RESERVATIONS SHOW TIMES All seats for the Main Stage Plays are reserved. All Main Stage and Oakley Stage play evening Please ...NEVER leave reservations on our Voice performances are at 8:00 pm and matinees are at Mail or E-mail. 2:30pm. SAVINGS - With a $40 Season Ticket you get Let us know at the time you make your reservations GROUP RATES $65 worth of adult single admission tickets! if you need wheelchair accommodations or a Ten or more adult non-Season Ticket holders, hearing assistance device. FLEXIBILITY - Each Season Ticket has five attending the same production, are entitled to a $2 punches-You may use as many punches per TICKET OFFICE HOURS discount per ticket. playas you like -except- only one punch The Ticket Office is open Wednesday-Friday, FOR MORE INFORMATION may be used forthe musical (Grey Gardens). 10:00 am-4:00 pm & Saturday 10:00 am-1:00 Season Tickets-Miren Beristain (234-4488), pm before each Main Stage Play weekend and one SINGLE ADMISSION PRICES Reservations-Sonni Crawford (877-2175) hour before curtain. Main Stage Play -Adult $12 or visit our website at www.CTTH.org.
Main Stage Play - StudenUChild $ 6 OAKLEY STAGE Regional Arts Partner Main Stage Musical- Adult $17 Oakley Stage Shows are not included in a Season SEASON TICKETS ARE ON SALE UNTIL Main Stage Musical- StudenUChild $ 8 Ticket. No reservations are necessary but tickets may be purchased in advance. Limited seating. SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 Oakley Stage -All Seats $ 7 DON'T MISS THE SAVINGSI This ecUIt", •••••••••••••••. In ~••• , ., ".,.1111__ n,_ .• '''_ '••••,••••••••~C••••••• i.~ •••••• ,"- "_tle ••• 1a....w ••••••••••• _ Art•. " 1._" •••_ AUDITIONS AT CT
All Community Theatre of Terre Haute auditions are open to everyone and are held at CT (unless otherwise indicated), 25th and Washington St. No advance preparation is required in order to audition for plays at CT. Usually those auditioning will be asked to read scenes from the show with others. Sometimes groups will be asked to rehearse assigned scenes for 10 or 15 minutes before reading the scene on stage. For the musical auditions, bring the music for a song which demonstrates your vocal abilities. If you have never auditioned at CT, come early to fill out some paperwork. Anyone interested in acting or backstage work is welcome to watch auditions and meet people.
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one's own community, family and even one's self. Yellowman was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. Play by Dael Orlandersmith • Directed by Jeff Lorick June 16,17,18,19,2011 YELLOWMAN AUDmONS Monday & Tuesday Yellowman is an edgy and provocative exploration of racism within the Black community.Audience members are taken into May 2 & 3,2011 the lives of Alma, a dark-skinned African-American woman, 1 male; 1female and her life-long friend Eugene, a light-skinned African- American man, as they grow up in and struggle through the internalized racism in the '60s. Join us for Awards Night While Alma tries defiantly to break away from her small-town May 22, 2011 at 8:00 pm poverty by moving to New York City to attend university, Free and open to the public. This is a fun evening of singing, Eugene continues to struggle in South Carolina, where he is caught up inthe conflict simmering between his mother's light- dancing, and toasting the outstanding performances of the season. skinned family and his dark-skinned father. Yellowman is both a poignant love story and an exploration of the devastating Visit our website for more information about CT. effect------of prejudices between shade, class and gender within www.cnH.org WELCOME ,.. COM •• UHI,.y YHEA,.RE OF YERRE HAUWE Hazledine-Yalley Memorial Playhouse ON THE MAIN STAGE On behalf of the Board of Directors of Community Theatre ofTerre Haute I 'l'HE SlEVEtiYEAR ITCH Comedy by George Axelrod would like to welcome you to our 84th season. We are very excited about the Directed by Josh Hoffman plays on the main stage and the Oakley theater: The Seven- Year Itch, Doubt: A Auditions: Sunday & Monday. August 8 & 9, 2010; at 7:00 Parable, Grey Gardens, The Graduate, God's Favorite, and Yellowman. The first play. a Production Dates: September 24,25,26, October 