THEATRE TALK August 2014 Volume 50 — Issue 5 www.pcplaymakers.org President Nadine Jensen Vice-President Jeff Bugbee Secretary Alison Sauvey Treasurer Sylvia Chappell Membership Secretary Bonnie Segaard Past President Millie Butts Trustees Susan Baker Katie Chafee Susan Doell Margot McCann Lisa Meyer Melinda Fluckinger Managing Director Brenda Hensley Business Manager Brenda MacDonald Building Manager Dale Jensen Theatrical Equipment Manager Jim MacDonald Playreading Committee Chair Matt Parker OCTA Delegate Millie Butts Playmakers Civic Theatre Goes To Northwest OCTAfest Regional Jerry Finnegan’s Sister They Loved Our Young Lovers At the Northwest OCTAfest Regioal! Sarah Leidheiser and Chase Will gave a tremendous performance as Beth Finnegan and Brian Dowd in “Jerry Finnegan’s Sister”. Sarah was a substitute and only had her script for a week and a half but you would never have known it as she never missed a line or a cue. Seven Playmakers arrived “bright and early” Saturday morning, June 7, at Fassett Junior High in Oregon to present our show to the Northwest Region. Steve Heineman drove the truck that carried our two sets of steps, a bed and a night stand; the rest was filled with Sarah’s many fast changes of clothes as she moves from a 6 year old to a 22 year old in 35 minutes. Dale Jensen helped Steve carry in and arrange the set on stage when it was time to go on. Nadine Jenson took the frantic job of helping Sarah with her changes so Bonnie Segaard could direct from the audience and give us the later feedback and I, Millie Butts, could direct from backstage, get in everyone’s way and drive the Stage Manager crazy by asking him how much time we had left. There were 14 excerpts and half were Musicals some very large cast (30–50) so the competition was tremendous. The Responders had great things to say about both actors in their verbal and written critiques. Chase was awarded an “Excellence in Acting” and Bonnie and I received “Merit In Directing”. It was a wonderful weekend for Theatre!
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THEATRE TALK August 2014
Volume 50 — Issue 5
www.pcplaymakers.org
President
Nadine Jensen
Vice-President Jeff Bugbee
Secretary Alison Sauvey
Treasurer Sylvia Chappell
Membership Secretary
Bonnie Segaard
Past President Millie Butts
Trustees
Susan Baker Katie Chafee Susan Doell
Margot McCann Lisa Meyer
Melinda Fluckinger
Managing Director Brenda Hensley
Business Manager Brenda MacDonald
Building Manager Dale Jensen
Theatrical Equipment Manager
Jim MacDonald
Playreading Committee Chair
Matt Parker
OCTA Delegate Millie Butts
Playmakers Civic Theatre Goes To Northwest OCTAfest Regional
Jerry
Finnegan’s
Sister
They Loved Our Young Lovers At the
Northwest OCTAfest Regioal!
Sarah Leidheiser and Chase Will gave a tremendous performance as Beth Finnegan and Brian Dowd in “Jerry Finnegan’s Sister”. Sarah was a substitute and only had her script for a week and a half but you would never have known it as she never missed a line or a cue. Seven Playmakers arrived “bright and early” Saturday morning, June 7, at Fassett Junior High in Oregon to present our show to the Northwest Region. Steve Heineman drove the truck that carried our two sets of steps, a bed and a night stand; the rest was filled with Sarah’s many fast changes of clothes as she moves from a 6 year old to a 22 year old in 35 minutes. Dale Jensen helped Steve carry in and arrange the set on stage when it was time to go on. Nadine Jenson took the frantic job of helping Sarah with her changes so Bonnie Segaard could direct from the audience and give us the later feedback and I, Millie Butts, could direct from backstage, get in everyone’s way and drive the Stage Manager crazy by asking him how much time we had left. There were 14 excerpts and half were Musicals some very large cast (30–50) so the competition was tremendous. The Responders had great things to say about both actors in their verbal and written critiques. Chase was awarded an “Excellence in Acting” and Bonnie
and I received “Merit In Directing”. It was a wonderful weekend for Theatre!
Send your request to: Playmakers Tickets, P.O. Box 149; Port Clinton, OH 43452
Theatre Located at 604 W. 6th St., Port Clinton, OH
Opening in November......
ALICE, THE MUSICAL ALICE, THE MUSICAL A Fast-Paced Farce in January......
