A little over a week ago, I had the pleasure of experiencing Melissa Watson’s The Masks, as presented by L.J. Alleman Talented Theatre & Theatre IV students. It was the anchor production of Theatre 810’s first annual Entrances Student Theatre Festival (December 7 -9) and it played six times over the course of the weekend with two entirely different casts each performing three times. Due to the needs of an upcoming production of my own, I was unable to go home and write this review immediately, but that should in no way reflect the level to which I was affected and impressed by this piece.
S.E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton wrote The Outsiders at the tender age of sixteen, inspired by the rival gangs at her school, the Greasers and the Socs. It was wildly successful, and has been for decades, eliciting empathy for marginalized teens. Melissa Watson, a thirteen year old Alleman student, creates a similarly themed work in The Masks, while also effectively utilizing elements of ancient Greek theatre.
With a running time of a little over half an hour, The Masks opens with the character of Charlotte (portrayed by Ione Eakins at the performance that I attended), in a mandatory meeting with the school counselor (played by Alleman teacher, Kim Douet). All of the actors on stage except Charlotte don masks, reflecting both the external persona that they have created in order to survive life, as well as symbolizing with what clique they associate. The masks are referred to literally by Charlotte, who questions the need for such facades. As the play progresses, it is revealed that Charlotte has caused an incident that has resulted in the removal of the masks, and what the consequences were. There is talk of a remount of this production, so it is important to me that I not give a comprehensive plot description in this review, as I encourage readers to experience this piece with their own gestalt.
Precisely and delicately directed by Talented Theatre teachers Steven Cooper and Andrew D. Hunter II, the actors negotiated the space in Theatre 810 effectively. They moved cleanly and confidently from tableau to tableau and the use of movement techniques to delineate status was startling and effective. The Wannabees were eerie and thought-provoking in their Greek chorus-esque role, commandeered by their leader, Angella (Cameron Tamplain). Tamplain more than made up for her small stature, powerfully progressing from masked general to vulnerable mark. Several actors had lengthy monologues, which were capably delivered and enriched the piece by giving backstory. Jacory Bernard gave a nuanced performance of Walter, creating the gentle friend who has had enough whom we all immediately recognize. The character of Charlotte was written honestly, often disrespectful of authority figures, but comes to understand the consequences of her actions – good and bad. Ione Eakins created a syrup-free Charlotte, who was irritating, kind-hearted, sympathetic and real.
The limited technical elements only enhanced the production and were careful to not detract from the text. The students were effectively dressed in school uniforms, with specific cliques utilizing different colored shirts and bottoms. The masks were interestingly designed and painted, and allowed the audience to more easily associate groups as well as draw inferences about each character. This was also true of the use of make-up, which I will also let be a surprise to future audience members. The blocks that were used for the predominant set needs (with the exception of the counselor’s office which was more realistic in design) were lit well, becoming more abstract as did the story. Shelby Williams’ band propelled the story arc, letting the audience know about recurring themes, impending action, etc. As they were hidden behind a curtain, I wondered if others knew that there was live music on stage, but the curtain call included the audience being given a chance to show their appreciation.
If I were pressed to give constructive criticism, I would have little. I would recommend that the reasons behind the counselor’s reluctance to remove her mask be made clearer either through text or through a stronger technical device. The piece is set up so that the audience is made to wonder what the counselor is hiding and the reveal could be stronger. Also, I would like to see the play expanded in length at some point, with more development given to “the incident.” While it was effectively left nebulous in specificity, at some point Watson may find that the piece could move from youth theatre to adult theatre if it were longer and unambiguous. And really, what kind of criticism is that? I want to see more!
I have taught theatre for some time to a variety of demographics. When I sat down to watch The Masks, I was prepared to see theatre for youth by youth. Instead, I was presented with a smart, reflective play by a burgeoning playwright, acted by mini-adults in a Fringe-like atmosphere. I was delighted, and moved and comforted in knowing that this is the future of theatre in our area. After The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton went on to write several more bestsellers. I expect no less from Melissa Watson.
E. Dimitriadis
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
A Dickens’ Christmas Carol: Thoughts by Jody L Powell
Last Sunday I had the pleasure of attending a delightful play at the Duchamp Opera House in St. Martinville, A Dickens’ Christmas Carol – A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts, written by Mark Landon Smith, produced by The St. Martinville Evangeline Players, and directed by Alicia Chaisson.The laughter began before the proverbial curtain rose as I discovered in the program that the play within a play is the “fifteenth annual farewell tour of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic”. Say what? Obviously, the play is a farce, and while a little too slapstick for my usual taste, the choices the troupe made in the spirit of “go big or go home” made the show an over-the-top explosion of all things Christmas Carol that I could appreciate.Seven actors take the stage, bringing 40+ characters to life, by many quick wig and costume changes, (not all of which end up being complete, which only makes it funnier), and lots of dashing on and off stage. Sometimes an actor hasn’t quite made it back to the stage when it’s time to deliver their next line; no matter, they just shout it from backstage – and it works, because the play within the play has gone awry anyway. And that’s where the fun comes in: the “missed” cues, the purposely rickety set, the understudy whose lines are written on every prop, the feuding leading lady and her would be replacement – and everything else that can go wrong that does.The play, which is deliberately written to be bad, is a challenge to an acting troupe, but this group pulls it off. They’re able to take something that is actually difficult to do, and make it look easy. That speaks highly of their serious talent, comedic timing, and how they work as an ensemble. We see them disheveled, out of breath, and sometimes in the wrong place or wearing a not-quite-right costume, and recognize it as the humorous calamity that was intended.The show’s fast pace keeps the story moving along, even as some bits get somewhat overplayed. The framework of the three ghosts visiting Scrooge and transforming him from a greedy humbug to a born-again philanthropist uses visual gags and pratfalls that keep the audience laughing.The group is made up of a mix of new and familiar faces on the St. Martinville stage, including Steven “Smitty” Smith, Jr., Madeline Guilbeau, Cindy Hebert, Brittany DuBois, Justin David, Justin Blanchard, and Adel Catherine Comeaux. As they take their final bow at the end of the show, one can’t help but marvel at what they’ve just accomplished: probably the “worst” production of the holiday classic, done in the most intentionally comical way!The show continues its run Friday through Sunday, December 14 through 16, evenings at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m., at the Duchamp Opera House in St. Martinville. For ticket details, visit the company’s website at http://www.evangelineplayers.org/The_Evangeline_Players/ Home.html or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ liveandlocalacadiana?ref=ts& fref=ts#!/EvangelinePlayers? fref=ts
Opening this weekend: WE ALL DO
Wanderlust Theatre Company continues its 2012-13 season with the original piece, We All Do by Lafayette native Jarin Schexnider! In this provocative work, a loner named Charlie befriends the world around her, exploring the similarities in struggle and happiness that bind humans and nature. Presented in a highly physical, movement based style, this environmental theatre production calls upon an ensemble of actors to play dozens of characters.
The ensemble cast is comprised of Erin Broussard, Aren Chaisson III, Steven Cooper, Jan Erin Corzo, Andrew D. Hunter II, M. Brady McKellar, Deserea Noriega, Jarin Schexnider and Patricia Drury Sidman. Elsa Dimitriadis directs.
NOTE: In keeping with themes from the work, a special $1 off the ticket price promotion will be offered to anyone bicycling to a performance. Discount only applies to tickets purchased in person at the box office.
