J E W E L B OX T H E AT R E Little Nuggets V O L U M E 5, I S S U E 5 In This Issue! Meet Board Member Jan Garrett! Peacock Feathers Opening Night! Jewel Box Theatre An Oklahoma Tradition Chuck Tweed Production Director James Gordon Box Office Manager (405) 521-1786 1-6 pm Tuesday-Friday 3700 North Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73118-7031 jewelboxtheatre.org Proud member of
P A G E 2 January 21- February 14 A Jewel Box premiere! Addison has met the man of her dreams, and is going to get married. Scratch that! Addison will get married if she can win over her fiancée's disapproving mother and the over-the-top wedding planner. Scratch that! Addison might go to jail before the wedding because the wedding planner is murdered, and the mother points to Addison as the killer. What s a girl to do? Sean Grennan's comedy is made for lots of laughs! Jewel Box Performances run Thursdays through Saturdays 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:30pm For Reservations Call 405-521-1786 1-6 pm
P A G E 3 TICKET INFORMATION The box office opens for reservations for As Long as We Both Shall Live on January 14, 2016 For season ticket patrons, the box office opens two days early January 12-13 to make/change reservations! During the production, Box Office hours are 1-7 Tues-Sat and Noon-1:30 on Sunday. Call 405-521-1786 Individual Ticket Prices For As Long as We Both Shall Live Adults $20 Students $15 Seniors (Age 65 and over) $15
P A G E 4 We always put on a party to celebrate the start of another show! Join us for the first performance and you re automatically invited to our Opening Night Party! Enjoy live music, food and drink all in a themed atmosphere to the show. Get to know the cast and crew of the latest show and help to celebrate the success of another new show
P A G E 5 COMING SOON! May 14, 2016 Jewel Box Theatre s Annual Gem Awards Banquet Watch our website and newsletters for more information!
P A G E 6 A Conversation With Director Don Taylor 1. What attracted you to this script? This was a play I had never heard of. I love those! Once I read it, I wanted to see it. No theatre was doing it, so I decided to direct it myself so we could all see it for the first time. 2. What do you find the most rewarding part of directing? I've heard that directing is like giving birth! It is in the sense that you get to nurture the script, actors and crew for a while, then see it born on opening night. From words on a page, to a show on the stage! 3. Have you directed other shows? Which ones? I have been directing for a number of years (the exact number of years is a well kept secret). Some favorites have been Driving Miss Daisy, Dilemmas With Dinner, The Odd Couple and Arsenic and Old Lace. 4. What is your most embarrassing moment in the theatre? My most embarrassing moment is easy! Let's just say, never have a Mexican dinner before a three hour performance! The burrito will find the quietest, most poignant moment of the show to ad lib a line of its own! 5. What has surprised you the most during the direction of this production? The best surprise is how funny these actors are, on and off the stage! Great friends are made at Jewel Box every show! 6. What did you find the most challenging about our stage space? The challenge of directing in the round is that if part of the audience can see your face, just as many can see your behind! Keep them moving! 7. What is your favorite play and why? Wow, so many choices! I would have to say "Hamlet". Though I have never done the show, it is a true work of storytelling genius, and I will never tire of seeing it done.
P A G E 7 A Conversation With Director Don Taylor 8. Why do you think this genre of show is popular with audiences? Who doesn't like to laugh? Comedy is the best two hour vacation you can take! 9. If you could direct any show, which would it be and why? Always wanted to direct "Little Shop of Horrors" because I love the script and the music and would love for it to be my first musical to direct. (Do you think the season selection committee reads these things?) 10. If you could play any part on stage, which would it be and why? I have had the joy of playing most of my dream roles already. Fagin, Henry Higgins, Captain Hook and King Arthur (in Spamalot) to name a few. I would love to play Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. He's a starving peasant, he should be skinny! Don t Miss As Long As We Both Shall Live at Jewel Box Theatre!
