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Edition 2 Fall 2016 THE CALL BOARD Official newsletter of the Area Community Theatre of Sharpsville | | Est. 2011 Christmas at the !Pierce! Tickets for the year two edition of Christmas at the Pierce are on sale now! Directed by Anita Perman with musical direction by Tina Greig. December 15,16,17 @ 7:30 and December 18th @ 2:30pm. Tickets can be purchased in person at the ACTS box office, open Tuesdays from 7-9pm, Muscarella’s Cafe Italia during business hours, via online at www.actsharpsville.org, or by Nunsense was Habit Forming ! calling (724)-815-4388. ACTS kicked off the new performance season with the heavenly 2016-2017 season musical comedy that united faith and farce. Directed by Don Struck, music direction by Justin Ray, Nunsense united the talents Christmas at the Pierce:Back of the veteran ACTS ladies in pitch perfect casting. Even the by popular demand! This years “plain clothes nuns” in the audience were pealing with laughter. musical follows those favorite No divine intervention was needed to make this show an ACTS family traditions at the holiday hit! " season. December 15,16,17,18 2016 (From lef to right: Susan Woge as Sister Robert Anne, Krystal Miler as Sister Leo, Tina Greig as Reverend Mother, Roxanne Chapman as Sister Guys and Dolls: The musical fable of Broadway. March Mary Amnesia, and Monica Avery as Sister Hubert) % 17,18,19,24,25,26 2017 Noises Off- The comedy where everyone gets caught in the act! May 19, 20, 21 2017 Nunc ut lectus Editors: M. Necastro & S. Woge !1 Edition 2 Fall 2016 Become a Season Westminster Celebrity Series Subscriber Today! Did you know ACTS features season ticket packages? By becoming a season subscriber you… • Save $10 on your ticket package • Choose your own seats and retain them for each show • Flexible ticket exchange • Returning season subscribers receive VIP access On October 6th, members of ACTS were lucky enough to be audience members for “Defying Gravity: Stephen Schwartz and **Gift certificates are also Friends.” Schwartz, an award winning composer, penned the available and make great music for the Broadway blockbuster Wicked as well as Godspel, stocking stuffers! ** Pippin, Children of Eden, Rags, and The Bakers Wife as well as the For more information please call films The Prince of Egypt, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and (724)-815-4388 Pocahontas. ACTS members Mark Nelson, Susan Piccirilli, Krystal Miller, Justin Ray, Maria Ackley, Miriam Necastro, and John, ACTS Board of Susan and Miranda Woge were lucky enough to meet Mr. Directors Schwartz and his “friends” Scott Coulter and Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte. " President: Tom Perman Vice President: Susan Piccirilli Call for Volunteers Treasurer: Greg Perrine The board of directors is putting out the call for volunteer assistance on our future productions. Without the help of Secretary: Patty Wilson volunteers, performance nights cannot run smoothly. We are Members of the board: looking for volunteers to fill the roles of • Ushers " • chair operator " Maria Ackley Bob Disko •ticket • refreshment sales " Valorie Dunch Krystal Miller scanner " • 50/50 sales Miriam Necastro Mark Nelson Volunteers also receive one (1) complimentary ticket for that evening/matinee performance. " Anita Perman Bob Rannard To volunteer for Christmas at the Pierce front of house sta! please Justin Ray Laura Schneider email [email protected] or call (742)-815-4388. Susan Woge Editors: M. Necastro & S. Woge !2.

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PLAYHOUSE SQUARE January 12-17, 2016
For Immediate Release January 2016 PLAYHOUSE SQUARE January 12-17, 2016 Playhouse Square is proud to announce that the U.S. National Tour of ANNIE, now in its second smash year, will play January 12 - 17 at the Connor Palace in Cleveland. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE is a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award®-winning original. ANNIE has a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards® for their work. Choreography is by Liza Gennaro, who has incorporated selections from her father Peter Gennaro’s 1977 Tony Award®-winning choreography. The celebrated design team includes scenic design by Tony Award® winner Beowulf Boritt (Act One, The Scottsboro Boys, Rock of Ages), costume design by Costume Designer’s Guild Award winner Suzy Benzinger (Blue Jasmine, Movin’ Out, Miss Saigon), lighting design by Tony Award® winner Ken Billington (Chicago, Annie, White Christmas) and sound design by Tony Award® nominee Peter Hylenski (Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Motown). The lovable mutt “Sandy” is once again trained by Tony Award® Honoree William Berloni (Annie, A Christmas Story, Legally Blonde). Musical supervision and additional orchestrations are by Keith Levenson (Annie, She Loves Me, Dreamgirls). Casting is by Joy Dewing CSA, Joy Dewing Casting (Soul Doctor, Wonderland). The tour is produced by TROIKA Entertainment, LLC. The production features a 25 member company: in the title role of Annie is Heidi Gray, an 11- year-old actress from the Augusta, GA area, making her tour debut.
