SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE
By Rupert Holmes
Directed by John Tillinger
WHEN: January 30 – February 16*
WHERE: The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown
TICKETS: $45 for the General Public, $40 for Senior Citizens, Morris Museum members and Bickford Theatre Guild members, and $20 for Students (18 or under with valid college ID).
Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For tickets or more information, please contact the Bickford Theatre Box Office at 973.971.3706 or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
Join us for a tender, funny, life-affirming love story...a personal guided tour in the company of George Burns, a man who laughingly lived and loved each day for all it had to offer until he finally went “gently into that good night” to be with his beloved Gracie Allen. Broadway and television star Joel Rooks brings the legendary George Burns to life in this multi-media winner of the 2004 National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Play. (Above: Joel Rooks as George Burns. )
*Thursday, January 30 and February 6 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, February 13 at 2:00 PM
Friday, January 31, February 7 and February 14 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 1, 8 and 15 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 2, 9 and 16 at 2:00 PM
The Bickford Theatre is a professional theater that produces and presents year-round entertainment, including a Main Stage Series, two Children’s Theatre series, a Jazz Showcase and many other special concerts and performances. Artistic Director Eric Hafen celebrates his thirteenth anniversary this season.
Joel Rooks (George Burns), New York, NY
Broadway: Say Goodnight Gracie, The Royal Family, Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune, Taller Than a Dwarf; National Tour: The Sisters Rosenweig; NJ Regional: Freud’s Last Session (Cape May Stage); National Regional: Once in a Lifetime, The Last Night at Ballyhoo, A Doll’s House, A Thousand Clowns, A Streetcar Named Desire; TV: Shake It Up!, The Mentalist, Days of Our Lives, Trauma; Film: My Sister Sam, Indecent Proposal, and Door to Door.
- Set and Prop Designer: Ric McAllister, Union City, NJ
- Lighting Designer: Roman Klima, Howell, NJ
- Sound Design: John Lacy, New York, NY
- Incidental Original Music: Rupert Holmes, New York, NY
- Multimedia Design: Howard Werner, New York, NY and Peter Nigrini, New York, NY
- Production Stage Manager: Yumi Matsuura, Morristown, NJ
The theatre is a Senior Member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, a not-for-profit organization of 30 professional theatres throughout the state, and works in conjunction with Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). From its beginnings in 1994 to the present, tens of thousands of theater-goers from across the tri-state area have enjoyed the Bickford Theatre’s many entertaining and diversified offerings in theatre, music and dance.
The Bickford Theatre is conveniently located within the Morris Museum and offers free parking and full accessibility. Box Office hours for phone sales are Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Walk-up hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
