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Meghan Armitage, Kathryn Dory, Linda Gjesvold |
Actually, they spent many hours last Sunday pulling the tickets by hand and keeping everyone’s request straight!
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Meghan Armitage, Kathryn Dory, Linda Gjesvold |
Actually, they spent many hours last Sunday pulling the tickets by hand and keeping everyone’s request straight!
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Emery Jane Allen & friend. |
The musical Annie is in rehearsals now. It will open the 57th season of the Putnam County Playhouse. Annie will be produced June 7-9 and June 13-16. Individual tickets will go on sale at the annual open house on Sunday, June 3, at 2 p.m.
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Ric McFadden & Emery Jane Allen |
The role of Grace Farrell, Warbucks’ secretary, will be played by Lisa McCoy. Miss Hannigan, who runs the city orphanage is Shelly McFadden. Her shifty brother Rooster is played by Andrew Ranck and his girlfriend Lily is played by Meghan Armitage.
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Meghan Armitage, Andrew Ranck, Shelly McFadden |
Others in supporting roles include Chris Wurster as Drake, the major domo; Jack Randall Earles as Lt. Ward & FDR; Scott Armitage as Harold Ickes; Amanda Henry as Frances Perkins; Dustin Bond as Bert Healy; and Michaela Semak and Paige Kaiser as the Stars to Be. These performers are also members of the busy ensemble.
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Dianna Baysinger, Robin Schneider, Sarah Ryan, Lisa McCoy & Emery Jane Allen |
Others in the ensemble playing multiple roles include Dianna Baysinger, Sarah Ryan, Jay Prewitt, Bryson Worman, Devin Huff, Gaven Bingman, Julie Danielle Collenbaugh, Robin Schneider, Ruthie Mann, Aubree Whicker, and Alex Foster.
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Schneider, Ryan, Wurster, Ryan-Schager,Whicker,Worman,Foster,Semak,Bingham,Huff |
Featured orphans are played by Charlie Hall, Molly; Abby Foster, Kate; Sadie Henry, Tessie; Bailey Boggess, Pepper; Ellie Henry, July; and Sophie Shelton, Duffy.
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Emery Jane Allen dispenses orphan justice. |
Director for the musical is Caroline Good.
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Director Caroliine Good. |
Vocal direction is by Erik Foster. Amy Tharp is the pit conductor and pianist for Annie.
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Erik Foster & Amy Tharp |
Choreography is by Sarah Bond. Lighting and sound design is by Dustin Bond.
Alex Foster, Sarah Bond, Noah D. Pettit |
Stage manager for the production is Mason Allen. Assistant stage manager is Noah D. Pettit. The stage crew includes Cameron Wunderlich and Sarah Nowling.
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Mason Allen & Dustin Bond. |
The set design is by Linda Gjesvold.
Linda Gjesvold, Sarah Nowling, Cameron Wunderlich |
The musical is being sponsored by:
TICKET INFORMATION
The season will begin with our Annual Open House on Sunday, June 3, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The musical Annie will open the season on Thursday, June 7. Individual ticket sales will begin at the Open House. Season tickets are still available. Click HERE
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Caroline Good and cast mate Louis Sinn. |
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Good and Austin Ridley |
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Caroline Good |
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Professor Jessie Mills |
Caroline was seen in three productions at PCPH last season: Curtains, The Addams Family, and Laughing Stock. She is directing this season’s opener, the musical Annie.
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The memorable last moments of The Glass Menagerie. |
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Learning that “It’s a Hard Knock Life”. |
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L-R: Sarah Bond, Elise Daniells, Amy Tharp, Caroline Good, Jack Randall Earles |
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Amy Tharp & Erik Foster |
“It’s a Hard Knock Life” |
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L-R: Good, Daniells, Foster, Tharp |
Spring brings flowers, warm weather, Daylight Savings Time, and plays and musicals to our local schools. Many PCPH board members and friends are working on programs in the area.
Our annual week-long Children’s Theatre Workshop is offered to kids entering 2nd through 5th grade and takes place during the third week every July. The workshop sessions are held in the mornings Monday-Friday and include one hour of instruction in acting, voice and diction, and movement for the stage through fun and engaging games; the second hour is devoted to each of the three groups rehearsing a short play. Having each age group doing a short play allows for the children to have larger roles and more stage time. The plays are comedic adaptations of familiar fairy tales, myths, and stories. The workshop culminates in a Friday evening performance that includes a demonstration of games the kids played throughout the week and a presentation of their plays. Our mission is to not only provide a venue for kids to creatively express themselves, but also to expose them to the world of theatre and cultural literacy through the stories they dramatize. The dates for the 2018 Children’s Workshop are July 23-27thwith a Friday evening performance of “Funky Fairytales” on July 27.th at 7pm.