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1 Rover Dramawerks Season Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus by Andrew J. Fenady December 2-18, 2005 Inspired by a letter written over 100 years ago by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon to the editor of the New York Sun: "Dear Editor, I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it's so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?" The Sun's editor gives the assignment of answering Virginia's letter to Frank Church who, until his wife and baby died last Christmas Eve, was the Sun's best and most dependable reporter. His quest and timeless reply have become one of the world's most quoted and beloved editorials. a co-production with Frisco Community Theatre, 7775 Camellia Lane in Frisco The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop January 19 - February 11, 2006 First combine a mansion complete with sliding doors and secret passages, a small-time comedian with an endless supply of bad jokes, the zany creative team for a new musical, and a blizzard cutting them off from the outside. Then throw in an Irish tenor, a sinister German maid who may or may not be dead, and the stage door slasher. The result is a side-splitting comedy (or is it a mystery?) complete with musical numbers! originally scheduled for last season, this production will be at the ArtCentre Theatre of Plano Rover Dramawerks presents Agatha Christie s Love From a Stranger adapted by Frank Vesper April 2006 A young woman who has recently won the lottery enters into a whirlwind romance and marriage with a handsome stranger. But all is not as it appears, and eventually she realizes that her new husband is trying to murder her. Will she be able to stop him in time? Adapted from Agatha Christie's short story "Philomel Cottage." Woman In Mind by Alan Ayckbourn July/August 2006 After getting knocked out by stepping on the end of a garden rake, Susan, a housewife married to a boring cleric experiences hilarious hallucinations in which her everyday life is replaced by a fantasy where she is an ideal wife and mother with a perfect family. While her real family treats her with condescension and apathy, her fantasy family dresses in lovely white, always drinks champagne and plays tennis, lives in a stately home, and tells her that she is wonderful. Eventually, the fantasy family becomes nightmarish and Susan begins to realize that she is going mad. Our audience choice production! Join Rover Dramawerks for Love From a Stranger and Woman In Mind in our new home in the Cox Building in Plano! Exact dates to be announced soon! And Don t Miss Our Season Extras at the Courtyard Theatre of Plano! One Day Only 7! and One Day Only 8! May 6, 2006 August 26, 2006 Rover returns with TWO of our famous 24-hour play festivals! Seven short plays concept to curtain in just ONE DAY! Tickets for this highly anticipated event are $10 but can be added to your season subscription at a huge discount! directed by David Nail sponsored by Marti Jutte July 28 - August 20 Addison Theatre Centre Black Box Theatre

2 The Cast Ben...Rick Dalton Joanie...Joslyn Justus Charlotte...Terrie Justus Gil...Ron L. Chapman The Production Staff Director...David Nail Assistant Director..Jeremy Ferman Stage Manager...Russell Sebastian Assistant Stage Manager..Robin Attaway Producer...Misty Baptiste Scenic Design...John Morrison Set Construction.Bill Justus David Nail, John Morrison Misty Baptiste, Jason Rice Rick Dalton, Patrick O Neil Joslyn Justus, Ron L. Chapman Terrie Justus, Russell Sebastian Jeremy Ferman, David Vieira Matthew J. Edwards, Bill Parr Costume Design...Angie Talbert Props Design...Jamie Tompkins Lighting Design...Matt Nicholas Lighting Crew....Matt Nicholas, David Nail Jeremy Ferman, Chris Robertson Sound Design...David Vieira Light and Sound Board Operation...Chris Robertson Backstage Crew Kim Griffin, Warren Hollinshead Publicity...Donald Barbee Programs.....Carol Rice Box Office Coordinator...Donald Barbee Act One Ben and Joanie s apartment. A Sunday afternoon in late autumn. Act Two The same room. A Sunday afternoon in early spring. There will be one fifteen-minute intermission between acts. Please turn off all pages, cellular phones, wristwatch alarms, and other noise-making devices. Thank you! Buy your season tickets before September 15 and receive additional savings on our already discounted season ticket prices! Name: Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: # of seats Total Thursdays at 8:00 $36 $ Fridays at 8:00 $42 $ Saturdays at 8:00 $48 $ Add One Day Only 7 and 8 (optional) Season $12 $ TOTAL $ You can also help Rover Dramawerks with your tax deductible donation in the amount of: $ Your name or business for program acknowledgement: GRAND TOTAL ENCLOSED $ These prices are valid only until September 15, 2005! Regular ticket prices are $ Get one show FREE by ordering your season tickets today! Please include a check made out to Rover Dramawerks with this form, and mail to: Rover Dramawerks Attn: Season Tickets 4206 Eastwood Drive Carrollton, TX (All plays and dates subject to change depending upon availability.)

