An epic struggle between good and evil will play out on the Kelsey Theatre stage when Off Center Stages kicks off the Halloween season with “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical” Oct. 18-27 on the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College.
“Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical” is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” considered a defining book of the Gothic horror genre. It follows the story of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a devoted man of science driven to find a chemical breakthrough that can solve some of mankind’s most challenging medical dilemmas.
Rebuffed by the powers that be, he decides to make himself the subject of his own experimental treatments, accidentally unleashing his inner demons along with the man that the world would come to know as Mr. Hyde.
With a score of pop-rock hits crafted by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, the Broadway production of “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical” premiered in 1997 and ran for nearly four years. With 1,543 performances, it became the longest running show in the history of Plymouth Theatre.
The cast features William Kamps of Burlington as Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde and Karaline Rosen of Robbinsville as Lucy Harris. Other cast members include Angel Harrison Aucker of Bristol, Pennsylvania.; J. Ryan Harmer, Gabriel John Utterson; Edward Forsthoffer, Matt Keelan, Belle Salvatore and Joseph Schachter, all of Hamilton; John Dwyer of New Hope, Pennsylvania.; T.J. Walton of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.; Leah Panuccio of Princeton; Jessica Steele of Florence; Mary Sudol of Rockaway; and Allana Harrell of Hamilton.
Members of the ensemble include Sean Gavin of Allentown; Travis Weaver of Hamilton; Megan Moyers of Stratford; Julia Beckmann of Amityville, New York; Micah “Rocky” Addison of Burlington Township; and Kit Weeden of Cookstown.
Producers are Matthew Patalona and Belle Salvatore; Madelyn Curtin is a producer and also music director. Director/choreographer is Genevieve Estanislau and stage manager is Abbey Acolia.
Dates and showtimes for “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical” are Friday, Oct. 18 and Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 19 and Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 20 and Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Kelsey Theatre on MCCC’s West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.
Tickets are $26 for adults and $24 for children and students, and may be purchased online at kelseytheatre.org or by calling the Kelsey Box Office Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. – noon, at (609) 570-3333.
William Kamps as Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde and Karaline Rosen as Lucy Harris will take the stage in “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical,” Oct. 18-27 at the Kelsey Theatre on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Campus.,
