Numerica Performing Arts Center & Jaime Donegan Productions present
Hot August Nights: ROCK OF AGES
Arrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp
Book by Chris D’Arienzo
Directed by Jaime Donegan
August 1-3, 7-10, & 14-17 at 7:30pm
Matinee: August 10 at 1:30pm
Sponsored by:
Numerica Credit Union
North 40 Productions
Endsley & Company
Tumbleweed Shop & Studio
Smithson Insurance Services
Dave & Sheryl Sutherland
Kate Evans & Peter Smytheman
Lisa Turner
Mary Thompson
Tonya Faulkner
Media Sponsor: The Quake
SUMMARY
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ’n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer
