This show follows eight children during their Catholic elementary and high school education in the 1950s. It captures the funniest moments of youthful growing pains and the trying moments of adolescence, set against the background of Parochial school education.

Book by John R. Powers
Music and Lyrics by James Quinn and Alaric Jans

Cast 

Kevin Dowlin as Eddie Ryan
Jane G. Burt as Secretary
Christine Hunt as Becky Bakowski
Cheryl Balas as Sister Melanie
Mary-Anne Dieckhaus as Sister Lee
Paula G. Rivera as Sister Helen
Jayne G. Burt as Sister Monica Marie
Rusty Muglia as Father O'Reilly
Claire Deery as Virginia Lear
Robert Funderburk as Felix Lindor
T.J. Gretchen as Mike Depki
Amy Reifinger as Nancy Ralansky
Gary Dollahon as Louie Schlang

Staff

Producers/Directors:  Marianne and Steve DiNenno
Music Director:  Laura Burhans
Stage Manager:  Mia Rotondo

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Gary Puleo, The Times Herald: "Dramateurs triumph in 'Patent Leather Shoes.' Excruciatingly funny and wistful, often painful, but always madly engaging, the Dramateurs' production captures both the heartbreaking and comic aspects of the most trying moments of adolescence."