Preview: Noises Off
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Noises Off to Open Players’ 2015-2016 Season
by Bob McLaughlin and John Lieder
Playwright Michael Frayn reportedly got the initial inspiration for his farce Noises Off while watching from the wings while one of his earlier plays was being performed. He realized that what was going on backstage was funnier than what the audience was seeing. A dozen years later this epiphany came to fruition in the 1982 London premiere of Noises Off, surely the oddest love letter to the theater ever to take the stage. The play quickly transferred to Broadway in 1983, succeeded by a series of revivals: London 2000 and Broadway 2001; London 2011 and a new Broadway production slated for later this season, starring Andrea Martin, Megan Hilty, and Rob McClure.
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Announcing the cast of Noises Off
Congrats to the cast and thank you to everyone who came out to audition.
Role - Actor
Dotty Otley - Darlene Lloyd
Brooke Ashton - Hannah Kerns
Belinda Blair - Bridgette Richard
Poppy Norton-Taylor - Erica Sommers
Lloyd Dallas - Brian Artman
Garry Lejeune - Thom Rakestraw
Frederick Fellows - Chris Terven
Selsdon Mowbray - Alan Wilson
Timothy Allgood - Jon Hubal
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Preview: Seussical The Musical
Players Finish Season with Seussical
by Bob McLaughlin and John Lieder
Community Players’ summer musical will be Seussical: The Musical, a madcap extravaganza based on the stories of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, the author of such children’s classics as The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Drawing on a number of Seuss’s books, Seussical was written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty following their brilliant 1996 musical, Ragtime.
Seussical had rather a rough pre-Broadway experience. In early workshops the Cat in the Hat, who serves as host and narrator, was played by Eric Idle, of Monty Python fame and who is still credited with writing some of the material, and then by Tony Award winner Andrea Martin.
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Announcing the cast of Seussical
Thanks to everyone who auditioned and congrats to the cast!
CAST
Cat in the Hat - Josh McCauley
Horton the Elephant - Nick Benson
Gertrude McFuzz - Lauren Guttschow
JoJo - Thomas Toohill
JoJo - Natalie Maloy
Mayzie LaBird - Brooke Schumann
The Sour Kangaroo - Kellie Nolan
Baby Sour Kangaroo - Ashtyn Mitchell
Baby Sour Kangaroo - Delaney Schnell
The Mayor - Kyle Holliday
Mayors Wife - Jennifer Maloy
General Genghis Khan Schmitz - Alan Wilson
Yertle the Turtle - Isaiah Young
Vlad Vladikoff/ The Grinch - Christian West
Bird Girl - Alanah Hafen
Bird Girl - Allyson Troyanovich
Bird Girl - Cassandra Hustedt
Bird Girl - Kristen Woodard
Bird Girl - Lizzy Selzer
Bird Girl - Wendi Fleming
Wickersham Brother - Austin Travis
Wickersham Brother - Cally Robertson
Wickersham Brother - Ella Joaquin
Wickersham Brother - Peyton Tongate
Wickersham Brother - Ramsey Hendricks
Adult Ensemble - Alanis Tabor
Adult Ensemble - Kelsey Holliday
Adult Ensemble - Hannah Lovel
Adult Ensemble - Rejene Phillips
Kids Ensemble - Abby Briggs
Kids Ensemble - Abby Naden
Kids Ensemble - Anna Cordill
Cindy Lou Who/ Kids Ensemble - Anna Dahmm
Kids Ensemble - Anna Greenfield
Kids Ensemble - Brynley Dowd
Kids Ensemble - Eliza Heinrich
Kids Ensemble - Elizabeth Gullixon
Kids Ensemble - Emma Donnelly
Kids Ensemble - Jaiden Mapugay
Kids Ensemble - Jeb Bender
Kids Ensemble - Kalen Mapugay
Kids Ensemble - Karlie McCubbins
Kids Ensemble - Kira Fleming
Kids Ensemble - Mackenzie Lynch
Kids Ensemble - Matthew Gullixon
Kids Ensemble - Max Beck
Kids Ensemble - Maya Davis
Kids Ensemble - McKenna Jensen
Cindy Lou Who/ Kids Ensemble - Monica Martinez
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