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Peter Alsop, Ellen Geer, Amy Madigan, et al. Set for Theatricum Botanicum Benefit

Ellen Geer and Amy Madigan
Ellen Geer and Amy Madigan

James Cromwell, Amy Madigan, Michael O’Neill, Jordan Belfi and Christina Pickles will headline a benefit performance of Carry It On! Great American moments in word and song to be offered on July 16 at 8pm. The event will be a benefit performance for the Theatricum Botanticum and its ongoing work. The play, compiled by Ellen Geer and featuring selections from speeches, songs and poetry of great Americans, will also be part of the theater’s summer repertory season, performed by company members and running August 7-September 26.

The benefit performance is one of three scheduled for the theater this summer. In addition, the Geer family, including Ellen Geer, Peter Alsop, Thad Geer, Willow Geer, Melora Marshall, and Ian Flanders, will perform in the company’s annual The Woody Guthrie Story, a tribute to the legendary singer/songwriter to be offered on July 23. The third fundraiser for the company will A Tribute to Dolly Parton, to be performed by Inara George and Friends on September 4.

For further information, visit: www.theatricum.com.