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Jan. 20 HEARING LOOP INSTALLED Switch Hearing Aid to T-Coil Provided by the Salem Audiology Clinic and RICH FORD at REAL ESTATE – Proudly Present Directed by Susan Schoaps Jan. 20 HEARING LOOP INSTALLED Switch hearing aid to T-coil provided by the Salem Audiology Clinic - Feb. 11 “Noises Off” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. NOISES OFF BY MICHAEL FRAYN CAST Dotty Otley/Mrs. Clackett .........................Kari Trickey Lloyd Dallas .......................................Erik Esrael Garry Lejeune/Roger Tramplemain ............Maxwell Romprey Brooke Ashton/Vicki ..............................Jillian Pope Frederick Fellowes/Philip Brent .....................Jeff Seeley Belinda Blair/Flavia Brent ....................Pamela Bilderbeck Poppy Norton-Taylor .........................Julianna Gibbons Timothy Allgood .................................Todd Logan Selsdon Mowbray/Burglar .........................Ed Schoaps SETTING Act I: Weston-super-Mare, slightly before midnight the day before opening Act II: Ashton-under-Lyne, matinee performance one month later Act III: Stockton-on-Tees, a few weeks later There will be a 20-minute intermission between Acts I and II. Noises Off is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Noises Off in rehearsal. All photos by Lonnie and Kim Thurston. PRODUCTION STAFF Director ...........................................Susan Schoaps Technical Director ..................................Tony Zandol Assistant Director ..............................IssacIsaac Joyce-Shaw Set and Lighting Designer .............................Tony Zandol Costume Design .................................. Erica Tackman Stage Manager ..................................Brandon Gitchel Assistant Stage Manager ...........................Rachel Vessey Lighting Technician ..........................Kate Twitchell King Sound Technician .................................Elizabeth Ming Property Master ....................................Eddie Willits Light Hang. .Rob Sim Set Construction .........Pam Baldwin, Frank Graney, David Mansfield, Rob Sim, Cast and Crew Strike Crew ............Trenten Davis, Robert Hoffman, Jordan Mackor, David Mansfield, Rob Sim Poster Design ..........................................Bill Helwig Program Design ...........................Laurel and Hinrich Muller Photography ..............................Lonnie and Kim Thurston House Manager .................................... Chris McCarty Board Liaison ....................................... Cherie Ulmer Opening Night Caterers ......................Black Sheep Catering SPECIAL THANKS ,.6;3BEJP t 4PVUI4BMFN)JHI4DIPPM t 1FNCFSUPOT'MPXFST Thanks to our sponsor for Noises Off! Rich Ford Broker, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GRI Mobile: (503) 510-9583 Office: (503) 391-1350 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.richford.withwre.com Serving Salem/Keizer and the surrounding areas. 4 PENTACLE THEATRE DIRECTOR’S NOTES his show has a special place in my heart. I was fortunate to be a member of the cast when Pentacle Theatre last performed T it in 2001. I had auditioned for the role of Belinda, and was thrilled—and terrified!—to be cast as Brooke instead. Of all of my theatrical experiences, both at Pentacle and elsewhere, this show is the one that stands out as the one that was the most fun to be a part of. Every single night was a joy to be onstage, and I am so privileged to be able to direct it this time around. Noises Off was created when playwright Michael Frayn watched a performance of his play, The Two of Us, from backstage. He said, “It Susan Schoaps was funnier from behind than in front, and I thought that one day I must write a farce from behind.” Since its premiere in 1982, it has become a staple in theaters around the world. Often called the funniest play ever written, this show has it all. Doors, bags, boxes and sardines clash with temperamental directors, actors and stage crew. The challenges of this show are several. It is difficult to rehearse a show with eight doors and two levels in a rehearsal space with one level and no doors. Act II is mostly pantomime, which requires precise choreography of blocking and timing on the part of the actors. Each of the three acts (which we are performing as two acts) has very similar, but not quite the same, dialog. You can imagine the difficulty Pentacle Theatre’s in remembering which of three slightly dif- ferent versions of the same line should be said Acting Workshop at which time! Join director and My cast and crew have worked hard, actress Jo Dodge in a through bad weather and illnesses, to bring fun, hands-on theater this show to life. I could not be more proud workshop exploring of them, and feel blessed to have worked with the human spirit. each and every one of them. I am confident 11-Week Term—Only $105.00 that, just as I did 16 years ago, they will enjoy every night of this production. I hope all of Location: Pentacle Theatre lobby you do as well! For information, call 503-485-4300. Susan Schoaps, Director SEASON 2017 Noises Off 5 CAST AND CREW Susan Schoaps Dream, Radium Girls, and Kiss Me, Kate. Director She has also served as a member of Penta- Born in Tacoma, Wash- cle’s Governing Board and