Lend Me a Tenor
May 18 through June 10, 2012
(Performances Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons)
The time is September, 1934. The place is the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. World famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Through a hilarious series of mishaps and a double dose of tranquilizers, he passes out and is no where to be found. Is Il Stupendo dead? Who will go in his place? Considered by some to be one of the greatest farces ever written, this one will have you rolling in the aisles.
by Ken LudwigMeet the Cast of Lend Me a Tenor
Charlie Bradshaw - The Bellhop
Charlie was last seen as Harry McAfee in Stage Door's production of Bye, Bye Birdie. Other selected musical theatre credits include Company (Harry), Hot n' Cole (Bill), and Clue - The Musical (Professor Plum) at Stage Door Players; Peter Pan (Smee) and Red, Hot, and Cole (Monty Wooley) at Atlanta Lyric Theatre; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown) and Godspell (John the Baptist / Judas) at Button Theatre; Dracula - The Musical? (Dr. Sam Seward) at Theatre Decatur; Ragtime (Younger Brother) at Onstage Atlanta.
His opera credits include A Streetcar Named Desire (Mitch) and Susannah (Sam Polk) with Capitol City Opera. Play credits include The Woman in Black (The Actor) at Rosewater Theatre and The Three Musketeers (Aramis) at Turning Point Theater. In addition, Charlie was awarded 1st prize at Georgia State N.A.T.S. in 1996, 1997, and 1998 and 1st prize at Southeastern Regional N.A.T.S. in 2005. Charlie wishes to thank his family, friends, and voice coach for their continued support.
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Meet the Cast of Lend Me a Tenor
Karen Whitaker
Karen Whitaker is thrilled to be back at Stage Door with such a wonderful and hilarious cast and another Ken Ludwig farce (her last Ludwig stint was as Charlotte Hay in SDP's Moon Over Buffalo). Her last several roles include Grace in SDP's Bus Stop (for which she won a Woodie Award), Mrs. Darbus in High School Musical, Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Doris in Same Time, Next Year, and Mame in Mame. Karen was also honored to play the infamous actress, Tallulah Bankhead, at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC.
Over her 26 years in Atlanta theatre, some of her other favorite credits include Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Trisha), Parallel Lives - The Kathy and Mo Show (a two-woman show in which she played 17 different characters), Second Samuel (Omaha Nebraska Madison and Jimmy Deanne), Della's Diner - Blue Plate Special (Della), Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Miss Mona), I Do! I Do! (Agnes), A Little Night Music (Desiree), Singin' in the Rain (Lina Lamont and, much later, Dora Bailey), and Mating Habits of the Urban Mammal (Martha). By day, you can find her leading process improvement at Georgia Transmission Corporation.