Wednesday, Dec. 12 through Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8:00 pm
& Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 pm
Theatre 810
810 Jefferson St. Lafayette, LA
$10 Admission
For ticket reservations, call (337) 504-5367 or purchase online at
wealldo.eventbrite.com
For additional information about the company, visit
www.wanderlusttheatre.com or facebook.com/wanderlusttheatre
This Weekend: A DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL - A TRAVELING TRAVESTY IN TWO TUMULTUOUS ACTS
The St. Martinville Evangeline Players
present
A DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL - A TRAVELING TRAVESTY IN TWO TUMULTUOUS ACTS
From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old travelling troupe embarking on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens' classic holiday tale. Mayhem ensues as this professional company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong does, to hilarious, ridiculous results! The actors forget their lines, come in at the wrong time, lose parts of their costume, or just make stuff up. The lights and sound add to the confusion and the set has seen better days. But the show must go on. And it will, as long as the actors don't kill each other before intermission.
This production is directed by Alicia Chaisson and stars Steven "Smitty" Smith, Jr., Madeline Guilbeau, Cindy Hebert, Justin David, Justin Blanchard, Brittany DuBois, and Adel Catherine Comeaux.
December 7, 2012 - December 16, 2012
Friday & Saturday Performances @ 7:30 PM
Sunday Matinees @ 4:00 PM (December 9) and 2:00 PM (December 16)
Tickets available at the Duchamp Opera House and Shamrock Office Supply.
For more information,
please call 337-394-6604
or visit www.evangelineplayers.org
present
A DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL - A TRAVELING TRAVESTY IN TWO TUMULTUOUS ACTS
From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old travelling troupe embarking on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens' classic holiday tale. Mayhem ensues as this professional company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong does, to hilarious, ridiculous results! The actors forget their lines, come in at the wrong time, lose parts of their costume, or just make stuff up. The lights and sound add to the confusion and the set has seen better days. But the show must go on. And it will, as long as the actors don't kill each other before intermission.
This production is directed by Alicia Chaisson and stars Steven "Smitty" Smith, Jr., Madeline Guilbeau, Cindy Hebert, Justin David, Justin Blanchard, Brittany DuBois, and Adel Catherine Comeaux.
December 7, 2012 - December 16, 2012
Friday & Saturday Performances @ 7:30 PM
Sunday Matinees @ 4:00 PM (December 9) and 2:00 PM (December 16)
Tickets available at the Duchamp Opera House and Shamrock Office Supply.
For more information,
please call 337-394-6604
or visit www.evangelineplayers.org
This Weekend: A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER
Presenting Savoy Entertainment's A Christmas to Remember, returning to the Hearn Stage for two more weekends following an opening weekend of sold-out audiences! All performances at the Hearn Stage, 1102 Third Street (Corner of Johnston), downtown Alexandria.
December 14–16 & 28–30 (Red Carpet Event, 6:30 Saturday 12/15)
Fridays & Saturday @ 7:30 (doors open at 6:00)
Sundays @ 5:00 pm (doors open @ 3:30)
Tickets $20 - available online at www.savoyentertainment.net, or call (318) 613-4841 or (318) 769-1150 with your name, mailing address, and contact number. (Purchased tickets will be at ticket counter on night of performance.)
December 14–16 & 28–30 (Red Carpet Event, 6:30 Saturday 12/15)
Fridays & Saturday @ 7:30 (doors open at 6:00)
Sundays @ 5:00 pm (doors open @ 3:30)
Tickets $20 - available online at www.savoyentertainment.net, or call (318) 613-4841 or (318) 769-1150 with your name, mailing address, and contact number. (Purchased tickets will be at ticket counter on night of performance.)
Opening this weekend! CELTIC CROSS
The Celtic Cross - a new play by Matthew Jackson - makes a stop in Lafayette, LA as part of an International Tour.
Presented by Wanderweg Productions in collaboration with The University of Louisiana Lafayette.
Featuring:
Matthew Jackson and Bryan Sullivan
"The Celtic Cross is a beautiful, harrowing, captivating play with heartfelt, heartbreaking characters and the perfect mix of history, timeliness, and looking forward. In the tradition of so much good theater, Wanderweg's two-person traveling production feels grand and sweeping even as it hits so close to home."
- Laurie Frankel, Author (Atlas of Love and Goodbye for Now)
9 out of 10! - News Leader Pictorial
"...what great acting is all about." - The Marble
"...captures the Irish wit." - Drama in the Hood
In Northern Ireland, two communities are at odds with each other. Their conflict is not only political, but ideological. The Protestant Loyalist side believes that Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom. The Catholic Nationalist side believes that Northern Ireland should become part of the Republic of Ireland. "The Troubles" refer to the thirty years of violence and terrorism between these two groups. Peace resolutions in the late 1990s attempted to bring an end to the sectarian violence, but the peace achieved is a shaky one.
The Celtic Cross is the story of the unlikely friendship that forms between Jacob and Thomas, two young men in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Jacob is a Protestant Loyalist and Thomas is a Catholic Nationalist. Set in the early 1990s, before the peace agreement, these two men have lived their entire life during "the Troubles." Although they are conditioned to hate each other, an improbable friendship unfolds, but their circumstances force them to choose between their friendship and their beliefs.
This powerful new drama explores what it means to be Protestant, Catholic, Irish, British, too powerful for your own good, but too weak to change anything. But at its deepest at its core the play shows these two characters in their struggle to find humanity; in their friend, in their enemy, but most importantly in themselves.
The performances will be at Cité des Arts, tickets maybe purchased at the door, or from the website www.citedesarts.org. Reservations can be made by calling 337-291-1122.
December 14th at 7:30 pm
December 15th at 7:30 pm
Contains Strong Language and Violence
$12 for Students & Seniors
$15 General Admission
Presented by Wanderweg Productions in collaboration with The University of Louisiana Lafayette.
Featuring:
Matthew Jackson and Bryan Sullivan
"The Celtic Cross is a beautiful, harrowing, captivating play with heartfelt, heartbreaking characters and the perfect mix of history, timeliness, and looking forward. In the tradition of so much good theater, Wanderweg's two-person traveling production feels grand and sweeping even as it hits so close to home."
- Laurie Frankel, Author (Atlas of Love and Goodbye for Now)
9 out of 10! - News Leader Pictorial
"...what great acting is all about." - The Marble
"...captures the Irish wit." - Drama in the Hood
In Northern Ireland, two communities are at odds with each other. Their conflict is not only political, but ideological. The Protestant Loyalist side believes that Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom. The Catholic Nationalist side believes that Northern Ireland should become part of the Republic of Ireland. "The Troubles" refer to the thirty years of violence and terrorism between these two groups. Peace resolutions in the late 1990s attempted to bring an end to the sectarian violence, but the peace achieved is a shaky one.
The Celtic Cross is the story of the unlikely friendship that forms between Jacob and Thomas, two young men in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Jacob is a Protestant Loyalist and Thomas is a Catholic Nationalist. Set in the early 1990s, before the peace agreement, these two men have lived their entire life during "the Troubles." Although they are conditioned to hate each other, an improbable friendship unfolds, but their circumstances force them to choose between their friendship and their beliefs.
This powerful new drama explores what it means to be Protestant, Catholic, Irish, British, too powerful for your own good, but too weak to change anything. But at its deepest at its core the play shows these two characters in their struggle to find humanity; in their friend, in their enemy, but most importantly in themselves.
The performances will be at Cité des Arts, tickets maybe purchased at the door, or from the website www.citedesarts.org. Reservations can be made by calling 337-291-1122.
December 14th at 7:30 pm
December 15th at 7:30 pm
Contains Strong Language and Violence
$12 for Students & Seniors
$15 General Admission
This Weekend! Through Thick or Thin
Through Thick or Thin A Local, Original Play by Trina Tapo
Dates: Dec 14, 15, 16
Times: Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @2:00pm
Where: Cité des Arts, 109 Vine Street, Downtown Lafayette off of Jefferson
Ticket Price: $10, for Reservations call 337-291-1122 purchase through Paypal, www.citedesarts.org, or at the door.
