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November 1, 2005
This
is the week that The Concord Players will win an Oscar - Wilde, that is,
for Best Performance by a cast of first-rate farceurs in The
Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.
The ever-relevant and quintessential satire of haught politesse and hanky-panky
parades our boards in the persons of Kendall
Hodder, Jay Newlon, Pamela
Dritt, Shawna O’Brien,
Kristen Dattoli-Orfanos,
Lisa Astbury, Ben
Layman, Bill Maxwell, and
Graham Walker, directed by Mario
Salinas, and produced by David
Atwood, Peggy Elliot, and
Cheri Fletcher. Join
us for our opening night gala on Friday, November 4, and celebrate the
launching of our 86th season!
Harry
Schecter, longtime Concord Player and indispensable sound
man, died Wednesday, October 5 at the age of 93. Harry and Dorothy,
the ultimate husband-wife team, collaborated on many Concord Players'
productions, with Dorothy often directing, and Harry spending countless
hours devising perfect and precisely cued music and sound effects. Gifts
in Harry's memory may be made to the Concord Players, PO Box 22, or to
Orchard House, 399 Lexington Rd., Concord, Ma 01742.
“The Lord in heaven bless thee, noble Harry! God-a-mercy, old heart!”
Lida
McGirr is Bessie and Tillie
Sweet is Dr. Charlotte in the Winchester Players production
of “Marvin’s Room,” November 4, 5, 11, and 12 at 8 p.m.
and November 6 at 4 p.m. at the Winchester Unitarian Church, 478 Main
Street, Winchester. Visit www.winchesterplayers.org.
Lis
Adams is performing in “Prelude to a Kiss”
at the Hovey Players in Waltham, November 4 through the 19. Further information
may be found at www.hoveyplayers.com.
The
AYTB Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Jared Rainier’s
“The 4th Nail” at the Devanaughn
Theatre in Boston’s South End. Chuck
Schwager plays a man who commits a heinous crime in his youth but
later becomes a minister, only to find that the past is never past. The
play is a thoughtful meditation on faith, redemption, wrath and love.
It is not suitable for children. November 4th through the 20th, Fridays
and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. Tickets are $15 each and may
be ordered at www.theatermania.com,
or contact Chuck at chuck@schwager.name.
The theater is located at 791 Tremont Street at the Piano Factory.
Shana
Dirik is Nicky and Candy
Goff is Debra in “Smell of the Kill,”
a twisted tale of desperate housewives and attempted murder at The Burlington
Players, November 4 through the 19th. Go to www.burlingtonplayers.com
for tickets and more information.
John
Small will be performing in two shows this fall. On November
18 and 19, John will play the part of Marshall Brown in The Nashoba Players'
production of “The Award Show.”
For show times or to order tickets, visit their web site at www.nashobaplayers.org,
or call (978) 392-8555. On December 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, and 17, John
will appear as The Ghost of Jacob Marley in Theatre III's production of
“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens.
For times and tickets, visit their web site at www.theatreiii.org,
or call 978-263-9070.
Mark
Nimar is Cogsworth in the Concord Youth Theatre production
of Walt Disney's “Beauty and the Beast.”
The show opens December 2nd at the Sanborn Auditorium and Performance
Center in Sanborn Middle School in Concord, and continues through the
3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th and 11th. For details and tickets go to www.concordyouththeatre.org.
Nancy
Tutunjian (Berger) is the soloist for this year’s Concord
Band and Orchestra’s Christmas Concert, a fun, festive evening of
holiday music - Christmas, Hanukkah, Sacred and Secular! Friday, December
9th and Saturday, December 10th at 8:00 p.m., 51 Walden Street, Concord,
MA.. Tickets are $18.00 and include snacks and beverages. For information
and reservations call (978) 897-9969.
Katy
Blair worked in Martin Scorsese’s “The
Departed” in Boston and “The Brotherhood”
in Rhode Island. She’s also acting in two Emerson College student
films.
Time
to sign up up for the 10th Annual Concord Players’ Showbus
Tour to London and Stratford, England, March 3 - 12, 2006. Participants
will attend seven performances, including the acclaimed “Billy
Elliot.” For details telephone or e-mail Sally Bull
at (978) 369 - 2042; sallybull@erols.com,
or Susan Tucker, (978) 369 - 1648; tshabet@verizon.net.
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“America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.” “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” “Genius is born - not paid.”* “Illusion is the first of all pleasures.” “Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.” “Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.” “The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.” “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” - Oscar Wilde |
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