Cleveland Professional Premiere of THE TOXIC AVENGER June 2-26, 2016 Cain Park Alma Theater Directed by NATHAN MOTTA. Music direction by JORDAN COOPER. Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro. Music and Lyrics by David Bryan. Based on Lloyd Kaufman's film, The Toxic Avenger. AUDITIONS FEBRUARY 19-21, 2016. Audition details to follow. Five actors play 30 roles in “this toxic love story with an environmental twist.” Melvin Ferd the Third, an aspiring earth scientist, wants to clean up the most polluted town in New Jersey, Tromaville. Foiled by the mayor's bullies, Melvin is dumped into a vat of radioactive toxic waste, only to reemerge as THE TOXIC AVENGER, New Jersey's first superhero. Affectionately known as Toxie, this new hero is a seven-foot mutant freak with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark. He's out to save New Jersey, end global warming, and woo the blind librarian in town. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, THE TOXIC AVENGER was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award for “Outstanding Book of a Musical as well as a Lucille Lortel Award for “Outstanding Musical.” The original cast from the Alley production of THE TOXIC AVENGER got together in June of 2015 with the show's authors for a concert at 54 Below in New York City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLF80C4246A734E550&t=12&v=voZhE0C6Oic [http://intranet/images/02_facebook.png]<http://www.facebook.com/clevelandheightsoh> [http://intranet/images/01_twitter.png] <http://http://twitter.com/ClvHtsGov> [http://intranet/images/03_youtube.png] <https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandHeightsOH> [http://intranet/images/14_google.png] <https://plus.google.com/b/112157175417837806161/+cityofclevelandheights>