3 Rover Dramawerks is a proud member of From the Director... How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent with the child! Samuel G. Goodrich , American Publisher, Writer Shop and Support Rover! Rover Dramawerks has been added to Albertsons' Community Partners program, Tom Thumb's Good Neighbor program and the Kroger Share Card! If you shop at Albertson's, you can record us on your Preferred Savings Card by going to Click the "Community Partners" link at the bottom right hand side of the screen. Enter your Preferred Savings Card number (on the back of your card), and then you can enter Rover Dramawerks as one of your community partners! Our 11-digit Community Partner ID # is Finish up confirming, and you're done! Now every time you shop at Albertson's and use your Preferred Savings Card, Rover Dramawerks will get a small donation, just from your taking the time to set that up! It's that easy! Another way to help while shopping is through the Good Neighbor Program via your Reward Card at Tom Thumb or Simon David. Just fill out an application at the store's Courtesy Booth including our account number Then every time you make a purchase at any affiliated store, a small donation is made to Rover's account. If you shop at Kroger, just pick up a Kroger Share Card as you leave the theatre tonight and have the cashier scan it when you shop! Little bits add up fast and Rover will be very grateful for your help! The Crucible by Arthur Miller Auditions: August 13 at 2:00 pm & August 15th at 7:30 pm Performances: September 30, October 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 First of all, I have to admit that I know nothing of being a parent. I am Ben Marcus. I have little desire to be a parent. The responsibility, unselfishness and the sacrifice that it takes to be a parent whether willing or unwilling are far too great for me to comprehend or even entertain at this point in my life. The Unprepared attempting at the Impossible for the sake of the Ungrateful. Fathers, Mothers, my hat is off to you! The love and unselfishness that you extend to your children, without any guarantee of return, is something that I hope to someday experience. This is one of the reasons that I jumped at the opportunity to direct this play call it an investigation, an experiment, an exercise. I call it a great learning experience. I am very grateful to a wonderful cast, script and production team, each of which has helped me make some sense out of the chaos that is parental sacrifice and obligation. Little Footsteps is, in my opinion, an exploration of fear, which to me is the most abstract and confusing human emotion. At times it may be hard to put a finger on exactly what it is that we fear, we may not recognize where anxieties about a certain situation come from until we face them. And when we face that fear we often times will back away several times before taking that first step. How many times did you watch the double loop roller coaster of death at the local theme park and say, no way, not for a million dollars before you were actually running back to the front of the line and daring to raise your hands as your front row seat screamed down the first big hill and skyward into that very same loop that you had for so long dreaded? Okay, so I digress.. Whatever the challenge, the fear, the insurmountable odds, it takes just one step to start your journey toward conquering your fear. It is how you motivate and encourage yourself to take that first step that truly makes you who you are and what you are to become. At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fear, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better. Georges Bataille , French Novelist David Nail

4 Who s Who Ron L. Chapman (Gil) is pleased to be a part of this production and to work with Terrie, Joslyn, and Rick. Thanks David and staff for including me. Some of his favorite roles are: Buffalo Bill Cody (Annie Get Your Gun); Lord/Merchant (The Taming of the Shrew); Applebee (The Fantasticks); Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof); Charlie Brown (You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown); Emile DeBecque (South Pacific) and Cowardly Lion (Wizard of Oz). As a playwright/songwriter, two of Ron s musicals, Warehouse and Jim and Della, The Gift of the Magi, have been produced locally. Mostly, Ron knows how fortunate he is to have the love and support of his wife, Lynn, the kids, and the grandkids. Rick Dalton (Ben) is excited to return to stage and to make his debut with Rover Dramawerks in Little Footsteps. For the past several years, Rick has mostly been away from local theatre and has been happily playing the role of Daddy. Prior, Rick has performed at numerous area theatres including Garland Civic Theatre, Irving Community Theatre, Plano Repertory Theatre, various Dallas theatres, and most recently as Willum in Richardson Theatre Centre s production of The Nerd. Joslyn Justus (Joanie) This is Joslyn s debut with Rover Dramawerks and first role since graduating from Austin College with a Communication Arts/Theatre degree. Joslyn has appeared as Aunt Bella in Lost in Yonkers, Annelle in Steel Magnolias, Vagina Monologues three years running, as well as various other shows over the past few years. She is very excited to be working with this cast and crew, and wants to thank her friends and family for all their love and support. Terrie Justus (Charlotte) Charlotte has most recently appeared in The Pitch, and Amy s Last Shift with Rover s Best of One Day Only at Frisco Community Theatre. Previously with Rover, she portrayed Ora, the sound foley, in two productions of War of the Worlds, appeared in Greasy Spork, at WaterTower s Out of the Loop Festival, and in Lady Windermere s Fan. She has also performed in Bucket Productions Picnic, played Mrs. Pert in Garland Civic Theatre s Look Homeward Angel, and Clairee in Rockwall Community Playhouse s production of Steel Magnolias. She is delighted to be back on stage working with her daughter, Joslyn! Special Thanks Little Footsteps would not have been possible without the generous contributions of the following: Addison Conference and Theatre Centre Autumn Jackson Carol Abram and Amazing Events Frisco Community Theatre Greater Lewisville Community Theatre Onstage in Bedford Bill and Terrie Justus Runway Theatre Lea Danielson Special Event Accent Lighting Amber and Russell Sebastian Rachel and Nathan Nowlin Marti Jutte Liberty Christian School Angie Logal Jason Rice The Nor kirk Presbyterian Vista Ridge Church of Christ The many cast and crew of Rover Dramawerks who have volunteered their time and/or donated their stipends back to the company. Shoppers at Albertson s, Kroger, and Tom Thumb who have chosen Rover Dramawerks as their Shopping Partner. (See the next page for how YOU can help!) And a VERY special thanks to our season sponsors: Rover Dramawerks would especially like to thank for helping us achieve a longtime goal of providing child care and discounted tickets to parents with young children for the July 30 and August 6 (matinee) performances of Little Footsteps. THANK YOU!

