Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 2:00pm Friday, June 11, 2021 at 7:30pm Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 2:00pm The Firehouse Stage RestART Tent Johnson City, New York
Programming Support Provided by Show Sponsor
UNITED CULTURAL FUND Season Sponsors Music by Book and Lyrics by GEORGE STILES ANTHONY DREWE Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling”.
Honk! JR. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
This event is made possible with public funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.
Additional support for the Broome DEC Program graciously provided by the Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation, Inc.
Funding is provided in part by a project grant from the Broome County Arts Council’s United Cultural Fund. CAST Ugly……………………………….………………………………………………………….Logan Everson Ida………………………………………………………………………………….……..Melissa Shipman Drake……………………………………………………………………………………………………Eric Bill Cat………………………………………………………………………………………..Megan Germond Grace/Dot/Froglet………………………………………………………………..Shirley Goodman Maureen/Froglet/Mother Swan……………………………………………Wendy Germond Turkey/Greylag/Father Swan…………………………………………………………Nick Merrill Billy/Bullfrog…………………………………………………………………………………..Zack Smith Fluff/Snowy/Penny/Froglet……..………………………………………….….Hayden Sokkoth Beaky/Jay Bird/Barnacles………………………………………………………………..Sam Smith Henrietta/Downy/Pink Foot………………………………………………..Mackenzie Shields SONG LIST A Poultry Tale...... Members of the Duckyard The Joy of Motherhood...... Ida, Maureen Different (Pre-Reprise)...... Ida Hold Your Head Up High...... Ida, Ugly Look At Him...... Company Different...... Ugly Play With Your Food...... Cat, Ugly Every Tear a Mother Cries...... Ida The Wild Goose Chase...... Greylag, Dot, Goose Squadron The Joy of Motherhood (Reprise - part 1)...... Drake The Joy of Motherhood (Reprise - part 2)...... Drake Warts and All...... Bullfrog, Ugly, Froglets The Blizzard...... Blizzard Soloist, Company Transformation...... Ida, Ugly, Company Look at Him (reprise)...... Company Warts and All (reprise)...... Company
CREATIVE TEAM
Director…………………………………………………………………………………Scott Fisher Technical Director……………….…………………………………………………...Joe Roma Producer………………………….……………………………………………… Pam Ondrusek Set Design & Construction……………………………………………….Gene Czebiniak Puppet Design and Construction………………………………….……Robert Rogers Puppet Training and Movement ……………………………………… Robert Rogers Lighting Design…………………………………………………………………..Gabby Button Lighting Technician…………………………………………………………... Gabby Button Sound Technician………………………………………………………………..Jordan Mann Stage Manager……………………………………………………………....Bonnie Deforest Costumes……………………………………………………………………………….………...Cast Cast Bio & Photo Display………………………………………………………...…Jill Green
Special Thanks to: Naima Kradjian, Kaylea Lockwood, Dana Ellis
PLEASE: No flash photography PLEASE: Turn of cell phones, pagers & any other electronic devices; they interfere with our sound system if left on vibrate SRO Productions III SRO Productions III was started in 1984 to address the need for Community Theater in the Broome County area. Pooling the talents and financial resources of the community, the company was able to produce its first musical, GODSPELL. Since that first performance in the summer of 1984, SRO Productions III has produced a number of quality musicals and dramas including; ANNIE, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JESUS CHRSIT SUPER STAR, PIPPIN, OLYMPUS ON MY MIND, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, CABARET, THE FANTASTICKS, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, OLIVER, THE NEW ODD COUPLE, NUNSENSE, INTO THE WOODS, GUYS AND DOLLS, ASSASSINS, GYPSY, AND THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND, NUNSENSE II, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, SOMETHING AFOOT, A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, FOREVER PLAID, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, MONKY BUSINESS, THE PAJAMA GAME, PUTTING IT TOGETHER, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, NUNCRACKERS, SECRET GARDEN, SEUSSICAL, SWEET CHARITY, JEKYLL & HYDE, ALL SHOOK UP, and LITTLE WOMEN. SRO Productions has staged a revival of GODSPELL in the round, the regional premier of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL and a completely sold out run of LES MISERABLES. Most recently, the company has mounted well-received productions of shows as varied as YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. In addition, SRO has also sponsored acting workshops, as well as technical workshops for those community people interested in the backstage workings of a theatrical production. SRO Productions III joined forces with the Discovery Center in the summer of 1992 to begin a theater and