March 1, 2006

Wowee! What a fun-filled meeting in February! Lots of discussion, many decisions, lots of excitement! The board has picked a slate for next season’s plays! Cinderella has been cast! The capital campaign for renovations has begun!

Since we’ll be losing some of our board members, Nominating Committee members Lillian Anderson, Dorothy Schecter, and Sheryl Blair were present to define the qualities they look for in selecting a slate of officers. The nominees to the Executive Committee for a one year term are: David Gould, President; Ellie Hutchins, Vice-President; Bill Maxwell, Vice-President; Myron Feld, Treasurer; and Marion Pohl, Secretary. Nominated to be new members of the Board of Directors are: - Derek Till, for one year, and Laura Sweet and Linda McConchie, for two years.

Cinderella is coming! The players have been cast and now we’re looking for a few good singing men to be townspeople. Join the fun by calling Charlotte Kelley at (781) 861-1664 to volunteer!

Spitfire Grill was a great success. Kudos to everyone who did their tasks so very well. From the PR at the start to the parties at the end, everyone involved in the show’s production was at the top of their game. Our sincerest thanks!

The renovation of 51 Walden Street is expected to begin early this summer. This means that EVERYTHING has to be moved out of the stage and the green room. Do you have any extra storage space we can use for the duration? Not to mention, schlepping all this stuff is going to require all the muscle we can muster. Won’t you volunteer to help us make the move? Please e-mail Marion Pohl at CAFAS@aol.com, or give her a call at (978) 369-7559 to volunteer.

And now - the piece of news you’ve been panting for – our play slate for next season!

In the Fall: All My Sons, by Arthur Miller. Directed by Doug Cooper

In the Winter: Lend Me a Tenor, by Ken Ludwig. Directed by Patricia Till

In the Spring: She Loves Me, by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joe Masteroff. Directed by Corey Jackson, music direction by Art Finstein

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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN!

AND PLEASE HELP WITH OUR MOVE IN THE SPRING!

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Kathy Lague played the part of Julia Jellicoe in the Sudbury Savoyards production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Grand Duke,” at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.

Mike Lague and John Small are appearing in the Vokes Players production of “Amadeus,” directed by Kirsten Gould. Performances run through March 18. Visit http://www.vokesplayers.org for tickets and info.

Kate Beattie is proud to be playing Fräulein Schneider, the role created by Lotte Lenya in “Cabaret.”

The Wakefield Repertory Theatre production opens March 18 at the Galvin Middle School and runs through the 25th. Check out their web site at http://wakefieldrep.org.

Tillie Sweet is playing Betty Meeks in “The Foreigner,” with the TCAN Players of Natick, March 31 - April 9. Have a look at their web site at
http://www.natickarts.org/tcan_tcanplayers.php

Talene Monahon has landed the lead of Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” at the Wellesley Players, March 18 - 26, and Bob Pascucci will double as the Mayor of Munckin City and Lord Growlie. Go to http://www.wellesleyplayers.org for more details.

In “Squabbles,” at the Nashoba Players, Waldo Fielding reprises the part of Abe Dreyfus, which he first played twenty years ago! Through March 11. Find out more at http://www.nashobaplayers.org.

The indefatigable Chuck Schwager lays on the sleaze with a trowel in “Criminal Hearts”. You can see his politically incorrect performance at the Boston Actors Theatre, at the Devanaughn Theatre in the South End. Go to http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/118697 for tickets, or telephone (866) 811-4111.

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“In limitation only is the master apparent. Deny yourself! Deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.”

“I wish the stage were no wider than a tightrope, so that only the most talented could walk upon it.”

- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Thomas Caron, editor