5 David Nail (Director) is very pleased to finally have the opportunity to work with Rover Dramawerks and is extremely pleased with his cast and crew for the amazing and resilient job they have done. David holds a B.F.A in Theatre Direction from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth and is a graduate of the Performing Artists Musical Theatre Conservatory in Dallas, Texas. David s directing credits include You Can t Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S Kaufman, Over the River and Through the Woods by Joe DiPeitro, the Regional Premier of Eat and Run by Karl Tiedemann, Everybody Loves Opal by John Patrick, Yes, But So What by David Mamet, Tape by Stephen Belber and Curse of the Fly by Randy Clower. He has directed at numerous venues across the metroplex and is very happy to return to Addison after directing Doorknobs in Ameristage Players SIX PACK OF ONE ACTS this spring just outside at the Stone Cottage. You can catch another sample of David s directing work this October at Runway Theatre in Grapevine when he takes on Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott. David would like to thank everyone that has made this production a success, and especially Robin, Russell and Jeremy it wouldn t have happened without all of your hard work and dedication. Thanks always to Jessica for your patience and support. Coming Up Next for Rover 7 original scripts by 7 authors, written, directed, rehearsed, and produced in one 24-hour period Saturday, August 27, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. Courtyard Theatre of Plano Participants for this event will be accepted starting August 3! Please crice@roverdramawerks.com if you d like to act, direct, tech, or write for this popular and exciting event! Jeremy Ferman (Assistant Director) is excited to be involved with his first show for Rover Dramawerks. Since graduating from Midwestern State University in 1999, Jeremy has been very busy working in area theatres on and off stage. You may have seen his directing work at Grapevine s Runway Theatre or ONSTAGE in Bedford. Currently he is pursuing a job teaching theatre to high school kids in the area. Jeremy would like to thank the cast for working their tails off, David for the opportunity to help with Little Footsteps and Russell for being a constant, positive force for all of us. Russell Sebastian (Stage Manager) Recently, Russell worked alongside both David and Jeremy as Stage Manager for a production of Rumors at Runway Theatre in Grapevine. He has appeared on stage as Johnson in Hitchcock s Bull in a China Shop. Russell also serves as Publicity Director on the Board of Directors for Runway Theatre. Alongside live performances, Russell has an affinity for computers; he loves merging his interests by creating DVDs of shows in which he has been involved. Most importantly, he is extremely thankful for his wonderfully talented wife Amber, who made re-entering theater a gratifying possibility. Rover Dramawerks Board of Directors: Carol M. Rice, President Jason Rice, VP of Business Management Misty Baptiste, VP of Production Donald Barbee, Secretary David A. Miller, Treasurer Shalitras Flowers Ken Freehill Terrie Justus Penny Rathbun

6 Rover s Mission Searching for treasures, new and rediscovered, for theatre "off the beaten path." Rover Dramawerks produces lost or forgotten works of well-known authors, revives excellent scripts that have suffered from lack of exposure, and discovers unknown gems of the stage. Contact Us We would love for you to get involved with us at Rover Dramawerks! Onstage, backstage, on our board - however you want to be involved, we can use your talents. Or if you just want to watch the show, that's great! We need you and hope to see you in our audience again soon! Please us at crice@roverdramawerks.com or call to be added to our mailing list or to buy an ad or to volunteer your services or to sponsor a show or to audition. And visit our website at Your ad should be here! Support Rover Dramawerks by buying an ad in our program. Prices start at just $50 for a quarter page, and discounts are available if you purchase ads for multiple shows. Please call or send to advertising@roverdramawerks.com for more information. Donations are also gratefully accepted, and show sponsorships are available. Rover Dramawerks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, so your donations are tax deductible! Use this coupon during Rover Dramawerks season to get our buy one, get one at half price deal! Good for any production now through August of 2006!