Preview: Noises Off

[action link="https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&w=4f62667a223a842bdc600f9e65808864" link_text="Buy Now"]Purchase Tickets for Noises Off[/action] 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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