"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1)," Final Tech/Dress Rehearsals, Priscilla Beach Theatre (PBT), Priscilla Beach, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Priscilla Beach Theatre (PBT) Owners and Guardians, Bob and Sandy Malone, recently opened their production of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," for a fourteen performance run on the Barn Stage. And what a wonderful production it is! The Director is Ron Fassler, a PBT veteran director having presented the following previous works here on the Barn Stage in recent years:

"Fiddler on the Roof" in 2015, 
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" in 2016, 
"The Producers" in 2017,  
"Guys and Dolls" in 2018, and now
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" in 2019.



The Barn Stage, a 240-seat venue, is in its 82nd season and is cited as the oldest summer stock barn theatre still operating in America. The original barn was built in 1875. The current owners, Bob and Sandy Malone, completed a modernization and renovation effort in 2014-15 and also installed new seats and new state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems at that time.

This feature, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," is the fourth of six productions in this year's performance season.  "This musical is based on the 1988 MGM movie by the same name. Two con men, a beautiful woman and the French Riviera collide in this hilarious, comedy with a great plot twist!" (Source: PBT)

This is Part 1 of  two blog posts. The following images were captured during the next to last technical/dress rehearsal before opening night.

Part 2 at this link covers the final rehearsal.

Produced by: Bob and Sandy Malone
Production Manager: Joshua Patino
Director: Ron Fassler
Music Director: Christopher Ricci
Choreographer: Courtney Brady
Stage Manager: Mary Brennan
Assistant Stage Manager: Lauren Masterpolo
Lighting Designer: Abigail Wang
Sound Engineer: Clear Line Audio
Wardrobe Supervisor: Tess Beckwith
Dance Captain: Carly Caviglia
Assistant Dance Captain: Jack Lynch
Additional Vocal Direction and Musical Director Emeritus: Elliot Rosenstein

The following moments were captured live during a dress rehearsal and are in order of occurrence in the show. Cast members hail from many parts of the country and bring their extraordinary talents to this venerable theatre, some as first-timers, and some have performed here before.

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The Barn Doors Orchestra under the direction of Chris Ricci (at right) provides live musical accompaniment.

The next post will present images from the final rehearsal.  Check back soon.



A posed portrait of the cast (standing) and stage manager, director, and choreographer (kneeling).

The full season looks like this:

2019 PBT Barn Stage Productions - Adult Cast Series

"Life Could Be A Dream" in May,
"Heathers the Musical" in June,
"Hairspray" in July,
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" in August,
"[Title of Show]" in September,
"Young Frankenstein" in October.

2019 PBT Barn Stage Productions - Children's Workshop Series

"Seussical, Jr" in May,

"Godspell, Jr" in July,
"Junie B. Jones, Jr" in July,
"Little Red Robin Hood" in August,
"Frozen, Jr" in August
"Peter Pan, Jr" in October.

2020 PBT Barn Stage Productions - Adult Cast Series

"Sisters of Swing" in May,
"She Loves Me" in June,
"Mamma Mia" in July,
"Spamalot" in August,
"25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in September,
"The Addams Family" in October.

Images from previous PBT seasons are at this link.



Contact PBT online at this link or by phone at 508-224-4888 for tickets or more info.

We are so fortunate to have such an extraordinary performing arts venue right here in our local community. Your support and attendance is important to keep this resource thriving.

(This post was originally published on 8/4/19).