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WHEN: February 9-11, 16-18 at 7:30 PM
Preview: February 9 at 7:30 PM Opening Night: February 10 at 7:30 PM Matinee: February 18 at 2:00 PM WHERE: Midvale Performing Arts Center 695 West Center Street (7720 South) TICKETS: $15 Online or At the Door $13 Seniors/Students (w/ID) $12 Matinee RUNNING TIME: Approximately two hours with a 10-minute intermission.
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Educating RitaBuy Tickets Rita is trapped in a world of dead-ends. Frank is trapped in a bottle. When she becomes his student, it's hard to say who learns more ... Willy Russell's 1980 classic won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and went on to even more success in an Oscar-nomimated film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. "It's difficult to do Educating Rita badly. ... line after line of wit, insight and more layers than your aunty's wedding cake. The boy Russell can certainly write. Oscar-winningly good on celluloid, it's better on the stage ... " - Chris Ozóg - Festonline
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Michael Flynn (Frank) – Michael started acting while attending George C. Marshall High School just outside Washington D.C. A Theater Arts graduate of Brigham Young University, Michael has performed on stages all over the country. His favorite musical roles include John Adams in 1776, Harold Hill in The Music Man, Arthur in Camelot, and Michael in I Do! I Do! Other roles include Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Andy in The Star-Spangled Girl, Arnold in A Thousand Clowns and many more. He has appeared in well over 100 television shows and films. He is very pleased to be working at Pinnacle. Many thanks to his lovely wife Barbi for her unending support.
Melanie Nelson (Rita) – Melanie received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Utah University. While in Cedar City, she performed at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University. Melanie is the Managing Director of Pinnacle Acting Company. Her roles with PAC include Catherine in Proof, Chris in Dancing at Lughnasa, Ms. Cheveley in An Ideal Husband, Becca in Rabbit Hole, Elvira in Blithe Spirit, and Hanna in Arcadia. Other credits include Portia in The Merchant of Venice (Greer Garson Theater), Annelle in Steel Magnolias (Provo Theatre Company), and Ophelia in Hamlet (Fort Worth Shakespeare in the Park). Melanie has also been seen in various TV and film roles.