'YOUNG FRANK' Star Ragusa Debuts Hat Collection at the Farmhouse Store 12/8

Michele Ragusa, who is currently starring in Young Frankenstein as Elizabeth, will debut her collection of handmade hats at The Farmhouse Store in Westfield NJ on Monday, December 8^th. There will be a wine & cheese reception. The event is open to the public, the time for the event is 6pm to 8pm.

Ragusa creates the hats backstage during Young Frankenstein at the Hilton Theater during her weekly shows. Each hat is signed and numbered.

The Farmhouse Store is located at 221 North Avenue East in Westfield, NJ, and in addition to the hats there is an ever-changing collection of fine handmade pottery, jewelry, glass, wood, textiles, metal and paper from US artisans, along with some imports from Italy, France and Canada.

Store information can be found on the website: www.thefarmhousestore.com

Michele Ragusa (Elizabeth) recently played Lilli/Kate in Kiss Me, Kate at Paper Mill Playhouse.  Prior to that she received both Lortel and Drama League Award nominations for her performance as Corinna in Christopher Durang's Adrift In Macao at Primary Stages.  Broadway: Urinetown (Penny/Hope cover), Ragtime (Evelyn), A Class Act (Mona), Titanic (Caroline), Cyrano (The Novice).  Other NYC: The Audience (Transport Group.), Like You Like It (NYMF), Tintypes (Melting Pot), Bloomer Girl (City Center).  National Tours:  Fiddler on the Roof with Theodore Bikel (Hodel); West Side Story, Vienna/United Nations (Maria); Nunsense II  (Sr. Leo).  Regional Credits: Corinna in Adrift In Macao (Philadelphia Theatre Co., Barrymore Award); Bad Dates (Studio Arena); Amalia in She Loves Me (Paper Mill Playhouse); Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Dallas Theatre Center, Rabin Award); Belinda in Noises Off (Studio Arena); Side...Sondheim (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Tom Jones (World Premiere, North Shore/NYMF);  Nunsense (Sacramento Music Circus); Eliza in My Fair Lady (Westbury/Valley Forge); Lend Me A Tenor (Portland Stage); Jacquie in Me and My Girl (Goodspeed);  Nellie in South Pacific (Dallas Theatre Center); L'il Abner (Goodspeed);  Christine in Phantom (Jupiter Theatre/Artpark); Julie in Carousel (Conn. Rep. Theatre); Magnolia in Showboat (Artpark).  Film/ Television: Heart of Spider (NYU/IFC), "Law and Order SVU," "Guiding Light," "One Life to Life," "All My Children."

Based on the Oscar-nominated smash hit 1974 film, Young Frankenstein is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks.  When Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma.  Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad experiments reanimating the dead  and, in the process,  fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga?

Unfolding in the forbidding Castle Frankenstein and the foggy moors of Transylvania Heights, the show's raucous score includes "The Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and the unforgettable treatment of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz."

For information, visit www.YoungFrankensteinTheMusical.com