Coming Home - A Benefit Concert for the Cumberland County Playhouse May 9, 2009

Past Alumni and current company members of the Cumberland County Playhouse, will present a one night only special benefit concert entitled COMING HOME, May 9th at 7:30 PM CDT on the CCP Mainstage Theatre in Crossville, TN. Tickets for this special event are $50.00 and includes concert, reception, and silent auction. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available at the Playhouse Box Office 931.484.5000 and online at www.ccplayhouse.com.

Tentatively scheduled to appear is film and TV actress Julie Ann Emery, who was featured opposite Will Smith in Hitch and seen on TV’s ER and October Road. Jeremy Benton, of the most recent Broadway and National Tour production of 42nd STREET, Tennessee’s Miss America, Kellye Cash, and Crossville’s own Patty Payne, a longtime CCP favorite, have also confirmed. All alumni are donating their appearances and expenses.

COMING HOME reunites alumni, current cast members and some amazing Playhouse volunteers for an evening of music, laughter and heart. The concert showcases music from Playhouse seasons past, new songs and original works by Playhouse alums. A silent auction with Broadway memorabilia and reception with the cast are included.

In 1963 the entire community got behind the idea of the Playhouse because people believed it could make a vital contribution to the education, economy and way of life in Crossville. Now in 2009 a community of actors and technicians from across the United States are COMING HOME to get behind the Playhouse, raise funds, and rekindle the community awareness and passion that built the Playhouse in 1965.

CCP hosts over 150,000 visits each year, including over 100,000 visitors from other counties, states and nations, and generates over $10 million in commerce, real estate, lodging, restaurants and shopping, plus about $500,000 in direct sales and lodging taxes. The company earns over 85% of all revenues, and has been hit hard by the national economy in the past year, but remains a powerful marketing engine for the Cumberlands. CCP TV and print advertising and direct mail continually draws visitors to area businesses from the greater Knoxville-Nashville-Chattanooga media region.

Official Website: http://www.ccplayhouse.com