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NON-PROFIT ORG. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Music Theatre of PERMIT NO. 412 Wenatchee, Inc. WENATCHEE, WA 98807 Script Notes Volume 33 Issue 2 Music Theatre of Wenatchee April 2013 Page 1 233B N Wenatchee Ave P. O. Box 3042 Inside this issue: Wenatchee WA 98807-3042 Directed by Phone: (509) 662-7814 Daina Toevs The Apple Blossom Apple Blossom Musical E-mail: [email protected] 2013 Musical 1 OR CURRENT RESIDENT Happy Days Inside this issue: Please join ham-Maddy us for the Atwood; MTW News 1  Apple Blossom Musical Happy 2013 Apple - Days Blossom Jacob Scott; And Then There Were 2  And Then There Were None Musical Warren None  Playhouse News "Happy “Postie” Web- Happy Days Rehearsal  Playhouse Lobby Update Days, A ber-Josh 2  Volunteers Needed New Musi- Rico; Charles Photos  2014 Apple Blossom Musical cal". “Chachi” Ar- Children of Eden Based on cola-Zach Volunteers Needed 3 the hit TV Savage; Ar- show nold Delvec- V ISIT O UR W EB S ITE ! J OIN OUR "Happy chio-John Playhouse News 3 Days" Schulz; Count W WW.MTOW . ORG F ACEBOOK PAGE ! Book by Malachi/ , Music & A New Musical reintro- Leopard-Justin Valdez; Children of Eden 3 Lyrics by Paul Williams duces one of America’s Jumpy Malachi/Leopard/ MTW Board: Music Theatre of Wenatchee needs your membership to con- and directed by Daina best loved families, the Nerd-Stephen Paxton; Pin- Toevs. Cunninghams: Howard, kette/Car Hop/Calendar Membership 4 President: Sheryl Sutherland tinue producing quality plays and musicals. Becoming a mem- Marion and Joanie are Girl/Ensemble-Ashley President-Elect: Jeff Heminger ber of MTW is a great way to show your support. Tickets are on sale now at here too! Pflueger; Pinkette/Car Secretary: Sue Lawson the PAC! $20 regular Hop/Calendar Girl/ En- Board Members 4 price, $17 seniors, and semble-Allison Drescher; Treasurer: Colleen Bowen This show is a perfect way Membership Benefits: $10 for students (students Lori Beth Allen/Calendar Past-President: John Merritt to return to the days of  Our quarterly newsletter must have ID and be pur- Girl-Kylie Thatcher; Manny 1959 Milwaukee complete MTW NEWS: chased at the door on the Moon/Leopard-John Mer- Members:  Early notice of ticket sales with varsity sweaters, night of the show). Tickets ritt; Mrs. Bea Moon-Sheryl Paul Atwood  Ticket discounts for "Member Nights" hula hoops, yo-yo’s, and are available at the PAC Sutherland; Mac Gates/ If there is someone that you jukebox sock-hoppin’ fun. Cynthia Brown  Invitation to semi-annual meetings Box Office, 663-ARTS or Leopard/Elvis-Stewart know that is not a member of This perfect family- Marie Carlson  Members at the Associate Producer level or above are listed pacwen.org. “Andy” Anderson; Mrs. MTW, please let them know friendly musical will have Melissa Carlson Lois Gates/Car Hop/ what they are missing! This in each show program. you rocking all week long! Arlene Jones Performances are at the Calendar Girl-Dani Schafer fabulous newsletter 4 times a

Riverside Playhouse, -Cloke; James Dean/Bully/ year, early purchase of tickets Mike Magnotti Come check out the There are Six levels of sponsorship: April 25, 26, 27, and May Ensemble-Andrew Sprint; to our shows, reduced ticket Tiffany Mausser show! Nita Paine  $25.00 — Sponsor (no program listing) 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 @ 7:30pm Car Hop/Calendar Girl/ price for our Thursday member nights and an annual meeting Daina Toevs  $50.00 — Patron (no program listing) May 5, 11, 12 @ 2:00pm. You'll see some of the Ensemble-Chalese Merritt. best actors in town: with food and entertainment Steve Zimmerman  $100.00 — Associate Producer And special thanks to the Goodbye gray skies, hello Arthur “The Fonz” Fonza- each year. And if you give $100 Wenatchee Valley Medical  $250.00 — Producer blue! Happy days are relli -Jared Morgan; or more, your name will appear Center for their generous  $500.00 — Executive Producer here again with Pinky Tuscadero-Tiffany in the programs of all our sponsorship. Ritchie, Potsie, Ralph Mausser; Howard Cun- shows. Provide us your e-mail address  $1,000.00 — Benefactor Malph, and the unforget- ningham-Jason Rolfs; and you can get notices of up- You won't want to miss this table Arthur “The Fonz” Marion Cunningham- Join now and reap the benefits coming projects, meetings, and fun and fantastic show! Contact us online for the membership form and mail your Fonzarelli. Based on the Christy Shearer; Ritchie of being an MTW member! other great information. It’s an Hope to see you there!!! easy way to stay informed of check or money order to P.O. Box 3042, Wenatchee, WA, 988- hit Paramount Pictures Cunningham-Marcus Please visit our web site for MTW happenings. 