AUDITIONS FOR GODSPELL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES

AT THE PLAYHOUSE ON THE GREEN

177 State St., Bridgeport, CT

GODSPELL — 1970’s Rock Musical

Auditions at 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Monday, July 26th and Tuesday, July 27th

This will be the opening musical of the second season of

The Park City Players at the Playhouse on the Green.

Godspell will have 5 performances from September 16-19.

Auditions are open to all area teens ages 13-18; please

bring a photo or headshot and be prepared to sing 16 bars

of your preferred song (bring sheet music in your key).

A dance routine will be taught and used for the audition.

If you have questions, please contact:

beanlessard@sbcglobal.net

SHERLOCK HOLMES –THE FINAL ADVENTURE

Auditions at 7:00 p..m.

Sunday, August 1st & Monday, August 2nd

Winner of the 2007 Edgar Award –

BEST MYSTERY PLAY

There will be 7 performances

Directed by Richard Mancini

September 24 - October 3

Auditioning actors will read scenes from the play.

British accents are required for all characters

except Irene Adler, she is American, and the

King of Bohemia, who uses a German/Balkan accent.

Male Acting Roles:

Sherlock Holmes — 40’s Tall, Eccentric, Clever

Dr. John Watson — 40’s - 50’s Trusted friend, assistant

Professor Moriarty — 40’s - 60’s Holmes’ nemesis. evil

The King of Bohemia — 30’s - 40’s Tall, imposing, Teutonic

James Larrabee (aka Godfrey Norton) — 30’s - 40’s

Handsome, upright

Sid Prince — 20’s - 30’s Cockney safecracker

Female Acting Roles:

Irene (pronounced I-ree-nee) — 20’s - 30’s Beautiful, American

Madge Larrabee (aka Maria) — 30’s - 40’s Conniving sister

Playhouse on the Green at Night

The Playhouse On The Green is currently developing its 2010-2011 season. We will announce our exciting upcoming productions on August 1, so check back soon!!

Classes for Kids

Project Broadway Summer 2010

Grades K-8
Calling all kids who love to sing, dance and act! It’s time to put on a show at PROJECT BROADWAY and you are the star! Learn how to create a Broadway style musical in one week through script writing, improvisation, acting games, show tunes and hot dance moves. On the last day, it all comes together in one amazing show for your family and friends! No need to audition. This fun and energetic camp alternative will bring out the best in anyone. PROJECT BROADWAY is for anyone who loves to be on stage!

Sign up for one, two, three or all four weekly sessions of PROJECT BROADWAY

Each session is Monday-Friday, 9:00am- 3:00pm

Week 1- Broadway, Broadway! July 5th-July 9th
Our first session will celebrate Broadway’s best and emphasize traditional musical theater training in voice and movement.

Week 2- Screen to Stage July 12th-July 16th
Our second session features great performances from Broadway musicals inspired by your favorite films.

Week 3-  A Midsummer Day’s Dream July 26th- July 30th
Our third session puts the spotlight on classical theater with an emphasis on Shakespeare and ballet.

Week 4- Haunted House on the Green August 9th- August 13th
Our fourth and final session ends on a thrilling note that features monster musical hits and ends with a special Friday the 13th performance!

PARENTS: Please drop your student off no earlier than 8:45 and pick up no later than 3:15. Performances begin at 2:30 on the last day of each session.
After-care is available from 3pm-5:30pm daily. Please bring your own snack, lunch and water. There is a water fountain at the Playhouse on the Green.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Now in our third summer, PROJECT BROADWAY carries on the same theater arts education PLAYHOUSE GREENHOUSE grows during the school year! Whether your child is a seasoned performer or new to the stage, each day will be full of artistic enrichment and learning. We keep our focus on the fundamentals of theater arts: storytelling through acting, voice and dance. While emphasis is placed on the performance discipline, students are encouraged to work as a time while exploring their own unique contributions to the performance. The results are improvements in self-esteem, stage presence, patience, confidence and self-control. The final performance takes place on the last day of classes on the Playhouse stage, followed by a pot-luck party for all cast members, family and friends.

At Playhouse Greenhouse, we’re growing great things: the very best in theater, dance, and voice training for the Greater Bridgeport Community at an affordable cost. We offer fun classes for young thespians between the ages of 5 and 15 years old that boost confidence, cooperation self-control while teaching the fundamentals of theater arts.

Playhouse on the Green’s Theater Arts Education Program
PLAYHOUSE GREENHOUSE
offering classes starting Tuesday, March 2nd

a partnership with RYASAP

At Playhouse Greenhouse, we’re growing great things: the very best in theater, dance, and voice training for the Greater Bridgeport Community at an affordable cost. We offer fun classes for young thespians between grades K-12 that boost confidence, cooperation & self-control while teaching the fundamentals of theater arts.

NEW THIS SPRING: Playhouse Greenhouse is proud to offer generous scholarships for students in Bridgeport & beyond, thanks to a grants from RYASAP and the City of Bridgeport! Email us at greenhouse@playhouseonthegreen.org for more information and how to sign up.

