2017 CAST: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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1 October, 2017 Contents of ECT OCTOBER NEWSLETTER: *A Christmas Carol *Winner of the Lis Pieper Award 2017 *Inlaws and Outlaws and Other People *Is He Dead? *New: Board of Directors *Barn Clearout *Culture Weekend *Sad News *Coming Events CAST: A CHRISTMAS CAROL December 2017 Scrooge John Dibben Dickens Gary Bryant Marley/Warden/ School Master Gord Wood Belle s Husband/ Dick Williams/Young Husband Mathew Sega Sara/Young wife Laura Hunter Flower Woman/ Miss Fezziwig #2 Bianca Bonneau Mother Act 1 /Raucous Lady/Caroller Julie Docherty Belinda Cratchit Gray Dibben Street Boy Act 1/Young Scrooge - Matthew Hollingbury Street Boy Act 2/Student Nathaniel Student/Brother act 1/Caroller Indiana Stanson Martha Cratchit Teagan Hiller Laundress /Londoner - Deb Dalziel Woman in Black/Charwoman Rochelle Eckert Fan/Miss Fezziwig #3 Olivia Rumbell Theatre Manager/Man #2/Cook s friend Bill /Caroller - Dave Beynon Belle/ Caroller - Sammy Beynon Want/Belle s Daughter/ Girl Act 1 Rowan Veit Ebenezer Joel Lindhorst Ghost of Christmas Past/Man #3 Allan Strong Ghost of Christmas Present/Gentleman #1/Fezziwig Beau Adrian Baker Fred John Settle Cratchit William Brezden Topper/Fran s Husband/ Gentleman #2/ Man #1 - Ray Kavanagh Old Joe/Blind Beggar Acey Kaspar Tiny Tim Mason Kaspar Miss Fezziwig #1/Guest / Young Wife Denise Bitton Peter Cratchit Liam Hill Warden/Caroller/Undertaker/ Cory Sanders Ghost of Christmas Future/ Bobby/Fezziwig Beau Hayden Tallon Cook/Caroller Director /Guest at Fred s - Brenda Williamson Mrs. Cratchit Stacey England Mrs. Fezziwig/Guest at Fred s house/ Caroller Nancy Baker Street Boy/Ignorance Ewan Docherty Carollers/Street girls/students Paris Bonnerau, Riley Mr. Fezziwig/Shopkeeper / Man #4 - Alex Kanarek 1

2 CREW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Director Deb Stanson Assistant Director Laura Hunter Stage Manager Zoe Clemens Producer Melissa Jakl Costume Design Suzanne Trivers, Matthew Dawe Assistant Stage Managers Eileen McLaughlin, Connie McTaggart, Zoe Dunbar, Cody Miller Music Kara Shaw Props Mary Anne Neville Lighting & Sound Design David Tanner Set Design Robert Banning Set Build Robert Banning, Lawrence Lee, Set Painting Maggie Parent Lighting Operator Chris Lapointe Sound Operator Gaige Bessey Program Adrian Baker Publicity Deb Stanson (with assistance from cast and crew!) Silent Auction During the Run of A Christmas Carol Jim Monaghan is organizing a silent auction that our audiences can participate in during the run of the show. He is also hoping for donations from businesses or individuals. If you can help out, please Jim at heartjim@hotmail.com ******************************************************************************************************** Don Antosh recipient of the Lis Pieper Memorial Award 2

3 At the Elora Community Theatre s Annual General Meeting, Don Antosh of Elora was recently presented with the Lis Pieper Memorial Plaque. The recipient is selected by local theatre groups which include Elora Community Theatre, On the Spot Productions, Centre Wellington Children s Theatre, Fergus Grand Theatre Volunteer Group and other users of the Fergus Grand Theatre. After Lis Pieper, a longtime active member of Elora Community Theatre, passed away six years ago, the ECT group established the Lis Pieper Memorial Award. This award was set up to honour those who made outstanding contributions to local theatre in Centre Wellington over the course of several years and to recognize individuals who have exhibited Lis dedication to community theatre. The Lis Pieper Plaque hangs in the front lobby of the Fergus Grand Theatre. Don Antosh was a member of the Fergus Grand Theatre Volunteer executive from , as well as doing the same job before that, since the fall of He acted as House Manager and volunteer coordinator during that time and was instrumental in recruiting many volunteers. Don has been involved, onstage or off, building sets, acting, producing with the following groups: Elora Community Theatre, On the Spot Productions, Vision Productions, Grinder Productions, The Not So Grand Players and has served on the boards of both ECT and the old Theatre on the Grand. In addition Don has, over the years, put in numerous volunteer hours at the theatre building and fixing things, solving problems, and generally getting work done. Don continues to be involved with Elora Community Theatre. Congratulations Don for your continued years of support for the Arts community in Centre Wellington. (submitted by Deb Stanson) 3

4 A Message from the Director of Inlaws Outlaws and other People Stan Jensen In-Laws is cast and rehearsing. Super cast with some first timers with E.C.T. The flu bug has hit some of our cast, but we can t be stopped. Cast is made up of Keith Assoun, Nancy Baker, Dave Beynon, Lewis Beynon, Bianca Bonneau, Dian Borek, Rochelle Eckert, Robert Free, Mark Holloran, Laura Hunter, Mellissa Jakl, Lia Kannemann, Chris Mackay, Mary Anne Neville and Dan Williams. We are rehearsing Sun, Tues & Thurs evenings starting at 7PM. Members are welcome to come and watch. Matt has agreed to do costumes & David Tanner lights/sound. Barb from Guelph worked on this show in Midland a few years ago and has offered to ASM! She was also the one who urged Dian Borek to audition. When Robert is finished with C.C. he has promised to do set design for In- Laws and with Kevin Johnston as Stage Manager and Deb Stanson as Producer, we are truly unstoppable! Hope I didn t miss anyone. By Stan Jensen -Director 4

