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Director’s LetterThis hilarious and touching comedy underscores the importance of social con-nections in our lives. How lucky to have friends like this! In good times and bad, they are our best teachers: how to laugh, how to be flexible, how to forgive, how to learn and how to grow. As the saying goes, “When you’re through changing, you’re through!” In our technological world, friendships help maintain and nur-ture our emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. My intention is that you be thoroughly entertained by this extraordinary cast and also moved to enhance your social network giving you a fuller, richer life. The message of this play is clear: friendships are our life-line. They enrich, support and heal us all! Many thanks to this incredible cast, the dedicated and hard-working crew, and to Bobby, my hus-band and best friend, for all of his continued support, encouragement and wis-dom. Directing this has been a real joy!

Amber BabcockDirector

From the Producers:Friendship: Where we get to choose the family we weren’t born to. We have had the opportunity to make many friends through our involvement with STAGE RIGHT. We are very grateful that you, our patrons, come up to us after a show, at the grocery store or on the street and talk to us like old friends. Your smiles, laughter and tears shared with us in this theatre join us as family. We are so very grateful for your friendship, your encouragement and your support of our efforts to help support the Crighton Theatre. Enjoy the show!

Steve & Carolyn Wong

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Cast(in order of appearance)

Sheree Hollinger ............................................................ Amy SowersLexie Richards ..........................................................Melody MontezDinah Grayson ..............................................Carolyn Corsano WongVernadette Simms .................................................Jennifer MarshallJeri Neal McFeeley ................................................Leona Hoegsberg

PLACEThe living room of a beach

cottage on the Outer Banks of

North Carolina

TIMEOne weekend in August

Act IScene 1: Twenty-two years

after the characters’ college

graduation.

Scene 2: Five years later.

Act IIScene 1: Five years later.

Scene 2: Twenty-three years

later.

CrewDirector .......................... Amber BabcockStage Manager........................Jane HaleyAssistant Stage Manager .......Jim MurphScenic Design .................... Don HamptonSet Construction Dennis O’Connor, Dave HackmanCostume Design ............. Marieda KilgoreWigs .............................Sara Preisler-KentMakeup Design ............. Brenda StorsethProperties................................Jane HaleySound Design ................. Amber Babcock Light Design ...................Roger OrmistonLight & Sound Engineer ..Terry Lynn HaleRunning Crew ....................Angela Miller, Kelly Read, Carol Halley, Beverly Townsend, Tina LockhartHouse Manager ................Sarah RobertsTechnical Advisor ................ Jim BinghamProducers/Video Editing ........................... ........................... Steven & Carolyn Wong

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STAGE RIGHT BOARD OF DIRECTORSPhil Clarke, Martha Davis, Lyn Hawthorne Howard, Greg Kelly, Peter Kelly, Tom Richard, Amy Sowers,

Brenda Storseth, Carolyn Corsano Wong, Steven Wong

Corporate Sponsors and UnderwritersSteven & Carolyn Wong/TSF Inc. – Producer

Steven Binns, Theresa Ivy/Exxon Mobil Foundation – DirectorDwain & Sandy Riney/Lubchem - DirectorGeorge & Amy Sowers – Stage Manager

Jim & Angela Graves – Stage ManagerKaren & Mike Olson – Stage ManagerHarold E. Wood, Jr. – Stage ManagerCliff & Peggie Miller – Stage Manager

Webb & Beverly Melder – Stage ManagerDr. Bruce and Mimi Bastian – Actor

Bobby Carter – ActorDonald & Shirley Niepoetter - Actor

Soren & Annetta Rose – ActorEd & Helen Wassemiller

Be a Sustaining Member!$25-49 Stage Hand – Cover office expenses

$50-249 Actor – Cover flyer expenses$250-999 Stage Manager – Offset playbill expenses

$1000-4999 Director – Support educational programs$5000-29,999 Producer – Sponsor a show

$30,000+ Executive Producer – Sponsor a season

We need YOU!Do you have an interest in theatre? Have you always wondered how the ‘magic’ happens? Can you sew? Can you paint? Do you

like to swing a hammer? Do you have experience or just plain interest in marketing and advertising? Do you like to work with children? Do you like to plan parties? Have you always wanted to try acting? What are you waiting for? You are needed here.

