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“ANGEL STREET” OPENS IN JULY!!
Tickets for the Victorian Thriller Angel Street will go on sale Monday, July 8, at 5 p.m.
Rehearsals continue with the cast that includes Caroline Good, TJ Tincher, Tim Good, Eleanor Howard, and Ashlee Vitz. Jim Green and Tyson Myrick also appear in the play.
The show is sponsored by Rossok & Co. – Pekin Insurance.
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| Caroline Good, Eleanor Howard, TJ Tincher |
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| Tim Good & Caroline Good |
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| Ashlee Vitz & TJ Tincher |
OPEN HOUSE KICKS OFF 2013 SEASON!!
Board members, guests, and the cast of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown spent two hours on Sunday afternoon, June 2, at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre opening the new season of Putnam County Playhouse.
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Michael McClaine & Vickie Parker
Putnam County Foundation Board Member Vickie Parker presented a Mini-Grant to Michael McClaine. |
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Linda Gjesvold & guests
PCPH Second Vice President Linda Gjesvold welcomed guests and shared some of the history of the Playhouse. |
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| Kathryn Dory & Sandi Rossok |
House Committee Chairperson Kathryn Dory and First Vice President Jack Randall Earles worked in the Box Office, helping patrons with single session and season tickets. Board member Jim Green joined them, and a total of 15 season tickets were sold and more than 150 single tickets for You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown were sold as well. Tickets are still available for every performance, but reservations are recommended!
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| Michael McClaine |
PCPH President Michael McClaine worked the punch bowl and greeted guests as they arrived. He later presided over the monthly board meeting.
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Caroline Good & Shelly McFadden
Board members Caroline Good and Shelly McFadden discussed their plans for the season. Shelly will direct The Drowsy Chaperone. Caroline plays a leading role in Angel Street and directs SHAKESPEARED, the Youth Theatre Workshop later in June and the Children’s Workshop in July. Applications for both workshops are available here by clicking on the Current Season tab at the top of the page. |
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Jim Rambo & Ric McFadden
Long time board members Jim Rambo and Ric McFadden enjoyed the festivities and watching the songs from You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Jim will direct Harvey, our September show. |
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Brad Sandy & Sandi Rossok
Charlie Brown director Brad Sandy and Rossok enjoyed a few minutes of rest on the front lawn. |
Cast Chosen for “Angel Street”
Director Jack Randall Earles has announced the cast for the July production of Patrick Hamilton’s Victorian thriller Angel Street.
Playing the roles of Jack and Bella Manningham will be T.J. Tincher and Caroline Good.
Tim Good will play Detective Rough. The ladies of the household staff will be played by Eleanor Howard and Ashlee Vitz. Rounding out the cast, stage manager Tyson Myrick will be playing a policeman.
Angel Street is sponsored by Rossok & Co. Insurance and Pekin Insurance.
SHAKESPEARED! APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE!!
Comedy of Errors
Putnam County Playhouse will conduct its 9th annual “Shakespeared!” Youth Theatre Workshop beginning Monday, June 17. Interested students should be enrolled or entering middle school, be high school age, or just beyond. No audition is required and the workshop is free!
“Shakespeared!” is sponsored by Shuee’s Furniture & Mattress.
Bringing to young people a love of Shakespeare’s beautiful and lively language, providing them a venue to explore their own creativity and talents in which they can perhaps find their own niche, and allowing them to express themselves while connecting to a brilliant mind that lived 400 years ago is the passionate mission for the Youth Theatre “Shakespeared!” Workshop.
This year, each group will render into manifestation a version of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. The younger group directed by Beth Bax, and the high school students, directed by Caroline Good, Program Director and creator, will creatively collaborate on their own versions of the play with the obligatory soundtrack of popular music, chase scenes, and cultural references bringing the play’s essence to life.
The entire “Shakespeared!” experience is designed to challenge the young player and to demystify the bard’s lively text in a fun and engaging way, empowering them with ownership of it. In addition to interacting with Shakespeare’s text and learning the play, students will have the opportunity to directly apply instruction in acting technique, movement, voice, improvisation, timing, character development, and subtext.
The groups will meet daily for two weeks in the afternoons. The middle school group meets 12:30-2:30pm and the high school group 3:00-5:30pm Monday-Friday for both weeks with the final performance on Saturday, June 29, at 7 p.m. at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre. Tickets for the performance will be available at the door.
We welcome all participants; there will be parts for everyone. We do not hold auditions per se, but we do cast the roles according to interest, experience, and vocal abilities. Therefore, it would be extremely beneficial to have some familiarity with the play’s story and characters coming into the workshop.
