March 2000 Gossip
ENGAGEMENTS
Travis Fisher, last seen in the Huntington Theatre Guild's production of
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)," is engaged to
Susan Harley. Susan works at K&K insurance in the Sports division and
Travis teaches English at Homestead High School. They are planning a September
wedding.
Scott Graham (PHANTOM) proposed to Tracey Buckmaster (CAMELOT) on December
19th. Scott is an alarm technician at Central Security and Tracey works as a
director of Emmanuel Childcare Ministry. Their wedding date is August 19th.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN THEATRE 2000-01 SEASON
CHILDREN OF EDEN; I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER; THE ACTORS NIGHTMARE / SISTER
MARY IGNATIUS; ALL MY SONS; ALWAYS PASTY CLINE (or MAN OF LAMANCHA)
ARENA DINNER THEATRE 2000-01 SEASON
RUMOURS (Aug. 11-26); ODD COUPLE (female version) (Oct. 6 through 21); THE
NUNCRACKER (From Dec. 1 through 23); DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Jan. 19 through Feb.
3, 2001); DEARLY DEPARTED (April 27 through May 12, 2001); ANYTHING GOES (June
8 through July 1, 2001)
AUDITIONS
The Fort Wayne Civic Theatre will hold auditions for THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG
on April 1, starting at 2:00. Al Franklin seeks 4 women aged 17-54 and 4 men
aged 20-58. Auditioners will be seen in small groups and should be ready to
read a short scene aloud from the script. A limited number of scripts may be
borrowed from the theatre with a $10 deposit. Performances are Thursday, June 1
through Sunday, June 11. For an audition appointment, call (219) 422-8641 ext.
222.
First Presbyterian Theatre will hold auditions for THE CURIOUS SAVAGE by
John Patrick at 7 p.m. March 6. Six women and five men ages 18 and older are
needed. Auditioners must be familiar with and read from the script. Performances
will be May 4 to 20. For more information, call Thom Hofrichter at (219)
422-6329.
ICTL FESTIVAL
The Indiana Community Theatre League will sponsor the 2000 Indiana Community
Theatre Festival March 31, April 1 and 2, 2000. The festival is being hosted by
the Terre Haute Civic Theatre and will be in Terre Haute.
Included in the festival will be one-act performances of "Cemetery
Club, " "The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged),"
"Sylvia," "Really Rosie," "Nunsense," "Bad
Year for Tomatoes," and an original production from Muncie Youth Theatre.
One of the adjudicators will be Michael Fortner, former director from the Fort
Wayne Civic Theatre.
CIVIC THEATRE PRESENTS "FOREVER PLAID"
The Fort Wayne Civic Theatre hopes to draw big crowds with its highly
successful revival of their November 1997 production of FOREVER PLAID. Starring
Greg Dostal, Scott Graham, and Tony Didier, and John Strachan, the musical will
run three weekends, from March 17 to April 2, 2000.
PULSE OPERA HOUSE TAKES "DAMES AT SEA" TO GERMANY
Cynthia Smyth-Wartzok is proud to announce the invitation of the Pulse Opera
House to the International Festival of Music-Theatre, which will be held in
Stuttgart-Kornwestheim, Germany, from July 5-9. The festival for Musicals,
Little Operas, Songplays, and Experimental Music-Theatre. The festival is
"an encounter dedicated to amateur, community and alternative
theaters." There will be 8 different international groups invited, with
the Pulse Opera House production of DAMES AT SEA representing the United
States.
HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE
Carroll High School's spring play will be a production of HARVEY, with a
one-act thriller, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER, preceding each performance. The dates
are Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m. (6:45 for the one-act)
and Sunday, March 26 at 2:30pm (1:45 for the one-act).
ARENA AUDITIONS
Auditions for Arena's
Production of "Move Over Mrs. Markham"
Audition dates:
Sunday March 5th @ 7:30pm
Monday March 6th @ 7:30pm
Production Dates Weekends
April 13th to May 6th (with Easter weekend off)
Cast
Five Women
Four Men
This piece is a British
Bedroom Farce. Fast pased and full of laughs. With Four couples
fighting over a empty London flat on a summer evening. Find out who stays
and who goes and who gets the "goose".
...............and................
Workshop and Audition Notice
for Arena's Dinner Theatre's production of
"Crazy for You"
Music by George Gershwin
Lyric by Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig
Dance Worshop will be held on
Saturday, March 25th at 3:00pm
---Bring either tap or hard
soled shoes (No tennis shoes please)
Auditions will be Sunday,
April 2nd and Monday April 3rd at 7:30pm both days at Arena rehearsal hall on
the corner of Rockhill and Berry Streets in Fort Wayne IN.
Please bring a prepared piece
of show music and wear hard soled shoes.
Production Dates are set for
all weekends in June starting on the 2nd.
Cast includes:
10 Women
11 Men
(all
ranges of ages)
For more information contact
Arena Dinner Theatre at 219 493 1384
