playbill - august 2015

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introduce you to some

fascinang people; theyare real, everyday people

who chose, or fell into, a

most unusual path. You,

the audience, can tell me

aerwards which side of

the argument you think

correct. Whether it is

storytelling or acng , Liz’s

Circus Story is a tale of

real people you’ll notsoon forget.

Mary Harrison

I have heard an argument

in theatrical circles thatone-person plays aren’t

acng; they are merely

storytelling.

It’s the “merely” that

annoys me. Storytelling

is as old as human

speech. Stories record

our history, dene our

culture, communicate our

ideas, iname ourimaginaon, and enrich

our souls. They tell us

about places we haven’t

seen, and introduce us to

people we never knew.

The audience becomes

part of the story, as each

listener supplies his or

her individual

understanding, and no

two persons understandquite the same thing in

exactly the same way.

Any good storyteller uses

ming, pace, energy,

body language, and

understanding of

character. Every actor

tells a story. So do

dancers, painters,

musicians, writers, andevery other kind of arst.

And every kind of art

nds growth in the soul

of its audience.

I act. I direct. I even

write a lile, every now

and then. But underlying

all that, I am a teller of

stories. On Sept. 21 I will

SAY WHAT???

SUN CITY PLAYERS

COMMUNITY THEATER

Volume 20 Issue 6

August 2015

Inside this issue:

Next Meeting Promo 1

Board Members and

Staff

2

Words and Music

Review

3

Two Comedies and a

Musical

4

Membership Facts 4

President’s Points 5

Future Plans: Update

on Mountain View

5

Season Ticket Order

Form

6

Workshops and

Activities

7

Monthly Meeting

Menu

7

Clubhouse Schedule 8

Membership Form 9

Monday Meeting

Calendar

10

Copyright©2015 Sun City Players Community Theater. All rights reserved.


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PLAYERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015

President GREG ENGSTROM

920-988-7339 [email protected]

Vice Pres. & Scheduling CAROL BOWMAN


Secretary MARTA SIGMON


Treasurer BOB BUDORICK


Marketing PHIL ENGLISH

480-323

-8575 [email protected]

Membership ANNA THOMPSON


Meeting Programs PALMA MITZEL


Actors, Producers, Directors MARY HARRISON


Buildings & Properties BILL LOSLO


SCPCT PLAYBILL STAFF

PUBLISHER ETTA MARCUS


EDITOR JAN MURPHY


ADDRESS LABELS LAURA KUCHLER


MAILING DIRECTOR

MARTA SIGMON


PRINTING EARL BRACKEN


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I’m not always able to

aend the Players regular

Monday night meengs,

which are held the 3rd

Monday each month at

7PM. However, I am very

glad that I did not miss May

18th

. I was so very, very

proud to call myself a

member of this talented

and versale group.

This meeng, being the last

one for this season, was

“Cabaret Night.” At the

suggeson of one of our

dear members, Lavina

Dawson, the theme for thisparcular Cabaret was

“Words and Music.” The

performance was dedicated

to Lavina.

I regret that there is not

enough room in this

column for me to boast of

the talents of each

performer. I will say that I

would never hesitate tomatch our gied members

up against those of any

other community theater

group. In Vaudeville there

was usually a lovely young

WORDS AND MUSIC

August 2015

“truly tickled my funny bone!”

“sign girl” who wouldgracefully place the “tle

boards” on an easel to

introduce each act. Our own

Palma Mitzel handled this part

of the program with great

neness and air! She never

missed a board-changing

queue but my guess is that

most of the men in the

audience were far more aware

of Palma than they were of

what was next on the

program. She did a great job!

The “Words” poron of the

program consisted of Barbara

Blansit’s wonderful, original

poems; they truly touched

one’s heart. Bill Lohmeyer

shared a select group of

inspiraonal readings. With

his amazing speaking (andsinging) voice, Bill can make

even reading the city phone

book sound like Tennyson!

Next came Bunny Sherman;

her clever rhymes and her

delivery caught me quite o -

guard and truly ckled my

funny bone!

