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Rave Reviews for a Remarkable Season at the Village Players.

From the President...

Welcome Village Players Family,

I had hoped by the time I wrote this letter I wouldn’t have to think of things like unemployment, recession, war, or disasters (natural or man-made). But the truth is that our region is still struggling to find jobs, we wrestle with the idea of loosening purse strings, and the news never seems to want for stories of tragedy. The pulse of America is metered, we make decisions for our families cautiously, our hearts ache for our men and women who fight so far from home, and we hope our leaders make decisions that are right and just, not merely popular.

This isn’t the first time that our country has faced crises; it’s not even the worst crisis we’ve encountered. But these are our times, and these are our problems. However, in times of trouble it is the arts that lift the spirit and the soul. The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Mamas and the Papas were inspired by Vietnam. The movies of Cecil B. DeMille, and the music of the Big Bands were born from the World Wars. Pal Joey, Porgy and Bess, Oklahoma!, Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Carousel, and Showboat (just to name a few) made their Broadway debuts during WWII!

Music, television, cinema, and theatre can be a window on a different time and place, or a mirror of reality and stark truth. They give us the opportunity to momentarily escape or challenge us to gain new perspectives. They are subtle and they are blatant. And theatre, I believe, is unique among them because of the vital and integral part that you, our audience, play in the story. Radio, television, and movies can and do play to empty rooms, but theatre requires an audience’s participation. The script gives the actor words and lyrics, the character gives the actor motivation, but you by your presence give the actor purpose.

I invite you not to sit back and relax, but to sit up and pay heed as our actors and their crew work their magic. Together we can challenge the laws of physics and bring a different space and time here and now in this little theatre. Perhaps we’ll escape from the worries of our world, or maybe, just maybe, we will be inspired to stand against them. Because if art can create a different world inside these walls, what wonders will manifest when we unleash it upon our world?

Welcome to The Village Players Theatre,

Jake GordyPresident

2011-2012 SeaSon Board MeMBerSJake Gordy .................................................PresidentAndrew Todd ..............................................V. Pres. ProductionBrenda Sweeney.........................................V. Pres. PublicityOpen .........................................................V. Pres. DevelopmentDan Finkel..................................................TreasurerKara Ayers .................................................Secretary

Rich Chesko ...............................................Board Member Patrick Drummond ......................................Board MemberDerek Hansen ............................................Board Member Laura Hansen .............................................Board MemberMarc Malley ................................................Board MemberJean Mills ...................................................Board MemberBrad Riker ..................................................Board MemberSara Speelman ...........................................Board MemberAnn Veasey ................................................Board MemberJudy Wiederhold .........................................Board Member

Volunteer StaffLaura Hansen .............................................NewsletterKate Argow & Laurie Mix .............................Volunteer CoordinatorAnn Veasey ................................................Box Office and House Mgr. Debbie Marinik ...........................................Casting DirectorJake Gordy .................................................ProgramsJudy Wiederhold .........................................Sold HousesLarry Farley ................................................LegalLaurie Mix ..................................................Season SubscriptionsLaura Hansen .............................................Season Ticket MarketingDerek Hansen ............................................EducationLarry Janney & Norb Mills ............................Building & GroundsPatrick Drummond ......................................OCTA DelegatePam Kelso ..................................................Costume ManagerDon Weber.................................................Data EntryElizabeth Black ...........................................Playreading CommitteeJake Gordy .................................................WebMasterOpen .........................................................Props Manager

A Brief History of tHe VillAge PlAyers tHeAtre

The Village Players Theatre presented its first play, The Great Sebastians, starring Rosemary Kahle and Edward C. Ames in 1957, in the Ottawa Hills High School. The original group performed in schools, churches and even in tents. The first musical, The Village Player’s fifth production was Plain and Fancy, which opened on February 25, 1958, in the Lincoln Hall at Collingwood Presbyterian Church. The show was directed by Arthur Lithgow, father of the television and movie star John Lithgow, and starred a whole cast of who’s who in Toledo.

The Theatre stopped moving from site to site in 1960. We put down roots when we purchased this building and converted it from a church to a theater. That Theatre Board took a leap of faith when they agreed to pay $45,000 for the church. However, because of their faith in the future of the theatre and the city of Toledo, literally hundreds of plays and thousands of actors have crossed these boards.