Lance and Lisa Patterson may not be identical twins, but they do share an identical thorn in the side, their mother! Lynette Patterson is determined that she knows what’s best for her children especially when it involves their love lives. The only person who is able to contain Lynette’s comical sarcasm is her husband, Quincy. “Through Thick or Thin” explores relationships between lovers, parents, siblings, and friends. When these relationships become intertwine, communication can become confusing.
Dates: Dec 14, 15, 16
Times: Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @2:00pm
Where: Cité des Arts, 109 Vine Street, Downtown Lafayette off of Jefferson
Ticket Price: $10, for Reservations call 337-291-1122 purchase through Paypal, www.citedesarts.org, or at the door.
Lance and Lisa Patterson may not be identical twins, but they do share an identical thorn in the side, their mother! Lynette Patterson is determined that she knows what’s best for her children especially when it involves their love lives. The only person who is able to contain Lynette’s comical sarcasm is her husband, Quincy. “Through Thick or Thin” explores relationships between lovers, parents, siblings, and friends. When these relationships become intertwine, communication can become confusing.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
OPENING THIS WEEKEND! We All Do
Wanderlust Theatre Company continues its 2012-13 season with the original piece, We All Do by Lafayette native Jarin Schexnider! In this provocative work, a loner named Charlie befriends the world around her, exploring the similarities in struggle and happiness that bind humans and nature. Presented in a highly physical, movement based style, this environmental theatre production calls upon an ensemble of actors to play dozens of characters.
The ensemble cast is comprised of Erin Broussard, Aren Chaisson III, Steven Cooper, Jan Erin Corzo, Andrew D. Hunter II, M. Brady McKellar, Deserea Noriega, Jarin Schexnider and Patricia Drury Sidman. Elsa Dimitriadis directs.
NOTE: In keeping with themes from the work, a special $1 off the ticket price promotion will be offered to anyone bicycling to a performance. Discount only applies to tickets purchased in person at the box office.
Wednesday, Dec. 12 through Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8:00 pm
& Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 pm
Theatre 810
810 Jefferson St. Lafayette, LA
$10 Admission
For ticket reservations, call (337) 504-5367 or purchase online at
wealldo.eventbrite.com
For additional information about the company, visit
www.wanderlusttheatre.com or facebook.com/wanderlusttheatre
AUDITIONS: Shotgun
Acting Unlimited will be holding auditions for John Biguenet's Shotgun, which will be performed in collaboration with the Swine Palace of Baton Rouge, and Southern Rep. of New Orleans as part of The Katrina Cycle. The auditions will take place at Theatre 810 (810 Jefferson Street in Lafayette) on Saturday, December 15 (1-3pm) and Sunday, December 17 (6:30-8:30pm.)
We are looking for actors for the following roles:
Beau Harlan, a white carpenter in his mid-thirties
Eugene Harlan, Beau's sixteen-year-old son
Mattie Godchaux, a black woman in her thirties
Dexter (Dex) Godchaux, Mattie's father, in his early sixties
Clarence (Willie) Williams, Mattie's black ex-boyfriend, about Mattie's age
If you need more information, or have any questions about the play or the production, please feel free to email us at actingunlimited@gmail.com.
If you would like to audition, but cannot make these dates, please
feel free to contact us before the audition dates to arrange an
alternative time.
OPENING THIS WEEKEND! The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus- Pandemonium Theatre Group
Pandemonium Theater Group presents the family fun entertaining The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus on December 14-16 at the Grand Opera House of the South.
The play is written by Pat Cook and based on the book written by L. Frank Baum, famous author of The Wizard of Oz, and produced with special arrangements with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.
The play begins in the enchanted forest of the Burzee Woods when Ak the Master Woodsman and ruler of the forest finds an infant, but out of fear of bringing the human child into their magical yet forbidden world-a world filled with immortals where he would not fit in- he leaves the infant with Shiegra, the lioness. However, Necile, a wood nymph, longing to have a child of her own, finds the baby and desires to raise the child regardless of the laws against humans in the Burzee Woods.
As Narrator, Frank Baum takes the audience through the story. The life the infant had embraced unfolds from child into adulthood and the mysteries to the questions asked for centuries are then revealed. It’s when Claus travels to Laughing Valley that he finds his life’s purpose. He meets the children: Weekum and Mayrie and they dance and play together until Jack Frost decides to pay a visit and warns Claus of those that will not take kindly to his endeavors, the Awgwas, the dark creatures that despise laughter and joy.
So, Claus must find different ways to side step those against him in order to continue to bring joy the all the children. There are so many examples of giving and receiving and love and acceptance within the story of Santa Claus not only by Necile but by all the Immortals of the Burzee Woods. The fairies, knooks, ryls, nymphs, deer and the royal court extend him compassion for his kind and gentle ways as history is made and costumes and traditions continue to be shared with each new generation.
Showtimes are Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 at 7 pm and Sunday, December 16 at 2 pm at the Grand Opera House of the South. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thegrandoperahouse.org or by calling the Opera House at 785-0440 or one hour prior to showtime at the door. For more information please call Director Machelle Booty at 230-9175.
The cast consists of many experienced theaters veterans, such as: Casey Harmon, Brittany Richard, Zaner Cluse, Aaron Booty, JP Fontenot, Ashley Fontenot, Randy Lacombe, Chris Pridgeon, Katelyn Richey, and Tabitha Bridy to those who have made this production in the beginning of their theater adventures: Shiloh Kittles, Rowan Kittles, Lucy Chisholm, Paisley Vincent, Madeline Kibodeaux, Paige Vincent, Etta Chisholm, Alaina Kibodeaux, Sarah Hetzel, Aliyah Leger, Tony Arsement, Keisha Ali, Mikayla Clayton, Casey Benoit, Sophie Miller, Ellie Miller, Lily Smith, Michaela Jabusch, Hunter Kelly, Logan Miller, Zoe Miller, Ezra Miller, Brooke Habetz, Katelyn Richard, Luke Arsement, Dylan Vasseur, Angelique Bieri, Sidney Gilder, Alyson Hetzel, McKenzie Jabusch, Caleb Henry, Cole Henry, Addyson Dailey, Annah Claire Dailey, Jackie Richey, Elizabeth Hetzel, Amber Wilson, Justin Simon, Kervon Griffin, Noah Kittles, Ny’Asiah Sonnier, Amber Hayes, and Kameryn Richard.
The play is written by Pat Cook and based on the book written by L. Frank Baum, famous author of The Wizard of Oz, and produced with special arrangements with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.
The play begins in the enchanted forest of the Burzee Woods when Ak the Master Woodsman and ruler of the forest finds an infant, but out of fear of bringing the human child into their magical yet forbidden world-a world filled with immortals where he would not fit in- he leaves the infant with Shiegra, the lioness. However, Necile, a wood nymph, longing to have a child of her own, finds the baby and desires to raise the child regardless of the laws against humans in the Burzee Woods.
As Narrator, Frank Baum takes the audience through the story. The life the infant had embraced unfolds from child into adulthood and the mysteries to the questions asked for centuries are then revealed. It’s when Claus travels to Laughing Valley that he finds his life’s purpose. He meets the children: Weekum and Mayrie and they dance and play together until Jack Frost decides to pay a visit and warns Claus of those that will not take kindly to his endeavors, the Awgwas, the dark creatures that despise laughter and joy.
