something rotten

BOOK BY
Karey Kirkpatrick and john o’farrell
MUSIC & LYRICS BY
wayne kirkpatric and karey kirkpatrick

Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick

DIRECTED BY CARY JORDAHL
CHOREOGRAPHY BY SJAAN TROWBRIDGE
MUSIC AND VOCAL DIRECTION BY BRADLEY HAMPTON

Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz. Experience this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway.

PERFORMANCES:

August 9-17, 2025
Saturday, August 9 at 8PM
Sunday, August 10 at 2PM
Thursday, August 14 at 7PM (followed by a Q & A)
Friday, August 15 at 8PM
Saturday, August 16 at 2PM and 8PM
Sunday, August 17 at 2PM

LOCATION:

JAMES R. ARMSTRONG THEATRE
3330 Civic Center Dr. - Torrance, CA 90503

The Torrance Theatre Company is a program of the Cultural Services Division of the Torrance Community Services Department.www.TorranceCA.Gov. Sponsored in part by Friends of Torrance Theatre Company, a recognized 501c3.

Something Rotten is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.www.mtishows.com