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Please join us to thank you for your support through your in-volvement and attendance at our events. You have made it possible

for us to celebrate 20 years. Canyou believe it? Time flies whenyou are having fun.

Come join us for an exciting eve-ning reminiscing our past andsharing with you our exciting fu-tureand a few other surprises.Del Bakkum will be returning asour pretty good emcee for theevening. The house lights will be

C u rta in C a llQuarterly Newsletter of Theatre in the Woods, Ltd. September, 2009 olume XV

If you're tired of worrying aboutwhat to do with your body whenyou're on stage, or maybe you

haven't thought about it, then youshouldn't miss this opportunity.TITWs Energy & Acting Work-

shop with veteran actor and direc-tor, Jan Lee will be offered onSaturday, September 12 begin-ning promptly at 9:00 and last-ing until 12 noon.

All actors, directors and want-to- bes are encouraged to attend, par-

ticularly the cast of Fools andthose interested in trying out for the spring production of Much

Ado About Nothing . Participantsshould wear loose and comfort-able clothing appropriate for a lotof moving around.

This intensive and fun-filled 3hour workshop will focus on thefact that acting is doing. Through

the use of specific exercises, you'll be up and moving, breaking down physical barriers to the pointwhere you'll never worry aboutyour hands again!

Please call the Quam at 468-4387or email Carolyn Burnett [email protected] to register or for more information. There is nocharge for the workshop, but ad-

vance notice is requested.

dimmed, candles will be lit, andthis would be just the time to dressup a little. You know a lot goes onat TitW and it is not all on stage.You dont have to be involved tocome join us, just be ready to havea pretty good time and find outwhat we are all about (no stringsattached).

This is a catered event by Lois

Country Cupboard, so we need anaccurate count of our guests.Please RSVP to Shirley Hile at468-7737 or e-mail her [email protected] before Sep-tember 10 with your name, phonenumber/e-mail address, and thenumber in your party.

It should be a pretty good time,dont miss it

by Carolyn Burnett

"YES, BUT WHAT DO I DOWITH MY HANDS? An Energy & Acting Workshop

with Jan Lee

Pretty Good PartyCelebrates 20 years!

Saturday, September 19, 2009at 7:00 p.m.

Erika Quam Memorial Theater

by Shirley Hile

Much Ado About N othingAuditions

Much Ado About Nothing auditions will be held Saturday, September 19at 9 am & Wednesday, September 23 at 6:30 pm. Directors Carolyn Bur-nett & Karen Kaufman recommend you plan to attend both time slots.

Speaking roles may include men and women of a variety of ages fromhigh school through older adult. Actors are encouraged to audition forthe roles of their choice regardless of age or gender. The directors per-spective is that there are no small parts, but there are roles with fewerlines. We encourage all interested adults to audition.

In addition, we are looking for a male and/or female singer(s) with astrong jazzy voice. Vocalists are encouraged to contact the directors forfurther audition information.

Also needed are a crew of non-speaking usher/waitstaff who will be anintegral part of the production.

The early date of auditions will allow cast to become familiar with theplay and memorize all lines before rehearsals begin in January. Much

Ado is a comedy of language, wit, and farce. Bring your funny bone to

auditions!


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Vol. XV Curtain Call September, 2009

"Love and courtship are the tar- gets in this rollicking romance, presided over by the sparring,wise-cracking Beatrice and Bene-dick--who have both sworn never to marry. Returning war heroes,mischievous brothers, sweet-hearts-in-waiting, and a bumbling constable lead a parade of char-acters who scheme their waythrough one of Shakespeare'smost popular and light hearted comedies."

Thus is Much Ado about Nothing described by Theatre in the RoundPlayers, a community theatre inthe university district of Minnea-

polis. As part of their efforts tosee multiple performances of the

play leading up to our springTITW production, directors KarenKaufman and Carolyn Burnett areinviting others to journey withthem on:

Saturday, September 12for the 8:00 showing

at Theatre in the Round.

Tickets are $20 and must be re- served quickly.

If you are interested in joiningthis fun outing, or for further in-formation, call Carolyn at 354-3803 as soon as you read this.

Visit TheatreintheRound.orgfor more about this communitytheatre in its 58th season .

Submission Guidelines: Curtain Call is published in March,June, September and December. Copydeadline is on the 15th of the previousmonth. Submit text as a simple, unfor-matted e-mail or attached Word docu-ment. Photos or other artwork should

be sent as an attached file, preferablyJPEG file format. Send to:

[email protected]

Check out our our website:titw.org

Sign in and be a part of our onlineTITW Community.

Shawn Tisdell , Webmaster.(715) 822-3222

Curtain Callis the quarterly newsletter of:

Theatre in the Woods, LimitedP.O. Box 156Shell Lake, WI 54871Phone (715)468-4387

Carolyn Burnett, President, 354-3803Carol Seehafer, Vice PresidentKathy Mitchell, SecretaryPatti Fox, Treasurer Margaret Olsgard, Curtain Call Editor,

(715) 635-8171Bob Olsgard, Curtain Call Tech Guru

Much Ado field trip

coming right up!

by Carolyn Burnett

Rummage Sale by Shirley Hile

Theatre in the Woods will beholding a rummage sale in Octo-

ber. Proceeds will go to help fundseveral projects at the Quam.