STAGE RIGHT has numerous committees that help make the magic happen but we need your help!

If you’d like to get involved here at STAGE RIGHT contact Artistic Director Carolyn Wong at 281-363-1567 or [email protected]

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AMY SOWERS (Sheree Hollinger) Amy Sowers was last seen onstage at the Crighton Theatre in Anything Goes. She portrayed Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz and appeared as Gaynelle in Red Velvet Cake War. She also appeared in the world premiere production of the Jones, Hope, Wooten play Mama Won’t Fly as Ardale, Juliette, and Teeta. Some of Amy’s favorite roles are Honey Raye in Christmas Belles, Diana in Lend Me a Tenor, Elaine in The Miss Firecracker Con-test, Mary in How the Other Half Loves, Pamela in The Uninvited, and Mary in Run for your Wife. Amy has been an assistant director for A Christmas Story, Cinderella and Stalag 17. She has directed a num-ber of children’s shows including Bravo Company’s The Ever After and A Pirate’s Life for Me. She serves on the Crighton Theatre Foundation and Stage Right Boards. She is also the director of Bravo Company Performing Arts School, the educational wing of Stage Right.

MELODY MONTEZ (Lexie Richards) Melody has been acting and directing for 25 years. She was a theatre major at Sam Houston State University and has been involved with the Crighton Theatre for almost 20 years. She has served on the boards of the Crighton Players and Stage Right. She appeared as Rhonda Lynn in Stage Right’s very first production, Christmas Belles, has been in several shows with them includ-ing the role of Savannah in the world premiere of Mama Won’t Fly. She also directed last season’s The Red Velvet Cake War and this season’s A Christmas Story where she was thrilled to direct her sons Ian and Robben Montez in the roles of Ralphie and Randy. Melody currently works at McCullough Junior High in math and science support and

Cast and Crew Biographiesshe is an acting instructor for Bravo Company, Stage Right’s children’s edu-cational wing. She would like to thank her sons and her husband, Al, for all of their feedback and support.

CAROLYN CORSANO WONG (Dinah Grayson) Carolyn is delighted to once again share the stage with her best friend Leona and quite fittingly in a show all about friendship. She thanks her fellow cast-mates and the crew for making this such a wonderful experi-ence. Carolyn is a founder and serves as Artistic Director and Executive Pro-ducer for STAGE RIGHT. She has been involved in theatre for over 30 years as actor, director, producer, and in many back stage roles. Favorite roles on stage include the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, Dotty Otley in Noises Off, and Louise in Always, Patsy Cline. Fa-vorite roles off stage are wife to Steve, Mom to Michael and partner to her therapy dog Harley. Enjoy the show!

JENNIFER MARSHALL (Vernadette Simms) A longtime resident of the Conroe area, Jennifer has participated in productions at Willis High School, Lone Star College, The Owen Theatre, and the Huntsville Community Theatre. Some of her favorite roles include, Fairy in A Curious Savage, Patty Sim-cox in Grease, Martha in Arsenic and Old Lace, Maureen in Home Front, and Della in Drac’s Back. She is extremely excited to make her debut appearance at the historic Crighton Theatre. Jenni-fer would like to thank her family and friends for all their support, with a spe-cial thanks to Glen, husband extraordi-naire, who spends a lot of evenings and weekends alone so she can pursue one of her passions. Also, she wishes to

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thank her cast, crew, and director for a great experience; the theatre is always so much fun!

