Lucky Stiff
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Music by Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Donna Scheer. Musical Director Stephen Kitsakos

Special Guest Appearances By:

• Steven Poskanzer, President, SUNY New Paltz, 7/8 8pm
• David Lavallee, Provost, SUNY New Paltz, 7/9 8pm
• Doug Short, "WRNN Emmy-award winning personality," 7/10 2pm
• Robert Gaus, Simpson Gaus Funeral Home, 7/11 8pm
• Raymond Bryant, Chief of University Police, SUNY New Paltz, 7/15 8pm
• Lew Kirschner, Ulster County Treasurer, 7/16 8pm
• David Santner, The Bakery 7/17 2pm
• Brian Hollander, Woodstock Times, 7/17 8pm
• Phil Subey, Hudson Valley Impressions and Board of Directors, New Paltz Chamber of Commerce, 7/18 2pm
• Joey LoBianco, Hyde Park Brewing Company, 7/18 8pm
• Harrison Harvey, Past President, SUNY New Paltz Student Association, 7/24 8pm
• Frank Trezza, Chair, Dept. of Theatre Arts, SUNY New Paltz, 7/25 2pm

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the authors of Once on this Island, My Favorite Year, Ragtime the Musical, Seussical, A Man Of No Importance and the animated film Anastasia exploded on this musical theatre scene with this zany, offbeat, and very funny murder mystery farce. Winner of the 1993 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway musical

An unassuming English shoe salesman is forced to take the corpse of his recently murdered Atlantic City croupier uncle on a weeklong vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed, Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit $6,000,000. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. The proceedings are sheer lunacy as Harry comes up against his uncle's insanely jealous and legally blind mistress, her much put-upon optometrist brother and Annabel Glick, a zealous representative from the Universal Dog Home determined to see Harry's inheritance "go to the dogs."

Exuberant, energetic, and impeccably crafted, Lucky Stiff is above all fun, with a sly, contemporary sensibility.

Ahrens and Flaherty "embrace old-style musical comedy silliness without apologies." - NY Times.

"Melodic and refreshing" - New Yorker.