In thankful recognition of the continuing support of our members and volunteers, The Village Players Theatre culminated its 50th season celebration with the successful Rhinestone Ball held at the Toledo Botanical Gardens on June 29, 2007. In the 51st season, the Board was pleased to provide new seating for our patrons. In our 52nd season we installed a new stage for our actors. The summer of 2009 we were able to waterproof the basement, and rebuild the exterior stairwell which used to be a source of flooding. These projects are the direct result of responsible management of monies earned through Sold Houses and special donations over the years.

The Village Players Theatre has no paid year-round staff — volunteers keep it running. We take great pride in this and invite you to join us as we continue to add to the history of an organization making a significant cultural difference to our community.

2011-2012 VillAge PlAyers BoArd of directors

Back Row: Andrew Todd, Patrick Drummond, Laura Hansen, Judy Wiederhold, Derek Hansen, Jake Gordy, Laurie Mix, Brad Riker, Sara Speelman, Kara Ayers

Front Row: Dan Finkel, Ann Veasey, Jean Mills, Brenda Sweeney, Marc Malley

L0709050094[exp0111][OH]Thank You!!

Voted “Best Local Theatre Group” by readers of The Toledo City Paper for THREE years in a row!

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Produced byPatrick Drummond & Brenda Sweeney

There will be no intermissionNote: Please set all cell phones and pagers to “off” or “vibrate.”

Light Design by

Andrew Todd

Sound Design byDon Weber

Produced by special arrangement withThe Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization

Book by

Hunter Bell

Friends - $25 (cont.)Richard & Charlotte LauerMaryruth MabbittJane MillerPhilip & Rebecca MillerNancy MorningstarBarb MyersThomas & Dottie NortzMr. & Mrs. James OlejownikJudy PfaffenbergerMark & Jo Lyn PhilippiBob & Judy RankHerbert Hoskins & Deborah RasmussonBev Rideout

Mae Jo RitchieJames & Mary RooneyCatherine SamsenHarry P. SchulmanBob & Barb SkinnerLouis & Jean SnyderSally SussmanRobert & Patricia SuttleJim & Georgia SzczublewskiLinda TippettChristopher & Laurie TowlesDeforest & Judy Lee TrautmanGerald Westphal

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presents

Music and Lyrics by

Jeff Bowen

Set Design by

James MacFarlane

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Jeff ................................................................................... Jake GordyHunter ..........................................................................J. Heath HuberSusan .......................................................................... Laura CrawfordHeidi ...........................................................................Elizabeth CottleLarry ....................................................................................Tom Szor

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Untitled Opening Number ...................................................... Company

Two Nobodies in New York .................................................. Jeff, Hunter

An Original Musical ......................................................Jeff, Blank Paper

Monkeys and Playbills ............................................................ Company

The Tony Award Song ......................................................... Jeff, Hunter

Part of It All ....................................................................... Jeff, Hunter

I Am Playing Me ................................................................Heidi, others

What Kind of Girl Is She? ...................................................Heidi, Susan

Die, Vampire, Die! ........................................................... Susan, others

Filling Out the Form ............................................................... Company

Montage Part 1: September Song ........................................... Company

Montage Part 2: Secondary Characters ...............................Heidi, Susan

Montage Part 3: Development Medley ..................................... Company

Change It, Don’t Change It/Awkward Photo Shoot ................... Company

A Way Back to Then .....................................................................Heidi

Nine People’s Favorite Thing ................................................... Company

Finale ................................................................................... Company

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The Estate of John W Hallauer

Producer’s Circle - $500Rich & Becky CheskoJean & Norb MillsTom & Kristen Shook

Sponsors - $125Curtis & Marilyn BlackMarlene & Ray BrinkerJohn & Cathy CarleMarge DembowskiRuss & Vicky GriggsEarnest & Nancy HatfieldMadge LevinsonJohn & Joan MalakWillard E. MisfeldtJim & Cheryl RechelLarry Von Kuster & Teresa RothKathleen Simon

