THE PLAYERS AND JULY 4
The
Concord Players were represented at Concord's Fourth of July Picnic in
the Park by Jay Newlon, his wife Lynne Rothstein and volunteers from the
National Charity League. Marion and Whitney Cook and Jeanine Calabria
and her daughter Maya assisted in introducing our up-coming season to
the assembled throng. Dressed as Samuel Adams, Jay offered a rousing
recitation of the Declaration of Independence, reminding all of the
origins of this storied holiday, and the reasons how and why our country
was founded.
DO YOU HAVE PLAY SUGGESTIONS?
The
Concord Players Play/Director Selection Committee is beginning its
annual search for the best slate for our 2012-2013 season. If you have a
favorite play you would like considered by the committee, please email
Rick Frese, Committee Chair, at RFRESE@bentley.edu
Please include as much as you can of the following information
for each show: name of the play, author, number of male and female
parts; type of show (drama, comedy, mystery, musical); and type of set
if known.
TRAVELING PLAYERS AT WORK
In
addition to rehearsing regularly at Newbury Court (which has a theatre
space), our own Concord Traveling Players (Dorothy Schecter, Sandy
Armstrong, Tillie Sweet, Charlotte Kelley, Betsey Connolly, Rik Pierce,
Bill Maxwell, Michael Henchman, Waldo Fielding, Lillian Anderson, Paul
Gill, and Robert Runck) have a busy schedule lined up for the next few
months, of performances for local retirement homes and Council on
Aging venues. In July, they go to Littleton LifeCare; in August, to
Maynard Council on Aging, Robbins Brook in Acton, and Concord Park; in
September to Chelmsford Crossing; and in October, to the Acton Council
on Aging. They will be offering two programs: a previous one with
selections from Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, and I'm Herbert; and for second visits, a new set of pieces with a courting and marriage theme: A Brief Encounter, a dramatization of a short story by O. Henry; The Proposal, by Anton Chekhov; Here We Are, a dramatization of a honeymoon story by Dorothy Parker; and a husband and wife working together writing Postcards, by James Prideaux.
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AUDITIONS FOR THE FALL MUSICAL
 Auditions for The Drowsy Chaperone,
our fall 2011 production, will be held by appointment on Monday and
Tuesday, August 1 and 2, from 7 to 10 p.m., at 51 Walden Street in
Concord. Prepare 32 bars from a song of your choice--bright and bold.
Please bring the sheet music for your selection. Callbacks, consisting
of dance, vocals and cold readings from the script, will be held on
Wednesday, August 3, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Performance dates are 8 p.m.
on Fridays and Saturdays, November 4 to November 19, 2011, and a 2 p.m.
matinee on Sunday, November 13. Anyone cast who is not already a member
of the Players, must become one. The cost for membership is $25. For
more information and details, go to the Players website concordplayers.org and click on Auditions. For an appointment, please email DrowsyChaperone@concordplayers.org
or phone 978-369-2990 and leave a message in Mailbox #2. Characters:
Man in Chair; Mrs. Tottendale, G3-Db5 (Alto); Underling, Ab2-G4
(Tenor); Robert Martin, C3-Ab4 (Tenor); George, F3-Bb4 (Tenor);
Feldzieg, Db3-Db4 (Baritenor); Kitty, Bb3-F5 (Soprano); Gangsters 1 and
2, Db3-Gb4 (Tenor); Adolpho, A#2-G4 (Bass Baritone); Janet Van De
Graaff, G3-Eb; the Chaperone, F3-D5 (Alto); Trix, the Aviatrix, Ab3-Eb5
(Alto); Superintendent (non-singing role); Ensemble, 2 m, 2 f (Soprano,
Alto, Tenor, Baritone).
PLAYERS NEWS
The Sudbury Savoyards will be presenting a staged reading of J. M. Barrie's Mary Rose
July 15-16, directed by Peter A. Stark, with performances by Mike
Lague as Reverend George Amy, Jon Saul as Harry Blake, and
Craig Howard as James Morland. Go to www.sudburysavoyards.org
for details. Craig Howard and Emily Earle will be appearing with
the Newton Country Players (In Residence at MassBay Community College)
in a production of Sondheim's Into The Woods, as the
Narrator/Mysterious Man and Florinda, the first two weekends in August.
Craig Howard and Connie Benn will be appearing in the Mass
Theatrica production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe in
September at Southgate's Theater in Shrewsbury, MA. Craig Howard
will also be performing as a soloist in an American Songbook
concert (July 27) in the Greater Worcester Opera's 8th Annual Summer
Concert Series.
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