Opening Night: The Matchmaker

Prepare to be dazzled by Thornton Wilder’s sparkling farce about love and class. Every soul in this story is looking for someone to love, but their collective cupid-compass is pointing in all the wrong directions. At the heart of this story—which was the inspiration for the beloved musical Hello, Dolly!—is the resourceful Dolly Levi, a professional meddler with a knack for arranging other people’s lives (and she may just uncover a few surprises for herself while she’s at it). As she plots one love connection, another takes flight when a pair of small-town dreamers flee to NYC to manifest their own destinies.

When Dolly is called upon to find a wife for infamous curmudgeon Horace Vandergelder, hilarity ensues. Fueled by chaos and mistaken identity, The Matchmaker celebrates the delightful messiness of human connection and the notion that everyone deserves a little adventure. Directed and choreographed by Brian Cowing, the play is a vibrant dance of showstopping scenes and technicolor characters that invites audiences to see the wonder in the world and choose delight.

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