UP POPS THE DEVIL in Nutley, N.J.

Nutley Little Theatre

UP POPS THE DEVIL

By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Directed by Julie Jin

NLT’s very first production is revived as a special event for our 75th anniversary celebration!

Performing at Grace Episcopal Church, where it all started with the Parish Players, we’ll stage this light-hearted, screwball comedy of the day, very much in the style of “Barefoot in the Park.”
Complete with fast-paced, witty dialogue, interesting characters and unusual role reversals, “Up Pops the Devil” will be NLT’s major fundraiser for the season.

Oct. 23, 24, 25*
*2 p.m. matinee

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Francis Goodrich (1890-1984) was born in Belleville, moved to Nutley at the age of two and grew up in the large family home at 187 Nutley Avenue. It was a home where she would later marry Albert Hackett. The couple wrote dozens of plays and scripts for Hollywood films. The first play they competed together, “Up Pops the Devil,” was the first staged production of the Nutley Little Theatre on Nov. 23, 1934.

Francis and Albert became well know for their screenplays on the three “Thin Man” films staring Myrna Loy and William Powell, and on Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life.” But Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s crowning achievement came as playwrights on ”The Diary of Anne Frank” for which they won the Pulitzer Prize.

- Nutley Hall of Fame induction of Frances Goodrich.

'Social Security' comedy night, Oct. 12

The Reader’s Theater group of Nutley Little Theatre will present a reading of “Social Security,” a comedy by Andrew Bergman, Sunday, Oct. 12, 4 p.m., at the NLT Barn, 47 Erie Place, Nutley.

Gerald Kirschbaum of Montclair will direct the production, which is free and open to the public. Reader’s Theater features actors reading scripts of new and established plays, supplementing NLT’s regular, fully staged performances.

“Social Security,” whose author is the screenwriter behind “Blazing Saddles” and “The In-Laws,” is about two adult daughters of widow Sophie — one being a sophisticated art gallery owner in Manhattan, and the other being an unassuming Long Island housewife. Sophie lives with the suburban daughter and her accountant husband, but a funny and unexpected crisis brings her to the city.

The cast includes Melissa Surow of West Orange, Anne Kenney Simpson of Bloomfield, Jim Simpson of Bloomfield, Patty Bradley of Belleville, Linda DeSimon of Bloomfield, Don Sheffrin of Little Falls and George Winship of Cedar Grove.

Nutley Little Theatre stages its productions at the NLT Barn, 47 Erie Place, Nutley, located off Brookfield Avenue (one block east of Franklin Avenue) in the heart of the Erie Place Historic District. For directions, visit www.nutleylittletheatre.com. For information about this or other productions, call 973-667-0374.

The Little Dog Laughed

Douglas Carter Beane's

The Little Dog Laughed

Directed by Ron Mulligan

Opens September 5

at the NLT Theatre
(47 Erie Place, Nutley, NJ)
Opening Night Benefits NJ Buddies

At the Nutley Little Theatre

Performance Dates:
September 5, 6, 11, 13, 18, 19 & 20 at 8pm
September 7, 13 & 14 at 2pm

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