North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre will present a robust rendition of I Love You, You?re Perfect, Now Change, the long-running 1996 Off-Broadway musical about dating and mating with music by Jimmy Roberts and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, on Feb. 3-5, 10-12, and 17-19 in their small black-box theater in the Greystone Village Shopping Center, in north Raleigh, NC.
?The NRACT Board approached me about directing this work in 2011,? recalls guest director Rob Outterson. ?I had not worked on a previous production of it, but some of the cast members had.?
He adds, ?The tunes in this show are catchy. When you have worked with it long enough, you wake up with a different melody in your head every morning.
?What I like best about the scenes in this play is that they cover a wide swath of the relationship gamut,? Outterson says. ?Anyone who has been in a relationship will point to some scene and say, ?Yes! That?s what happened to me!??
Outterson adds, ?I Love You, You?re Perfect, Now Change is a series of unrelated vignettes. Each brings a different slice of the relationship spectrum into focus. Members of the ensemble cast play over five dozen roles, from a stud (D.J. Curtis) and a babe (Jessica Smith) to a woman who learns how to make her date?s favorite meal in a hurry (Jess Barbour) to the single gentleman who wipes out all of his married friends (James Ilsley) to the perpetual bridesmaid (Lisa Kinlaw) to the new daddy that forgets how to talk to adults (Danny Dove) to a husband who doubles as a luggage rack (Jon Todd) to the video dater (Alison LaRue).?
In addition to director Rob Outterson, the North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre creative team for I Love You, You?re Perfect, Now Change includes producer Jay Dolan, musical director Craig Johnson, technical director Todd Houseknecht, set designer and lighting designer Mia Caron, sound designer John Maruca, and stage manager Jennifer Elmo.
Director Rob Outterson says, ?The set consists of four brightly colored doors set in three walls. Action takes place on the full stage and in front of the curtain?. [The] Lighting consists of general lights for stage left and right, a fixed spot center, and color flourishes. At one point, we create a sort of shadow play on stage?.
?The costumes take us back to the 1980s,? Rob Outterson says, ?complete with leg warmers and shoulder pads. There is even an ultra-tacky bridesmaid?s dress.?
Rob Outterson claims, ?This show requires very athletic performers. They dance tangos; they rant Jerry Springer-style; they run circles around each other. With different roles in each scene, the actors are constantly changing costumes and switching their whole personas over to each new character. The end result is a very lively performance and a little bit of something for everyone.?
He adds, ?Although NRACT typically presents works for the whole family, I Love You, You?re Perfect, Now Change has subject matter that is better suited to an adult audience. At times, it will have you doubled over with laughter or welling up with tears. Whether you are currently in a relationship or not, you will thoroughly enjoy this performance!?
North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre presents I LOVE YOU, YOU?RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at 8 p.m. Feb. 3 and 4, 3 p.m. Feb. 5, 8 p.m. Feb. 10 and 11, 3 p.m. Feb. 12, 8 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18, and 3 p.m. Feb. 19 at NRACT, in the Greystone Village Shopping Center, 7713-51 Lead Mine Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27615.
TICKETS: $15 ($12 students and seniors), except $10 Sundays.
BOX OFFICE: or https://www.vendini.com/.
SHOW: http://www.nract.org/2012/01/15/i-love-you-youre-perfect-now-change/.
SEASON: http://www.nract.org/shows/.
PRESENTER/VENUE: http://www.nract.org/.
DIRECTIONS: http://www.idiots.net/improv-raleigh-village-idiots-contact.html.
OTHER LINKS:
The Musical: http://www.loveperfectchange.com/ (official website) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_You,_You?re_Perfect,_Now_Change (Wikipedia).
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