CHEATING CHEATERS CHEATING CHEATERS A Comedy in March ......
GRAMERCY GHOST GRAMERCY GHOST A Musical Revue in May......
FUNNY YOU DON’T FUNNY YOU DON’T LOOK LIKE A GRANDMOTHER LOOK LIKE A GRANDMOTHER
P.O. Box 149 • 604 West Sixth Street • Port Clinton, OH 43452pcplaymakers.org • 419-734-5044
2014 - 2015Sixty-Eighth Season
Playmakers Civic Theatre to Celebrate “Traditions... Old and New”
It will be a grand night for a GALA on Saturday, August 9, at the Catawba Island Club! We’ll be celebrating many accomplishments of the Award-Winning 67th Season and anticipat-ing the exciting theatrical endeavors to come in the 68th season. Lots of fun and important information. You won’t want to miss this wonderful evening!
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Meet and Greet (cash bar) Pick up Season Tickets, program ad forms, pay dues
6:30 p.m. CIC Buffet starting with plated salad. Buffet features Chef Carved steamship round of beef, roast chicken, pasta marinara and more, plus dessert
8:00 p.m. Installation of Officers Awards, Accolades, Entertainment and so much more!
$35 per person. Please reserve by August 6 by calling 419-734-4328, with name and number of people in your party.
Payment will be accepted at the party, with cash or checks payable to “Playmakers Civic Theatre.”
Send your request to: Playmakers Tickets, P.O. Box 149; Port Clinton, OH 43452
Theatre Located at 604 W. 6th St., Port Clinton, OH
Opening in November......
ALICE, THE MUSICAL ALICE, THE MUSICAL A Fast-Paced Farce in January......
CHEATING CHEATERS CHEATING CHEATERS A Comedy in March ......
GRAMERCY GHOST GRAMERCY GHOST A Musical Revue in May......
FUNNY YOU DON’T FUNNY YOU DON’T LOOK LIKE A GRANDMOTHER LOOK LIKE A GRANDMOTHER
P .O . Box 149604 West Sixth StreetPort Clinton, OH 43452pcplaymakers .org419-734-5044
2014 - 2015Sixty-Eighth Season
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Playmakers Brings you Our 68th Season A Season of Music, Laughter, and A Few Tears
Fiddler On The Roof Book by Joseph Stein Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics by Sheldon Harick
Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor dairyman, and his five daughters.
With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill
them with tradition in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia.
Rich in historical and ethnic detail, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’s universal theme of tradition cuts across
barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy and sadness.
Flamingo Court By Luigi Creatore
This three part "slice of life" takes place in three different condos and has audiences laughing at the truth they see in what might be their own neighbors - only zanier. Flamingo Court has ten characters. Which can be played by five actors in all the roles or cast up to ten actors. In any case, audiences respond to this trilogy with uproarious laughter and leave feeling they have experienced great entertainment. Angelina, in 104, is a Neil-Simonesque three-character piece that starts with smiles and grows into a hilarious, audience-howling ending. Clara, in 204, is the shortest piece (ten to twelve minutes). It deals with two characters in a poignant look at the problems of aging and separation. Powerful theater! Harry, in 304, a five character play - and the wackiest - deals with an eighty-nine year-old gentleman who is battling his greedy daughter at the same time that he gets involved with an aging hooker. When the daughter and the hooker meet "the audience laughs up a Florida-worthy hurricane”.
Don’t Hug Me, I’m Pregnant By Phil Olson Lyrics by Paul Olson
The story takes place in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota, in a little bar called "The Bunyan," owned by Clara and Gunner Johnson. Clara is 8½ months pregnant with their first child, and today she's looking forward to her baby shower, getting lots of presents, and taking a break from her raging hormones. Suddenly, a freak snow storm, a "tsnownami," hits Bunyan Bay and they find themselves snowed in. All roads are closed. No one can get in or leave. Gunner's worst nightmare comes true when Clara goes into labor and he realizes he's going to have to deliver the baby in the bar. Featuring 17 original songs including, "Babies and Beer," "If I Only Had a Boy," "Bun in the Oven," "Baby Fever," "The 'Just Got Hosed Over by a Dork' Blues," and "If Men Had Babies,
We'd All Be Extinct."
Steel Magnolias By Robert Harling
The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody"
come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not
she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's
rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric
millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose
daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repar-
tee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when,
in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden
realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which
give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously
