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CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE LAST SHOW OF THE 2016 SEASON —

BYE BYE BIRDIE

From the many talented young performers and talented adults who auditioned, Director Bob Casey has assembled a cast filling the principal and featured roles of this classic musical comedy, and building a great supporting ensemble. The cast is as follows:

Albert Peterson Michael Zorger Rose Alvarez Melissa McKeehan

Kim MacAfee Emily Reusswig Conrad Birdie John Newcomer

Hugo Peabody Kyle Martin Harry MacAfee Neil Ostrander Doris MacAfee Joan Ostrander

Randolph MacAfee Owen Dubois Harvey Johnson Freddie Miller

Ursula Merkel Olivia Foster Mae Peterson Bridget Still

Gloria Rasputin Meghan Nardella Mrs. Merkel Debbie McNaney

Mr. Mayor Geoffrey Ottens Edna, the Mayors Wife Jen Foster

Happy Face Dancer Christina Johns Happy Face Dancer Emma Holt

ADULT CHORUS: Cris Sarnowski; Paul Henry; Kimberly Jones; Scott Sealover; Glenn Muir. TEEN CHORUS: Caroline Buell; Hannah Dubois; Ben Fowler; Kaitlyn McNaney; Olivia Ostrander; Leah Riegel; Callan Sarfert; Sophia Sarnowski; Taye Schaffner.

Director Casey and Producer Lois Heagy are also still looking for “a few good men” for the ensemble. Anyone interested in serving in that capacity should contact Lois at (717) 591-8071.

The show will run for three weekends starting on November 4, 2016, with the potential of some mid-week benefit performances.

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Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows are at 8:00 PM Sunday matinees are at 2:00 PM

IN THIS ISSUE CAST ANNOUNCED FOR BYE BYE BIRDIE……………………….………....………….. 1 ACT OF THE IMAGINATION RUNNING THROUGH OCTOBER 9………………………... 2 SPOTLIGHT ON BOB CASEY………..………………………………………………………… 2017 SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE..………..……………..………………

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OYSTER MILL PARTNERS WITH CARLISLE THEATRE COMPANY………………………. 3 POSTCARD TEAM —AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION.…………………………………… HALLOWEEN COSTUME RENTAL…………………………..……………………………….. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS………………………………..….………………………………… RADIO REVISITED – WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH…..……………...

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AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION RUNNING THROUGH OCTOBER 9

Bernard Slade’s suspense thriller, An Act of the Imagination, which is the 7th production of the 2016 Oyster Mill Playhouse Season, opened Friday, September 23, 2016, for a three weekend run. The production is co-directed by Candilee Cain and Brian Stewart. The play is

described as an artfully crafted maze of plot and character expositions riddled with shocks and surprises.

Alice Kirkland is serving as Producer and Carol McDonough is the Stage Manager. The show will close with a matinee performance on October 9, 2016s.

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Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows are at 8:00 PM Sunday matinees are at 2:00 PM

Patrons are advised that the production contains gunfire and a brief moment of graphic violence. The cast is as follows:

ARTHUR PUTNAM JULIA PUTNAM DET. SGT. FRED BURCHITT SIMON PUTNAM HOLLY ADAMS BRENDA SIMMONS BROOKE CARMICHAEL

Greg Merkel Kathleen Tacelosky

Robert Davis Jack Eilber

Katie Merkel Kass McGann

Megan McClain

Spotlight On Bob Casey by Mellissa Hurwitz

Bob Casey once again brings his directorial talents to Oyster Mill Playhouse (OMP), taking the helm for OMP’s production of the musical Bye Bye Birdie, which opens on November 4, 2016. Bob is quite familiar with the show, having directed it in 1975 and having twice appeared in a production as Harry MacAfee.

Casey graduated from Bloomsburg University, where he majored in theater. He started his career teaching English at Cumberland Valley and Red Land High Schools. Bob then took a six-year leave of absence from teaching to tour with Prather Productions, Inc. of Lancaster, as both an actor and director. He then went on to teach at Trinity High School where he also directed the high school plays until his retirement.

Bob appeared in his first community theater show 45 years ago - Wait Until Dark at Little Theater of Mechanicsburg (LTM). He was also an original member of the Metropolitan Repertory Company, now known as OMP, and directed Summertree, the first show mounted by the fledgling theatre group. Over the years Bob has directed many shows at OMP, LTM, and the former Capitol Dinner Theater. Some of his favorites were, The Miracle Worker and Night Watch at OMP; Dark of the Moon, There Goes the Bride, and The Kitchen Witches at LTM; and Our Town and There’s a Girl in My Soup at Capitol Dinner Theater.

Bob is excited about the current production of Bye Bye Birdie, and believes that, even though it harkens back to the 1950s and 1960s, the musical it is not at all dated and always seems like a fresh show with each new production.



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2017 Season Subscriptions

Available

The Oyster Mill Playhouse would like to announce the opening of our 2017 season ticket sales. Mailers will be going out to our patron list within the next few weeks, but we wanted to offer an early option for those of you who don't want to wait! Our 41st season, informally titled — Building on a 40-Year Tradition — includes a wide variety of productions:

Murder on the Nile — Agatha Christie Mystery Performance Dates: 1/27/17 – 2/12/17

The Spitfire Grill — Musical

Performance Dates: 3/10/17 – 3/26/17

Superior Donuts — Comedy Performance Dates: 4/21/17 – 5/7/17

Social Security — Comedy


Hollywood Arms — Comedy/Drama Performance Dates: 7/7/17 – 7/23/17

Taking Leave — Drama


Dirty Rotten Scoundrels—Musical


Jeeves Intervenes — Comedy


Also included in the 2017 Season Subscription as a bonus is a reprise of the offering introduced in 2015:

Not the Run of the Mill STAGED READINGS OF WORKS BY LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS

Performance Dates: 5/12/17, 5/13/17, and 5/14/17

Look back for the September 19, 2016 posting on the Oyster Mill Playhouse Facebook page for a link to the season subscription form.

OYSTER MILL PARTNERS WITH CARLISLE THEATRE COMPANY

TO OFFER —

A SEASON OF ENTERTAINMENT ON THE WEST SHORE

Just a reminder that Oyster Mill Playhouse is joining with the Carlisle Theatre Company to offer a raffle prize of two (2) full 2017 season tickets to both theatres — a combined value of $ 436!! In 2017, Oyster Mill Playhouse is offering a lineup of:

Murder on the Nile Spitfire Grill

Superior Donuts Social Security

Hollywood Arms Taking Leave

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Jeeves Intervenes

plus and evening of staged readings of the works of local playwrights in the middle of the season

Carlisle Theatre Company’s 2017 Season consist of:

Disenchanted Sister Act

Bat Boy the Musical Catch Me If You Can

Legally Blonde the Musical

Tickets are $ 10 apiece and available at both theatres through November 20, 2016. The winner will be chosen at random from the combined entries and contacted by telephone within 2 weeks of the close of the raffle.

There is no limit on the number of entries. All proceeds will be distributed equally between the two theatres. Contact the OMP box office with any questions. (717) 737 6768



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Postcard Team

Thanks to the following who gave a chunk of one of their Saturday mornings this month to label the publicity postcards for An Act of the Imagination:

Rick Ansel Aliza Bardfield Michael Beckstein Candilee Cain

Bob Davis Kimm Cooper Jack Eilber Marte Engle John Fine Chris Holbert

Carol McDonough William O’Donnell Charles Smith Jim Stickney

HALLOWEEN COSTUME RENTALS

It's the end of September! Fall is in the air, and it's time to start thinking about Halloween! Don't have a costume yet? Don't worry! The Oyster Mill Playhouse has you covered! We have all manner of period outfits in our costume shop, as well as tuxedos, evening dress, and ball gowns. Here are just

a few examples of what we have in our cache of costumes!

Drop us a line at [email protected] with what you're looking for, approximate size, and when you need it, and we'll get back to you ASAP! Or e-mail Judy Razvillas at [email protected].

I don’t sing. I can’t dance.

and I don’t think I want to be on stage…..

So how can I participate????

ARE YOU KIDDING?

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN DO ANY OF THESE

THINGS―

If you can use a hammer, drill or screw driver or even just a paint brush, we need you to help to construct and paint sets and scenery. If you can climb a stepladder or just hand things up to the person on the ladder, we need you to help to hang and focus stage lights. If you can use a pair of scissors, needle and thread or a sewing machine, we need you to help to create and sew costumes. If you can wear black clothes and move things, we need you to work backstage crew for our shows. If you can push a button on a light or sound board, we need you to run the lights or sound for our shows. If you play a musical instrument, we need you to play in the orchestra for our musicals. If you can answer the phone and learn a basic ticketing application, we need you to help run the Box Office. If you can talk to people in person or on the phone, we need you to help sell program advertising and help with fundraising. If you have writing and editing skills, we need you to help with the newsletter, press releases and with the show programs.

HOW TO VOLUNTEER

E-mail us requesting further information... Stop by the theater during Box Office hours for more

information... Call 737-6768 and leave a message...

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]?subject=Volunteer%20Interest

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YES, VIRGINIA, RADIO USED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF IN-HOME

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT

In the 1920s, 30s and 40s, before there were video games; before there were DVDs, blue ray and video cassettes; before color television; before there was even only black-and-white television, the primary source of entertainment for a typical family looking for something to do at home after dinner was to gather on the sofa, the living room chairs, or comfortably on the floor and listen to the radio. More specifically, they listened to serial dramas and comedies akin to those which followed on TV and still persist on network and cable television. But these broadcasts were, purely audial, with no visual component, depending on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story

Families and their neighbors would come together and listen to radio broadcasts of Sherlock Holmes, Groucho Marx, The Avenger, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Superman and many many more. Radio broadcasts were so much a part of everyday life that they, in one case, caused widespread fear and hysteria, e.g., the night Orson Welles broadcast his War of the Worlds, a very realistic story about an impending alien invasion.

Drawing from this history pioneered by the likes of Orson Welles, Norman Corwin, and Arch Oboler, Oyster Mill Playhouse returns to the days of this “theater of the imagination” with a presentation of several of these classic radio shows.

Our talented actors, musicians and foley (sound effects) artists, under the direction of Greg Merkel, will present four vintage radio shows: 1) The Many Lives of Helen Trent, a 15-minute episode of a soap opera that ran daily; 2) Betty Crocker Presents: an episode of a regular broadcast where the listening

audience are taken through the steps of making an Apricot Coffee Cake; 3) an episode of the comedy series Fibber McGee and Molly; and 4) Lux Radio Theater Presents ‘The Bishop’s Wife.’ The 4—program production will be presented on the OMP stage as though we were back in 1937, 1945, 1949 or 1953 and the shows were actually being performed in a radio studio. The performances will be offered on December 2, 2016, at 8:00 pm; December 3, 2016, at 2:00 pm and again at 8:00 pm; and on December 4, 2016, at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $10 each. 2016 Season Ticket holders received a free ticket as a bonus when they purchased their season subscription.

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