So, Claus must find different ways to side step those against him in order to continue to bring joy the all the children. There are so many examples of giving and receiving and love and acceptance within the story of Santa Claus not only by Necile but by all the Immortals of the Burzee Woods. The fairies, knooks, ryls, nymphs, deer and the royal court extend him compassion for his kind and gentle ways as history is made and costumes and traditions continue to be shared with each new generation.
Showtimes are Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 at 7 pm and Sunday, December 16 at 2 pm at the Grand Opera House of the South. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thegrandoperahouse.org or by calling the Opera House at 785-0440 or one hour prior to showtime at the door. For more information please call Director Machelle Booty at 230-9175.
The cast consists of many experienced theaters veterans, such as: Casey Harmon, Brittany Richard, Zaner Cluse, Aaron Booty, JP Fontenot, Ashley Fontenot, Randy Lacombe, Chris Pridgeon, Katelyn Richey, and Tabitha Bridy to those who have made this production in the beginning of their theater adventures: Shiloh Kittles, Rowan Kittles, Lucy Chisholm, Paisley Vincent, Madeline Kibodeaux, Paige Vincent, Etta Chisholm, Alaina Kibodeaux, Sarah Hetzel, Aliyah Leger, Tony Arsement, Keisha Ali, Mikayla Clayton, Casey Benoit, Sophie Miller, Ellie Miller, Lily Smith, Michaela Jabusch, Hunter Kelly, Logan Miller, Zoe Miller, Ezra Miller, Brooke Habetz, Katelyn Richard, Luke Arsement, Dylan Vasseur, Angelique Bieri, Sidney Gilder, Alyson Hetzel, McKenzie Jabusch, Caleb Henry, Cole Henry, Addyson Dailey, Annah Claire Dailey, Jackie Richey, Elizabeth Hetzel, Amber Wilson, Justin Simon, Kervon Griffin, Noah Kittles, Ny’Asiah Sonnier, Amber Hayes, and Kameryn Richard.
A DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL- St Martinville Evangeline Players
The St. Martinville Evangeline Players
present
A DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL - A TRAVELING TRAVESTY IN TWO TUMULTUOUS ACTS
From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old travelling troupe embarking on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens' classic holiday tale. Mayhem ensues as this professional company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong does, to hilarious, ridiculous results! The actors forget their lines, come in at the wrong time, lose parts of their costume, or just make stuff up. The lights and sound add to the confusion and the set has seen better days. But the show must go on. And it will, as long as the actors don't kill each other before intermission.
This production is directed by Alicia Chaisson and stars Steven "Smitty" Smith, Jr., Madeline Guilbeau, Cindy Hebert, Justin David, Justin Blanchard, Brittany DuBois, and Adel Catherine Comeaux.
December 7, 2012 - December 16, 2012
Friday & Saturday Performances @ 7:30 PM
Sunday Matinees @ 4:00 PM (December 9) and 2:00 PM (December 16)
Tickets available at the Duchamp Opera House and Shamrock Office Supply.
For more information,
please call 337-394-6604
or visit www.evangelineplayers.org
present
A DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL - A TRAVELING TRAVESTY IN TWO TUMULTUOUS ACTS
From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old travelling troupe embarking on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens' classic holiday tale. Mayhem ensues as this professional company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong does, to hilarious, ridiculous results! The actors forget their lines, come in at the wrong time, lose parts of their costume, or just make stuff up. The lights and sound add to the confusion and the set has seen better days. But the show must go on. And it will, as long as the actors don't kill each other before intermission.
This production is directed by Alicia Chaisson and stars Steven "Smitty" Smith, Jr., Madeline Guilbeau, Cindy Hebert, Justin David, Justin Blanchard, Brittany DuBois, and Adel Catherine Comeaux.
December 7, 2012 - December 16, 2012
Friday & Saturday Performances @ 7:30 PM
Sunday Matinees @ 4:00 PM (December 9) and 2:00 PM (December 16)
Tickets available at the Duchamp Opera House and Shamrock Office Supply.
For more information,
please call 337-394-6604
or visit www.evangelineplayers.org
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Through Thick or Thin- opening this weekend!
Through Thick or Thin A Local, Original Play by Trina Tapo
Dates: Dec 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
Times: Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @2:00pm
Where: Cité des Arts, 109 Vine Street, Downtown Lafayette off of Jefferson
Ticket Price: $10, for Reservations call 337-291-1122 purchase through Paypal, www.citedesarts.org, or at the door.
Lance and Lisa Patterson may not be identical twins, but they do share an identical thorn in the side, their mother! Lynette Patterson is determined that she knows what’s best for her children especially when it involves their love lives. The only person who is able to contain Lynette’s comical sarcasm is her husband, Quincy. “Through Thick or Thin” explores relationships between lovers, parents, siblings, and friends. When these relationships become intertwine, communication can become confusing.
Dates: Dec 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
Times: Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @2:00pm
Where: Cité des Arts, 109 Vine Street, Downtown Lafayette off of Jefferson
Ticket Price: $10, for Reservations call 337-291-1122 purchase through Paypal, www.citedesarts.org, or at the door.
Lance and Lisa Patterson may not be identical twins, but they do share an identical thorn in the side, their mother! Lynette Patterson is determined that she knows what’s best for her children especially when it involves their love lives. The only person who is able to contain Lynette’s comical sarcasm is her husband, Quincy. “Through Thick or Thin” explores relationships between lovers, parents, siblings, and friends. When these relationships become intertwine, communication can become confusing.
Scrooge; the Musical -Opening this week!
Firelight Performing Arts to present Scrooge the Musical
On Thursday, December 6 through Sunday,
December 9, Firelight Performing Arts will present its holiday offering,
Scrooge, the Musical. With a multi-talented cast of 25, ranging in age
from 6 to an almost septuagenarian, the troupe’s performance is an ideal
way to usher in the Christmas season. Directed by Laura Blum, Scrooge
will be presented at Ul-L’s Burke Hall, with evening performances on
December 6 through 8 at 7:00 p.m.; additionally there will be 2:00 p.m.
matinees offered on December 8 and 9.
Come and let Ebineezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and the three ghosts spin a story that is sure to delight children and make grown-ups miss their childhood. Tickets are $15.00. Group rates are available for school, church, and scout groups of 10 or more. Call 337-962-0306 for more information or to make reservations.
Come and let Ebineezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and the three ghosts spin a story that is sure to delight children and make grown-ups miss their childhood. Tickets are $15.00. Group rates are available for school, church, and scout groups of 10 or more. Call 337-962-0306 for more information or to make reservations.
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress!
Eunice Players'
Theatre
is proud to present
the hilarious comedy by Alan Ball, Five Women Wearing The Same Dress, as
the third and final show of their 43rd season. The play is directed by Gabe
Ortego.
Performance dates:
December 5 at 7:00 p.m. December 6 at 7:00 p.m.
December 7 at 7:00 p.m. December 8 at 7:00 p.m.
The plot surrounds
five bridesmaids who sequester themselves in a bedroom immediately following
the wedding in which they served. Through the course of the afternoon, they
drunkenly bare their souls and discover a common bond. Sparks fly between one
of the women and a charming bad-boy usher. The show includes adult humor and
smoking onstage.
The cast includes Kaitlin LeBleu, of Basile, as Frances; Bonnie Pitre, of Eunice, as Meredith; Amy Martel Rider, of Eunice, as Trisha; Adrienne Renee Miller, of Eunice, as Georgeanne; Kelly Pitre, of Eunice, as Mindy; and Joshua Carriere, of Eunice, as Tripp.
The cast includes Kaitlin LeBleu, of Basile, as Frances; Bonnie Pitre, of Eunice, as Meredith; Amy Martel Rider, of Eunice, as Trisha; Adrienne Renee Miller, of Eunice, as Georgeanne; Kelly Pitre, of Eunice, as Mindy; and Joshua Carriere, of Eunice, as Tripp.