07. Your membership is very important to us. TV series, Happy Days, Stewart; Joanie Cunning- more information: mtow.org April 2013—Page 2 April 2013—Page 3 Coming this fall! Volunteers Needed! The Playhouse Facelift AND THEN THERE WERE NONE MTW is always looking for people to be involved in The upgrading of the lobby has started. When you our organization. There are a variety of opportunities come to see Happy Days, you will see the new to be involved with that vary in length. There are nu- look. The design concepts from Mark Wavra and merous ways to help with no previous experience. We Ten guilty strangers are and nine to go! The excitement Terry Valdez are a wonderful balance of elegance trapped on an island. One by never lets up in this ideal thriller. are looking for people to help usher, sell the wine and and functionality. one they are accused of mur- beer, work our concession stand and help with selling The cast consists of 8 men and 3 der; one by one they start to women, although some male raffle tickets. If you have a night to give to your favor- die. In this superlative mystery We will be having wineries come in for the shows roles may be cast as female ite local theatre, give us a call. We would love to have comedy, statuettes of little sol- to provide a great wine to go with wonderful en- roles, with a possibility of 5 men you be a part of this grand company of theatre lovers. dier boys on the mantel of a tertainment. and 5 women. Auditions will be house on an island off the We have added lots of new things. We hope you held in late August at the River- If you want to be a part of a show, please come to our coast of Devon fall to the floor enjoy what we have done. This is will be a con- side Playhouse. auditions. There is always something for everyone; if and break one by one as those you want to act, work backstage, help with advertis- tinuing process. in the house succumb to a dia- About the Author: Agatha ing, promotion, props, costumes, and many other bolical avenger. A nursery Christie (1890-1976) is the au- things. Take that first step and let us know how you MTW is working to provide a great live theatre rhyme tells how each of the ten thor not only of The Mousetrap, want to help. If there is something else that you want experience for the entire community. Please come “soldiers” met his death until the longest running stage pro- to do, we are happy to hear your ideas. early when you see Happy Days, and look at the duction in history, but also Wit- there were none. Eight guests new look of the lobby! ness for the Prosecution and And who have never met each other Please contact us at (509) 662-7814 or on-line at Then There Were None to name or their apparently absent host mtow.org. Just give us your time and you can get and hostess are lured to the but a few of her greatest stage many rewards. New friends, new skills and the satis- island and, along with the two successes. Her novels have sold faction of helping your community theatre. Riverside Playhouse house servants, marooned. A mys- ing gotten away with murder and then more than 2 billion copies around the terious voice accuses each of hav- one drops dead – poisoned. One down world, and she is only outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare. Announcing the 2014 Apple Blossom Musical FUN!! Happy Days Rehearsal Photos! FUN!! Children of Eden Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by John Caird

Father-daughter directing team John in the US at the prestigious Paper Mill himself states, “I think the work of Mausser and Tiffany Mausser are Playhouse in New Jersey in 1997. which I am most proud is Children of thrilled to bring the musical Children Eden.” of Eden to the Riverside Playhouse as Children of Eden is based on the first the 2014 Apple Blossom musical. 8½ chapters of the Book of Genesis Children of Eden is a truly unique and Music and lyrics for the show are from The Bible, spanning everything outstanding show due in large part to written by Stephen Schwartz who also from The Father creating the universe Schwartz’s varied and complex score wrote Godspell, Pippin, and the smash and his children, Adam and Eve, to Cain that artfully encompasses a range of hit Wicked. Schwartz has six Tony killing his brother Abel, then jumping musical styles from beautiful choral nominations and three Oscar wins for over many generations to Noah and his numbers to inspired power ballads, his musical work. The book for Chil- family on the ark. The authors maintain and even a toe-tapping gospel num- dren of Eden was written by John the spirit of these chapters, but also take ber. But more than that, the show also Caird who has won two Tony awards, some creative liberties with the text by has a great message about how peo- including one for directing Les inventing plot extensions and expanding ple, regardless of their beliefs, should Misérables. The original production on characters’ motivations in order to lead their lives. The soaring final of Children of Eden was mounted in increase the dramatic effect of the story number of the show, “In The Begin- 1991 at London’s West End where it and enhance the depth of the characters. ning”, challenges the audience to was directed by John Caird. Unfortu- The result is a beautifully written, uplift- choose to make the world a better nately, although it was well-received ing exploration of significant themes: place for everyone because “it’s in our by audiences, the production was cut the complex relationships between par- hands.” In the end, it is a story of short due to the outbreak of the First ents and children, the search for knowl- hope that will leave everyone feeling Gulf War. Children of Eden debuted edge, and the implications of free will inspired. and personal responsibility. Schwartz