LEONA HOEGSBERG (Jeri Neal McFee-ley) Leona Hoegsberg is excited to be returning to the Crighton stage. Last year she was seen as Abby Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace and previously she was seen as the Stepmother in Cin-derella. A native of California, Leona moved to Houston 9 years ago and has enjoyed playing many wonderful parts on stage, including Mae Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie, Mrs. Midget in Out-ward Bound and Mrs. Frank in Diary of Anne Frank. When not on stage, she is a library specialist and professional sto-ryteller, who loves sharing books and stories with children. She thanks God for the joy of acting and thanks the di-rector and cast for a wonderful show.

CrewAMBER BABCOCK (Director) Amber Babcock performed in Gilbert and Sul-livan’s HMS PINAFORE at the age of 12 and by 17 was singing with the Chica-go Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus. She’s performed in countless musicals both domesti-cally and internationally, and started directing shows in the 1980’s in the San Francisco Bay Area. There, she was af-filiated with the Peninsula Civic Light Opera Company, later with the Sche-nectady Light Opera Company in New York, the Jakarta Players in Indonesia, and The Stage Club in Singapore where she also formed a professional a cap-pella swing group, Mood Swings. Am-ber wrote, directed & choreographed Austin’s Murder Mystery Musicals (a dinner theatre entertainment compa-ny) and was a founding member of the North x Northwest Theatre Company in Austin. Having moved to Conroe in

2013, she stage managed Red Velvet Cake War and A Christmas Story at the Crighton Theatre. Directing is her pas-sion, and she is very grateful to have been given the opportunity to direct this heart-warming comedy with such a gifted cast.

JANE HALEY (Stage Manager) Jane has been with the Owen theater for 2 years and the Crighton for a year. Some of her favorite shows include, Inherit the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, Anything Goes, and Bus Stop. Onstage credits include Mrs. Brooks in Inherit the Wind, extra in To Kill a Mockingbird & Lion in Winter, spot-light in Anything Goes and Hairspray, and has been backstage in many more. A huge thank you to my family for your constant support and love.

DON HAMPTON (Set Design) Mostly an actor/director, Don found late in his theatrical career that set design was another aspect of theatre he found not only enjoyable, but satisfying as an art-ist. His sets include, Philadelphia Story, What The Butler Saw, Night of the Iguana, Cuckoos Nest, To Kill A Mockingbird (Mon-tie Award Winner) and Inherit The Wind for the Players Theatre Company. Most recently he designed the set for Leaving Willow Grove at Lone Star College which he also directed. Don was a Tommy Tune Award nominee for sets and lights as tech director at Magnolia High School. For the seventh year Don will return to the Texas Renaissance Festival as the Master of Arms/MC of the Joust, com-bining two of his joys in life; performing and horseback riding.Don is represented for film and television by Pastorini-Bosby Agency. For theatrical work he can be contacted directly at 713-502-7597.

DENNIS O’CONNOR (Master Carpen-ter) Dennis began his love affair with

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the stage 51 years ago as a street ur-chin singing with the Cinncinnati Op-era in Carmen. He began acting and constructing sets at The Crighton in 1990. His Hairspray set uses Periak-tios...first to appear on the Crighton Stage...Greece..70 BC. He dedicates all of his work to his children Adam, Jo-nah, Denny and Emmy. Einstein in Ar-senic and Old Lace, Joseph in My Three Angels, Pelinor in Camelot, Arnold in The Boys Next Door and Harry in Stalag 17 are among his favorite roles on The Crighton Stage. “Please support The Historic Crighton as your hometown theatre. Consider an endowment to the Crighton Theatre Foundation for reno-vations being planned and/or become a sustaining member of Stage Right,” says he. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” –Albert Einstein

ROGER ORMISTON (Light Designer) has performed on stage in over 40 pro-ductions since 1974. He currently works behind the scenes at both the Owen Theatre and the Crighton Theatre in Conroe. He lives in Conroe with his wife, Shann Powers and two dog-ters, Shelby and Maggie. He is a home inspector and owner of 123 Home Inspections.