on the Playread- ington, and raised as ing Committee. Susan is eternally grateful an army brat in North to and for her loving and supportive family. Carolina, Hawaii, Ken- tucky, Colorado, and Isaac Joyce-Shaw California, Susan found Assistant Director her true home in Salem. She was a vocal Isaac is very grateful for performance major in college, and appeared the opportunity to work in several musicals and operas with various on this, one of his favor- companies in California, including The Play ite comedies, and make of Daniel, Peter Pan, Echo and Narcissus, his debut as an assistant Adriana Lecouvreur, I Pagliacci, and Caval- director at Pentacle. leria Rusticana. Her Pentacle Theatre expe- This is his 16th Pentacle show, where he rience includes numerous onstage appear- has served in various roles both onstage ances, most recently in The Addams Family and off. Isaac works as a makeup designer, and in The Book of Liz, Macbeth, Three Tall actor, and artist, and has lately spent a Women, Noises Off, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, good deal of his time being sad about the Dracula, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. deaths of celebrities he liked. She has directed several Pentacle pro- ductions including A Midsummer Night’s Pamela Bilderbeck Belinda Blair/ Pentacle Theatre thanks Flavia Brent Pamela’s recent Pentacle Theatre stage credits include The Diary of Anne Frank (Mrs. Van Daan), Blithe Spirit (Ruth), and God of Carnage (Annette). At Albany Civic Theater she appeared in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania) and for their support of our Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Community Service Night. Abridged (many roles including Hamlet). At The Verona Studio she played Pearl 6 PENTACLE THEATRE in Lonesome Hollow. Pamela works as an Julianna Gibbons investigator and lives in South Salem. She Poppy Norton-Taylor enjoys her garden, dog rescue, and books. Julianna has been seen at Pentacle Theatre as Erik Esrael Sonia in Vanya and Lloyd Dallas Sonia and Masha and This is Erik’s Penta- Spike, Lenny in Crimes cle Theatre debut. At of the Heart, Hat- Albany Civic Theatre, tie in The Women of Lockerbie, and Petra he played Estragon in Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Waiting For Godot, Sid- Other credits include Ruth in Blithe Spirit ney Bruhl in Deathtrap, (Aumsville Community Theater), Maria in and Theo Muske in The Underpants. Other Twelfth Night (Keizer Homegrown Theatre), credits incude Noises Off, Humble Boy, How Kate in Sylvia (Gallery Theater), and a year I Learned to Drive, Bullshot Crummond, and in Capitol City Theater’s Improv comedy All My Sons. When Erik is not rehearsing or troupe. Julianna is a high school theater performing in a show, he loves spending time teacher in Salem. She thanks Dixie for the with family as well as gaming, particularly love and support, her family for those price- board and card games. You can catch him less moments of smiling and laughing, Dr. after the run at Wild Things Games in Salem Davis for always believing, and Pentacle for every Thursday evening, demoing and teach- the opportunity to perform again. When ing board games for the casual, serious, or not being dramatic, Julianna enjoys fishing, just curious gamer. Erik wishes to thank his camping, hiking, reading, cats, travel, funny wife and children for their love and support. accents, and all humanity. SEASON 2017 Noises Off 7 Todd Logan Civic Theater, Devery in Born Yesterday at Timothy Allgood the Gallery Theater in McMinnville, and Todd last graced the Mr. Smee in Outreach Productions’ Peter Pentacle Theatre stage Pan and Wendy. Todd is a graduate of the as Mr. Dussel in The theater program at UC Santa Cruz. He and Diary of Anne Frank. his wife, Micky, have two sons, Spence and He has also appeared as Harry, both of whom have appeared on Duke Theseus inA Mid- the Pentacle stage. When not acting, Todd summer Night’s Dream, the brutal husband works for the state of Oregon. in Night Watch, the poetry-smitten divor- cee in The Retreat From Moscow, and the Jillian Pope Irish criminal in Corpse! Other recent local Brooke Ashton/Vicki credits include Tim in Noises Off at Albany This is Jillian’s Pentacle Theatre debut. Dur- ing her time at South UPCOMING AUDITIONS Salem High School, she was involved in every Leading Ladies March 11 production, including playing the role of Amanda Wingfield in Virginia Woolf April 29 The Glass Menagerie. Other credits include Rocky Horror Show (Janet Weiss) with Clin- More info at 503-485-4300 or ton St. Cabaret and Big River (Ensemble) online at pentacletheatre.org with Theatre Outreach. Born and raised in Wine Tasting Room Open Daily 11 AM – 5 PM Salsa Lessons SE4BUVSEBZTr PM Cubanisimo Vineyards 1754 Best Road NW, Salem OR | 503.588.17631763 www.CubanisimoVineyards.com Salem-Keizer (503) 370-7520 Turner-Jefferson (503) 743-4646 Aumsville-Stayton (503) 749-4646 Precision Towing & Recovery 8 PENTACLE THEATRE Salem, she is currently living here with her My Knees, and was production consultant boyfriend, Adam, and her mother. Jillian for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof—all at Pentacle works as a retail associate for a beauty sup- Theatre.
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