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Here Are The Directors For Our 2014 Season!
Directors have been chosen for all four of the mainstage productions for the 2014 season of Putnam County Playhouse.
First up, director Jack Randall Earles will helm Guys & Dolls. It will be produced June 5-7 and June 11-14. Auditions will be April 6 and April 7.
Steel Magnolias will be directed by Brad Sandy. Auditions will be held May 18 and May 19. The show will be produced July 10-12 and July 16-19.
Bryan Schroeder will direct Little Shop of Horrors. It will be presented August 7-9 and August 13-16. Auditions for this musical will be June 15 and June 16.
The final show of the season, the comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner will be directed by Ric McFadden. After auditions on July 20 and July 21, it will be presented September 11-13 and September 17-20.
More information about the shows and the auditions will be available on the website after January 1.
2014 Fund Drive Underway!
The letters for the 2014 Fund/Membership Drive are now in the mail. Please return your donation card as soon as possible!
If you haven’t received your letter, or if you are not on our mailing list, and would like to contribute please click on the “Contact Us” tab at the top of the page, and then click on the 2014 Fund Drive Form link.
Directors and audition dates for our 2014 season will be announced soon! Keep watching the website! Thank you for your continued support.
McFadden Prevails In Close Upstage Award Contest!
Actor Ric McFadden was the winner of the 2013 Upstage Award. He won for his performance as “The Superintendent” in the August production of the musical The Drowsy Chaperone.
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| McFadden as The Superintendent |
The Award was presented to McFadden by PCPH Treasurer Mark Hammer at the October 27th Annual Meeting.
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| Mark Hammer (left) & McFadden at the ceremony. |
McFadden has previously won the award for performances in I’ll Be Back Before Midnight and Don’t Drink the Water.
2014 Season Update
The Tams-Witmark Library which controls the amateur productions rights for My Fair Lady informed us last week they are unable to release the title to us for our 2014 season. A professional touring production of the show is scheduled to be in our area.
For this reason, our 2014 season will open instead with a production of the musical Guys & Dolls.
Guys & Dolls with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows first opened on Broadway on November 24, 1950. It ran for 1200 performances and won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Leading Actor (Robert Alda as Sky Masterson), Best Featured Actress (Isabel Bigley as Sarah Brown), Best Choreography (Michael Kidd) and Best Direction of a Musical (George S. Kaufman).
Popular songs from the score include “Luck Be A Lady Tonight”, “Adelaide’s Lament”, and “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat.”
“Guys & Dolls” was revived on Broadway in 1976, 1992, and 2009.
Click HERE to read more about the show.
THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON YOU!!!
Putnam County Playhouse will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, October 27. at 3 p.m. The event will be in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre in Greencastle.
The business to be conducted includes the annual reports from each committee chairperson and a discussion of the 2013 season. President of the PCPH board, Michael McClaine will chair the meeting.
All board members will be present to hear from the public and PCPH participants about their experience during the year. This is your opportunity to let the board know what you think!!!
The presentation of the 2013 Upstage Award will also take place. Nominated this year are Ivan Glotzbach for You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Ashlee Ann Vitz for Angel Street, Ric McFadden for The Drowsy Chaperone, and Jerica Bean for Harvey.
Nominations for members of the board will be taken. The public is invited. The event is free, and light refreshments will be served.
Officers of the board are McClaine, president; Jack Randall Earles, 1stvice president; Linda Gjesvold, 2ndvice president; Mark Hammer, treasurer; and Kathryn Dory, secretary. PCPH board members include Caroline Good, Brad Sandy, Jim Rambo, Sandi Rossok, Bethany Bax, Drew Brattain, Jim Green, Ric McFadden, Shelly McFadden, Meghan Armitage, Dustin Bond, TJ Tincher, and Andrew Hayes.
ANNUAL MEETING & UPSTAGE AWARDS COMING RIGHT UP!!!
The 2013 Annual Meeting of Putnam County Playhouse will be on Sunday, October 27. at 3 p.m. It will be held in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre. The public is invited.
We will recap the season, and the committee chairs will present their annual reports. This is also the time for you to give your suggestions on how to keep PCPH growing as we enter our 53rd season.
The Annual Upstage Award Winner will also be announced. The UA nominees are named by the directors of our shows. The award is presented to that person who is most successful in creating a memorable small role in a production.
This year the nominees are:
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Ivan Glotzbach as a featured dancer in “Beethoven Day” in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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Ashlee Ann Vitz for her portrayal of the devious maid Nancy in Angel Street.
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Ric McFadden as The Superintendent in The Drowsy Chaperone.
Jerica Bean as Myrtle Mae Simmons in Harvey.
The Annual Meeting is a free event and the public is invited. Light refreshments will be served.
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR 2014 SEASON!!!!!
The 53rd Season of Putnam County Playhouse has been confirmed. Some of our most popular shows will be returning to the stage.
PLEASE SEE THE ARTICLE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE TO READ ABOUT A CHANGE IN OUR SEASON!!!!!
July brings comedy and tears with Steel Magnolias.
This comedy-drama by Robert Harling tells the story of the bond between a group of Southern women who meet regularly in a local beauty shop. Harling wrote the play based on his real life experience with the death of his sister. The play ran Off-Broadway for more than 1100 performances after opening on March 28, 1987.
The steel magnolias of the title include Truvy, owner of the shop; M’Lynn and her daughter Shelby; Clairee and Ouiser, two friends; and Annelle, the shop assistant. There are no men’s roles in the play.
A film version of the play was released in 1989.
Look out, Look out, LOOK OUT! Audrey Two will be loose in August!
Little Shop of Horrors is a musical with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. It began as a low-budget 1960 film directed by Roger Corman. It first ran Off-Broadway in 1987 and was revived on Broadway in 2003.
The film and musical tell the story of Seymour, who finds an unusual plant that turns out to have a plan for world domination. Other roles in the show include his girlfriend, Audrey; her boyfriend, a dentist, Orin; a trio of girl singers who act as a Greek chorus for the story; and an ensemble of performers who play many roles.
Songs include the title tune, “Suddenly Seymour” and “Somewhere That’s Green.”
Little Shop of Horrors was also made as a musical film by director Frank Oz in 1986.
An unwanted guest shows up in September.
A classic comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart is about a celebrated writer who has to spend a few weeks with a Midwestern family when he breaks his leg in a fall from their front step. It opened on Broadway on October 16, 1939. It enjoyed a long run and then played on tour for many seasons. The Man Who Came to Dinner has been revived on Broadway many times. Its latest version starring Nathan Lane was taped for PBS in 2000.
Sheridan Whiteside invades the home of the Stanley family and turns their lives upside down. There are many local characters and a love triangle involving his secretary, Maggie; a local newspaperman, Bert; and a flashy Broadway actress Lorraine.
The Man Who Came to Dinner was made into a film in 1942 starring Monty Wooley and Bette Davis as Whiteside and Maggie.
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Directors and audition dates for all productions will be announced after the first of the year.
If you or your organization are interested in becoming a sponsor for a production in 2014, please contact Drew Brattain at [email protected] for details.
Thanks to all of our 2013 participants and donors for a successful season!
“HARVEY” CONTINUES FOR A SECOND WEEK!!!