Performance dates:
December 5 at 7:00 p.m. December 6 at 7:00 p.m.
December 7 at 7:00 p.m. December 8 at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are available by calling David at David Ltd. Hair Salon, 337-546-0163
or Debi at Turning Point, 337-457-2156. Visa and MasterCard may be used for
advance purchase. Tickets are $10; dinner is additional $15, plus tip.
The theatre is located at 121 S. Second St. in Eunice.
The theatre is located at 121 S. Second St. in Eunice.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Pandemonium Theater Group presents the family fun entertaining The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus on December 14-16 at the Grand Opera House of the South.
The play is written by Pat Cook and based on the book written by L. Frank Baum, famous author of The Wizard of Oz, and produced with special arrangements with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.
The play begins in the enchanted forest of the Burzee Woods when Ak the Master Woodsman and ruler of the forest finds an infant, but out of fear of bringing the human child into their magical yet forbidden world-a world filled with immortals where he would not fit in- he leaves the infant with Shiegra, the lioness. However, Necile, a wood nymph, longing to have a child of her own, finds the baby and desires to raise the child regardless of the laws against humans in the Burzee Woods.
As Narrator, Frank Baum takes the audience through the story. The life the infant had embraced unfolds from child into adulthood and the mysteries to the questions asked for centuries are then revealed. It’s when Claus travels to Laughing Valley that he finds his life’s purpose. He meets the children: Weekum and Mayrie and they dance and play together until Jack Frost decides to pay a visit and warns Claus of those that will not take kindly to his endeavors, the Awgwas, the dark creatures that despise laughter and joy.
So, Claus must find different ways to side step those against him in order to continue to bring joy the all the children. There are so many examples of giving and receiving and love and acceptance within the story of Santa Claus not only by Necile but by all the Immortals of the Burzee Woods. The fairies, knooks, ryls, nymphs, deer and the royal court extend him compassion for his kind and gentle ways as history is made and costumes and traditions continue to be shared with each new generation.
Showtimes are Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 at 7 pm and Sunday, December 16 at 2 pm at the Grand Opera House of the South. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thegrandoperahouse.org or by calling the Opera House at 785-0440 or one hour prior to showtime at the door. For more information please call Director Machelle Booty at 230-9175.
The cast consists of many experienced theaters veterans, such as: Casey Harmon, Brittany Richard, Zaner Cluse, Aaron Booty, JP Fontenot, Ashley Fontenot, Randy Lacombe, Chris Pridgeon, Katelyn Richey, and Tabitha Bridy to those who have made this production in the beginning of their theater adventures: Shiloh Kittles, Rowan Kittles, Lucy Chisholm, Paisley Vincent, Madeline Kibodeaux, Paige Vincent, Etta Chisholm, Alaina Kibodeaux, Sarah Hetzel, Aliyah Leger, Tony Arsement, Keisha Ali, Mikayla Clayton, Casey Benoit, Sophie Miller, Ellie Miller, Lily Smith, Michaela Jabusch, Hunter Kelly, Logan Miller, Zoe Miller, Ezra Miller, Brooke Habetz, Katelyn Richard, Luke Arsement, Dylan Vasseur, Angelique Bieri, Sidney Gilder, Alyson Hetzel, McKenzie Jabusch, Caleb Henry, Cole Henry, Addyson Dailey, Annah Claire Dailey, Jackie Richey, Elizabeth Hetzel, Amber Wilson, Justin Simon, Kervon Griffin, Noah Kittles, Ny’Asiah Sonnier, Amber Hayes, and Kameryn Richard.
The play is written by Pat Cook and based on the book written by L. Frank Baum, famous author of The Wizard of Oz, and produced with special arrangements with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.
The play begins in the enchanted forest of the Burzee Woods when Ak the Master Woodsman and ruler of the forest finds an infant, but out of fear of bringing the human child into their magical yet forbidden world-a world filled with immortals where he would not fit in- he leaves the infant with Shiegra, the lioness. However, Necile, a wood nymph, longing to have a child of her own, finds the baby and desires to raise the child regardless of the laws against humans in the Burzee Woods.
As Narrator, Frank Baum takes the audience through the story. The life the infant had embraced unfolds from child into adulthood and the mysteries to the questions asked for centuries are then revealed. It’s when Claus travels to Laughing Valley that he finds his life’s purpose. He meets the children: Weekum and Mayrie and they dance and play together until Jack Frost decides to pay a visit and warns Claus of those that will not take kindly to his endeavors, the Awgwas, the dark creatures that despise laughter and joy.
So, Claus must find different ways to side step those against him in order to continue to bring joy the all the children. There are so many examples of giving and receiving and love and acceptance within the story of Santa Claus not only by Necile but by all the Immortals of the Burzee Woods. The fairies, knooks, ryls, nymphs, deer and the royal court extend him compassion for his kind and gentle ways as history is made and costumes and traditions continue to be shared with each new generation.
Showtimes are Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 at 7 pm and Sunday, December 16 at 2 pm at the Grand Opera House of the South. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thegrandoperahouse.org or by calling the Opera House at 785-0440 or one hour prior to showtime at the door. For more information please call Director Machelle Booty at 230-9175.
The cast consists of many experienced theaters veterans, such as: Casey Harmon, Brittany Richard, Zaner Cluse, Aaron Booty, JP Fontenot, Ashley Fontenot, Randy Lacombe, Chris Pridgeon, Katelyn Richey, and Tabitha Bridy to those who have made this production in the beginning of their theater adventures: Shiloh Kittles, Rowan Kittles, Lucy Chisholm, Paisley Vincent, Madeline Kibodeaux, Paige Vincent, Etta Chisholm, Alaina Kibodeaux, Sarah Hetzel, Aliyah Leger, Tony Arsement, Keisha Ali, Mikayla Clayton, Casey Benoit, Sophie Miller, Ellie Miller, Lily Smith, Michaela Jabusch, Hunter Kelly, Logan Miller, Zoe Miller, Ezra Miller, Brooke Habetz, Katelyn Richard, Luke Arsement, Dylan Vasseur, Angelique Bieri, Sidney Gilder, Alyson Hetzel, McKenzie Jabusch, Caleb Henry, Cole Henry, Addyson Dailey, Annah Claire Dailey, Jackie Richey, Elizabeth Hetzel, Amber Wilson, Justin Simon, Kervon Griffin, Noah Kittles, Ny’Asiah Sonnier, Amber Hayes, and Kameryn Richard.
Auditions!
Opelousas Little Theatre will be holding auditions for our annual Showcase feature this weekend!
What is Showcase? It is an opportunity for the local talents from our neighboring and local communities to display their personal talents- AND -a chance for the directors at OLT to hopefully populate their currrent season of shows with the area's best performers.
Got all that?
We are looking for singers, actors, musicians of all kinds, and all things art. So, if you may be interested in doing your thing on our humble stage, we invite you to open auditions for the show! We will have auditions on Dec.8 @ 5pm at the Opelousas Little Theatre, located in the South City Park in Opelousas. Rehearsals for the show will take place during the first two weeks of January 2013 and the show will run on 8 days split between the last two weekends of January. If you or yours would like to participate in community theatre, please attend... we look forward to your visit!
For more information, call Duncan @ 351-3822
Acting Unlimited will be holding auditions for John Biguenet's Shotgun, which will be performed in collaboration with the Swine Palace of Baton Rouge, and Southern Rep. of New Orleans as part of The Katrina Cycle. The auditions will take place at Theatre 810 (810 Jefferson Street in Lafayette) on Saturday, December 15 (1-3pm) and Sunday, December 17 (6:30-8:30pm.)
