For Immediate Release

Onstage at Theatre Three: A Dog’s Life

Theatre Three’s Mainstage Season of the 2007 – 2008 season concludes with the new musical, A Dog’s Life by Sean Grennan & Leah Okimoto. Theatre Three’s forty-seventh season features plays and musicals celebrating the making of movies, plays that became famous movies, and plays that re-examine fascinating screen ideas with the techniques of live performance -- a cavalcade of entertaining mysteries, comedies, dramas, and musicals – and all in 3-D on Theatre Three’s famous theatre-in-the-round stage. A Dog’s Life begins previews on Thursday, May 22, 2008 and will close on Sunday, June 22, 2008. “I started out in a box that had ribbons on it under a smelly tree. I was a present for this little boy and he really liked me, until later that day…Then I had to go out and no one would let me so…I wet the rug. I couldn’t help it. Then they took me out to a park and tied me to a tree and…just walked away…and I watched them…”– Jack in A Dog’s Life. He is not a purebred champion and he isn’t especially clever, but the dog Joel would adopt for his girlfriend and name Jack does have a big heart and the patience to teach a human a few tricks. From the moment Joel picks out Jack at a dog shelter, Jack transforms Joel’s bachelor existence. Jack also begins to learn about the unusual trials and joys of a dog in a human’s world. Jack doesn’t forget his two friends at the shelter, Big Dog and Little Dog. All three dogs forge a friendship with their owner that proves why dogs are man’s best friends. About The Playwrights: Sean Grennan & Leah Okimoto Sean Grennan (Book & Lyrics) is very proud to have his work done at Theatre Three. A Dog’s Life is the second of (hopefully) many collaborations with the excellent Leah Okimoto. Their work together includes Married Alive, and Another Night Before Christmas and they are currently at work on 1st and Ten, a Texas high school football musical. Sean’s other work includes, Phantom of the Country Opera ('95, MTI), Ms. Cinderella, and Luck!. His musical Rodeo was a finalist at the L.A. ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Festival in 2002 and subsequently was the sole ASCAP sponsored work in the Perry-Mansfield "New Noises" festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. His non-musical play Luck! won an honorable mention from the National Writer's Association's Playwrighting Contest and was produced in NYC by the Epic Repertory Theatre Company. Other daring writing exploits include live industrials, trade shows, speeches, a cartoon pilot, videos and related corporate work. Originally a Chicago native, Sean presently lives in New York City with his wife, actress Kathy Santen and their beloved (and still very much with us) dog, Jack. Leah Okimoto (Music): A Dog’s Life (www.adogslifethemusical.net), her second show written with the multi-talented Sean Grennan, premiered at the American Heartland Theatre in Kansas City, MO in spring 2007. Their first show, Married Alive! (www.marriedalive.net), also premiered at AHT in spring 2006 and has since been produced in a wide variety of regional theatres around the country, including a currently open-ended run at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (MN). In addition, their 2-person holiday musical, Another Night Before Christmas (www.anothernightbeforechristmas.com), premiered at AHT in November 2007 and will be seen regionally this year and next. Her family musical, Just So (book and lyrics by David Hudson) was produced in 2003 by Open Door Repertory Company (IL). She and her husband live on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. About Theatre Three: Theatre Three was founded in 1961 by Norma Young, Jac Alder, Esther Ragland, and Robert Dracup with a clear mission: To PRODUCE a wide range of literature for the state, ILLUMINATE the ideas and emotions the author intends to express, SUPPORT the preservation and growth of the spoken and written word, CREATE a workplace where area theatre artists can realize their potential, PROMOTE theatre as an experience for all peoples, and SERVE the immediate and larger community with good theatre art. About Theatre Three’s production of A Dog’s Life: Bruce R. Coleman will direct this production. The cast includes Mark C. Guerra as Man, Megan Kelly Bates as Little Dog, Gregory Lush as Jack, Rhianna Mack as Woman, Marcus Mauldin as Big Dog, and Cedric Neal as Joel,. Set design by David Walsh. Lighting design by Sam Nance. Costume Design by Bruce R. Coleman & Mark C. Guerra.

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