1,2.3,2010 comedy. is the original version of a famous film. The second deals with a controversial subject. We hope you stay to discuss it with us. Our musical Doubt; A Parable Drama by John Patrick Shanley presents the story of the eccentric relative of Jackie Kennedy. The fourth play, Directed by Judith Higgins Price also a comedy. is an adaptation of film. The final play deals with Neil Simon's Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, September 27 & 28 at 7:00; 1 male; 3 females view of a well-known Biblical story. The Oakley stage play examines the Production Dates: November 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14.2010 relationship between personal and public history in an intense two-person Grey Gardens Musical Book by Doug Wright; show. We hope that with each of these performances you experience for a few hours the magic that is live theater. Directed by Tina Hoopingamer Music by Scott Frankel; Each volunteer is part of the process of creating this magic. The joy of Music Directed by Dan Rodriguez Lyrics My Michael Korie working on a play is having an impact no matter how small or large in creating a Auditions: Sunday & Monday, November 7 & 8,2010; at 7:00; 4 males; 3 females world that lives for a time on the stage. Everything we do at Community Production Dates: January 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 3D, 2011 Theatre depends of the work of volunteers. We are always looking for new 'l'he Graduate Play by Terry Johnson people to join us. Don't worry ifyou have no experience. We will be happy to Directed by Sonni Crawford find a place for you to start and will train you to do any job that interests you. Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, January 24 & 25 at 7:00; 1 young male & female & Then you too can share in the joy of bringing life to words on a page in a script. Production Dates: March 11,12, 13, 18, 19,20,2011 2 sets of parents The Community Theatre of Terre Haute operates through the sale of tickets, donations and grants. By purchasing a ticket you have helped us create God's Favor.Ce Comedy by Neil Simon a special world on the stage. We thank you (or your continued support. Directed by Mark Frederick Vision Statement Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, March 14 & 15 at 7:00; 5 males; 3 females Our vision is to promote dramatic arts as an essential element in the Production Dates: April 29,30, May 1, 6,7,8,2011 cultural lives of those in our community. Mission Statement ON THE OAKLEY STAGE The mission of Community Theatre of Terre Haute is to entertain, educate, Yellowman Play by Dael Orlandersmith and enrich the community through dramatic arts. Directed by Jeff Lorick Values Statement Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, May 2 & 3 at 7:00; 1 male; 1 female The Community Theatre of Terre Haute values our patrons and volunteers. Production Dates: June 16, 17, 18, & 19,2011 CT strongly believes in: AWARDS HIGHT Responsibility Quality Education Communication AWARDS HIGH'I' Teamwork Respect Integrity Diversity May22.2011 @ 8:00 pm Sharon. Russell; Free and open to the public.Thisis a fun eveningof singing.dancing, and toasting the President. Board of Directors of Community Theatre of Terre Haute outstanding perfonnances of the season. S: 2 Ji : . TERRE...!:[email protected]_ (~ News From Terre Haute, Indiana
January 21.2011
'Grey Gardens' opens tonight at Community Theatre
Special to the Tribune-Star http://tribstar.com/entertainment/x233966332/-Grey-Gardens-opens-tonight-at-Community-Theatre
TERRE HAUTE - Community Theatre of Terre Haute presents "Grey Gardens," a new musical written in 2006, beginning at 8 p.m. today in the theater at 1431 S. 25th St. Additional performances are 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, as well as Jan. 28-30 at the same times.
"Grey Gardens" tells the true story of Edith Bouvier Beale and her namesake daughter, Little Edie. The aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the two Beale women were once at the top of the social register in East Hampton. By the mid-1970s, however, they had become notorious recluses living in a dilapidated 28- room mansion overrun by cats and cited for health code violations.
