Press - The Only Child

THE ONLY CHILD
Theatre for Young Audiences
by Quincy Long
music by Dennis McCarthy
directed by Stefan Novinski
June 8 - 24, 2007
Julianne Argyros Stage

In this world premiere musical, Tina wants things the way they used to be, when she was an only child, living happily with her parents in their falling-down house with 31 doors, 86 windows, 99 crannies and 168 nooks — and no crybaby brother or klutzy sister. So she devises a plan to get Toby and Lolly out of the way, and it works! But will this really make Tina happy? Mr. Ice Cream narrates this funny, tuneful story of a bratty girl redeemed.

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Allison Case (center) stars as Tina with (from left) Jennifer Parsons, Jennifer Chu, Larry Bates and Tom Shelton in the World Premiere of The Only Child, a new musical for families about a bratty girl and her harebrained plan to get rid of her siblings at South Coast Repertory, June 8 – 24.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.		Allison Case stars as Tina in the World Premiere of The Only Child, a new musical for families about a bratty girl and her harebrained plan to get rid of her siblings at South Coast Repertory, June 8 – 24.  Photo courtesy of South Coast Repertory.

(l. to r.) Larry Bates, Nicolas Hormann, Jennifer Parsons and Jennifer Chu in a madcap chase through the circus in the World Premiere of The Only Child, a new musical for families about a bratty girl and her harebrained plan to get rid of her siblings at South Coast Repertory, June 8 – 24.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.		Tina (Allison Case, left) pretends she’s a fortuneteller to convince her sister, Lolly (Jennifer Chu), to join the circus in the World Premiere of The Only Child, a new musical for families about a bratty girl and her harebrained plan to get rid of her siblings at South Coast Repertory, June 8 – 24.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.