May 30 – June 23, 2024
The Spitfire Grill
Based on the 1996 film, The Spitfire Grill is a touching and inspirational musical tale brimming with beautiful folk melodies. Percy, a spirited parolee, follows her dreams to the small town of Gilead, hoping to create a new life for herself. She takes a job working at the Spitfire Grill, which has long been up for sale with no takers. Percy convinces its owner, Hannah, to raffle it off with a letter-writing contest, and the entire town is changed as a result in this story of perseverance, grace, and friendship.
Music and Book by James Valcq
Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley
Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff
Directed by Abe Reybold
Performances held at the Broadway Rose New Stage,
12850 SW Grant Ave., Tigard, OR
Cast
Malia Tippets as Percy Talbott
Malia Tippets is local to Portland, Oregon. Studying Musical Theatre and earning her degree from Marymount Manhattan College in New York, she has gone on to tour the nation and travel the world performing Musical Theatre. Favorite credits include Elphaba in Wicked (Universal Studios Japan), Eva Peron in Evita (National Tour), Daphne in Fly By Night (Broadway Rose Theatre Company), and Veronica Sawyer in Heathers. Most recently Malia performed in the ensemble of Hair at Portland Center Stage. Musical Theatre is a passion that has taken her around the world and has created the world around her.
Sharon Maroney as Hannah Ferguson
Sharon Maroney is the producing artistic director of Broadway Rose and is thrilled to be performing with this amazing group of actors under the direction of Abe Reybold. She was last seen on stage as Louise in Always…Patsy Cline, a role she will be reprising this September. Other roles include Mona in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Carla in The Bikinis, Rhetta in Pump Boys and Dinettes, Angela in Honky Tonk Angels, and Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She has performed as Dolly in Hello, Dolly! at Broadway Rose, Lakewood Theatre, and Surflight Theatre. She also enjoyed playing Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street, and Keely in Pete ‘n’ Keely. For triangle productions, Sharon performed in Forbidden Broadway and The Queen of Bingo.
Danielle Valentine as Shelby Thorne
Danielle Valentine is so grateful to be back onstage at Broadway Rose. Previous Broadway Rose credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Loch Lomond, Up and Away, Nunsense, and Gypsy. Offstage, Danielle enjoys teaching acting classes for youth and adults at The Studio Northwest. She is a big-time lover of cooking and eating all the things, traveling, hiking, and has recently become re-obsessed with Just Dance on YouTube.
Brian Kennedy as Caleb Thorne
Brian Kennedy is excited to be performing his first show with Broadway Rose as part of this excellent team! He has been performing in the Portland area since late 2022 and has most recently performed in various shows with Stumptown Stages, including Don in Kinky Boots, Harold the Hermit in Young Frankenstein, and Reg Willoughby in The Full Monty. Other favorite roles include Maurice in Beauty and the Beast (UNCO) and Patsy in Spamalot (HART Theatre). Following this show, you can see Brian in the ensemble of Clackamas Repertory Theatre’s summer musical.
Dave Cole as Sheriff Joe Sutter
Dave Cole is excited to be back with Broadway Rose. His first appearance here was back in season one in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Bashful. Some of his favorite roles have been The Emcee in Cabaret, JD in Heathers the Musical, Johnny Blood in Desperate Measures, and Skszp (guitar/piano/music director) in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He is also a songwriter and has played in bands for most of his life. He hopes to one day start a theatre company with his beautiful and talented wife Lauren.
Lisamarie Harrison as Effy Krayneck
Lisamarie Harrison has worked on the Portland stage for 40 years, and on Broadway Rose’s stage for 32. Some favorite Broadway Rose roles include Tanya, (Mamma Mia!), Morticia (The Addams Family), Miss Flannery (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Jody (The Bikinis **DRAMMY nom, PAMTA award), Rhetta (Pump Boys & Dinettes), Sue Ellen (Honky Tonk Angels **PAMTA award), LaVerne Andrews (Sisters of Swing), and Sister Hubert (Nunsense). Roles at other theatres include Florence/Sandra (The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong), Leslie (High Dive), Mrs. Johnston (Blood Brothers), Mama Maddalena (Nine), Ms. Fleming (Heathers the Musical), Violet (9 to 5 **DRAMMY nom), Betty (The Great American Trailer Park Musical), Mazeppa (Gypsy), Kate (The Wild Party), and Rizzo (Grease).
Joe Theissen as The Visitor
Joe Theissen is thrilled to return to the Broadway Rose stage. In addition to his many roles here at Broadway Rose, Joe has worked with Lakewood Theatre Company, Pixie Dust Productions, and Oregon Children’s Theatre, among others. Joe’s Broadway Rose credits include: Nathan Detroit in Guys & Dolls, The Narrator in Fly By Night, and Gomez Addams in The Addams Family. Other recent appearances include Junie B. Jones (Gladys) at Oregon Children’s Theatre, Man of La Mancha (Pedro) at Lakewood Theatre Company, Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth), Billy Elliot (George), and La Cage aux Folles (Zaza/Albert) at Pixie Dust Productions. As a vocalist, Joe has been a soloist with the Trinity Consort and a studio vocalist with Pink Martini and Oregon Catholic Press recordings.
Show Dates
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Thursday, May 30, 7:30 p.m. – Preview performance – Limited availability
Friday, May 31, 7:30 p.m. – Opening night
Saturday, June 1, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 2, 2:00 p.m. – Limited availability
Thursday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 8, 2:00 p.m. – Post-show talkback
Saturday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 9, 2:00 p.m. – Limited availability
Thursday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 14, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 15, 2:00 p.m. – Audio Descriptions available
Saturday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 16, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 22, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 23, 2:00 p.m.
Content Advisories
The Spitfire Grill is suitable for most theatergoers over the age of 13. Featuring a beautiful story of hope and redemption The Spitfire Grill includes some adult language, mild alcohol use and themes of prison and war. Percy shares her sad backstory briefly, which includes intense adult themes of sexual assault, abuse, and murder.
THE SPITFIRE GRILL is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com