What is Showcase? It is an opportunity for the local talents from our neighboring and local communities to display their personal talents- AND -a chance for the directors at OLT to hopefully populate their currrent season of shows with the area's best performers.
Got all that?
We are looking for singers, actors, musicians of all kinds, and all things art. So, if you may be interested in doing your thing on our humble stage, we invite you to open auditions for the show! We will have auditions on Dec.8 @ 5pm at the Opelousas Little Theatre, located in the South City Park in Opelousas. Rehearsals for the show will take place during the first two weeks of January 2013 and the show will run on 8 days split between the last two weekends of January. If you or yours would like to participate in community theatre, please attend... we look forward to your visit!
For more information, call Duncan @ 351-3822
Acting Unlimited will be holding auditions for John Biguenet's Shotgun, which will be performed in collaboration with the Swine Palace of Baton Rouge, and Southern Rep. of New Orleans as part of The Katrina Cycle. The auditions will take place at Theatre 810 (810 Jefferson Street in Lafayette) on Saturday, December 15 (1-3pm) and Sunday, December 17 (6:30-8:30pm.)
We are looking for actors for the following roles:
Beau Harlan, a white carpenter in his mid-thirties
Eugene Harlan, Beau's sixteen-year-old son
Mattie Godchaux, a black woman in her thirties
Dexter (Dex) Godchaux, Mattie's father, in his early sixties
Clarence (Willie) Williams, Mattie's black ex-boyfriend, about Mattie's age
If you need more information, or have any questions about the play or the production, please feel free to email us at actingunlimited@gmail.com.
If you would like to audition, but cannot make these dates, please
feel free to contact us before the audition dates to arrange an
alternative time.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Upcoming Classes!
MASTER ACTING WORKSHOP -- Cite des Arts, Lafayette, La.
December 13, 14, 17, 18, and 19th, 4:30-6:30pm each day
109 Vine Street/off of Jefferson Street Downtown
'Tis the "12 Days of Christmas" season...a perfect time for the 8 classic comic characters to take over Cite des Arts for a master acting workshop for actors of all ages and levels of experience.
NYU professor Caroline McGee will develop your personal "clown" using commedia dell' arte, classic sitcom genres, & dramatists John Patrick Shanley, Christopher Durang, Neil Simon, John Guare, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov, and more ...are you the smart one, the lovable loser, the neurotic, the dumb one, the witch/bastard, the womanizer/manizer, the material one, or "in their own universe" type?
**Also available, coaching for auditions for BFA and MFA applications, as well as finding the right school and the financial aid to pay for it!**
For more info: mcgeec50@yahoo.com
Professor Caroline McGee
Caroline McGee is a performing arts educator with deep roots to the professional New York and international theatre & film community. She trained with Bobby Lewis (Yale Drama), Elaine Aiken, William Esper, Wynn Handman, Michael Howard, and Jean-Pierre Vincent in France (CODOFIL scholarship). Theatre work includes the Sarajevo & Dubrovnik Festivals, NY Shakespeare, Yale Rep, Williamstown & Berkshire Festivals, Opera Theater of St. Louis, PS 122, The Ohio, Soho Rep, and film work with Norman Jewison, Woody Allen, Gena Rowlands, Gregory Peck, Danny DeVito.
During the past two decades, McGee served as Director/Producer at The Lee Strasberg Institute, and the NYU Tisch BFA Acting Studio. She produced the NYU Graduate Music Writing festival and new plays by Robert Auletta, Saviana Stanescu and the Presnyakov Brothers. As Associate Professor and Director/Chair McGee ran the MFA Acting Program at Catholic University, and is currently Program Director of NewGeneRussian, whose teachers received their master’s at the legendary Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia.
Caroline serves on the New York State Council of the Arts and her articles and reviews appear in Western European Stages and Slavic & Eastern European Performance.
Commercial Acting 101 (101 Things You Need To Know Before Your Audition) taught by commercial veteran Bill Coelius, is the product of his experience acting in over 35 national commercials, and auditioning on a weekly basis in today’s market. From slate to set, Bill shares a carefully crafted game plan that will help you book and shoot that national commercial.
From a reminder as basic as remembering to bring black socks to the shoot, to psychological exercises designed to help you recognize how your habitual patterns of fear-based thinking may prevent you from booking, Bill presents a myriad of skills, strategies and trade secrets that will turn your beliefs about yourself and the industry inside-out. Commercial Acting 101 covers everything from a review of basic skills such as slating, sign-in, and making copy your own, to the hidden rules of auditioning and the secrets of on-set behavior.
Commercial Acting 101 tackles everything from the mundane to the mystical. Does how you sign in affect your chances of booking the job? Are there things you can do while walking off set to ensure a future job? Are there absolute rules about acting that will help you book a national commercial? Can you work fearlessly, and truly enjoy every audition? Commercial Acting 101 will explain why all of those questions are answered with a definite YES!
Student Quotes:
“This is the most effective audition class I've ever taken - and I've taken many of them. I BOOKED a commercial 2 days after the class ended. The specific skill set bill taught me in class, hands down, was the sole reason I booked that commercial. Bill's class helped me extinguish the nervousness and my fear that plagued so many of my auditions, thereby helping me to realize my true creative potential. As an actor, I feel transformed into the type of artist I've always wanted to be. I can't recommend this class enough. and I feel confident that I can book so many more commercials. THANK YOU, BILL!!”- Shuo Z.
“It was awesome. Bill was full of information, and he was positive and inspiring. I really enjoyed everything about it. I want to be taught by an actor who is a WORKING actor and knows what they are talking about!” –Hollie
“ Bill was so kind and generous, and pointed out in a great way a deeper meaning on how to be successful. It was fascinating for me because I realized I am often only too happy to help people in my everyday life but had not thought about taking this into the audition room. Extremely helpful. Thank you.” -Liz F.
"Bill is an enlightened teacher: it was hard for everyone to leave the room once class was over! Aside from the rich toolbox of practical, repeatable commercial audition skills that Bill imparts, the warmth, respect, enthusiasm, and high spirit of play that he brings to the room quickly brings out the best work in all actors. I left the class not only with the confidence to succeed, but with real excitement for my next commercial audition." –Jacquelyn L.
“Bill is the Yoda of commercial acting technique.”- Chris B.
Class will meet Jan. 26 &27 (Sat-Sun) 10-5pm each day, location to be announced.
The cost for the class is $125.
You can contact Bill at billcoelius@gmail.com or at 917 568 4391, or Aren Chaisson is acting as his 'local contact,' at arenchaisson@gmail.com.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
AUDITIONS!
Auditions for Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo will be held at Theatre 810 on Friday, November 30 at 7pm and Saturday, December 1 at 3pm.
We are casting ONE FEMALE LEAD to play the role of Ann, a strong and loving woman who is unhappy with her status-quo marriage and is ready to poke and prod it a little to find out what's underneath.
Actors interested should be 27-40 and should come prepared with a one-minute contemporary monologue. We will also ask for a short cold-read from the script (we will provide.) The production will be directed by Cooper Helm, and will show the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February with a preview on January 25th.
Thank you to all who share this and are interested. If you have any questions about the auditions or the play, please feel free to contact me.
Scott Gremillion
sufficious@yahoo.com
337-706-2177
Acting Unlimited will be holding auditions for John Biguenet's Shotgun, which will be performed in collaboration with the Swine Palace of Baton Rouge, and Southern Rep. of New Orleans as part of The Katrina Cycle. The auditions will take place at Theatre 810 (810 Jefferson Street in Lafayette) on Saturday, December 15 (1-3pm) and Sunday, December 17 (6:30-8:30pm.)