P A G E 8 1. How long have you been on the board? Since August, 2011 2. What committees do you serve on the board? Auditions 3. How long have you been involved with JBT? This is my second time to be involved with JBT ~ the first time was in 1973 and 1974. I returned in 2001 and with very few exceptions, I have worked on at least one show every season since. 4. How long have you been involved in theatre in general? After working at JBT in 1973 and 1974, I was on the running crew and worked in the shop at Lyric Theatre in 1976. In the late 70s and early 80s, I worked on a few shows at the Oklahoma Theatre Center on both the Arena and Thrust stages. I was away from theatre for a while until I spent some time working in New Jersey. After seeing many Broadway shows, it reminded me how much I missed working with theatre folk. 5. What function do you think theatre provides to our community? A place to go to forget about life for a couple of hours. If you are a regular patron, you know what I mean when I talk about the JBT family and how much fun we have backstage as well as onstage. I think that is apparent on stage. 6. Do you become involved in actual productions or do you concentrate more on board functions? I have had the pleasure of being Chuck s stage manager for almost 15 years! In addition, I have worked props for 4 other shows.
P A G E 9 7. If involved in actual productions, what are some you ve been involved in and what capacity? I worked on four Under The Stars shows (Jewel Box Theatre Amphitheatre) Annie (2001) Backstage Manager Oliver (2001) Backstage Manager Annie (2010) Backstage Manager Sound of Music (2011) Stage Manager I worked on four Summer Stock shows (Mitch Park in Edmond) 2005 Sound of Music (Lightboard Operator) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Lights) 2006 Wizard of Oz (Stage Manager) Grease (Stage Manager) INSIDE JBT 2001-2002 Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Stage Manager) Steel Magnolias (Stage Manager) You re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Props) 2002-2003 Tribute (Stage Manager) The Matchmaker (Stage Manager) 2003-2004 The Foreigner (Props) 2004-2005 The Sound of Music (Props) 2005-2006 A Few Good Men (Stage Manager) Driving Miss Daisy (Props) 2006-2007 Dark of the Moon (Stage Manager) 2008-2009 Call Me Henry (Stage Manager) 2009-2010 Auntie Mame (Stage Manager) 2010-2011 Dracula (Stage Manager) 2011-2012 The Broken Statue (Stage Manager) 2012-2013 Celebrating the Masks of Comedy and Tragedy (Stage Manager) (The Ugly Duckling & Sorry Wrong Number) 2014-2015 American Farce (Stage Manager) 2015-2016 Chicago (Stage Manager)
P A G E 10 8. If involved in actual productions, what is your favorite and why? I loved working on most every show but I think The Broken Statue is the one that sticks out. Almost every night someone from the audience would stop and tell us they knew Lydie Marland or knew someone that knew her and had heard stories about her. Lydie s life after she left Oklahoma is a huge mystery and I will always wonder what really happened. Also, that was the last show Donna Mackie was in Donna was a delight to work with. 9. Why do you serve on the board and why is that important? I like being involved and in on the fun new up and coming things we do for/at JBT. 10. What else would you like our readers to know about you, your thoughts on theatre or anything else you might want to add? I created the JBT Reservation System used today and am the Webmaster for the JBT website. Meet another Board Member in our next issue! BENEFIT FOR JEWEL BOX SUPPORTERS You asked for it we ve got it! This season, if you make a $5.00 donation at intermission, we ll give you a Jewel Box insulated tumbler filled with your favorite drink and YOU CAN TAKE IT INTO THE THEATRE WITH YOU. Bring the mug back for future performances and you can have your drink for the regular $1.00 and take it into the theatre This is only for patrons making a donation for the Jewel Box Tumbler Styrofoam cups are NOT allowed in the theatre
P A G E 1 1 2015-2016 Jewel Box Theatre Board of Advisors It takes a village, literally, to keep the cogs rolling at Jewel Box Theatre. In addition to our wonderful group of volunteers, the Board of Advisors oversee everything from Play Selection, Gem Awards, Opening Night Parties, Auditions and many other aspects to keep Jewel Box Theatre shining as the gem it is. If you have any questions about our theatre, suggestions you d like to pass on, or just a comment, please feel free to stop one of the Advisors and speak to them. They will be wearing a name tag, so they re easy to spot! Dana Billingsley Amandanell Bold Joan Corbin Patty Empie Carolee Galbraith Jan Garrett James Gordon David Hester Jana Hester Pauline Johnson Shawna Linck Carol McDonald Roger Oxford Craig Rauch Jane Hall Rodkin Bruce Smallwood Geneva Smallwood Jackie Smola Don Taylor A Mari Thomas Dalton Thomas Chuck Tweed
P A G E 1 2 Original Lobby Art When visiting Jewel Box Theatre, be sure to check out our original lobby art by Jime Wimmer Artistic Talent at Jewel Box Theatre isn t just on the stage!
