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Find A Friend At The Florida Keys Spca

The Keys Weekly family loves animals as much as our friends at the Florida Keys SPCA do, and we’re honored each week to showcase some “furever” friends that are ready, waiting and available for adoption at the organization’s Key West campus.

From cats and dogs to Guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, reptiles and birds, the perfect addition to your family is waiting for you. The SPCA’s knowledgeable staff will help with advice and care tips while working to ensure a good fit between each pet and its people.

The SPCA’s Golden Paw program also provides special assistance with vet bills and medications for special-needs and older animals that require a little extra TLC. Check these pages each week for just a few of the animals waiting for a home and see them all at fkspca.org.

Waterfront Playhouse on Mallory Square presents the awardwinning musical, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for four performances, June 7, 8, 9 and 10.

“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell. The musical follows Hedwig Robinson, a genderqueer East German singer of a fictional rock and roll band. The story draws on Mitchell’s life as the child of a U.S. Army major general who once commanded the U.S. sector of occupied West Berlin. The character of Hedwig was inspired by a divorced, German U.S. Army wife who was Mitchell’s family babysitter and moonlighted as a prostitute at her trailer park home in Junction City, Kansas. The music is steeped in the androgynous 1970s glam rock style of David Bowie (who co-produced the Los Angeles production of the show), as well as the work of John Lennon and early punk performers Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.

The musical opened OffBroadway in 1998, and won the Obie Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical. The production ran for two years, then in 2014, the show saw its first Broadway incarnation, opening that April at the Belasco Theatre and winning the year’s Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

Tom Thayer directs and stages the Key West show. Design is by Michael Boyer, lighting design by Kim Hanson, projection design by Willie Alsedek and music direction by Roberta Jackshyn.

The cast features Phillip Cole White as Hedwig and Heather-May Sloan. Cole White played Hedwig five years ago with the Key West Theatre. He has been seen in “The Pickpocket’s Daughter” with The Studios of Key West and dozens of other shows.

Sloan last appeared in “Matilda: The Musical” at the Waterfront. She studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and later performed in NYC at several venues. She fronted the rock band Polychrome in the ’90s, and has performed in Key West at The Waterfront Playhouse, Tennessee Williams Theater, Key West Theater, Fantasy Fest Coronation, the Headdress Ball, Pride Follies and numerous burlesque and vaudeville shows.

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Waterfront Playhouse presents ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ for four performances June 7-10. For tickets, call 305-294-5015 or visit waterfrontplayhouse.org.

Maui is a 7-month-old male medium terrier/American pit bull mix. He’s young, playful and can spend hours snuggling or playing.

Dimples is a 6-year-old female domestic shorthair. She is a bit shy at first, but likes to spend her days sharing a pillow with her BFF, Penny. These two would be perfect if adopted together.

Penny is a 4½-year-old male domestic shorthair. He gets along with other cats and finds comfort in cuddling up to Dimples, one of his roommates. These two would be the best duo if adopted together.

Humor

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