Weekly Acting, Voice & Musical Theater Dance classes for youth

Weekly Tuesday Classes
4-4:45pm: Voice
4:45- 5:30pm: Acting
5:30-6:15pm: Musical Theater Dance

MYOn Stage: Teen Classes- Spring 2010

Wednesdays
Krav Maga 3:30pm- 5:00pm
This class offers a workout that conditions the body,
increases personal awareness, offers reality based
self-defense tools and aims to improve mental health.

Thursdays
African Drums 4:00pm-5:00pm
This class is an introduction to African djembe drumming
technique, rhythms and culture. No experience necessary.
Drums are provided.

Drama 4:00pm-5:00pm
This class builds basic theater training and movement
techniques to prepare students for community social
change performance. No experience necessary.

Hip Hop Dance 5:00pm- 6:00pm
This class offers cutting-edge hip hop combinations
to a great mix of music. Prior dance experience is helpful.

Scholarships are available.

For any questions or registration, please e-mail Alisson Wood at greenhouse@playhouseonthegreen.org

or call (203)579-2727 ext. 327 or call/text: (203) 260-8434

MYOn Stage is a partnership of Playhouse on the Green and RYASAP
Single Classes for $15 each

Spring Monthly Tuition
1 weekly course per month: $45
Pick 2 weekly courses per month: $80 - Save $10 per month!
All 3 weekly courses per month: $115 - Save $20 per month!

(We also offer semester packages for all 4 months with even deeper discounts)
Annual Family Registration Fee: $15

All classes offered at Playhouse on the Green, 177 State St. in beautiful Downtown Bridgeport, CT

“Playhouse Greenhouse” is a partnership with RYASAP.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

The safety of you and your family is of the utmost importance to us at Playhouse Greenhouse.

If, due to inclement weather (snow, hail, black ice, etc.), area schools are closed or dismissed early, Playhouse Greenhouse classes will be cancelled for the day. Playhouse Greenhouse classes will not be cancelled if there is delayed opening due to inclement weather, or if schools are closed or dismissed early for other reasons (report cards, administrative trainings, etc).

Cancelled classes will be made up through a Weekend Workshop (usually on a Saturday) later in the month, with details available the following week.

We will make every effort to contact registered students personally, via phone and email, and will additionally post our closing on News 12 Connecticut. Thank you!

City Lights Gallery & The Playhouse on the Green

Welcome you to

“An Evening of Theatre ART”

Saturday , June 12, 2010

Join us at 6:30 p.m. at City Lights for wine, hors d’oeuvres,

a silent auction, and a raffle of NY &CT theatre tickets while

viewing our exhibit “Theatre Art”

Stroll across the street for an 8:30 reading

at the Playhouse on the Green of

“Critics Fans and Fanatics”

Review by Silas Kain:

“Critics, Fans and Fanatics” gives us a lighthearted insight into the “good, the bad and the ugly” of theater criticism and the worlds of Victoria and Charles, two “Another World” Soap Opera stars as well as TV and theatre actors. The play- reading begins with various “reviews spanning decades of theater. From Tallulah Bankhead to Alan Bates, one is taken on a humorous journey through critical reviews capturing the pomposity of so many critics. More often than not the audience was left laughing at the words from the so-called “experts.” The banter between Wyndham and Keating is a delight as they work with a synchronicity rarely seen amongst actors these days. Keating recounts stories of his days on the London stage where theater is a serious matter and gleefully shares that there are many “critics” within an audience who do not hesitate to shout their disapproval of a live performance. “ The play-reading continues with letters from fans of all ages. Keating observes,” the fans and the cast have been gambled by procter and proctored by gamble.” An Evening of Theatre ART is a fundraising event to benefit City Lights Gallery and the Playhouse on the Green, formerly known as the Polka Dot Playhouse.

Proceeds to help fund programs at City Lights & Co. and The Playhouse on the Green.

Donation $50.00 per person

Please make checks payable to City Lights and Co.

Tickets available at City Lights and The Playhouse on the Green
and at City Lights Gallery

Click Here to Purchase Tickets

www.citylightsgallery.org or www. playhouseonthegreen.org

Or call City Lights at 203-334-7748 or
Playhouse on the Green Box Office at (866) 811-4111

Donations are tax deductible to the amount allowed by law

City Lights Gallery
37 Markle Ct.
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-334-7748
www.citylightsgallery.org

About the actors:

Victoria Wyndham: Actress and Visual Artist, began her acting career on Broadway in 1965 in the Fiddler on the Roof, but is best known for her Emmy Award winning role as Rachel on Another World from 1972-1999, Her artwork has recently shown at the Silvermine Guild’s Art of the Northeast, Artifact in Wilton and at City Lights and Crescent St. in Bridgeport, CT. and is part of the Smithsonian’s Museum of Television.

Charles Keating: TV, movie and stage actor performed in the Soap Opera Another World for nine years as Carl. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has performed theatre on both sides of the Atlantic and received a Tony nomination for the Broadway production of “Loot.”