MARIEDA KILGORE (Costumer) Marie-da’s love of clothing and art began at a very young age when her family owned a dry cleaning store in Dayton, but it was her first appearance as Vera in Smoke on the Mountain that solidified her love for the theatre. She has cos-tumed shows since 1997 from The King and I, to Steel Magnolias (where she cos-tumed the majority of the cast from her own closet) and most recently Inherit the Wind, Driving Miss Daisy, Greater Tuna and Gypsy – for which she won the Montie – Montgomery County’s equiva-

lent of a Tony Award. She has been the music director for Winnie the Pooh and Asst. Dir. in M*A*S*H and Arsenic and Old Lace, as well as appearing as the roving reporter in Radio TBS. Marieda blogs as The Closet Fairy and is a Per-sonal Fashion Stylist. To ensure she has no spare time, she sings with the Christ Jesus Gospelaires, is the Secretary for the Friends of the Flag Foundation and has been married to Lee Kilgore for 35 years and they have 2 daughters and 2 grand-children.

TERRY LYNN HALE (Sound & Lights En-gineer) Ms. Hale returned to the Crigh-ton stage in last year’s production of The Red Velvet Cake War. “I had such a good time with these ladies, that I want-ed to be involved in this heart warming and funny production of The Dixie Swim Club. I am honored to shine a light on these five very talented women.”

TINA LOCKHART (Running Crew) Tina Lockhart: Is a local DJ on Retro Sundays at the Lone Star Studios in downtown Conroe, TX. Tina has been in radio since 1978. She first started in Rosenberg, TX at KFRD. Today Tina is the producer for the Sunday programming at the Lone Star Studios. You can hear her show on irlonestar.com every Sunday afternoon at 5 P.M. Tina is also an artist and has sold her art and photography through-out the U.S.A. Tina and her husband Ken are the owners of BACK ROADS OF TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHY. They con-tinue to travel many back roads along the state of Texas capturing nature and the people who live in each town. Both Tina and her husband have been in the Old Time Radio Plays that you can hear on irlonestar.com each Sunday of the month at 7 P.M. Tina and Ken are supporters of The Performing Arts of Montgomery Co.

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Cast

Crew

AMYSOWERS

CAROLYN CORSANO WONG

MELODY MONTEZ

JENNIFER MARSHALL

LEONA HOEGSBERG

AMBER BABCOCK

TERRY LYNN HALE

JANE HALEY

CAROL HALLEY

DON HAMPTON

MARIEDA KILGORE

TINA LOCKHART

JIM MURPH

DENNIS O’CONNOR

ROGER ORMISTON

BEVERLY TOWNSEND

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Charles & Jean AbernathyBarbara & Paul AielloDon & Connie AlbersJoyce & David AlffBetty AlgerGail AlsupBarbara ApplebyHelen & Keith ArmstrongLouis & Sandra AskewDoug & Carol AycockSam BargerMarcia Feldt-BatesDelores BaileyGeorgia BassPamela Bazan*Sharon BeasleyJack & Lenore BechtelBruce & Mary BeckhamLisa BeginDavid Dow Bentley IIICharles & Elizabeth Berry Margi BiggsJames Bingham*Lisa BlackketterKevin & Beverly BlairTrudie BoekerWanda BradshawPatricia BrandJulie BrelleRichard & Betty BrittonDiana & Dwayne BrushRon & Maggie BurlesonTom & Margaret CampbellJane CannonMayetta & Leland CarlsonFrank & Yvonne CarrabineMarilyn CasonLinda CecereStephanie Wade & Branden ChingKaren & Elmo ClarkSylvia & David CoffeyGeorge CollierClaude & Joyce CookeDuke CoonLorraine CountsLeo & Shirley CovingtonDavid & Daphne CoxLinda CrewsClyde & Lee CruikshankCheryl CrumplerJoyce CusterCecil & Mary DanleyConnie & Larry DanleyShane DavisRoy & Barbara DeWitzCarmen & David DillonSandi & Darin DillonCindy & Norman DolchBetty & Bob DonellanCharlotte DosterKay DunnShirley Edwards Bobby & Cynthia ElliottGeorge & Helen ElliottDan & Bea Ellis