P A G E 1 3 Theatrically Tweed THE 57TH SEASON OF CONTINUING EXCELLENCE My, oh, my what a wonderful year Jewel Box is having! We are about to pass the 2,300 mark for season patrons; Jewel Box was named OCTA's Theatre of the Year, with Board member Jana Hester being named a Volunteer of the Year. To start the new year is a Jewel Box debut: As Long as We Both Shall Live, with Gem Award-winning director Don Taylor putting together a madcap comedy that starts with a wedding rehearsal where the wedding planner is killed, and the future mother-in-law puts the blame on the future daughter-in-law she detests. Not only are there laughs along the way, but a surprise ending no one will see coming. Jewel Box will also start the new year with acting classes, headed by the Gem Award-winning director, actress, and board member, Shawna Linck. Visit our webpage at jewelboxtheatre.org for future announcements. We are thrilled to offer classes with Shawna and her years of experience. Who knows? We might find you in her class, followed by being in a show on our stage! The best is yet to come because you can still buy a season sampler: Three shows for $20. Can't beat that anywhere in the state!! The offer will continue through the January-February show. Don't miss out! click here to order a season sampler If you are a season patron, you are going to receive in the second week of February, an early-bird special in which we announce our 59th season to you before we announce it to the general public in March. It is good for only a few days. You are going to love our Fab Festival of Fun. We appreciate everyone associated with Oklahoma City's oldest community theatre, both on stage and off.
P A G E 1 4 V O L U M E 5, I S S U E 5 Volunteer and become part of the Jewel Box Theatre family! FREE TICKETS! Choose a position for which you would like to volunteer, call us, and we ll train you! Easy, FUN and Free!! BOX OFFICE: Greet season patrons and sell box office tickets. At intermission, sell soft drinks and our special Jewel Box blue cups. With sixteen performances per show, you can choose a week night show (7:00-9:30 pm, Thursday - Saturday.) or a Sunday matinee (1:30-3 pm). Get a free T-Shirt, too! PAINT CREW: Choose a show or two or three, and help create the set by painting the walls, floors, doors, and more. When you see the show, you know you helped make it come to life! PROPERTIES: Help the director by finding items needed on the set, or something an actor holds in his/her hand (A tray, glasses, writing pad and pencil, a hanky, etc.). We call them props. Working properties involves organizing/maintaining props during the run of the show. COSTUMES: Work with our resident costumer, Christopher Sieker, preparing costumes for actors to try on, then maintain, iron, sew, and catalogue for the show. HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Such fun to work with stylist Jacque Mooney with wigs and make-up. We have many period pieces this season, so there will be a lot of fun to create hair styles and make-up. So many fun ways to help Oklahoma City s oldest community theatre! Give us a call, and start your theatre journey with us!
P A G E 1 5 Theatre Lores and Legends Peacock feathers Why is it bad luck to have peacock feathers on stage? According to legend, peacock feathers can create all kinds of havoc in the theatre. It s believed they can start fires, cause sets to come crashing down, and bring horrific accidents to actors. The legend has it that the peacock feather has an evil eye on it. This evil eye casts its wrath on actors, sets, curtains - even entire productions. The superstition may have started based on the mythological legend of Argus, the Greek monster covered with a hundred eyes. As the legend goes, he transferred these eyes to peacock feathers. Because of the legend, many theatres won t use peacock feathers as set decoration or on costumes. Come to think of it, the next time you see a peacock feather on stage, you might want to locate the nearest exit. Just in case. Next issue - Mirrors
P A G E 1 6 Season Ticket Holders! We got your back! Sign up now for an e-mail reminder when our next show is coming up. Just call the box office (405-521-1786) ~ Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 pm and give us your e-mail address. If you have a regular night for your reservations (PLAN A), we ll set you up to receive an e-mail at the beginning of the week of your regular performance night. Season ticket holders who call in to make their reservations for each show (PLAN B) will receive an e-mail reminding you when the box office will open for the next production. It s a busy world out there. Let us take a little of the load off by keeping you posted. We ll do the remembering for you!
P A G E 17 TICKET DEALS FOR YOU! Come and enjoy the best ticket prices in town! Individual Ticket Prices for plays are only $20 and $15 for senior citizens/college students and under Last Thursday of the run still offers 2-for-1 tickets with advance reservations! Visit and Like us on facebook www.facebook.com/okc.jbt Or follow us on Twitter! Be a Jewel Box Volunteer and receive two complimentary tickets to a show Call 405-521-1786 for more information