Patrons - $50Harvard ArmusRaymond & Marlene BableJohn & Nancy BurtonThomas & Gisela CainCharles & Jane CaseRichard Chesko, Sr.Robert & Darlene CookDeborah Peters & Steven CotnerAlvenia CrawfordCecilia DionisioLarry FarleySally FergusonCarole & John ForteWanda FosterZac GilleyRobert J Gosling, MDLaura HanzlLina HazleRoy & Joan HeinzDavid & Shelly HopsonColis Hudgens

Nancy & Larry JanneyShirley JustenTom KovacsSandra LaasTed & Janice LangSam & Anna LovalentiJack & Sally MalhoitRuth Ann & Larry MartinCarol MatthewsJan & Bill MeyerSuzanne MoesserMarvin & Margaret MuellerJohn J. & Virginia MyersBill & Dorothy NunemakerCarl & Judy PohlCharles & Barbara RolanderMark & Corrine SattlerDean & Kathy SellRobert & Joan ShreveBob & Marian SmithRalph & Susan SmithClaus & Suzanne StangJim & Barbara SullivanBrenda SweeneyTom & Emily ThayerBrigitte WagenerElbert J WellerDavid & Carol Zenk

Friends - $25Ethel BaerGeorge & Karyl BoosLaverne BussdiekerRobert ConleyTerry & Barbara CooperTed & Billie DennisonJim & Monique DrotarJoe A DuerringerNorm & Charlotte DymarkowskiDuane Dewey HallDon & Lynn HarterDr. Hugh & Kay HenleyGail Odneal & Mel HonigWinifred Kuk

Patrons - $50 (cont.)

ProductioN stAffDirector: ..................................................................Tiffany Noel TaylorAssistant Director: ........................................................Richard FurlongMusic Director: ...................................................................... Tom SzorProducer: ................................... Patrick Drummond & Brenda SweeneyStage Manager: ..........................................Zac Gilley & Debbie MarinikLighting Design: ............................................................... Andrew Todd Light Crew: ............................................Zac Gilley & Debbie MarinikSound Design: .................................................................... Don Weber Sound Crew: .................................................................Judy MeeksCostume Design: ........................................................................... CastProps Gatherer:.....................................................................Brad RikerSet Design: ............................................................... James MacFarlaneSet Construction: ...................................................... James MacFarlanePainters & Dutchers: ...................................................................... CastHouse Manager: .................................................................Ann VeaseyBox Office Manager: ...........................................................Ann VeaseyBox Office Staff: .............. Kimberley Bruggemann, Pam Engle, Sandy Fry,

Darlene Hatfield, Barbara Heindel, Sue Holliger, Debbie Krieger, Dianne Nowakowski, Jinny Patterson, Susan Rice, & Judy Wiederhold

Publicity: ....................................................................Brenda SweeneyProgram: ............................................................................Jake GordyProgram Art & Cover Design: ...........................................Laura HansenProduction Logo: .............................................................Laura HansenProgram Printing: ....................................................... The Copy CenterMarquee Sign: ............................................................... Derek HansenHousekeeping: ............................................................Judy WiederholdTheatre Photographer: ......................................................Frank Venda

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Tiffany Noel Taylor (Director) is delighted to be at the helm of the area premiere of [title of show]. It has been the coolest opportunity to help create such an original, risky show find its voice with so many talented people. They are rock stars! When not at The Village, Tiffany is a Sales Director for Mary Kay Cosmetics. Big love to her partner in crime, the incredible

RB Furlong (who served as assistant director on TOS). Huge hugs to the 3 Musketeers Jude, Johnny, and Cecilia.

Tom Szor (Music Director/Larry) is grateful to Tiffany, the Cast, and The Village Players for the opportunity to work on such a dynamic production.

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Jake Gordy (Jeff) was last on stage in The Rep’s production of The Secret Garden. Some of his favorite past roles include The Real Inspector Hound (Moon), A Little Night Music (Henrik Egerman), and Pvt. Wars (Woodruff Gately) for which he garnered regional and state OCTA awards. By day, Jake is the Manager of Information Technology for Huntington Center,

Fifth-Third Field, and SeaGate Convention Centre. He would like to thank the cast and crew for making this such an enjoyable production and You, our audience, without whom we are simply words and notes on a page. And a very special “Thank You!” to Chris, the line-Nazi, for the hours of rehearsal and for seeding the audience for nearly every performance