If you have items you would liketo donate, please call Megan be-fore October 10 at 468-7990 tomake arrangements to drop off your items. Please, no TVs, mi-crowaves, computers, etc . Watchthe local papers for the sale date.

We are located in theErika Quam Memorial Theater

605 First StShell Lake, WI

Do you have an upcoming event?RENT TH E QUAM!

Contact us about rental rates andavailability of our

facilities.

Somethingto look forward to!

CLARISSE & FRIENDS February 5,6,7, 2010

Written by Dew HardingPerformed by Jan Lee

Clarisse & Friends is a funny andthought provoking original one-

woman show featuring seven dif-ferent characters - everything froma housewife reminiscing about her grandmother's plate, to a womanobsessed with shoes, to a smoker who is trying to quit, to a futuristiclook back at society andmore! All performed by actressJan Lee. Lee is thrilled to be com-ing back to the TitW's stage, hav-ing been seen before in Talking

Heads, True Confessions and Broadway & Beyond. . Jan is a 30year veteran performer, director,and designer having worked inmany theaters in the Twin Citiesand around the country, as well asat the Big Top Chautuaqua. She isthe founder and former ArtisticDirector of STAGENORTH inWashburn, Wisconsin.

by Carolyn Burnett


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Lee. (See page XXX.) Actorsinterested in auditioning forspeaking and non-speakingroles in Much Ado arestrongly encouraged to attendthis workshop.

And, speaking of auditions,those for Much Ado are Sep-tember 19 and 23. (See page 1for more information.)

Also on September 12 we,along with other TITWers, willtravel to Minneapolis to take inthe Theater in the Round pro-duction of Much Ado about

Nothing. (See page 1 also)

If you missed Parts I and/or IIof Anatomy of a Production,look for them at titw.org

McMullin will be setting the twosongs written by Shakespeare intoa similar musical style.

In June, we took a field trip to seethe Chicago Shakespeare Com-

panys Twelfth Night and seren-dipitously ducked into a restaurantwhere we met our set muse. Per-suasive talks are now underwaywith our desired set constructionforeperson/guru.

Mary Kay Latzka and Patti Foxare collaborating on the promo-tional logo. Look for it on the09/10 seasonal flyer coming soonto your mailbox.

Big news for this month is a Sep-tember 12 workshop focusing onenergizing ones acting, led by Jan

by Carolyn Burnett & Karen Kaufman

ing two months for us as directors.As our youth leaders learned, the

behind-the-scenes stageof produc-tion beginslong beforethe children

show up for dress re-hearsals which is the

only part budding thespians usu-ally experience. These high schoolstudents persevered despite hittingsome big obstacles!

(YOUTH PRODUCTION, Continued from page 2)

stage. Michael Burand from south-eastern Minnesota plays banjo andguitar, Pete Brooks, graphic artistraised in Hopkins, MN is on bassand vocals, and completing thequartet on guitar, mandolin, fiddleand vocals is Somerset, WI nativeDale Marshall.

Pickin Up Steam will perform aspart of Shell Lakes Town andCountry Days activities onFriday evening at 7:30, Septem-ber 4 at the Erika Quam Theater,605 1st Street, Shell Lake.Tickets are $12 and may be re-served by calling 468-4387.

(PICKIN UP STEAM Continued from page 6

Fall colors are appearing in the fo-liage, and winter must come. How-ever we, directors Carolyn Burnettand Karen Kaufman, have spring2010 active in our imaginations.We have been searching for inspi-ration and elaborating on our plansfor the musical and visual aspects

of TITWs forthcoming productionof Shakespeares Much Ado about Nothing. Highlights of these ef-forts include: Tam Smith, musicalconsultant for the project, has pro-vided stacks of CDs and audiotapes for our review. From thesewe are developing the musical sig-nature for the production whichwill then inform decisions madeabout costumes and hair-

styles. Additionally, Kevin

Anatomy of a Production:

Part Three

Some Ado about Much Ado about Nothing

Theatre in the Woods board mem- bers have embraced this new phase of youth leadership. Discus-sions of how to continue encour-aging high school students as as-sistants during youth productionswas a major discussion at the Au-gust board meeting.

L to R is QuintinClements, Lane Hansen,

Josie Shipman

Top L to R is Audi Griffith, Angela Rom- portl - Bottom L to R is Sage Dunham,

Michelle Emerson, and Corey Peck


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Its a Wonderful Life, a 1946film loosely based on an original

story The Greatest Gift written by Philip Van Doren Stern in1939. After being unsuccessful ingetting the story published, Sterndecided to make it into a Christ-mas card and mailed 200 copies tofamily and friends in December 1943. It was brought to the atten-tion of Frank Capra who immedi-ately saw its potential. Initially, itwas going to star Cary Grant but

the filming conflicted with another film he was making so - enter James Stewart.

