Our Playbill for 2011-2012

 

ANNIE a musical

music by CHARLES STROUSE book by THOMAS MEEHAN lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN


Directed by Christina Wotherspoon and John Pariselli

Auditions Dates are: Mon. Dec. 12 or the 13th,

7 to 8:30 P.M. at Sharbot Lake High School cafeteria.

Music Director: Christina Wotherspoon 613 279 1336

Stage Director: John Pariselli 613 279 2662

Producer: Barb Rodgers 613 374 3521

Annie has a large cast with roles for children, teens,
adults and chorus.

For auditions, be prepared to sing a short song of your
choosing and to read from a section of the script.

Rehearsals are every Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. and Thursday 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. starting
January 10, 2012.

We also encourage people to take part in the essential back stage work that
makes a show happen. If you’re interested give
Barb Rodgers a call 613 374 3521.

synopsis of Annie the musical

Performance Dates
(Sharbot Lake High School Auditorium)

Friday, May 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May13, 2012 at 2:00 p.m (matinee)

Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

 


Cast size: Large (over 20)
Cast Type: Children in Cast, Older Role(s), Star Vehicle - Female, Star Vehicle - Male, Strong/Large Chorus
Dance requirement: Standard (Musical Staging/Some Dance/Optional)
Casting notes: 1 Girl, 3 Males, 3 Females, Chorus of Orphan Girls, Flexible chorus size for adults
Character Breakdown
A MAN
AN ANNOUNCER
AN USSHERETTE
ANNETTE A French Maid
ANNIE Spunky, friendly, big-voiced, street-wise urchin--one of the orphans
Age 11
A - high F
Mezzo-Soprano
APPLE SELLER
ARTIE
BERT HEALY Radio Personality
BOYLAN SISTERS Bonnie, Connie, Ronnie; Singing sisters, perform on "Oxydent's Hour of Smiles" radio program
BUNDLES McCLOSKEY The Laundryman
CECILLE A French Maid
CORDELL HULL Male Cabinet member
DOG CATCHERS
DRAKE Warbucks's English Butler
DUFFY The biggest orphan
Age 13
EDDIE
Francis Perkins Female Cabinet member
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT The President
C-flat - E-sharp
Baritone
FRED McCRACKEN Radio Personality
GRACE FARRELL Faithful Assistant to Warbucks
A - high G
Soprano
HAROLD ICKES Male Cabinet member
HENRY MORGENTHAU Male Cabinet member
HONOR GUARD
HOOVERVILLE DENIZEN
IRA
JIMMY JOHNSON
JULY The quietest orphan
Age 13
JUSTICE BRANDEIS
KALTENBORN's VOICE
KATE The next to littlest orphan
Age 7
LILY Rooster's floozy girlfriend
D - high G
Soprano
LOUIS HOWE Associate to Roosevelt
LT. WARD
MARY
MISS HANNIGAN Cantankerous and mean old orphanage director
A - A flat
Mezzo-Soprano
MOLLY The littlest orphan
Age 6
MRS. GREER The Housekeeper
MRS. PUGH The Cook
NBC PAGE
OLIVER WARBUCKS Warm-hearted, stiff-collared host to Annie for 2 weeks at Christmas
C - high F
Baritone
PEGGY
PEPPER The toughest orphan
Age 12
ROOSTER Miss Hannigan's no-good brother
B - high G
Baritone
SECOND COP
SOPHIE The Kettle
SOUND EFFECTS MAN
STAR TO BE
TESSIE The cry baby orphan
Age 10
WACKY Radio Personality

synopsis of Annie the musical

 

 

Maple Lodge a comedy by Colleen Curran


Directed by Doug MacIntyre


Full Length, Comedy
Heather, Dennis and Tara are opening their cottage, Maple Lodge, for the summer and are expecting their formidable mother. The three a college administrator, a pharmacist and a twice divorced TV anchor woman have been coming to Maple Lodge all of their lives and Tara assures everyone that this summer will be the same as always once this weekend is over. She is wrong. Everything changes with the arrival an exotic stranger. In the meantime, Mother has won a Suitcase Dance to Mexico and will miss the big event Tara is hosting: the raising of a covered bridge to replace the beloved one burned to the ground by the Kingman brothers twenty five years ago. Her co chairman on the bridge committee, a local lumberman, just happens to be in love with Heather. Maple Lodge has kept many secrets, but they all come out this weekend.
Winner of the Samuel French Canadian Playwrights Contest.



 

 

Photos from Getting Sara Married Spring 2011

 

Angela Cowdy, Michel Alarcon

Paddy O'Connor- set design

Mary-Lou Quenneville- Stage Manger

Kelli Bell- Director

Cast of Getting Sara Married

Back Row: Roseanna Redmond, Paddy O'Connor

Front Row: Charlene Knight, Michel Alarcon, Angela Cowdy

 

Roseanna Redmond as Aunt Martha

Charlene Knight as Heather Boyd

 

 



 


Production Team
Producer: John Pariselli 613 279 2662 johnpari@frontenac.net
Director: Kelli Bell 613 279 3382 kellilynnbell@yahoo.ca
Stage Manager: Mary-Lou Quenneville 613 374 1983 ontrack@kingston.net
Lighting Design: Jeff Siamon 613 279 3259 jeff@siamon.ca
Sets: Paddy O’Connor and others yet to be determined
Paddy O’Connor 613 375 6122 oclean@frontenac.net
House Manger
Costumes
Makeup
Prompter
Advertising
Poster
Tickets John Pariselli
Programme John Pariselli
Photography John Pariselli
Videographer

For more information contact John Pariselli 613-279-2662

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2010: Drinking Alone by Norm Foster ( a comedy with 2 male and 3 female) directed by Karen Steele

Spring 2011: Getting Sara Married ( a comedy with 3 male and 3 female) directed by Kelli Bell and produced by John Pariselli

Fall 2011: Maple Lodge or Bench in the Sun and a children’s production which will likely be a musical

Spring 2012: a musical (yet to be determined)