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# ‘Play It Again, Sam’ plays it at Samohi
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/play-it-again-sam-plays-it-at-samohi/
- Published: 2005-01-08T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:58:03.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Santa Monica Civic Light Opera, the professional presenting organization of the Santa Monica High School Theatre Arts Program, has announced the extension of its first show of the 2004-05 season, “Play It Again, Sam.”

Two encore performances of the timeless Woody Allen romantic comedy “Play It Again, Sam” will be presented in the Humanities Center Theater tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased by calling (310) 458-5939, or online at www.smclo.org. “‘Play It Again, Sam’ is the finest script Woody Allen ever wrote,” said Dr. Frank X. Ford, artistic director of the SMCLO and Samohi theatre arts program, who is directing the student-actors in the show. “It’s a play that sends absolutely everyone home happy.”

The play centers on Allan Felix, a nerdy film critic with no “dame,” who conjures up the spirit of “legendary tough guy” Humphrey Bogart to help fix his love life. Of course, Bogey’s ways aren’t for everyone, as Allan finds out.

“Play It Again, Sam” is the high school’s first mainstage offering of the season, which also includes “The Music Man,” bonus productions of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” and David Ives’ “One-Acts,” and the SMCLO’s professional-alumni-student production of “My Fair Lady.”

A perennial favorite,” Play It Again, Sam” was produced at Samohi in 1985 and 1993\. “This show is uniquely appropriate for high school students and high school actors,” said Dr. Ford. “’Play It Again, Sam’ a journey of self-discovery, like many great works, but it’s outrageously funny and thereby lessens the pain of the truths it reveals.

“I’ve done this play three times,” he added. “And it’s been three completely different plays because the actors have had the chance to make each role uniquely theirs.”

The cast for “Play It Again, Sam” includes Anthony Alvarez, Rose Bloomfield, Casey Corn, Stevie Evans, Nicole Fellows, Sara Frier, Nicole Jellen, Nick Leonard, Caitie McNamara, Alex Nicolaou, Alex Pucci, Matt Rapore, Jessie Schechter, and Nick White; the production team includes Noe Avila, Zoey Baldwin, Jo Davis, Rachel Robinson, Logan Van Briesen, Joe Cincotti and Brett Fisher.

“Play It Again, Sam” follows the tradition of many of Samohi’s most memorable productions, including “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Noises Off,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “Having Our Say,” “Cyrano de Bergerac,” “Peter Pan,” and the joint Samohi-SMCLO production of Grease.

Samohi is proud of its illustrious alumni, including actors Glenn Ford, Gene Nelson, Oscar-winner Sean Penn, Oscar-nominee Robert Downey, Jr., Rob Lowe, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Holly Robinson, Dean Cain, Ryan Hurst, Wallace Smith, Tessa Thompson, Matt Walker, Keith Coogan, John Augustine, Amber Tamblyn, and Colleen Ford; and writers/producers Meredith Stiehm, and Zack Estrin — among many others. Samohi roller hockey team advances

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 8, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)