It was common, back in the 30sand 40s, when movie stars fin-ished shooting a film, theyd turnright around and go into the soundstudio to create the entire produc-tion for the Lux Radio Theatre! This is exactly what the cast did

upon completion of filming.These movies for the ears wereevery bit as entertaining as their screen counterparts, using theoriginal scores and a host of soundeffects to create a version of themovie-colorized only by theimagination of the listeners.

The film was twice adapted for

radio in 1947, first on Lux RadioTheater (March 10) and then on The Screen Guild Theater (December 29). The film was alsoremade for television in 1977 as It

Happened One Christmas . A mu-sical stage adaptation, titled AWonderful Life written by SheldonHarnick and Joe Raposo was pre-

ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE - As youve never known it!

by Roger Sweeneysented in 1986. The film was alsoadapted into a two act play byJames W. Rodgers and first per-

formed in December 1993.

The TITW production of Its aWonderful Life: A Live Radio

Play , is a stage production pre-sented as a 1940s radio showadapted by Joe Landry and first

produced in 1997. Much of thedialog and events will be readilyrecognizable from the movie andthe original radio broadcast.

Christmas ShowAUDITIONS

Its A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry will be directed by Roger Sweeneyfor the 2009 Christmas season.Production dates will be: Nov27-28-29 and Dec 3-4-5-6.

Auditions are scheduled forSept. 29, 6:30pm 8:00, atthe Erika Quam Theater inShell Lake. 2-3 men & 2-3women are needed

Although memorization will beminimal, actors will beplaying several differentcharacters and will need to de-velop several voices represent-ing the different characters.

RADIO SOUND EFFECTSA noteworthy adjunct to TITWs production of Its a Wonderful

Life is the sound effects that will be employed during the show. Thesesound effects are often referred to as Foley Effects and are inventedsounds using everyday common objects. The objective is to createsounds that support the impression of some physical activity occurringduring the dialog of the show.

The Foley Artist is the person who creates many of the natural, eve-ryday sound effects in a production. The term Foley artist is named af-ter Jack Foley, one of the earliest and best-known Hollywood practitio-ners of the art.

Rhonda Tisdell is the Foley Artist for this production and is alreadyexploring, assembling and improvising the sound effects you will behearing during the performance.

Heres how some effects are made:

Galloping horses Banging empty coconut shells together Kissing Kissing back of handPunching someone Thumping watermelonsBone-breaking blow Breaking celery or twisting head of romaineBird flapping its wings Flapping a pair of glovesFire Rapid opening and closing of an umbrella

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Upcoming Events at Erika Quam Theater - Call 468-4387 to reserveAugust 26 & 27 Auditions for Fools 6:30 p.m.August 29 Quam Day 9 a.m.-3p.m.September 4 Pickin up Steam Bluegrass Concert 7:30 p.m.September 8 TITW Monthly Meeting 7 p.m.September 12 Jan Lee Actors workshop 9-12 a.m.September 19 Pretty Good Party-Anniversary Style 7 p.m.September 19 Auditions: Much Ado About Nothing 9-11 a.m.September 23 Auditions: Much Ado About Nothing 6:30-8:30p.m.September 25 Pizza & a Play The Worm Can 6 p.m.September 29 Auditions: Its A Wonderful Life 6:30-8 p.m.October 3 Much Ado cast readthrough 9 a.m.October 8, 9, 10, 11 & 17 Fools onstage 7:30 p.m.October 13 TITW Monthly Meeting 7 p.m.October 18 Fools onstage 2 p.m.November 7 Roxy & Randy in Concert 7:30 p.m.November 10 TITW Monthly Meeting 7 p.m.November 27, 28 & Dec. 3-5 Its a Wonderful Life onstage 7:30 p.m.November 29 & Dec. 6 Its a Wonderful Life onstage 2 p.m.January 16 COLLAGE onstageFebruary 5-7 Clarisse & Friends onstageMarch 6 Phil Heywood in ConcertMarch 26-28 & April 2-4 Much Ado About Nothing onstageApril 17 Peter & Lou Berryman in Concert

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fresh and taking the music to newheights. The group also places greatemphasis on the vocal aspect of its

performance, singing in well- blended three-part harmony. They bring traditional bluegrass into the

21st

century with their unique ar-rangements of bluegrass standardsalong with original compositionswith thoughtful lyrics and exciting,complex instrumentals.

Joe Cruz on guitar, mandolin andvocals is regarded as one of themost versatile multi-stringed instru-mentalists on the Twin Cities musicscene today.

Joe has a Shell Lake connectionthrough his wife Roxy Cruz and the

guitar/vocal jazz duo Cruz with Roxy has performed on the Quam

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R e t u r n S e r v i c e R e q u e s t e d

by Carolyn Burnett

Pickin up Steam

POSW

Dont miss PICKIN UP STEAM , acontemporary acoustic quartet,which utilizes the traditional blue-grass instrumentation of guitar,

mandolin, banjo, string bass, andfiddle. Each artist brings to thegroup a wide variety of influences,including rock, jazz, latin, folk,country and traditional bluegrass.Every member of this ensemble

possesses strong improvisationalskills, keeping every performance

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