Island ETC hits a Home Run!

Island ETC (East-End Theatre Company) is heating things up with their new production DAMN YANKEES. With a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler, DAMN YANKEES retells the story of Faust about selling a soul to the devil.  Joe Boyd is a life-long Washington Senators fan, and he wants nothing more than to see the Senators defeating the New York Yankees.  Add a sexy seductress and Satan, himself, to America’s favorite pastime and home runs abound!

All performances will be in ETC, 2317 Mechanic Street, Galveston.  Performances are March 15 through April 13, 2024.  Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings with an 8:00pm curtain.  There will be two Sunday matinees with a curtain of 2:30pm on March 17 and 24. Tickets may be purchased online at www.islandetc.org.

Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop, DAMN YANKEES tells the story of Joe Boyd (Henry Aronson), a fanatic and frustrated Washington Senators fan who is willing to sell his soul for the chance to lead his team to victory against the New York Yankees.  He is granted this opportunity by Mr. Applegate, (Justin Gonzalez), the devil incarnate. Mr. Applegate transforms Boyd into Joe Hardy (Kyle Crawford), a twenty-two year old slugger, in exchange for his soul and his wife, Meg (Cailin Heffernan). Joe turns the Senators around; Joe is well on his way to winning the pennant before the deadline. Applegate brings in his favorite seductress Lola (Sofia Faus) to keep Hardy’s mind off his home and wife he is missing.  Gloria Thorpe (Hannah Kelly) is an aggressive reporter who is wary of the lack of answers regarding Joe’s background.

ETC’s DAMN YANKEES has an amazing ensemble who really bring the show to life playing baseball players (Max Bailey, Rocky Banks, TC Cleveland, Chris Garza, Aidan Jones, Dillon McClelland, Ryan McClelland, Trevor Moresco, Matt Poole, TJ Webb; team manager (Cameron Dunbar); team owner (Vince Cioppa), Meg’s friends Sister (Lorie Alcazar) and Doris (Genny McClelland) and fans and others (Kelsey Jones-Metz and Eli Kelso).  These actors play several roles throughout our production,

Kim Mytelka is directing this fun production.  “I am so fortunate to work with an amazing production team  Jennifer Daugherty (Choreographer, Costumes), Simon Ruth (Musical Director) and Megan Martin (Stage Manager).  There are many other members of the team who also work to create theatre magic.

We do have group rates for groups of ten or more.  For more information, please call the box office at 409-762-3556. 

Don’t miss this grand slam of a musical! ETC recommends this production for all ages with lots of “Heart!”