Glenn & Anne ElmsJay ElmsBetty EmmonsMarie & Ken EvansRoberta EvansJudith EvartsBarbara FaithDoc & Carol FennessyCarol FletcherFred & Barbara ForemskyJoan M. Sullivan &John W. FrogleyLecie GardnerWayne & Deborah GeddesJoni & Russell GilbertMary Jean GionasRoger GoertzCarol GoreWilliam & Joan GrattendickJim & Angela GravesLinda & Tom GraysonLinda HahusJim & Annette HaagKathy & Allen HainesDavid & Debbie HairelFrank & Margi HallLerna HanselHarold & Linda HarrisonJack & Judy HartLeo HaysOlene HeasleyEdwin & Joyce HeineJeff & Lora Hill Robert & Ruth HilleB. J. HinsonMaria HoffmanTed & Cyndi HoffmanJim & Sharen HornJames & Judy HorshokTerry HouserLisa & Raymond HowardLyn & Carl HowardHorst & Pat HummelMike & Jo HunnPaula IsenmannLeslie & Lou IstreBob & Theta JacksonCandice JacobsonMarilyn JakschCharles & Tania JohnsonJoyce & Paul JuillardMartin & Becky KennedyMary KennedyJohn & Mary KievitJohn & Cheryl KinselErnest KitchensLarry & Carolyn KniggeCassandra & Tom KohlDonna & Johnny KopeckySteve KrauszerEllen & Bill LackeyMajorie LairdMary LandgrebeDick & Becky LaRocheHenry & Kaye LartigueNancy Lawson

Stella LelandHarry & Nita LeschingerBinky LesterJim & Kathy LinseRonald & Kim ListonRon & Myra Liston*Jim & Peg LombardiDawn Candy & Randy LovelaceDr. & Mrs. James LutonskyJanet LinnPaul & Ruth ManciniTroy Marler/Carmen WainwrightMax & Susie MartensenSandy & Guy MartinKenneth & Carole MathisRoger MaySusan McCallistarJohn & Tanya McelhannonMike & Patsy McLemoreGeorge McCloudMaxine & Dennis McConnellTroy & Linda McCrarayMike & Margaret McCreedyMaureen McMullenBrad MeyerMary Ellen MoranRay & Barbara MildrenGeorge & Harriet MilesPeggie MillerDonis MillerDr. Kent & Cathey MillerMaxine MinsonJimmie MorrowMilton & Marguaritte MurphyCarole MurrayDr. David & Judy MyersRon & Sandy MyersCathy & David NovogoratzRuth & Robert NoonanXimena & Steven NoonanBetty NortonBetty NutterBessie & Jerry O’BrienIrene & Lyle O’LearyAshley OrumOzzy & Susan OsborneCliff & Brenda ParkJoyce ParkerRen ParlongoLaurie ParrRoy & Nancy PenneyJack & Debra PieniazekRich PoliskaAnna Claire PopeAl & Rita PoprikMargaret & Harry PrietoJames & Jane PruttonLee & Shirley PruittDean & Kit RandolphCharles RaySusan RemingtonKay RichardsJohn & Ann Marie RicciKen & Kathy RickliCarolyn Rogers

