface Martin)
- Janice Engelgau (Chastity)
- Michael Patrick Gaffney* (Elisha Whitney)
- Jenna Harris (Purity)
- Ali Lane (Evangeline Harcourt)
- Amy Franklin Leonards* (Hope Harcourt)
- Libby Lloyd (Virtue)
- Scott Maraj (Captain)
- Patrick Maravilla (John)
- Melissa Momboisse (Erma)
- Andrew Mondello (Purser)
- Caroline Noel (Charity)
- Julia Portillo (Ensemble, Dance Swing)
- Dustin Riggs (Henry T. Dobson, Sailor)
- Rob Schoemehl (Sailor, Ensemble)
- Joy Sherratt* (Reno Sweeney)
- Jordan Smith (Fred, Sailor)
- Chris Vettel* (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh)
- Tim Wagner (Billy Crocker)
Not Pictured: Michael Yi (Luke)
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Press
‘Anything Goes’ soars on classic Cole Porter songs
‘Anything Goes’ Takes the Audience on a Madcap Journey at the Firehouse Arts Center
Pacific Coast Rep has a Full Throttle Celebration of the Genius of Cole Porter
Performance Photos (click to enlarge)
- “I Get a Kick Out of You”
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- “You’re the Top”
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- “There’ll Always Be a Lady Fair”
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- “Friendship”
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- “It’s De-Lovely”
- “Anything Goes”
- “Blow Gabriel Blow”
- “Blow Gabriel Blow”
- “Anything Goes”
- “The Gypsy in Me”
- “The Gypsy in Me”
- “Be Like the Bluebird”
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- “Buddy Beware”
- “Buddy Beware”
- PCRT presents ‘Anything Goes’
- “Finale”
- “Blow Gabriel Blow”