April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Matinees on April 6 and 13 at 3 p.m.

You Deserve the Best Seats!

Purchase your Eager Beaver tickets by MARCH 15th and get the best dam seats in the house!

$22 Eager Beaver *
$18 Students (with valid I.D.)
$25 General Admission

*M.A.D.'s Eager Beaver ticket rewards you with $3 savings per ticket plus access to our first-come, first-served Priority Seating Section located front and center of the theater. Remember, only Eager Beavers who purchase tickets on or by March 15th at $22/ticket enjoy special savings and priority seating.

Purchase tickets for THE LIFE by calling the M.A.D. Theatre box office at (813) 386-6173 or by clicking http://www.stagetix.com

Venue

The Ritz Ybor

1503 E. 7th Avenue (formerly the Masquerade), Ybor City, Tampa

Parking is conveniently located in the Centro Ybor Parking Garage, located between 15th and 16th Streets, 2 blocks south of 7th Avenue. For driving instructions, Click Here.

Synopsis

THE LIFE depicts the streets of NYC's Times Square in the 1980's, back when pimps, prostitutes, hustlers, dealers, runaways and street people ruled 42nd Street. The award-winning musical dramatically captures their collective struggle to survive. Beneath the bedlam, characters discover hope and despair, riches and ruins, freedom and entrapment, and above all, the huge price of living THE LIFE.

Cy Coleman's (Sweet Charity, Barnum, City of Angel's) score is charged with emotionally revealing songs; the music is the pulse of life itself, as experienced by the show's characters. Trapped in a location and situations most of us would avoid at all costs, the personal stories and dreams of Fleetwood, Memphis, Jojo, Sonja, Queen, Mary and Lou are realistic and gripping.

Cast

Directed by

Justyn Wade Dansby

Choreographed by

Elizabeth Robins-Edelson

Produced by

Cathy Hooten

Assistant Director

Ricky Cona

Vocal Musical Director

Michael Raabe

Musical Director

Brent Douglas

Stage Manager

Adam Bost

Assistant Stage Manager

Erin Lightning

Technical Director/Stage Manager

David Kuck

Props Manager

Simone Paulus

Costume Designer

Carlye Carroll

Makeup & Hair Designer

Charelle Baker

Original Broadway Production Produced by

Roger Berlind, Martin Richards, Cy Coleman and Sam Crothers

Starring

Coya Bailey Jones - Queen
Frank J. Edmondson - Fleetwood
Scott Hamilton - Jojo
Eileen Lymus-Sanders - Sonja
Curtis Griffin - Memphis
Jessica Barker - Mary
Billy Martinez - Lou
Deryl Richardson - Lacy/Shoeshine
Erin Hooten - April
Rebecca Goldman - Tracy
Kyndal O'Neal - Frenchie
Shari Locascio - Carmen
Whitney Walker - Taylor
Chani Ward-Cabil - Chi Chi
Carolyne Weber - Crissy
Elizabeth Robins-Edelson - Sheila
Marquita Arnold - Michelle
Gilbert Robinson, Jr. - Enrique/Oddjob/Shantella
Kelvin Stroud - Snickers

Call for Designers, Technicians, and Volunteers

We are currently looking for Designers and Technicians for our production of "The Life." Please send your resume to Justyn Wade Dansby, Artistic Director.

Current positions available

• Costume Designers
• Lighting Design/Operator
• Running Crew
• Dressers