Pal Joey

Schedule

Fri Oct 03 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

868 High St, Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97401 | Eugene, OR

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Pal Joey
Oct 3-4 and Oct 10-11, 7:30pm; Oct 5 & 12, 3:00pm
The Shedd Institute, Eugene
Based on John O'Hara's 1940 epistolary novel of the same name (who also wrote the show's libretto), Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's Pal Joey tells the story of a small time nightclub emcee...a slice of low-life Chicago in the 1940s set to some of the best songs of the decade, headed up by "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" and "I Could Write A Book" and including such intriguing specialty numbers as "Zip".
Joey is an opportunistic cad, but he always seems to land on his feet. He elbows his way into a job at a seedy Chicago nightclub and is soon juggling the affections of naïve chorus girl Linda English and wealthy socialite Vera Simpson, who just happens to be married. Once Joey has charmed the socialite into setting him up in his own joint, he ditches the Linda and is riding high, playing the big-time operator. When a punk threatens to spill the whole business to Vera's husband, she decides that she's bored with Joey anyway, dumping him and the club. Having had a taste of his own medicine, you'd think Joey would head back to the sweet kid who really loves him. Wrong. Some things never change, but you know what? He's still on his feet.
Our production is directed by Richard Jessup with music direction by Robert Ashens and choreography by Richard Jessup and Adam Kelly. Owen Colley and Vanessa Greenway star as Joey Evans and Vera Simpson, Emma Ditmore as Linda English with Matthew Lach, Lyn Burg and Heidi Turnquist heading a fabulous ensemble.
Thank you to our sponsors, The Eye Center, Obie Companies, The Eugene Hotel, Bigfoot Beverages, McKenzie River Broadcasting Inc., Twin Rivers Plumbing, and Robertson Sherwood Architects, for this production.
Check out The Shedd's Dinners at Six before evening and after matinee performances.
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868 High St, Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97401

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