We are casting ONE FEMALE LEAD to play the role of Ann, a strong and loving woman who is unhappy with her status-quo marriage and is ready to poke and prod it a little to find out what's underneath.
Actors interested should be 27-40 and should come prepared with a one-minute contemporary monologue. We will also ask for a short cold-read from the script (we will provide.) The production will be directed by Cooper Helm, and will show the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February with a preview on January 25th.
Thank you to all who share this and are interested. If you have any questions about the auditions or the play, please feel free to contact me.
Scott Gremillion
sufficious@yahoo.com
337-706-2177
Acting Unlimited will be holding auditions for John Biguenet's Shotgun, which will be performed in collaboration with the Swine Palace of Baton Rouge, and Southern Rep. of New Orleans as part of The Katrina Cycle. The auditions will take place at Theatre 810 (810 Jefferson Street in Lafayette) on Saturday, December 15 (1-3pm) and Sunday, December 17 (6:30-8:30pm.)
We are looking for actors for the following roles:
Beau Harlan, a white carpenter in his mid-thirties
Eugene Harlan, Beau's sixteen-year-old son
Mattie Godchaux, a black woman in her thirties
Dexter (Dex) Godchaux, Mattie's father, in his early sixties
Clarence (Willie) Williams, Mattie's black ex-boyfriend, about Mattie's age
If you need more information, or have any questions about the play or the production, please feel free to email us at actingunlimited@gmail.com.
If you would like to audition, but cannot make these dates, please
feel free to contact us before the audition dates to arrange an
alternative time.
We All Do -Wanderlust Theatre Co.
Wanderlust Theatre Company continues its 2012-13
season with the original piece, We All Do by Lafayette native Jarin Schexnider! In this
provocative work, a loner named Charlie befriends the world around her,
exploring the similarities in struggle and happiness that bind humans and
nature. Presented in a highly physical, movement based style, this
environmental theatre production calls upon an ensemble of actors to play
dozens of characters. Wanderlust is excited to be partnering with Feed &
Seed Community Art House to present the first theatre production at this
kinetic, unwrought venue.
The ensemble cast is comprised of Erin Broussard, Aren Chaisson III, Steven Cooper, Jan Erin Corzo, Andrew D. Hunter II, M. Brady McKellar, Deserea Noriega, Jarin Schexnider and Patricia Drury Sidman. Elsa Dimitriadis directs.
NOTE: In keeping with themes from the work, a special $1 off the ticket price promotion will be offered to anyone bicycling to a performance. Discount only applies to tickets purchased in person at the box office.
Wednesday, Dec. 12 through Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 pm
& Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 pm
At the Feed & Seed Community Art House
106 N. Grant Street, Downtown Lafayette
$10 Admission
For ticket reservations, call (337) 504-5367 or purchase online at
wealldo.eventbrite.com
For additional information about the company, visit
www.wanderlusttheatre.com or facebook.com/wanderlusttheatre
The ensemble cast is comprised of Erin Broussard, Aren Chaisson III, Steven Cooper, Jan Erin Corzo, Andrew D. Hunter II, M. Brady McKellar, Deserea Noriega, Jarin Schexnider and Patricia Drury Sidman. Elsa Dimitriadis directs.
NOTE: In keeping with themes from the work, a special $1 off the ticket price promotion will be offered to anyone bicycling to a performance. Discount only applies to tickets purchased in person at the box office.
Wednesday, Dec. 12 through Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 pm
& Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 pm
At the Feed & Seed Community Art House
106 N. Grant Street, Downtown Lafayette
$10 Admission
For ticket reservations, call (337) 504-5367 or purchase online at
wealldo.eventbrite.com
For additional information about the company, visit
www.wanderlusttheatre.com or facebook.com/wanderlusttheatre
The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - Opening this weekend!
The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, by Paul Zindel , follows Tillie, a timid girl who is verbally, emotionally, and rarely physically abused by her mother throughout her life. But in a twist of events, Tillie win the science fair, and proves to her mother that she is more than just “half a test tube." Author Zindel wrote the piece in 1964 and it raises awareness of emotional abuse in the home. The Tea-Sippers are hoping to attract Acadiana teens and their families to publicize the cruelty many children face in their own homes on a daily basis.
“We go to school every day and see people that we don’t necessarily know, or understand, and think that we can judge them based on what they look and dress like, when in reality we have no idea what they’re going through,” said Kaitlin Romero, 17-year-old Tea-Sippers’ actor and founding company member. “Hopefully this performance can get people to understand that there is always more to a story than is told, and that though you may think you understand someone, you really have no idea what they have gone through,” continued Romero, director and company founding member.
“We can all relate to things. Yes, we know what it's like to be made fun of or what it feels like to feel unloved or unimportant. "Marigolds" is a story of normal people in the middle of realizing just how hard times can get. We all know a verbally abusive person or someone whose goal is to please others. It's a sad story in some ways, but in the end, it's the story of life," added Vincent, 17 year old director and founding company member.
All plays produced by the Tea Sippers are performed, directed, and managed completely by teens.
The Tea-Sippers, named for their daily rehearsal-opening activity, came together as a group in September 2010 after being cast in a play at Cite des Arts. A few student actors noticed that there was a free spot in July 2011 on the Cite des Arts calendar, and they immediately booked the opening and decided that they would put on a play. Meetings for the project progressed to discussions about becoming a formal theatre troupe, and the group decided that they, as teenagers, could benefit from the responsibility and satisfaction of managing such a troupe. Since then, they have directed, acted in, and produced 9 other plays including Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, Happy Birthday Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, and Seventy Scenes of Halloween, all without the direction and constant aid of adults.
For more information on the performances or The Tea-Sippers, contact Cite des Arts at (337) 291-1122.
Hub City Theater and Storytelling Festival – Dec. 6-9, 2012
Lafayette - Cité des Arts, Acadiana Center for the Arts and Theatre 810 are presenting the Hub City Theater and Storytelling Festival, Thursday, Dec. 6- Sun., Dec. 9, 2012. The Festival will consist of original works, plays, storytelling, readings, street performances, workshops and panels – and a Liars Contest (AKA The Honorable Practice and Art of the Tall Tale). Signups are online for the Liar’s contest or open registration and preliminary rounds are Saturday, Decemeber 8th up stairs at ACA. The performances, workshops and group panels will be for writers, directors, actors, storytellers, teachers, parents and kids – and audiences of every character and spirit.
The HCTSF mission is to foster the Southern literary arts by supporting, encouraging and cultivating new and emerging voices in the performing arts, as well as, developing new audiences for these voices. The festival will take place at three locations: Cité des Arts, Theatre 810 and Acadiana Center for the Arts. Theatre 810 is hosting the first annual Entrances Student Theatre Festival where theatre students in our area can present their mid-year work to one another, network and attend workshops on both performance and technical aspects of theatre.
For a copy of the schedule and to purchase tickets for performances, go to www.citédesarts.org . For more information call Christy Leichty, Cité des Arts Program Director, (337) 291-1122.
Cheaters!