“Music” contribuons came

from a few of our members

who seem to know the path a

song should take to target the

place in each of us that

spreads the enjoyment

throughout our beings. Our

gied singers were: EricEmerson, who lends a

smooth tenor touch to each

song; Connie Gro, who

took charge of the soprano

notes with perfect pitch;

Regina Heck, who added an

age-old favorite with

“Pennies From Heaven” that

everyone enjoyed; and Pay

Mason, Ginni Summers, and

Marie Crossley (with a touch

of Eric Emerson), who

supplied memories of

unforgeable female trios

from the 1940s and 1950s

that took each one of us

back to a very dierent me

in our lives. What a great

job they did! The music

poron of the evening was

capped by a couple ofaudience sing-a-longs that

we all had fun with. I feel

compelled to note that our

beloved Pat McDonald

accompanied each these

musical oerings, as only

Pat can do. She is indeed a

treasure!

The evening was so

enjoyable that I can’t wait

for our 2015-2016 season

beginning in September.

Hope to see you there!

Dan Eldridge


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Membership Facts

Did you know that our club now has 9 honorary members whohave belonged to our club for 25 years or more? We thankGrant Merrell, Mim Grumstrup, Donald MacDonald, FrancisMurphy, Marge Murphy, Sally Siekmann, Edward Smith,

Peggy Smolnik and Betty Walley for their loyalty and dedica-tion. Members in the 20-25 years category are DonaldCrooke, Sheila Harmell, and Marlene Jenner.

1996-2000 = 14 Members for 15 years or more 2001-2005 = 50 Members for 10 years or more 2006-2010 = 47 Members for 5 years or more 2011-2015 = 104 Members for less than 5 years

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Two Comedies and Musical On Tap

for 2015 – 2016 Players SeasonBy Jim McConnell

Sun City Players will be performing two comedies and a musical in the coming season; they promise to tickleyour funny bone and keep a smile on your face. Members of the play selection committee have pored overdozens of scripts, and found these engaging offerings for your participation and entertainment. Auditions are scheduled for September 9 for Jean Kerr’s romantic comedy Mary, Mary, the story of arecently divorced couple, Bob and Mary, who are brought back to a meeting with Bob’s tax accountant tohelp unravel questions over Bob’s sticky tax returns. Other characters include Bob’s new fiancée, Tiffany,and his war -time buddy, Dirk. While old differences between Bob and Mary are re-kindled, so are thefeelings that originally brought them together. There are 3 male and 2 female roles. Dan Eldridge will bedirecting this production and opening night is October 30. Mary Harrison will direct the winter offering, Murder Most Fouled -Up, a mystery/ comedy by playwright NikkiHarmon. This play runs the gamut of witty dialogue to slap-stick as the heirs of Ridgely Randolph frantically

seek the hidden millions of dollars in inheritance and the deed to the family estate. If they don’t find them in24 hours, the heirs will go penniless. Even the ghosts in the manor walls attempt to assist in the search.There are roles for four men and five women, though flexible casting is possible. Auditions are scheduledfor November 11 with opening night slated for January 8. After much consideration, the musical offering has been moved to the spring production slot. Last produced

by Players in 1989, Annie Get Your Gun will once again get your toes tapping with Irving Berlin’s musical

standbys like “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly,” and “The Girl That I

Marry.” Annie Oakley is the best shot around, and she manages to support her little brother and sisters by

selling the game she hunts. When she's discovered by Col. Buffalo Bill, he persuades this novel

sharpshooter to join his Wild West Show. It only takes one glance for her to fall head over heels for dashing

shooting ace Frank Butler, who headlines the show. She soon eclipses Butler as the main attraction which,

while good for business, is bad for romance. Butler hightails it off to join a rival show, his bruised male ego

leading the way, but he is ultimately pitted against Annie in a final shoot-out. Marie Crossley returns as

director, and has set December 3 as the date for auditions; the show opens March 11.

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PRESIDENT'S POINTSGreengs from cool and rainy Minnesota. To my knowledge, this is the rst August issue of a

Playbill. Hoping to get an informaonal and markeng jump on the 2015/2016 season, we

voted to put out a Playbill one month earlier than our tradional September starng issue.