About Critics, Fans and Fanatics: Taken from the review of Silas Kain:

“Critics, Fans and Fantatics” gives us a lighthearted insight into the “good, the bad and the ugly” of theater criticism and the worlds of Victoria and Charles, two TV Soap Opera stars as well as TV and theatre actors. The play- reading begins with various “reviews spanning decades of theater. From Tallulah Bankhead to Alan Bates, one is taken on a humorous journey through critical reviews capturing the pomposity of so many critics. More often than not the audience was left laughing at the words from the so-called “experts.” The banter between Wyndham and Keating is a delight as they work with a synchronicity rarely seen amongst actors these days. Keating recounts stories of his days on the London stage where theater is a serious matter and gleefully shares that there are many “critics” within an audience who do not hesitate to shout their disapproval of a live performance. “ The play-reading continues with letters from fans of all ages. Keating observes,” the fans and the cast have been gambled by procter and proctored by gamble.” An Evening of Theatre ART is a fundraising event to benefit City Lights Gallery and the Playhouse on the Green, formerly known as the Polka Dot Playhouse.

This play is a co-production with the New Haven Theater Company and T. Paul Lowry is the Director and Artistic Producer of all performances. There will be 6 performances on April 23, 24, 25 and April 30, May 1, and May 2 at Playhouse on the Green, 177 State Street in Bridgeport, CT. Audiences will be fascinated with the plot which shows the desperation of Chicago real estate agents over a two day period and the unethical and illegal tactics that they are willing to try.

The Playhouse performances are on Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are — Adults: $27, Seniors: $23, and Students: $15. Click here to purchase tickets online or by call 1-866-811-4111. There are special promotions for group sales. For more information E-mail: mailto:contact@playhouseonthegreen or call 203-333-3666.

J. Kevin Smith (l) and Erich Greene (r) get into a tense discussion in a scene from the David Mamet play, Glengarry Glen Ross.

Click here to watch the video!

School days…school days…full of nuns and rule days….That’s what you can relive (or perhaps witness for the first time). “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” is a whimsical trip back to the Catholic school classroom in the 1950s and 60s. This production by the Park City Players features show stopping numbers as well as numerous experiences of a group of school friends as they move through the most innocent events in first grade right through their senior prom and beyond.

This is the third production by the Park City Players at the Playhouse On The Green and promises to provide great entertainment for all ages.

Show dates April 9,10 11 and 16, 17 18 - Friday and Saturday- 7:30pm - Sunday 2:00 pm

Click Here to Buy Tickets

The cast of Do Patent Leather Shoes Really reflect Up?

Click here to watch a  video!

Click here to watch another video!

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

By Scott Gargan, Correspondent

Published: 07:04 p.m., Tuesday, February 9, 2010

When Eli Newsom takes the stage Friday night at Stamford’s newly renovated Kweskin Theatre, the only thing separating him from the audience will be a thin strip of cloth — a g-string, that is.

“But not for long,” joked the Bridgeport resident. “I’ll be donning and losing the g-string!”

Newsom is one of six male actors starring in the Curtain Call and Playhouse on the Green co-production of “The Full Monty,” on stage at the Kweskin Theatre through Feb. 28 and Bridgeport’s Playhouse on the Green March 12 to 28.

Based on the 1997 British film of the same name, the rock musical centers on a half-dozen middle-aged steel workers who go the way of Chippendales, stripping for cash after losing their jobs in a depressed manufacturing city.

According to Newsom, one of the most stressful aspects of rehearsals has been getting used to wearing a g-string and nothing else, a feat that means “creating a safe and comfortable environment” for male cast members.

“We’re doing it step by step,” said Newsom, adding the cast’s real-life experience hasn’t differed much from that of the fictional steelworkers. “First we take our shirts off. Then the pants. If they blast enough light on us maybe we won’t know the audience is there.”

Click here to read the full article!

L-R Jim Nassef, Bill Warncke, Richard Cummings, Eli Newsom, Kevin Thompson, and Kevin Pelkey

Kicking Daisies at The Playhouse On The Green Saturday, February 13, at 7:30pm. Click here to buy tickets.

59 Off Broadway is an original journey through the last 50 years of Broadway hit shows that brought us some of our greatest music and dancing.  This cast is comprised of college and post-graduate students who graced the area stages during their high school careers.  They are back, stronger and better than ever to offer two energy filled performances on January 15 and 16 at 7:30. 59 Off Broadway features numbers from A Chorus Line, Chicago, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, Hair, Evita, and other hits from the best of Broadway. This collaboration between The Park City Players and the Playhouse on the Green offers seasoned talent and show stopping numbers for all ages!

For tickets go to www.playhouseonthegreen.org or call toll-free 1-866-811-4111.

Mysteries of Bridgeport Past: Crime Stories that Will Chill Your Spine

Whose body was found in the old trunk? Who was thrown down an old coal chute?

Mary Witkowski, Bridgeport City Historian and the Head of the Historical Collections, Bridgeport Public Library and local acting talent from Playhouse on the Green will give accounts of historic 19th and 20th Century crimes in Bridgeport and their lurid stories.

Part of The Big Read program, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.