J. Heath Huber (Hunter) WARNING: This show contains excessive amounts of swearing, explicit talk about sex, and it treats gay people as if they were ... well ... PEOPLE. If that kind of stuff offends you, you really should reconsider seeing this show. No, I mean it, I don’t even swear this much in real life!!! But if you’re eager to see a fresh, new take on musical

theater, one that celebrates creativity, friendship and being true to ourselves as we pursue our dreams: buckle up, you’re going to have a blast with this awesome cast! I’m serious though, you’ve been warned about the foul language, lurid sex talk and FAB-ulous men. Please don’t get mad or write a nasty note to The Village Players, we’ve done everything we can to prepare you and discourage the easily offended. Oh, and by the way: “Holla to the Fencing Club!!!”

2011 | 2012 PERFORMANCES:Murder by Indecision Oct 21-22, 2011The Legend of Pocahontas Dec 1-4, 2011The Red Velvet Cake Wars Feb 24-25, 2012The Princess King Apr 12-15, 2012Rad: The Musical May 18-19, 2012

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CTW offers fun theatre classes that encourage imagination, teamwork,

creative characterization, concentration, and confidence.

Classes for children ages 5-18. All CTW students are encouraged and invited to participate in CTW’s

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Save the Date! Winter 2012 Class Registration date is Jan 7, 2012

Laura Crawford (Susan) has spent the last seven years (give or take) of her theatrical “career” playing men. Asian men, Shakespearean men, Biblical men, musical men, women originally written to be portrayed as men (sometimes more than one of these AT THE SAME TIME.) While she is proud of

(most of) the roles that she’s gotten to play, and she believes that each is a testament to her range as an actress, she is considerably happy (and relieved) to be playing a woman (who was written as a woman.)

She’d like to give a shout out to her fellow [tos]sers in admiration of their bravery in following this monkey ski trip wherever it ends up. Also, a huge note of thanks to her Support System, without whom there would be many more vampires in her life left unslain.

“To Eva D. Struction: Thanks for everything. -Laura Crawford”

Elizabeth Cottle (Heidi) “Ophelia Payne,” is pleased to have the opportunity to perform in this unique musical with this fabulously fun, talented and colorful group! This will be her third Village Players production, preceded by her performance as Lizzie Curry in The Rainmaker and Emily Imbrie in Third. Other

recent productions include the Toledo Rep’s Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Chapter Two and All Shook Up, and Waterville Playshop’s Kiss Me Kate. She extends many thanks and much love to Tiffany and the rest of the production crew for spearheading this newbie for the Toledo community, to her cats…(no, just kidding), to her better half, Ryan, for his patience and continued support, and to her fellow trois faire-valoir: “Breath in. Breath out. Enjoyment.” It’s been real---XOXO!

And now, not to be outdone ((cough) Heath (cough)), a personal note to the audience: For the ridiculously-excited, self-proclaimed “nine” out there: you’re AWESOME!!! Let your favoritism proudly shine! For those who are just now being introduced to this [LOL] (laugh-out-loud, labor-of-love) production, thank you for your support and open-mindedness! Your smiles look so “[title of show]” on you! *Please pardon the dutiful disclaiming of our otherwise charming “ABH.” … Hang tight in those seats for the meaning of THAT acronym. Who knows? If this show catches on, you may need it for the Sunday Times someday! OH, YEAH!!!

Would you like information on “Sold-House” opportunities at The Village Players Theatre: how your group, church, or other organization can purchase a performance and raise money through ticket sales?

Musical “Sold-Houses” are $800.00 per show; other productions are $700.00 per show. The theater seats 165 patrons. You determine the ticket price for your show and how much profit you make! A punch reception is provided at no additional cost. Show dates are limited.

Please call Judy at (734) 847-7746 for more information on “Sold Houses.”

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tHeAtricAlly tHiNkiNg

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the

return of art to life. - Oscar Wilde

She stopped the show — but then the show wasn’t traveling very fast.