The Riveters Present: Cheaters By Michael Jacobs
Allen and Michelle have been
living together for eighteen months. It is the first real relationship for
both of them. Michelle thinks they should marry; Allen isn’t sure. His
hesitancy drives her home to her parents for advice
Michelle’s Father isn’t aware that it is Allen’s mother he has been seeing for the last six months and would now like to get rid of, nor does Michelle’s mother know that it is Allen’s father she has just spent the night with and would like to see more of The pieces fall uproariously into place when the parents decide to meet the young lovers over dinner to lend their maturity and experience for the benefit of their children’s relationship. It’s suddenly everyone for himself in this wild, rollicking look at love and romance |
Directed by: Martin Smith
Stage Manager: Amber Izdepski
Prop Master: Jenna Fontenot
Poster Design: Bree Quereau
Stage Manager: Amber Izdepski
Prop Master: Jenna Fontenot
Poster Design: Bree Quereau
Cast:
Monica- Leah Pratt
Howard- Billy Walker
Grace- Kristen DuBois
Sam- Dustin Lafleur
Allen- Andre Trahan
Michelle- Elizabeth Satterly
Monica- Leah Pratt
Howard- Billy Walker
Grace- Kristen DuBois
Sam- Dustin Lafleur
Allen- Andre Trahan
Michelle- Elizabeth Satterly
January 10 - January 12 @ 7:30 pm January 13 @ 3:00 pm
January 17 - January 19 @ 7:30 pm January 20 @ 3:00 pm
January 17 - January 19 @ 7:30 pm January 20 @ 3:00 pm
General Admission- $15.00
with a Student ID- $10.00
For More Information visit www.citedesarts.org or call 337.291.1122
with a Student ID- $10.00
For More Information visit www.citedesarts.org or call 337.291.1122
Through Thick or Thin
Through Thick or Thin A Local, Original Play by Trina Tapo
Dates: Dec 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
Times: Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @2:00pm
Where: Cité des Arts, 109 Vine Street, Downtown Lafayette off of Jefferson
Ticket Price: $10, for Reservations call 337-291-1122 purchase through Paypal, www.citedesarts.org, or at the door.
Lance and Lisa Patterson may not be identical twins, but they do share an identical thorn in the side, their mother! Lynette Patterson is determined that she knows what’s best for her children especially when it involves their love lives. The only person who is able to contain Lynette’s comical sarcasm is her husband, Quincy. “Through Thick or Thin” explores relationships between lovers, parents, siblings, and friends. When these relationships become intertwine, communication can become confusing.
Dates: Dec 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
Times: Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm
Sun @2:00pm
Where: Cité des Arts, 109 Vine Street, Downtown Lafayette off of Jefferson
Ticket Price: $10, for Reservations call 337-291-1122 purchase through Paypal, www.citedesarts.org, or at the door.
Lance and Lisa Patterson may not be identical twins, but they do share an identical thorn in the side, their mother! Lynette Patterson is determined that she knows what’s best for her children especially when it involves their love lives. The only person who is able to contain Lynette’s comical sarcasm is her husband, Quincy. “Through Thick or Thin” explores relationships between lovers, parents, siblings, and friends. When these relationships become intertwine, communication can become confusing.
Auditions! Opelousas Little Theatre
Opelousas Little Theatre will be holding auditions for our annual Showcase feature this weekend and next!
What is Showcase? It is an opportunity for the local talents from our neighboring and local communities to display their personal talents- AND -a chance for the directors at OLT to hopefully populate their currrent season of shows with the area's best performers.
Got all that?
We are looking for singers, actors, musicians of all kinds, and all things art. So, if you may be interested in doing your thing on our humble stage, we invite you to open auditions for the show! We will have two auditions dates on Dec.1 and 8 @ 5pm at the Opelousas Little Theatre, located in the South City Park in Opelousas. Rehearsals for the show will take place during the first two weeks of January 2013 and the show will run on 8 days split between the last two weekends of January. If you or yours would like to participate in community theatre, please attend... we look forward to your visit!
For more information, call Duncan @ 351-3822
What is Showcase? It is an opportunity for the local talents from our neighboring and local communities to display their personal talents- AND -a chance for the directors at OLT to hopefully populate their currrent season of shows with the area's best performers.
Got all that?
We are looking for singers, actors, musicians of all kinds, and all things art. So, if you may be interested in doing your thing on our humble stage, we invite you to open auditions for the show! We will have two auditions dates on Dec.1 and 8 @ 5pm at the Opelousas Little Theatre, located in the South City Park in Opelousas. Rehearsals for the show will take place during the first two weeks of January 2013 and the show will run on 8 days split between the last two weekends of January. If you or yours would like to participate in community theatre, please attend... we look forward to your visit!
For more information, call Duncan @ 351-3822
Celles d’en Haut /The Women From On High
Celles d’en Haut /The Women From On High
By playwright Olivier Kemeid (Québec)
Directed by Olivier Coyette (Belgium)
The piece will be performed
entirely in French and then entirely in English with a wine and nibble
"pause" between the two versions. Come for one or both.
Each version lasts 75 minutes.
With: Barbara Robertson, of Chicago theater
and film acclaim, Park Krausen and Carolyn Cook from
Le Théatre du Rêve in Atlanta, and Kevin McCoy, director of Théâtre
Humain and collaborator of Robert Lepage’s Ex-Machina company in Quebec.
Set in an "establishment" and
inspired by a Cindy Sherman photograph, this original work by Olivier
Kemeid is crazy,colorful shrewd and full of humor. It questions human
choices, examines the theme of sickness, the power of medicine and our
quickness to submit blindly to it. Within all this and within the walls of the
establishment lies the “possibility of an island,” medical or not: beneficial
and restorative, set apart from the deafening din of the world. A deep bond
develops.
The work of Québec director Olivier
Kemeid has been performed at the Festival d’Avignon, the Red Bull
Theater in NYC as well as in Québec, Belgium, Germany and Hungary. Olivier
Kemeid was also the artistic director of Théâtre Espace Libre in Montreal from
2006 to 2010.
Théâtre du Rêve is the only
professional French-language theatre company in the United States, and is
dedicated to the performance of high-quality theatre from across the
Francophone world right here on the American stage.
The play will be read by professional actors
at Cité des Arts, on December
10th in French and English 7:00pm, suggested Donation is $10.00
The Celtic Cross
The Celtic Cross - a new play by Matthew Jackson - makes a stop in Lafayette, LA as part of an International Tour.
Presented by Wanderweg Productions in collaboration with The University of Louisiana Lafayette.
Featuring:
Matthew Jackson and Bryan Sullivan
"The Celtic Cross is a beautiful, harrowing, captivating play with heartfelt, heartbreaking characters and the perfect mix of history, timeliness, and looking forward. In the tradition of so much good theater, Wanderweg's two-person traveling production feels grand and sweeping even as it hits so close to home."
- Laurie Frankel, Author (Atlas of Love and Goodbye for Now)
9 out of 10! - News Leader Pictorial
"...what great acting is all about." - The Marble
"...captures the Irish wit." - Drama in the Hood
In Northern Ireland, two communities are at odds with each other. Their conflict is not only political, but ideological. The Protestant Loyalist side believes that Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom. The Catholic Nationalist side believes that Northern Ireland should become part of the Republic of Ireland. "The Troubles" refer to the thirty years of violence and terrorism between these two groups. Peace resolutions in the late 1990s attempted to bring an end to the sectarian violence, but the peace achieved is a shaky one.
The Celtic Cross is the story of the unlikely friendship that forms between Jacob and Thomas, two young men in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Jacob is a Protestant Loyalist and Thomas is a Catholic Nationalist. Set in the early 1990s, before the peace agreement, these two men have lived their entire life during "the Troubles." Although they are conditioned to hate each other, an improbable friendship unfolds, but their circumstances force them to choose between their friendship and their beliefs.
This powerful new drama explores what it means to be Protestant, Catholic, Irish, British, too powerful for your own good, but too weak to change anything. But at its deepest at its core the play shows these two characters in their struggle to find humanity; in their friend, in their enemy, but most importantly in themselves.
The performances will be at Cité des Arts, tickets maybe purchased at the door, or from the website www.citedesarts.org. Reservations can be made by calling 337-291-1122.
December 14th at 7:30 pm
December 15th at 7:30 pm
Contains Strong Language and Violence
$12 for Students & Seniors
$15 General Admission
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