Welcome to Our 2025 Season
Saturday, June 21 at 8 p.m. (Buffet open 6 - 7:30 p.m.)
Sunday, June 22 at 2 p.m. (Buffet open 12-1:30 p.m.)
Friday, June 27 at 8 p.m. (Buffet open 6 - 7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, June 28 at 1:30 p.m. (Buffet open 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Saturday, June 28 at 8 p.m. (Buffet open 6 - 7:30 p.m.)
Sunday, June 29 at 2 p.m. (Buffet open 12-1:30 p.m.)
Friday, July 18 at 8 p.m. (Buffet open 6 - 7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, July 19 at 8 p.m. (Buffet open 6 - 7:30 p.m.)
Sunday, July 20 at 2 p.m. (Buffet open 12-1:30 p.m.)
Friday, July 25 at 8 p.m. (Buffet open 6 - 7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, July 26 at 8 p.m. (Buffet open 6 - 7:30 p.m.)
Sunday, July 27 at 2 p.m. (Buffet open 12-1:30 p.m.)
Young Frankenstein (West End Version)
June 21-29
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Original Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman
The grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced "Fronk-en-steen") inherits his family's estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor (pronounced "Eye-gore"), and a leggy lab assistant, Inga (pronounced normally), Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. "It's alive!" he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather's. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.
Young Frankenstein (West End Version) has all of the panache of the screen sensation with an extra theatrical flair. A perfect opportunity for a production company to showcase an array of talents, you'll be "Puttin' on the Ritz" and having a monstrously good time with Young Frankenstein.
Young Frankenstein (West End Version) is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Footloose: The Musical
July 18-27
Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
Based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford
Music by Tom Snow
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Additional Music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. But he’s not prepared for the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, who is determined to exercise control over the town’s youth. When the reverend’s rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren’s reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges pins a father longing for the son he lost against a young man aching for the father who walked out on him.
To the rockin’ rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated Top 40 score, augmented with dynamic new songs, Footloose celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people while guiding them with a warm heart and open mind.
FOOTLOOSE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
Performances are held on the MC's Rockville Campus in the Theatre Arts Building.
Give to the Summer Dinner Theatre Scholarship Fund.
Your gift helps make it possible for promising students in our community to achieve invaluable experience in theatre production each summer. Support the longest running, one-of-a-kind dinner theatre program in our region with your tax-deductible donation.
We have been very fortunate that we have not had to turn away a student in need, thanks to the generosity of our patrons. Scholarships are available for both the college credit and non-credit courses.
- Students will be given a scholarship application on the first day of class. If you are applying for a scholarship, you will need the application filled out and returned within the first week to qualify.
- In addition, we will need to know if your parents can claim you as a dependent, and their residence status. If claimed as a dependent, we will need a copy of their most recent tax returns showing the adjusted gross income and number of dependents.
Questions? Send us an email or call us at 240-567-5262.
When filling out the "Make a Gift" form on the Montgomery College Foundation's webpage, be sure to:
- Select "Give to a Program Fund or Different Area of Support" , choose "Other" from the drop down menu, and then write "Summer Dinner Theatre" in the special instructions box. Please also select if the donation is "In Honor of" or "In Memory of" a person you wish to acknowledge.
- Select "No" to make your donation an anonymous gift.
- If you select "Yes", we will include your name in future Summer Dinner Theatre programs. Please type how you would like your name to be presented.
Our Staff
Meet our staff that makes the Summer Dinner Theatre program possible.
Dr. Frank Trezza began as the Dean of Visual, Performing, and Media Arts at Montgomery College in February 2018. Dr. Trezza was most recently at SUNY New Paltz where he served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts. In addition to his administrative, teaching, and scholarly duties at SUNY New Paltz, Dr. Trezza has continued his professional theatre work through his affiliation with the Half Moon Theatre in Hudson Valley, New York, where he was a freelance actor and director. Prior to his arrival at SUNY New Paltz, Dr. Trezza held previous faculty and administrative positions as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Bradley University, Illinois, and as Associate Dean and Director of Academics at Florida State University’s School of Theatre, Florida.
Education: MME (emphasis in vocal performance), BM in Musical Theatre. Post graduate: 3 seasons as an Artist in Residence with the Fletcher Opera Institute at North Carolina School of the Arts (formerly National Opera Company) Lisa is happy to be back at SDT, having directed summer productions from 2000-2004. She served as Director of Education at the Musical Theatre Center (now Adventure Theatre MTC) from 2009-2011, and also Director of Ensembles from 2001-present. National Tours: La Boheme (Musetta), L’Elisir D’Amore (Adina), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Anne), and L’Italiana in Algeri (Elvira). Ohio Light Opera: Margot in The Desert Song, Gretel in Christopher Columbus (American Premiere).
In concert, Lisa has enjoyed many performances with symphonies in the US and Canada, including four seasons with the Indianapolis Symphony’s “Yuletide Celebration” under the baton of Jack Everly (American Ballet Theatre maestro). Favorite musical theatre roles: Lyric Theatre: Young Sally in Follies, Zelda Zanders in Singin' In The Rain with Tony Award nominee Lara Teeter, and Mona in Dames at Sea directed by original Broadway cast member, Tamara Long. DC: Kennedy Center: created the role of The Narrator in the world premiere (cast recording) and national tours of The Nightingale, Reyalto in The Emperor’s New Clothes, and several readings of new works with Page To Stage Festivals. American Century Theatre: Nina in Dear World, Washington Savoyards: The Mikado (Yum Yum), The Merry Widow (Valencienne) Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess), and Trina in the critically acclaimed Falsetto’s at Ganymede Arts.
Lisa is an adjunct professor of voice at American University and Montgomery College, and her students can be heard on the Broadway stages, national tours, and are local Helen Hayes award winners and nominees. Though theatre is her profession, Lisa’s passion is animal welfare. In 2012 she founded DC Actors for Animals (endorsed by Bernadette Peters), a charitable organization that works with area professional theaters and artists to generate education, advocacy, and rescue for animals in need.
Roberta Gasbarre is thrilled to be returning to at Montgomery College and Summer Dinner Theatre, adding to her 10+ previous years as an adjunct faculty, choreographer, and director. SDT credits include The Wiz, Evita, West Side Story, Cabaret, Brigadoon, Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma. MC Department shows include Candide, Rocky Horror, Tommy, Rashomon, The Laramie Project and 2023 production of The Amateurs.
Well-known for her work with young professionals and promoting diverse voices in Washington theatre, Roberta has directed or choreographed at companies such as The Shakespeare Theater (staff 1990-1995,) the Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth, Studio Theatre, Round House, Arena Stage’s acclaimed outreach Living Stage, Wolftrap Farm Park for the Arts, and Washington Jewish Theatre. Roberta has taught and directed at Catholic University, George Washington University, American University, UMD Baltimore, Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Arts, Montgomery College/Rockville, University of Poznan in Poland, and with Kaiser Permanente’s AIDS/youth health education initiative. Helen Hayes Awards: Quilters, and Dance Against Darkness.
From 1999-2022 Roberta served as a museum theatre specialist for the Smithsonian Institution. In that role, she created theatre in many venerated institutions, including at Library of Congress, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and at Discovery Theater with shows, tours and school residencies for audiences totaling up to 50,000 per year. She is the longstanding Artistic Director of the Washington Revels, whose Christmas Revels plays annually at GWU’s Lisner Auditorium, with other performances at Glen Echo Park, the National Cathedral and in and around the DMV.
Education: BA Speech/Drama, Catholic University of America. MFA World Theatre, Towson University. Sign Language at Gallaudet.