Annetta & Soren RoseBea & Cotton RouseSylvia RoweBetty RutterTed SafferJoey & Jane SaladinoHarry & Edwina SaulRuth ScardinoLou & Gerrie SchaeferJim & Susan SchaefferHelen SchwisowDan & Karen ShawLyn & Ashwin Shah Mary SlaughterCynthia SmithJanet SmithJohn & Kimberly SpadePenny & George SpaidGeorge & Amy SowersCarolyn StewartSusan & Don StockingKathryn & Winston StokesBrenda StorsethMickey SummaMarty & Warren Taylor*Robert TaylorJo TibbettsAlma TiptonBilly & Bernice TiptonTani TraverFred TrippKaren TrumanBetty TuckerMarie & David UnderdownStacey & Jared UnderwoodMark & Terrie VacekRenee & Brian VandivereCarol Van ErtLori & Hank Van JoslinRoy M. Van VoorheesLee VanderpoolAlbert & Jeanette WadeJohn WadeJohn & Sandy WagnerCora & Andrew WaltersWilliam WardEd & Helen WassemillerKaren WellsJanet & Anthony WestlakeJames & Betty WhislerJim & Sylvia WigginsCheryl WilkinsonLarry & Wanda WilsonCarolyn WohltChrisanne WolfeRay & Dorothy WoodallKendall & Terry WooldridgeMichal & James WorthyKim & August WunderlichJo Ann & Bobby YanceyChris & Gert ZieglerRhonda Ferro & Charlene Zuber

Show SupportersPeggie Miller, Doc Fennessy, Craig Jones, and Verle ‘Ozzy’ Osborne for getting the word out about the show. Dave Clements of DWC Photography for the production pictures. Michael Pittman for ‘at a

moments notice’ publicity pictures! Haley Insurance for the loan of set pieces for the show!

Season SubscribersThanks to our season subscribers who have shown their trust in us and allow us to bring you

entertainment at the historic Crighton Theatre.

* Indicates founding season subcriber

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www.stage-right.org • $80 for all five shows936-441-SHOW (936-441-7469)

Based on the classice Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer film by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures Inc. Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

The MGM classic has been faithfully and lovingly adapted from the original award-winning screenplay. Each unforgettable scene, song and dance, is accounted for, in-cluding the show-stopping title number, complete with an onstage rainstorm! Hilari-

ous situations, snappy dialogue, and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN the perfect entertainment for any fan of the golden age of movie musicals. The journey from silent film to sound has never been more fun!

February 13 – March 1, 2015 Auditions: Nov. 16 & 17, 2014

By Horton FooteIn this beautifully crafted American masterpiece from Texas playwright Horton Foote, elderly Carrie Watts just wants to visit her hometown of Bountiful, TX, once more before she dies. The air by the river, the song of the red bird, and the feel of the soil in her fingers are all she desires, yet her plans seem thwarted by her hyper-vigilant son and controlling daughter-in-law, but the journey to realize her last wish examines love, hope, and faith.

April 17 – May 3, 2015 Auditions: Feb. 15 & 16, 2015

SHREK THE MUSICAL, In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre - not a handsome prince - shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Based on the Oscar® winning DreamWorks film, Shrek The Musical brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage.

July 10 – 26, 2015 Auditions: April 19 & 20, 2015

Music by Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig

A Journey of Hope

Sept. 5-21, 2014 Auditions: June 8 & 9, 2014

By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie WootenSworn to leave husbands, jobs and children out of pic-ture for one weekend, 5 women all on the same college swim team, meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Spanning three decades, scenes are set at intervals and emphasize life changes as well as individual changes in perception. The bonds the women develop and how they share suffering and successes

equally are at once hilarious and poignant. From the same playwrights that brought you Mama Won’t Fly, The Red Velvet Cake War and Christmas Belles. You’ll laugh till you cry!

The Crighton Theatre234 N. Main Street • Conroe, TX 77301

By Barbara Robinson

After finding out that snacks are served at Sunday school, the Herdman kids, the most inventively awful kids in town (in any town!), blow into Church just in time to be in the annual Christmas pageant. We will be having an audience Christmas Carol sing-a-long during the show. Come join us to see this hilarious and heart warming Christmas classic.

Dec. 5 – 21, 2014 Auditions: Sept. 14 & 15

Season Tickets On Sale Now!

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