playwriting program for children. This program has proven quite rewarding and tremendously successful. Throughout the last decade, SRO has worked with a variety of community groups providing the pooling of talents and resources with groups such as The Dance Connection, Jan DeAngelo & Company, Tongue ‘n Cheek Ltd., etc. SRO has taken several shows on tour to outlying areas including New Milford, PA and New Berlin, NY. They have performed at local venues such as The Binghamton Club, The Binghamton Country Club, and The Schorr Family Firehouse Stage. SRO was a regular at First Night Binghamton. SRO Productions is a not for profit community theater organization dedicated to educating, entertaining & enriching the communities of Greater Binghamton. With six people in our original company, membership in SRO is now more than one hundred; SRO is open to any community resident interested in writing, performing or working on theatrical production. Prior theatrical experience has never been a requirement in any of the company’s programs, and newcomers are always encouraged. Robert Rogers—Puppet Designer & Puppeteer Robert Rogers has been fascinated and captivated by the art of puppetry since childhood. Growing up, he had a chance to see the inspiring work of some of the world's greatest puppeteers: Sergei Obratzsov from Russia, the Bunraku Theater of Japan and America’s own Bil Baird. Rogers received his B.F.A. from the School of Arts of New York University in 1976. His post-graduate work continued at the University of Iowa where he studied theater arts and playwriting. He first worked as a professional puppeteer for the Starry Night Puppet Theater in Vestal, New York, with whom he toured extensively and “learned the ropes”. His own troupe was established in 1980; its first production being a memorable adaptation of the classic story, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame. Many plays and productions later, the company continues to seek new horizons.
Robert Rogers has received grants from the New York State Arts Council, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the New England Touring Foundation, the Danbury Cultural Commission, the Meserve Memorial Fund, and the Puppeteers of America. His puppets have been exhibited at the Scott-Fanton Museum, the Roberson Museum and Science Center, the Discovery Center of the Southern Tier, and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Gallery at Bradley International Airport.
Rogers is also the founder and artistic director of The American Puppetry Project, a non-profit organization which fosters the artistic growth of students through active participation in projects involving the art of puppetry. Besides working as a puppeteer on stage and a fine artist in the workshop, Rogers is also a playwright, composer and cellist.
Visit Robert online at: www.robertrogerspuppets.com Scott Fisher—Director As a middle school teacher for almost 30 years, Scott enthusiastically incorporated the dramatic arts into his curriculum, effectively drawing out the “inner actor” in his students. He began directing for SRO Productions in 2001 after ten years of acting, music directing, and working behind the scenes in multiple other capacities. After retiring from his full-time job in 2015, he now directs up to three shows a year for SRO, the majority of which have been hosted at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage in Johnson City. Additionally, in the fall of 2015, Scott began directing the Johnson City High School musicals yearly. Scott also coordinates the highly successful SRO CenterStage Theater Arts Day Camp for ages 9 and up every summer since 2005.
Directing credits with SRO Productions include ANNIE (2001), THE SECRET GARDEN (2004), SWEET CHARITY (2007), ALL SHOOK UP, LITTLE WOMEN (2012), GODSPELL, NEXT TO NORMAL (2013), LES MISERABLES, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (2014), 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (2015), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, EVITA (2016), 1776, AVENUE Q, THE NANCE (2017), INTO THE WOODS, TITANIC (2018), MAMMA MIA!, FALSETTOS (2019), and MATILDA (2020).
Directing credits with JCHS include SHREK (2016), CATS (2017), HOW TO SUC- CEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (2018), WILLY WONKA (2019), and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2020).
Other directing credits include MAN OF LA MANCHA (2019) with KNOW Theatre in Binghamton. COMING SOON Vaudeville Trio Celebrate the Goodwill Theatre’s 100th Birthday with hits from the Roaring Twenties! Friday, June 18 at 6:00 PM $20 Adult; $15 Seniors/Students
Johnny Peers and Muttville Comix Dog Revue Sunday, August 15 at 2:00 and 5:00 PM $10 Adults; $8 Seniors/Students
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