Cerritos College theatre department is putting its final touches on the new musical play “Working” that will open its doors at The Burnight Theatre Friday on its opening night.
“Working” is a play based on Studs Terkel’s bestselling book of interviews that features the success and tribulations of everyday average American workers.
Director Jim Hormel, chair of the theatre department at Cypress College a long side with Musical Director Hector Salazar and Vocal Director Christine Lopez have been working on this production for the last seven weeks.
“We still got a lot of elements we’re adding, theatre generally speaking and especially in this production, we’re working right up to the last minute,” Hornel said, “I’m excited but yet still anxious because we still got a lot of work to do before Friday”
Though auditions were held in February for the cast, minor delays were present.
“Everyone has worked really hard, it’s been difficult because we’ve lost a big number of cast members which did set us back a little bit,” expressed Hormel.
The set cast has a mixture of not only experienced and new theatre students from Cerritos, but as well of people from community who joined the production some of which who are professionals.
Experienced actress Shirley Hatton has acted and sang for 30 years and is in her second production of “Working.”
“This is actually a favorite show of mine; it’s almost the first professional show I did when I got out of college.”
I have a real soft spot for this show I like the music and I think it has a lot to say about what people think about their job,” Hatton said.
Hatton previously came out in “Urine Town,” another Cerritos College production.
Opening night for “Working” is on Friday at 8 p.m. with additional performances May 1, May 6-8 at 8 p.m., and May 9 at 2 p.m.
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