5 And now some information about our third play of the season! Directed by Acey Kaspar and Zoe Dunbar 5 Is He Dead? A New Comedy by Mark Twain, Adapted by David Ives Is He Dead? was written by Mark Twain in 1898 so it will be 120 years old when we perform it in the Spring of Twain died in 1910 at the age of 74, therefore the play was never produced in his time. This was due to a combination of bad luck, bad timing, and politics. The play is a fictional story is about a talented French painter Jean-Francois Millet who has a close group of friends all quite poor and in debt. In an attempt to solve their money problems, they decide to help Millet fake his own death to increase the value of his art work. All the while, Millet has taken on the new identity of his fictitious twin sister, the Widow Daisy Tillou. In true farce form, there is plenty of action, and more than a fair share of misunderstandings and innuendo, however, is appropriate for all-ages who can follow a story line and understand some thick German, Irish and French accents. Jean Francois Millet was (in real life) one of the most famous 19 th -century European painters in America in Twain s day, and it has been said that his works share a common bond with Twain s own works in that they both share a respect for ordinary people. The original manuscript of Is He Dead? was rediscovered in 2002, and then published a year later. It opened on Broadway 4 years after publication in December of 2007 so was first performed only a short 10 years ago. This is why we bill it as a new comedy by Mark Twain. This play contains 17 characters, but can be performed with actors, depending on the amount of doubling. A couple of the

6 roles only have a brief appearance on stage with no lines, so we will likely end up with actors: 3 young men who can play in their 20 s, 2 young women of similar age to the young men, a slightly older man to play the lead role who doesn t mind crossdressing, plus 3 middle-aged/older men, and 2 middleaged/older women who are about the same age as the older men. We plan to hold auditions in early January of 2018, on Sat/Sun Jan 6 & 7 from 1-4pm, with callbacks on Wednesday, Jan 7pm. Look for reminders & updates closer to the end of the year for audition information. Rehearsals will likely begin in February, and mostly be on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The theatre performances will be on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 4,5,6 & 11,12,13, with evening shows on Fridays & Saturdays, plus Sunday matinees. There will be an informal read through of the script at the ECT rehearsal space on Sunday, November 5 th from 11:30-2:00. If interested in showing up to listen or help read, please phone Acey By Acey Kaspar-Director ********************** Introducing Culture Days Cast and Crew

7 Welcome 2017/2018 Board of Directors Thank you to our 2016/2017 Board for all of your hard work and dedication to ECT. It has been a great year and you were instrumental to our success! Please join us in welcoming our 2017/2018 ECT Board of Directors. Thank you all for volunteering & committing your time and efforts to this next season. The ECT Board of Directors for 2017/2018 Julie Wheeler Bryant Jim Monaghan Suzanne Trivers Maggie Parent Jules Docherty Deb Stanson Mathew Dawe Acey Kaspar Nancy Baker Deb Dalziel David Tanner Laura Hunter Please check out our new ECT Website to see the winners of the ECTies as voted by our membership! 7

8 8 T he Great Barn Clear Out

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10 Thanks to Deb Stanson for arranging the dumpster, Acey and Don for their trucks and to all of you in the picture (plus Gary) who showed up. We apologize for the change in date so it was even more gratifying to see such a good turnout. (Also thank you to Deb Stanson for the great pics.) who have allowed us to use their space all these years. Stay tuned for a profile in a future ECT Newsletter. Having such a good group of people there made the carrying out and sorting and decision making much less daunting and we accomplished a lot on Sunday morning. We have a bit more to do so stay tuned for the next clear out date. We are always grateful to Ken and Elizabeth Mussellman 10

11 (Note to ECT Members: Please send me any ECT news to celebrate our members!) *************************************************************************************** Some Sad News! We have some sad news to relay to you affecting two of our ECT Members. Bob Williams, (husband of Myra Williams (Carr) an ECT member since the 1980s and most recently acted in Little Women), has died October 25, 2017 and his funeral will be this Saturday, November 4 th at 1 pm at the Dublin Chapel, 252 Dublin Street North, Guelph. Please check the Gilbert MacIntyre Funeral Website for further details. Michelle Moore, (daughter of Wayne Moore, an active local theatre person for many years and most recently acted in ECT s It s a Wonderful Life) has died on October 25, For further information please check the website for Gilchrist Chapel in Guelph. 11

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13 Audition Workshop Saturday, January 14, Elora Community Theatre Workshop Elora Santa Claus Parade: November 25, 6pm. Come and help us with our float and be in the parade. Contact *Help Needed for Move In of A Christmas Carol set Sunday, November 26 th. Please contact: debstanson@gmail.com And From Our Friends in Theatre: November 3-18 Dial M for murder info@elmiratheatre.com 13

14 That s it for now, folks! The early trick or treaters are arriving as I sign off! Have fun! Please me if you d like to submit ECT info for future newsletters. Tune in next month for more news about what is happening in the Elora Community Theatre World. Please join us and be part of it. jwheelerb@cogeco.ca October 31, 2017 Julie *************************************** 14

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