Online applications are available by clicking the Workshops tab at the top of the page. The deadline is Wednesday, June 12. The Workshop usually fills up fast, so apply early!
A workshop for younger children will be held in July. It will be conducted July 22-26, with a mini performance at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 26. The workshop will be held daily from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Deadline for these applications is July 17.
Season Ticket Brochures In The Mail!
Watch your mailbox for the 2013 Season Ticket Brochure!
Please return the brochure as soon as possible to guarantee that you keep your assigned seating! New season subscribers also get the best seats, by returning the brochure early!
We have an exciting season planned for our 52nd year!
If you haven’t contributed to our fund drive yet this year, you can include that at the same time!
Auditions start in April! See you at the barn!
AUDITIONS DATES SET FOR 2013!!!
Are you interested in being onstage at Putnam County Playhouse this season? It all begins with an audition.
First up will be You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Director Brad Sandy will have two audition sessions. The first will be Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m. The second session will be Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m.
Next will be auditions for the mystery-thriller Angel Street aka Gaslight. The two audition dates for this show are Sunday, May 19, at 3 p.m. And again Monday, May 20, at 7 p.m. The production is being directed by Jack Randall Earles.
Director Shelly McFadden will find her cast for The Drowsy Chaperone during two audition sessions in June. The first session will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 16. It will be followed by another round on Monday, June 17, at 7 p.m.
Your last opportunity to join us onstage will be when director Jim Rambo holds auditions for the comedy Harvey. Those auditions will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 21, and Monday, July 22, at 7 p.m.
Additional information about all of the shows can be found by using the drop down menu at the top of the page.
PCPH Receives Grant from Putnam County Foundation!
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| President Michael McClaine is joined by PCPH Fundraising Committee Chairperson Drew Brattain On Friday, December 7, PCPH President Michael McClaine and Finance and Fund Raising Committee Chairperson Drew Brattain attended a breakfast meeting held by the Putnam County Foundation. The event was to recognize those organizations that had been given grants by the PCF. Putnam County Playhouse was given a $4000 grant to help defray the cost of a new sound/mixing board. L-R: Brattain – Marilynn Sturgeon, PCF Grant Committee –
Beth Flint, Old National Bank, PCF Grant Committee.
President McClaine spoke to the group and said:
“This grant will greatly assist the Playhouse offset the cost of replacing the main sound board – the heart of our sound system. The sound board controls the main speakers, cast microphones (we have a dozen wireless mics), the orchestra loft instruments for musicals, special sound effects, back stage monitors and our intercom system. The existing sound board is at least 15 years old [the author remembers it being there as early as 1991], although no one is really sure of its age, as it was donated to the Playhouse. Several channels no longer work, or they produce unwanted ‘noise’ due to age and use, and there is only one output channel that works. When it goes, there will be no sound…. “
They Run, the last show of our 2012 season. I got first-hand experience with the board, and found that it is indeed worn out and a new one is desperately needed. “In conclusion, we are extremely grateful to be a recipient of a Foundation grant and we pledge to put it good use as we continue our mission of providing a live community theatre experience….”  |
2013 Fund Drive Now In Progress
The 2013 Putnam County Playhouse Fund Drive is now underway. If you are on our mailing list, you should receive your letter this week.
Please return it, with your check as soon as possible. Those contributing to our Fund Drive will be listed in the programs for all of our Main Stage shows in 2013.
As President Michael McClaine writes in his letter:
“….as we finalize plans for our 52nd season, we are reminded that the Playhouse would not be a success without you. Thank you for helping all the volunteers of PCPH who make a difference for the culture of Putnam and our surrounding counties.”
You can read about our exciting 2013 program in the article below. Make plans now to attend. Season ticket information will be mailed in the spring.
We appreciate your support by attending our shows, but a contribution to our Fund Drive helps us not only with our program, but with improvements and maintenance of our facility. Every dollar spent on a ticket or given in the Fund Drive goes directly to the Putnam County Playhouse. No one receives compensation for any work they do for PCPH, whether it is creative or administrative. We receive some monies from grants, but the bulk of our financing comes from individuals like you! Thank you for your continued support.
If you did not receive a Fund Drive Letter, you can click on the Contact Us tab above, and download the Fund Drive Form linked on that page.
If you or your organization are interested in sponsoring one of our Main Stage productions, please contact our Fund Raising Chairperson, Drew Brattain, at his email:
Thanks again! See you at The Barn!