In 1975 a documentary was made about the Beales, and it was that documentary on which the musical was based. Many of the lines in the script are exact quotes made by the elderly Mrs. Beale and her daughter, by that time a victim of alopecia (hair loss) and apparent mental illness.
Community Theatre veteran Ashley Wolfe plays a middle-aged Mrs. Beale in Act 1 and a middle-aged Edie Beale in Act 2. To prepare for the role, she watched the documentary several times so she could be true to the real people. "For every other show I've done, I've created my own vision for the character. Here I'm emulating real people, and I want the story to be true to them," Wolfe explained. When asked about the challenge of playing two roles in the same play, Wolfe said it has been interesting because Little Edie is such a product of what her mother made of her. In fact, they are, as they sing in Act 1, "Two Peas in a Pod."
The musical was written with four of the seven actors playing dual roles, and director Tina Hoopingarner says there's a reason for each one. Audience members can decide for themselves what those reasons are. "This musical is hauntingly beautiful," Hoopingarner offered. "It's not a traditional musical with a heroine and hero falling in love."
Both of the Beale women loved to sing, so the music of the show truly helps to develop the story further. In earlier years, Mrs. Beale recorded songs with her accompanist, George Gould Strong (Josh Hoffman), and Little Edie fancied herself a performer and even lived in New York City for a time hoping to get into show business. Her father disapproved, and her mother's failing health forced her to return to Grey Gardens.
Ashley Chase plays a 20-something Little Edie in Act I, where the audience sees her in a more hopeful state of mind as she and Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (Logan Sawtelle) prepare to announce their engagement.
As she dreams ofthe stage and he dreams of the White House, they hopefully sing of "Go in' Places." Exchanges between her and her mother, as well as a conversation between her mother and Kennedy, give the audience a glimpse into the complex and codependent nature of the mother-daughter relationship.
In Act 2, Whitney Kos plays an elderly Edith Beale, nearly confined to her bed and living in the past when she was a singer. Their contact with the outside world comes only in the form of a young man named Jerry (Logan Sawtelle) and the gardener, Brooks (Steven Fivecoat). Little Edie sadly realizes her life has passed her by as she looks in the mirror and sees "a middle aged woman inhabiting me" during the extremely moving number, "Another Winter in a Summer Town."
Rounding out the cast are Mitchell Smith as J.V. "Major" Bouvier and Norman Vincent Peale, Mary- Katherine Bedwell as young Lee Bouvier, and Justine Gibson as young Jacqueline Bouvier.
"Grey Gardens is a complex and fulfilling show," said assistant director Dara Middleton. "You go away with a sense of history."
Musical directors for the show are Dan Rodriguez and Kurt Perry. "The music is challenging for both the pit orchestra and the actors," Perry commented. "They have done a great job with it."
Grey Gardens won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical. It was also nominated for three Tony Awards and a 2008 Grammy for Best Musical Show Album. Book is by Doug Wright, with music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie. 2009 (sample flyer) ISU COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER THEATER ARTS CAMPS at Community Theater of Terre iIIIIiIIIII_•••••_IIIIIiiII_ ••••••• Ha ute
JUNE THEATRE BUGS "Creative Drama for Young Performers"
June 8-12 '""EITHER* 9:00 am-Noon OR 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Ages: 6-8 '""Fee: $125 Instructors: Lynette Browne and Sherrie Herner Enrollment limited to the first 12 registrations.
June Bugs is a one-week theatre arts camp designed for ages 6-8. This camp will introduce young participants to theatre basics through creative drama. Camp activities include: theater games; exercises in singing and movement; and theatre-related workshops.
The camp will culminate in a staged showcase presented free to family and friends on Friday, June 12 at 3:00 pm.
*NOTE: The camp will EITHER run 9:00 am-noon or 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Monday-Thursday. Friday's camp will be noon - 3:00. Please mark if you have a preference on your registration form.
Registration deadline: Monday, May 18,2009, but camp is expected to fill quickly!
Call 812-237-2739 or email Lynette Browne for registration materials.
A $25 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a camp spot.