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Kevin Smathers

Grampa Joe

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical follows poor but kind-hearted Charlie Bucket, who wins one of five Golden Tickets to tour the fantastical Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory with four other bratty children: Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, and Mike Teavee. Inside, they encounter magical candy creations and mischievous Oompa-Loompas, but each naughty child succumbs to temptation (gluttony, greed, gum-chewing, TV addiction) and gets removed from the tour, proving Charlie's inherent goodness and humility make him the only worthy heir to Wonka's chocolate empire.

Kevin Smathers in his Cutting Edge debut, appears as Grandpa Joe. Delighted to be out of bed at last, Kevin is thrilled to share this magical journey with this talented cast. He is currently the Theatre Teacher at Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy. (If you want more, he’s a long-time theatre nerd having appeared in many shows most recently in Knoxville, Tennessee as Frederick Egerman in A Little Night Music, Sam in Mamma Mia and Frank Cioffi in Curtains. He’ll be directing Mary Poppins for the River Region Drama Guild this summer at the LaFon Performing Arts Center in Luling, LA.

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