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Broadway Close up Stephen Schwartz Sean Hartley, Host Featuring Nikki Renée Daniels and Gabrielle Stravelli 020-21 2
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Misleading and Misrepresenting the American Youth: “Little Orphan Annie” and the Orphan Myth in the Twentieth Century ___
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Defying Gravity SAMPLE CHAPTER “Landing in Oz”
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Programs and Postcards Chairperson
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Theatermania 6-6-08
http://www.theatermania.com/peterfilichia/permalinks/2008/06/06/The%2DPartys%2Don%2Dthe%2DStrouse/ June 6, 2008 The Party's on the Strouse Had a nice time on Monday night at the Paley Center for Media. I was on stage helping to celebrate the career of Charles Strouse, who turns 80 this weekend. I was asked to participate because I’ve seen most every original production of a Strouse show. “Though,” I told the crowd on hand, “I didn’t see Six, his 1970 off-Broadway musical in which he wrote a song criticizing critics – which is why I’m glad I missed it,” I joked. Pat Mitchell, the center’s president and CEO, moderated. When she asked Strouse when he realized he had talent, he answered 15. That cued me to mention that I too was 15 when I realized he had talent, for it’s when I saw Bye Bye Birdie on stage. (I’d later add that few people have done as much to get kids interested in musicals: Bye Bye Birdie brought musical theater awareness to my generation, and Annie to the subsequent one.) Mitchell asked me to typify and describe “A Strouse tune.” What I first mentioned was that Strouse is so adept at writing for a specific time period. You want turn of the century? There’s the score of Rags. The ‘20s? Note “Kids” from Bye Bye Birdie, in which Harry McAfee uses the “rock music” of his youth – the Charleston – to complain about the ‘50s rock music. The ‘30s? “You’re Never Fully Dressed without a Smile.” The ‘40s? “Who’s That Girl?” from Applause has the appropriate boogie-woogie.
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Annie and WWII………..28-39 (Includes Handout Tests)
J e f f e r s o n P e r f o r m I n g A r t s S o c I e t y Presents A S t u d y C o m p a n I o n JEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY 1118 Clearview Parkway Metairie, Louisiana 70001 Phone: 504 885 2000..Fax: 504 885 [email protected] 1 Table of Contents Teacher notes………………………………………………………………..……….3 Educational Overview………………………………………….………………..4 History………………………………………………………………………………..5-15 Lesson Plans Cartoon Scavenger Hunt……………...16-19 (includes handout) Forming Opinions………………………………………….………….. 20-21 'Toon Tic Tac Toe.…………………..……….22-24 (includes handout) Cartoon Symbol Bingo…………………..25-27 (includes handout) Little Orphan Annie and WWII………..28-39 (includes handout tests) Standards and Benchmarks: English…………………….………….40-41 Annie: The Play……………………………………………………………….…..42-44 Annie: the Songs………………………………………………..………………..45-51 NACAE Lesson Plan: Little Orphan Annie: Leapin' Through the Depression……………………………………………………………...…………..52-62 Standards and Benchmarks: English Language Arts……….…63 Annie: the History of the Production………………………………64-67 A n n i e: the Films 1982 & 2014…………………………….....………….…..68-86 Trivia, Bloopers and Quotes Standards and Benchmarks: theatre Arts………….……………87-89 Standards and Benchmarks: Music……………………………………90 Additional resources………………………………………………………..92 Image Retrieved From: http://cgi.ebay.com/Little-Orphan-Annie- BROADWAY-Orphans- 12_W0QQitemZ260058976576QQihZ016QQcategoryZ778QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem 2 Teacher notes Welcome to the JPAS production of Annie, directed by Lynne L. Bordelon. Annie is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents. Annie’s parents abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan and her evil helpers, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
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