Philadelphia, PA — Old Academy Players proudly presents the extraordinary and exciting musical ORDINARY DAYS by American composer and lyricist Adam Gwon. Directed by Annie Hnatko and produced by Steve Hnatko, the 519th production dates are April 26, 27, May 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, & 12, 2019; Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
ORDINARY DAYS tells the captivating story of what happens when Deb, the frazzled and uptight graduate student, loses her thesis notebook in New York City. Warren, the struggling artist and professional cat sitter, finds and returns her notebook. Their actions affect Jason and Claire, a couple inching toward marriage who can’t seem to comprehend each other due to an unspeakable tragedy. With equal doses of humor and poignancy, ORDINARY DAYS celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make New York City such a unique and extraordinary home. “[ORDINARY DAYS] captures with stinging clarity that uneasy moment in youth when doubts begin to cloud hopes for a future of unlimited possibility.” — Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
Multi-award winning, thirty-nine year old Adam Gwon is a musical theater writer named one of the “50 to Watch” by The Dramatist magazine and hailed “a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater” by The New York Times. For ORDINARY DAYS, Adam Gwon won the 2008 Fred Ebb Award for excellence in musical theatre songwriting and the 2011 Kleban Award in the lyricist category.
Old Academy Players’ stellar cast includes: Dana Corvino as Claire, Gina Marie Schwoerer as Deb, Maya Chester‐Ziv as Warren, and Patrick Sutton as Jason.
Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Parking for all performances is free.
Ticket price is $25 per adult. Special for this musical: With a valid ID $15 per student.
Buy online at www.OldAcademyPlayers.org/.
Old Academy welcomes groups! Take advantage of group discount pricing ($22 per person with 15 or more people in a group). Call 215-843-1109 for more information and tickets.
Old Academy Players, where Grace Kelly and Robert Prosky made their stage debuts, is a non-profit community theater located at 3544 Indian Queen Lane in East Falls (Philadelphia), the urban village on the Schuylkill River. Constructed in 1819, the Old Academy building has been the OAP home since 1932. Old Academy Players has provided continuous community theater since 1923 and is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
Theater/Organization: OLD ACADEMY PLAYERS
Theater Address: 3544 Indian Queen Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129 (Map It)
Theater Phone: (215) 843-1109
