BEATRIX POTTER's the TALE of PETER RABBIT
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BEATRIX POTTER’S The TALE of PETER RABBIT GINGER CAST PICKLES CAST PUBLIC SHOWS 3/29 at 7pm; 3/30 at 7pm; 3/30 & 4/6 at 2:30pm 3/31 & 4/7 2:30pm SCHOOL SHOWS 4/2 & 4/5 4/3 & 4/4 at 9:30am and 11:30am at 9:30 and 11:30am PETER RABBIT Bec Fitzsimmons Charlie Clevenger FLOPSY Kamayah Sutton Lanie Wright MOPSY Jaimie Abbott Lilly Lewis Cottontail Audrey DeCredico Jaelyn Sanders MRS. RABBIT Autumn Schulmeister Riley Brown CAWDY, the CROW Kailey Buttry Bennett Russak BENJAMIN BUNNY James Derrick Lucas Gregg SQUIRREL NUTKIN Zachary Schulmeister Tilleigh Nazor-Comer JOKER Tytus Hayes Brady Lewis MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE Elise Hall Megan McGarvey NIMBLE Cole Hayes Paul Knotts MR. McGREGOR Zachary Huseman Hunter Landreth MRS. McGREGOR Emily James Emily Johnson LUCIE Claire James Ella McGinness STAGE MANAGERS Olivia Kelly Ella Hogue The Chattanooga Theatre Centre extends sincere gratitiude to our sponsors Youth Theatre Co-Producers $1,000 Level: Mitch & Jackie Collins Carole Klimesch Dennis McGuire in memory of Mary Kate McGuire $500 Level: Anonymous Owen Allen Mark & Pamela Bracher Brandon & Mandy Culpepper Lily & Iris Hamby Eunice Hodges Sallie & Dale Lawrence $300 Level: Chattanooga Handyman Rick & Lisa Glisson Diane & Michael Huseman Charles & Krissy Joels Martha Mackey Amy & Steve Meller Papercut Interactive Ryan & Nicole Rogers Dave & Jan Suhrbier Julie & Rodney Van Valkenburg Michelle & Brett Warren Come Clean Entertainment | Happy’s Shaved Ice About the Director Scott Dunlap: An alumni of our Youth Theatre program, Scott graduated from the American Acade- my of Dramatic Arts in 1996 and was a member of their 1997 Acting Company. He is proud to re- turn to his roots. Scott was Youth Theatre Designer from 1997 until 2000. He directed and designed Tuck Ever- lasting, Robin Goodfellow and Bamboozled for the Youth Theatre, additionally writing Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs and adapting Chuck Tuttle’s Sleeping Beauty for the program. From 2007-2012, he was writer/director of The Snow Queen, The Jungle Book and The Canterville Ghost for Baylor Middle School. He has been onstage in numerous CTC productions, including such diverse roles as the vil- lainous Miss Hannigan in Annie, and the playboy, Bobby in Company. In 2008, he received the award for Best Actor for Estrogon in Waiting for Godot at the Tennessee Theatre Association Community Theatre Competition and returned in 2012 to receive Best Director and Best Production for Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. His long history of directing CTC shows, often designing his own produc- tions, includes Hair, Mr. & Mrs. M, Dark of the Moon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Rent, The Fantasticks, Almost Maine and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in 2005, 2009 & 2017. Chattanooga Theatre Centre Staff Executive Director.........................Todd Olson Technical Director...........................Norman Eric Director of Marketing...................Julie VanValkenburg Knauss Patron Services Director...............Wayne Schock Master Carpenter.............................Evan Brackett Business Manager..........................Cassandra Gross Properties Master/Scenic Painter...Tara McDougal Development Associate................Lisa Glisson Education Assistant.........................Katie Campassi Group Sales & Events Manager...Ric Morris Box Office Assistants.......................Kitty Murakami Education Director........................Chuck Tuttle Nicole Coleman Youth Theatre Director.................Scott Dunlap The Chattanooga Theatre Centre is thrilled that you are coming to the show! A few reminders for you and your students to ensure the best experience possible for everyone! This performance will take place on our Main Stage. • Please be on time to a performance. Usually this means arriving 30 minutes before curtain time to ensure proper time for parking and seating. • This performance will be in the Main Stage Theatre (the double doors closest to the river). • Upon arrival, one person should check in at the Will Call desk on the left side of the lobby. • Please line up in the lobby the way you would like your class to be seated. If you must move someone please do so before entering the theatre • There will be no intermission for this show so please use the restroom before the performance to avoid a disruption during the performance. • Turn off your cell phones and refrain from using them during the performance. • Please pay close attention to the curtain speech before the performance. There is critical information given about the safety of our patrons while watching the performance. • Please be mindful that any noise can be distracting for the audience...whispering is still speaking. Even unwrapping a piece of candy is more distracting than you know! • Taking photos or video is strictly prohibited during a performance by our contractual agreement with the publisher. • Please remain in your seat for the entire performance. If