- Noel Coward

A good actor makes clear the meaning of the words. A better actor gives also the emotion of the part. The best actor adds emotion of which the character is

unconscious.- Claire Earnes

There is a kind of classlessness in the theater. The rehearsal pianist, the head carpenter, the stage manager, the star

of the show—all are family.- John Kander

An actor without techies is a naked person standing in the dark trying to emote. A techie without actors is a

person with marketable skills.- Mark Leslie

Every now and then, when you’re on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It’s a sound you can’t get in movies or in television. It is the sound

of a wonderful, deep silence that means you’ve hit them where they live.

- Shelly Winters

tHeAtricAlly tHiNkiNgTHEATRE LOGICAuthor Unknown

In is down, down is front, out is up, up is back, off is out, on is in, and of course - right is left, and left is right.

A drop shouldn’t and a block and fall does neither. A prop doesn’t and a cove has no water.

Tripping is O.K. A running crew rarely gets anywhere. A purchase line will buy you nothing. A trap will not catch anything. A gridiron has nothing to do with football.

A Strike is work (in fact a lot of work). And a green room, thank God, usually isn’t. Now that you are fully versed in theatrical terms, Break a leg...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share

with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.-Oscar Wilde

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and

creating peoples. -Franklin D. Roosevelt

The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see

the truth about life and the social situation.-Stella Adler

Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.

-Abbie Hoffman

I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great

theatrical actress.-Kathleen Turner

Well the least favourite question is the one that one’s asked particularly about in Japan is what’s the difference between

theatre and cinema and I think, well, that’s about eighty bucks.-Andrew Lloyd Webber

What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens.-Lusia Strus

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

-Christopher Eccleston

It’s one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work —

the night watchman.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That’s

what makes theatre live. That’s why it persists.-Stephen Sondheim

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing.

It’s harder-Ben Kingsley

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The Village Players’2012–2013 56th Season

From Up Here (Dramatic Comedy)by Liz FlahiveSeptember 7-22, 2012

Kenny Barrett did something that has everyone worried. He wishes he could just make it through the rest of his senior year unnoticed, but that’s going to be hard since he has to publicly apologize to his entire high school. At home, his mother is struggling with a rocky start to her second marriage and a surprise visit from her estranged sister. A new play about a family limping out the door in the morning and coming home no matter what. Nominated for the 2008 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards

Time Stands Still (Drama)by Donald MarguliesNovember 2-17, 2012

The newest play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends and Collected Stories, follows a wounded photojournalist and her husband in present day Brooklyn in the aftermath of the Iraqi war. TIME STANDS STILL focuses on Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life. A Tony nominee for Best Play during the 2010 Broadway season.

The Dinner Party (Comedy)by Neil SimonJanuary 11-26, 2013

Here is a decidedly French dinner party served up in a chaotic mode that only a master of comedy could create. Five people are invited to dine at a first rate restaurant in Paris. They do not know who the other guests will be or why they have been invited. Tossed together in a private dining room, they have a sneaking suspicion that this unorthodox dinner party will forever change their lives.

“A blizzard of one liners.... The audience can bank on some good laughs.”-New York Daily News

Born Yesterday (Comedy)by Garson KaninMarch 8-23, 2013

Born Yesterday is one of America’s original screwball comedies! Harry Brock is a business tycoon who goes to Washington trying to break into the “special interest” business with an ethically-challenged senator. He realizes that his fiancée, Billie Dawn, may need a makeover to fit his new inside-the-beltway image. To ensure that Billie gets properly “culturefied,” Brock hires a D.C. journalist to give the seemingly dim-witted blonde a crash course in politics, history, literature, and—of course—true love. The Golden Age of comedy proves that times haven’t changed. Washington pay-for-play, All-American humor and true love weren’t born yesterday, they are stronger than ever!

Impossible Marriage (Comedy)by Beth HenleyMay 10-25, 2013

Kandall’s youngest daughter, Pandora, is to be wed to Edvard Lunt, a worldly artist twice her age. Kandall does not think the match to be at all suitable. Flora, Pandora’s older sister, who is expecting a child at any moment, plots to break off the marriage. Unexpectedly, Sidney Lunt, the groom’s son, arrives with a note from his mother in which she vows to throw herself from an attic window if the marriage goes forward. Even Reverend Lawrence who has come to wed the couple has secret hopes and desperate desires. Throughout this wildly funny and moving play the characters struggle heroically with the impossibility of finding an allegiance between their civilized duties and primitive desires.