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Neil Simon's autobiographic comedy opens
the FAC Theatre Company's 2008-2009 Season

The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company will open its 2008-2009 season with the military comedy Biloxi Blues, the second of three autobiographical plays by Neil Simon.

The lead character, Eugene Morris Jerome, is an Army recruit during the Second World War, going through basic training and learning about life at boot camp in Biloxi, Miss. The New York Times calls this Tony Award-winning comedy “joyous and unexpectedly rewarding.”

Biloxi Blues picks up Eugene where he left off in Brighton Beach Memoirs. As a young man, he’s headed for basic training in Biloxi, where he meets new people and continues to write in his book of memoirs.

Marco Robinson, a 17-year-old senior at Pine Creek High School who played Eugene in last year’s critically acclaimed production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, will reprise the role for Biloxi Blues. Last season The Gazette called Robinson a “phenomenon;” adding, “Robinson plays it as though he's been Eugene his entire life, irritatingly smart and smart-alecky yet overflowing with pubescent anxiety.”

Eugene and five assorted enlisted men suffer under a hard-nosed Drill Instructor, Sgt. Toomey, who will be portrayed by Mark Rubald, a Denver-based actor whose credits include work at the Central City Opera, Arvada Center, and the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theatre Company. Audience favorite, Brantley Scott Haines, plays Wykowski. Haines is best known for his work in the FAC productions of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast as the Beast and Into the Woods as Cinderella’s Prince.

Dylan McClintock (Carney), Brian Frank (Selridge), Jeffrey S. Miller (Epstein), Dustin Kerls (Hennesey), Carmen Vreeman (Daisy), and Lynn Jacobs (Rowena) round out the cast.

Biloxi Blues is directed by Alan Osburn, the Producing Artistic Director of the FAC Theatre Company. Osburn has worked as a producer, director, teacher, and actor for over 30 years. His acting credits include being seen both on Broadway and in the National Touring Companies of Les Misérables as Inspector Javert.

At the FAC, he directed Anything Goes, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods, nominated for the Best Musical Ovation Award by the Denver Post.

“If you had anything to do with WWII whether it was being in the service, being married to someone who was in the service, or just plain enduring the hardship and struggle of living through it, you will want to see this show,” said Osburn. “A great cast, a fantastic set, and everything and more that you would expect from one of Neil Simon’s best plays.”

The creative team includes Scenic Designer Christopher L. Sheley, who earned the 2006 Denver Post Ovation Award for “Best Set Design” for Pirates of Penzance; Sarah S. Shaver (Costume Design), Holly A. Rawls (Lighting Design), Steve Stevens (Sound Design), and Cory Moosman (Properties Master).

The FAC is offering a 15 percent discount on single tickets for military personnel and their spouses throughout the run of this PG-13 production.

Call the Box Office at 719.634.5583 for 15% military discount.

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