you must leave, do so discreetly so as not to disturb others. In an emergency, please walk, do not run, to the nearest exit. • Please refrain from eating or drinking in the theatre. • Keep feet off the seats and do not kick the seat in front of you. • Applause at the end of the performance tells the performers and crew that you appreciate their work. Standing and applauding means you really liked the show. • It is distracting and inappropriate to whistle or scream out to the performers (even if you know them). Please consider filling out our survey after seeing the Production: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTytr4Qz0D4pWGu38yrykKoSCx34yORyskQBUw91690rXJQw/ viewform?usp=sf_link WHAT IS DRAMA? Aristotle (384-322BC) was one of the first philosophers to begin to explain Dra- ma. He wrote an essential list of elements in Drama. Even though he wrote this list well over 2000 years ago, we still reference Aristotle’s elements when discuss- ing the definition of Drama. Aristotle’s six Elements of Drama: Plot: What happens in the play; the storyline. Theme: Meaning of the Play; lessons learned from story. Characters: Usually people in the play but at times characters can be animals, inanimate objects, or simply and idea. Dialogue: The words spoken in the play written by the playwright. It helps move the plot. Music/Rhythm: Sometimes Plays use music to help tell the story, but Aristotle was also talking about the rhythm of the dialogue of the characters. The pace of the play. Spectacle: Visual elements of the play, which include: • Scenery: The Set; The equipment, such as curtains, flats, backdrops, or plat- forms, used in production to communicate environment. • Costumes: Clothing and accessories worn by the actors to portray character and period. • Props: Properties; Any article except costumes and scenery, used as a part of a dramatic production; any moveable object that appears on stage during per- formance. • Lights: The placement, intensity, and color of lights to help communicate en- vironment, mood, and/or feeling. Beatrix Potter 1866 - 1943 Helen Beatrix Potter was born on July 28, 1866 to Rupert and Helen Potter in London. She and her younger brother Bertram were schooled by a series of governesses who educated them in the sciences and the arts, while their parents nurtured a love of nature in them. Beatrix made many sketches of her pet lizards, turtles, frogs, and rabbits including one she named Benjamin Bouncer, and another she called Peter Piper. The Potter family took several summer trips to the countryside in Scotland, where Beatrix showed an interest in the natural world, sketching plants and insects. She would later study at the National Art Training School. Beatrix’s first employment came as an illustrator of greeting cards. Later, she illustrated books, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Cinderella. For the Royal Botanical Gardens, she gained attention with her drawings of plants. Here she created technically detailed watercolors of fungi. This led her to research in Mycology (the study of fungi). Her paper on the reproduction of fungi was rejected by the head of the Botanical Gardens because she was a woman. Another Mycologist presented her paper to the Linnean Society of London. Beatrix had a habit of sending little illustrations and stories along with her correspondences, especially to children. One such drawing was sent to the son of her old governess, Annie Moore, who suggested that it would make a nice book. After being rejected by several publishers, Potter published The Tale of Peter Rabbit herself. The initial copies were intended for family and friends. It was such a success that it caught the attention of a publisher, which had previously rejected it. With this publication in 1902, it became a bestseller.She went on to publish other stories, such as The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, and The Tailor of Gloucester. Potter’s personal life found her courted by Norman Warne, of her publishing company, though her parents were against the relationship. Despite this they were engaged. Unfortunately, Mr. Warne became ill and, soon after, died of leukemia. In 1903, Beatrix designed patented a Peter Rabbit doll, and a board game, while continuing to write and illustrate new stories. With her income from these endeavors, she bought a farm and land in the Lake District of Scotland, where her family had vacationed many years before. Here she found peace and solace after the death of her fiancé. Here, she learned the ways of farming, and began to buy up other farms in the area. In this task, she met William Heelis, a lawyer who helped her in her real estate purchases. They married in 1913. After this time, her publishing slowed, as she spent more time with farm life and with the preservation of the Lake District. Upon her death in 1943, she left her farm, more than 4,000 acres of land, and many of her original illustrations to the National Land Trust, protecting them forever from development. Sources: Rob.harrison. “About Beatrix Potter.” Peter Rabbit, www.peterrabbit.com/about-beatrix-potter/.