A TIMELESS TALE OF TOXIC LOVE! THE TOXIC AVENGER OOZES INTO CAIN PARK JUNE 2 THE TOXIC AVENGER June 2-26, 2016 in the Alma Theater Preview June 2. Opens June 3. Thursdays-Saturdays at 7 pm, Sundays at 2 pm Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro Music and Lyrics by David Bryan Based on Lloyd Kaufman's The Toxic Avenger Directed by NATHAN MOTTA Music Directed by JORDAN COOPER Scenic Design by STEPHEN VASSE-HANSELL Lighting Design by TRAD A BURNS Costume Design by TESIA BENSON Sound Design by RICHARD INGRAHAM Stage Managed by FAYE CARTER CAST: Malik Akil* - Black Dude (Understudy Melvin / Toxic Avenger) Mariah Burks - Black Chick Ellis C. Dawson III* - Melvin Ferd the Third / The Toxic Avenger Trey Gilpin^ - White Dude Natalie Green* - Sarah Codie Higer^ - White Chick Johnathon Jackson^ - Understudy Black Dude Kate Michalski^ - Mayor Babs Belgoody / Ma Ferd / Nun Sidney Perelman^ - Understudy Sarah *member, Actors' Equity Association ^Equity Membership Candidate TICKETS: Tickets for June 2 preview performance are available for $20 in advance (no discounts apply) and tickets for all other performances June 3-26 are $28 in advance, $30 day of show. Tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster<http://www.ticketmaster.com/?landing=c&GCID=&keyword=&c=>.com (800-653-8000) or the Cain Park ticket office<http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=1020> (216-371-3000). The Cain Park ticket office opens on May 28. Cain Park is located at 14591 Superior Road in Cleveland Heights. SYNOPSIS: It's a toxic love story with an environmental twist by the Tony Award-winning creators of Memphis! Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, THE TOXIC AVENGER is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all -- an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor, bullies, mobsters, old ladies, a nun, and stiletto-wearing back-up singers. The show also features the most memorable and unbelievable duet you'll ever see on any stage. Melvin Ferd the Third wants to clean up Tromaville, the most polluted town in New Jersey. Foiled by the mayor's bullies, Melvin is dumped in a vat of radioactive toxic waste, only to re-emerge as The Toxic Avenger, New Jersey's first superhero. Affectionately known as Toxie, our 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. So in these difficult times, sit back and let Toxie and his world shake yours with a wailin' rock score and laughter in hopes of a "brand new day."