MADogram Editor: Cathy Barth, [email protected], 301-446-6300
MADogram Holiday, 2014 Plan Now for “The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)”
Tickets for MAD’s Winter Show go on sale starting January 5 from the MAD web site, http://madtheater.org. Get ready for our gala return to newly-renovated Barney and Bea Recreation Center. We’re celebrating with an exciting musical that's all about musicals. It's the old melodrama "You must pay the rent" but as five mini-musicals parodying and paying homage to American and British musical theater legends: Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Kander and Ebb. Be prepared to hear some things that sound very familiar, but in a whole new way. The show is directed by Randy Barth and produced by Andy Negri, and features Dave Buckingham, Betsy Edwards, Katrina Jackson, Christa Kronser, Mike Marshall, Don Mitchell, Marie Nearing, Kathy Nieman, Shawn Perry, Melanie Pino-Elliott, Rachel Pino-Elliott, and Jack Scheer, with Dave Larko at the keyboard.
Performances are February 13-28: Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2. Doors open 30 minutes before the show. Snacks and sodas will be available for sale, as well as wine for a donation; or you can bring your own beer or wine. Unfortunately the new Rec Center rules make it difficult for us to offer hot hor d'oeuvres the way we did in the past. We will still have tables, but seating is general admission so come early for the best seats. Tickets are only $20. Don't miss MAD's GALA return to the Rec Center for “The Musical of Musicals!”
2015 MAD Officers
MAD held its annual election on December 17 and our new officers for the year are:
President: Kim Weaver Immediate Past President: Kathy Fontaine Vice President: Gerry Daelemans Treasurer: David Buckingham Secretary: Christine Smit Property Manager: Linda Pattison Vice President’s Advisors: Sara Buckingham, Eliot Malumuth, Andy Negri Dance Coordinator: Katrina Jackson Drama Coordinator: Lelia Moors Music Coordinator: Marie Nearing Tech Coordinator: Steve Beitzell Historian: Scott Ritz Publicity Coordinator: Mary Collins Offsite Coordinator: Bill Struthers MADirectory Coordinator: Randy Barth MADogram Editor: Cathy Barth MAD Web Curator: Randy Barth
MAD January Board Meeting
The next Board meeting will be held on Friday, January 16 starting at 6:00 PM in Building 3, Room 200. All MAD members are welcome to attend!
Approved Non-Voting Members
The following were recently approved by the Executive Council for non-voting member status:
Richard Richardson Jill Goodrich Chris Wells David Solomon Karen Lev
MAD Holiday Chorus
The MAD Holiday Chorus, under the direction of Susan Breon and produced by Kathy Nieman, performed a concert at GSFC on Thursday, December 18. The GSFC Child Development Center kindergarten class performed at the start of the concert. $400 was collected and a request submitted to the MAD Board for a donation to Children’s Hospital. The eighteen-member chorus also sang at the Maryland Space Business Roundtable luncheon, Morningside House in Laurel, and the Residence in Greenbelt to very appreciative audiences!
MAD About Town
John Degnan (“Annie”, etc.) will be directing the Prince Georges Little Theater (PGLT) production of the farce “Suite Surrender” to be performed at the Bowie Playhouse. The show runs May 1 to May 16, and auditions will be at 7pm on January 22 and 24 at the New Carrolton Municipal Center (NCMC) with rehearsals beginning February 17. The cast consists of 5 men and 4 women. Age ranges for both sexes are 20s to 60s. Please check the PGLT web site at www.pglt.org for a show synopsis, character details, and schedule updates. Padi Boyd (“Pippin,” “Guys & Dolls”), Alan Smale (“The Foreigner,” “Deathtrap,” “Guys & Dolls”), and Karen Smale (“Guys & Dolls”) and the rest of the Chromatics will be performing with a cappella veterans and WAMMIE winners The Tone Rangers and the beautiful and funny a cappella octet Venus d Minor... at Jammin' Java on January 9. Tickets are $15. Full dinner and drink menu available. http://jamminjava.com/event/691095-tone-rangers-vienna/
MAD Condolences
Thoughts to out to Chris Wells who recently lost her mother, Frances Stoehr, at age 94. She was a resident of Greensboro, NC.