New City Players is proud to announce their upcoming production of Stephen Brown’s Little Montgomery. After adapting this play into a podcast at the height of the pandemic, the company now seeks to bring this story fully to life as the final play in their seventh season of programming.

Previously performed under the title Country Girls, the show is now named for the character Rick Montgomery, a pill-popping country singer whose kidnapping drives the plot. However, the unlikely perpetrators are not any seasoned crooks but rather a pair of teens, fiery sixteen-year-old Megan and her not-so-trusty sidekick Kimmy. Wind of the incident quickly reaches hardass police chief Patty, bumbling officer Larry, and his equally inept protégé Chet. The madcap game of cat and mouse that ensues is full of hilarious twists and turns that propel this high-octane comedy toward its surprisingly satisfying conclusion.

At its core, Little Montgomery is a play about family: chosen family, given family, and the need each of us have to find out where we came from and seek a place we belong. It is heartwarming, hilarious, features a couple wonderful songs, and will give our audiences a couple hours to laugh and escape from it all while also enjoying a poignant story.

The play will be directed by NCP company member Michael Gioia, and the cast will include four company members reprising their roles from the original podcast: Elizabeth Price as Patty, Timothy Mark Davis as Chet, Krystal Millie Valdes as Megan, and Casey Sacco as Kimmy. They will be joined by Todd Bruno as Rick Montgomery and Seth Trucks as Larry.

The show will preview on July 6th and run from July 7-23 (Thursdays-Saturdays at 8pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm). Performances will take place at Island City Stage (2304 N. Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors, 33305). Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for seniors (65+), and $20 for students (under 25 with ID), with the exception of Thursday night performances, on which $20 tickets will be available for all, and opening night, on which an additional $5 per ticket will include a post-show reception. They can be purchased at www.newcityplayers.org/season or by calling (954)-376-6114. In conjunction with the production, the company will also be hosting weekly post-show talkbacks after every Sunday show that further explore the themes of the play with the cast and creative team.

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