At May's board meeng we focused on 3 issues that were important to geng the next sea-

son o to a good start:

First, we considered the purchase of a printer and folding/stapling machine which could be

set up and used to provide all of the club's future prinng needs. Earl Bracken had re-

searched this possibility and had provided the board with a terric proposal that would pay

for itself in a year or less. Also, Earl had volunteered to provide an air-condioned space in

his home (unl a suitable space can be found to permanently keep the equipment), to be

trained to run the equipment, and to physically do the prinng for our needs for the begin-

ning of the season. The board voted unanimously to purchase the printer and stapler/folder

equipment. Since the expenditure would be more than $2000 ($3500 altogether), the pro-

posal needed to be brought before the membership at a general meeng. The purchase was

proposed to the membership at the May Monday

night meeng and was accepted unani-

mously. Earl reports that the equipment has been delivered and is working great. You should

be reading this on paper that we have printed, folded, and stapled ourselves. Thank you, Earl,

for one more wonderful thing you have done to make our club beer.

Second, we heard from the play selecon commiee as to their progress on selecng a

musical for the upcoming season. The commiee proposed Annie Get Your Gun and the

board approved the choice.

Third, we discussed arrangements for the September start for our new Wednesday morning

club house meengs at Mountain View Community Center. Mary Harrison will be in charge of

the Wednesdays in September. Please nd details in this issue and on our website.

Thank you again to everyone who works so hard to make our club funcon.I will be gone unl early October. Carol Bowman will run the September board meeng and

the September Monday night meeng. I look forward to seeing you all in October.

Greg Engstrom

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PLAYERS’ CLUB

Starting on the second Wednesday of September, the Players will have the use of Mountain Viewauditorium on every Wednesday morning from 9 to 12.

We are planning all kinds of workshops and activities, but we also want every single person in the

Players to use this time to gather socially, chat, catch up with old friends and discover new ones, and enjoyeach other. The venue is big enough so more than one activity can take place simultaneously. Wouldn’t it befun to have a few people running lines for their next play in one corner, someone practicing dance steps inanother, a couple of people discussing old movies, someone else discussing set design, and you, as member,free to wander among them as the interest takes you?

Your board will hold its regular monthly meetings there on the third Wednesday of the month. All arewelcome to watch, and there will be a spot near the end of the agenda for your questions and comments. The board does not take up much space, so other things could be planned for the same time. The board meetingshould in no way hinder the regular social get-together.

Since I am a “summer bird,” I volunteered to organize the September schedule. Our snow birds will betrickling home then, but I will really need the support of all of you who are here to come out in September and

use this time and space to claim this club house as our own. We are grateful to RCSC for this opportunity. Go,Players!

Mary Harrison

August 2015

MONTHLY M TING M NU

By Palma Mitzel

Well, this is something new—an August playbill!

There has been a lot of planning going on for the fall entertainment:

Mary Harrison’s one-person play will open the season and welcome home weary travelers on

September 21st. This play is a must-see, so put it on your calendar as an end-of-summer

highlight.

The Cabaret Variety Show on October 19th will surprise you with a lot of amazing talent. Get ready

for some side-splitting comedy and unusual acts in old vaudeville style.

On November 16th, the 22-piece “All Star Band” will be sharing their talents and love of music with us. This

promises to be an evening of toe-tapping, enjoyable music which will put a smile on your face and a song in your

heart!

The annual Christmas party at Palmbrook Country Club will be held on Saturday, December 12th. We will have

wandering minstrels and a few other surprises for a little different take on singing Christmas carols.

All in all, we have tried to bring you some new, fresh ideas on entertainment and hope that you will enjoy the ride.


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Sun City Players Community Theater

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Dues are $5.00 per person. Make checks payable to Sun City Players Community Theater.

Mail a copy of your Sun City Recreations Center (RCSC) Card, your check,

a self-addressed ‘stamped’ envelope and this form to:

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MONDAY MEETING CALENDAR

September 21

Mary Harrison will star in a one-act,

one-person play, Liz’s CirCus story

October 19

Cabaret Variety Show

November 16

All Star Band

December 12

Christmas Party at Palmbrook

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