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Meetings bumped
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hree Community Theater meetings will be changed due to scheduling conflicts with Community Association events this year. Instead of meeting the second Thursday of the month in March, May and September, the club will meet Thursday, March 23; Wednesday, May 17; and Tuesday, Sept. 19. All other meetings will continue on the second Thursday of the month.
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series of short scenes titled “Relationships,” directed by Bob Taylor and Dick Hutchinson, will be presented at the March 23 meeting. Carl Lehmann will direct “Maid’s Night Out” at the April 20 meeting and Carl Nusbaum will present the actors showcase May 10.
Bob Taylor, Bob McCloskey and Jim Mahoney (play steering chairman) are planning a variety of monthly programs, ranging from comedy to drama to music for the rest of the year. Some will require memorizing lines, and some will be play reading from scripts. Call Jim (705-9466), Bob Taylor (379-5242) or Bob McCloskey (705-5974) for information
Details will be included at monthly meetings and in future Footlights.
Follies 2006 will be presented in September and “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” in November. Information about “Grease” and “1776” follows below.
‘Grease’
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oot-stomping music will fill Pinckney Hall when “Grease” is presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 2-4, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. March 4.
The musical about the life and times of all teenagers in every age is directed by Carol Wroblewski. Art Hansen is music director; Judy Clark and Sharon Hutchinson are choreographers, Ralph Spiegel is the producer, Steve Koehl is executive producer and Louella Hall is assistant director.
Cast members are Patricia and Ed Galloway, Al Sturdevant, Bill Smith, Mike and Judy Stallone, Janice Kraimer, Joan Galasso, Rich DiRocco, Mike Riegel, Billye Liberatore, Gabrielle Testa, Connie Holbrook, John Lavelle, Sandi Barber, Bob Marguccio and Bob McCloskey.
The show also includes dancers, band and chorus: Dancers – Brenda Compton, Bob and Lydia Crewdson, Judi Cummings, Sharon Hutchinson, Ray Murton, Joe Panzarino, Marilyn Perry, Ray Serpico, Lin Sturdevant and Rick Wakefield. Band members – Allyn Perdue, Mike Fletcher, Bill Sargent, Lorraine Hansen, Don Cameron and Dave McMullen. Chorus – Phylis Giglinto, Cindy Scott and Joan Shields.
A show of this size also includes sound, lighting, set design-construction-illustration and backstage people along with ushers, ticket sellers and others. In all, nearly 100 people are involved in the show.
The show is filled with a lot of dancing and singing and one of the main attractions is “Greased Lightning,” the title of a song and also the name of a car that will amaze you.
‘1776’
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uditions for “1776” will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 5, and Sunday, March 12, in Pinckney Hall. Anne and Carl Nusbaum are directors and Sharon Walker is assistant director for the musical, which will be presented June 30, July 1, 2 and 3 at Bluffton High School. One of those dates will be a benefit performance for the Veterans Association. Those auditioning are asked to bring their scripts with them. Most rehearsals are planned for Pinckney Hall.
The musical by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards is about America’s first congress and the nation’s declaration of independence from Britain 230 years ago. It was first presented on Broadway in 1969 and in a film version in 1972.
It won several Tony Awards in 1969 and was nominated for two other Tony Awards. The 1997 revival also was nominated for Tony Awards. Although it portrays the serious personal and political issues at stake in 1776, the show remains a musical comedy.
Community Theater members will be needed for backstage, props, makeup and other activities. Steve Koehl (705-7771) and Ralph Spiegel (705-5600) are producers and Perry Molinaro (705-9160) is stage manager. Call them to assist in the production.
More information about the musical will be provided in coming months.
No decision
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othing positive has been presented yet on plans for the new building, Magnolia Hall, to be constructed at the site of the softball field. A letter was sent to Al Reuben, president of the Community Association Board of Directors, and signed by the presidents of the four dance groups, the Community Theater and the Music Guild.
It requested that they be part of the planning process, recognizing the difficult task the CAM board has in allocating resources. The club presidents requested specifically that Don Avedon, chairman of the activities building committee, be permitted to share in the deliberations pertaining to Magnolia Hall. The response from Al Reuben was positive, indicating that the board members would welcome consultation from Don and the activities building committee.
Annual awards
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he annual Sunny Awards for 2005 were presented at the January meeting. The female and male winners in the mini-production category:
Best debut performances – Jane Johnson for “The Challenge of Bureaucracy” and Chuck Johnson for “Detective Sketches.”
Notable performances – Anne Blue for “Life on the Bowery” and Dominick Wasielewski for “Life on the Bowery.”
Best performances – Louella Hall for “The Lady Killers’ and Bob McCloskey for “Detective Sketches.”
Best director – Carol Wroblewski for “Detective Sketches.”
Female and male winners in traditional theater categories:
Best debut performances – Elaine Bily for “You Can’t Take It With You” and Dan Kam for “Guys and Dolls.”
Notable performances – Sharon Walker and Jim McGrath for “You Can’t Take It With You.”
Best performances – Elaine Ragland and Pat Schwartz for “Guys and Dolls” and Bob Taylor, “Guys and Dolls.”
Best director – Anne and Carl Nusbaum for “Guys and Dolls.”
Best set design and decoration – Hank Druckerman, Gordon Hooper and Chuck Johnson for “Guys and Dolls.”
Marvin Pearlstein was master of ceremonies.
Cory Sinclair, now living in an assisted-care facility on Hilton Head Island, received a special award for her long service to the SCCT as an actor, director and one of the founders.
Two outgoing SCCT Board members, Judy Clark and Joan Flynn, were presented awards of merit.
Worth repeating
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s the SCCT continues presenting a number of productions each year and with the possibility of presenting plays, mostly one-acts, outside the community, more and more people are needed for technical duties. This also includes stage managers, backstage people and set designer and builders.
Many members have indicated their interests in theater activities on questionnaires, but it’s just as important to make a call.
Also, with the SCCT’s growing membership – now nearly 1,400 – going through questionnaires and making calls is a time-consuming process that doesn’t always produce results. Members are encouraged to fill out the questionnaires, but also asked to call when productions pique their interest.
This, of course, includes actors as well as technical and backstage people.
Get involved by calling Steve Koehl, head of the production committee, at 705-7771, or one of the Board members.
Board members
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embers of the SCCT Board of Directors are Carl Nusbaum, president; Bob Taylor, vice president; Sharon Walker, secretary; Perry Molinaro, secretary; Steve Koehl, production chairman; Pat Strickland, membership; Gordon Hooper, publicity; Carol Wroblewski, workshop; Jim Mahoney, play steering; Cindy Scott, social; Anne Nusbaum and Bob McCloskey, members at large.
(Footlights is published quarterly: March, June, September and December.)
Revised: March 01, 2006.