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The May 2015 Newsletter of the Fenton Village Players.TRANSCRIPT
T h e C u e S h e e tM a y 2 0 1 5
N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e f e N t o N V i l l a g e P l a y e r s
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By Matthew E. Semrau With Sam Di Vita
Only two weeks un-til “Bus Stop” pre-
miers at the Playhouse. Are you ready? Director Sam Di Vita shares her thoughts about the show.
Why did you choose to direct this show?
I love the story and because a couple of people talked me into it!
What’s the best part about direct-ing this show?
The best part of directing any play is getting to know the people involved and making new friends. Of course, it’s kind
of fun to play house with living dolls, too!
What was your greatest chal-lenge directing?
Surviving the flu! My poor assis-tant director, Terrie Har-ris, who’s never direct-ed before had to block the whole second act by herself—she did a great job! So, I think it was her greatest challenge, too! Blocking isn’t easy!
Why should people come and see this show?
“Bus Stop” is a sweet love story. It’s funny and sad. Every character has a story to tell. It
all happens in a diner during the quiet hours. Believe me, a lot can hap-pen in the quiet hours!
Do you have a fa-
vorite scene? There are too many great scenes for me to pick just one, but any-
thing with the charac-ters Carl (Ron Barrett) and Grace (Terrie Harris) will make you laugh. Bo (Stevie Viss-er) and Cherie (Lauren Kondrat) will make you sigh—first love. Dr. Lyman (Matt Bach) and Elma Duckworth) will make you chuckle, then cry! Virgil Blessing (David Coffey) and Will Masters (Michael Ham-ilton) will make you think! It’s a win, win!
Show times and tickets available on-line, visit FentonVil-lagePlayers.org
Photo: “Empty Bus Seats” by Gaderinge (Public Domain)
Di Vita divulges ‘Bus Stop’ details
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Believe me, a lot
can happen in the quiet
hours!
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Kids ages six through 14 are
invited to join us June 15th through 19th for a week of theatre fun.
The week will consist of daily workshops, 9am to 3pm, focusing on as-pects of theatre: acting, music, dance, improvi-sation, costumes, props, audition techniques, and play writing.
Friday, June 19th, this hard work will be showcased in a 3pm production for family and friends.
Each family will receive two free tick-ets for this production.
Extra tickets can be purchased for $5 each.
The Youth Camp will cost $175 per child. Each additional child per family will re-ceive a $10 discount.
Before and after care will be provid-ed from 8am to 9pm and 3pm to 5pm at a cost of $7 an hour.
For more information or to register visit our website, or contact camp instructor Tammy Robison by email at, [email protected] or by phone, 586-350-3936
A week of fun and theatre for kids
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By Bev Tippet
A theatre seat has been purchased
in memory of Doris “Toni” Hodgkin.
Toni, a resident of Fenton, passed away March 27th at the age of 86.
In her younger years, Toni was a pro-fessional dancer and enjoyed preforming all over the country.
One of Toni’s last out-ings was to see “Run for Your Wife” at the Fen-ton Village Playhouse.
Her greatest joys was watching her fam-
ily perform on stage. Her children and
grandchildren also embraced the arts as artists, actors, singers, musicians, and more.
She also owned dance studios in Cal-ifornia and Florida.
More information about Toni and her family can be found in her obituary at MLive.
If you would like to purchase a theatre seat in memory of a loved one, please contact the [email protected].
Community bids farewell to dancerPhoto: David Dodge / Flickr CC BY 2.0
Undated photo of Hodgkin performing
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By Bev Tippet
The World War 2 Navy uniform of
Fenton Village Players’ benefactor Russ Haden was found in the cos-tume room recently.
Made out of wool, the uni-form is not us-able onstage.
It was decided, with the blessing of his family, to donate his uniform to the Fenton Historical Museum.The museum
will prominently dis-play the uniform along with those of other community members who served our country in the armed forces.
By Matthew E. Semrau
We would like to congratulate
Fenton Village Play-ers alum, Alexander Saeedy, for his recent selection as a recipient of the Overseas Press Club Fellowship.
Alexander will be working as a foreign correspondent for the Reuters bureau in Brus-sels, Belgium.
During high school he per-formed with
Fenton Village Players, including as the mayor in “The Wizard of Oz.”
For more informa-tion see this arti-cle by YaleNews.
Come watch radioW FVP is a reg-
ular Fenton Village Players’ produc-tion where our talent-ed actors bring you shows within a show.
Taking on the roles of classic radio show actors, dressed to the period, they perform in front of microphones as if they were live on the air in the 1950s.
Our one and only show is this Sun-day, May 17th, at 2pm Admission is free, but donations are always welcome.
Seating is limited and we often fill the audito-
rium, so please arrive early to ensure a seat.
This month we’ll be performing “The Hermit’s Cave,” “Ma Perkins” and “The Bickersons.”
Cast includes Cherie Smith, Cyndi Deniau, Sandy Mascow, Victo-ria Stratton, Christie Rice, Judie Santo, Joy Carr, Jerry Flewelling, Jacob Hoffman, Stevie Visser, and Gary Smith as director and MC.
For the first time ever all music and sound will be per-formed live on stage.
They’re kooky and...Auditions for this
summer’s mu-sical, “The Addams Family,” are upon us! June 1st and 2nd at 6:30pm at The Fenton Village Playhouse.
“The Adamm’s Fami-ly” features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare.
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respect-able family—a man her parents have never met.
If that weren’t upset-ting enough, Wednes-
day confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a secret from his be-loved wife, Morticia.
The whole family will be turned upside down as the family hosts the fateful din-ner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend—and his family.
The play will be di-rected by Stevie Visser and produced by Joy Carr and Jill Tomlin.
For more information, visit our website.
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History discovered in costume room
Photo: Pam Buerger presenting uniform to Ken Seger, museum curator
Our stage to the world stage
Alexander on left with journalist Larry Martz Photo: YaleNews
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The Board had a lengthy agenda at
their April 8th meeting. Among the many
things discussed was the need for new flats. The Board voted to build new flats and Kidz Theatre Kompany would share the cost.
The carpet in the activity room will be cleaned, a new ramp to the shed will be in-stalled, new parking lot directional and handi-capped signs will be pur-chased, energy efficient LED light bulbs will be installed, new lights will be installed in the dressing rooms, three toilets will be replaced, a new “quiet” fan will be installed in the men’s bathroom, additional
tubs will be purchased for costumes, and gut-ters will be repaired.
We would like to thank our long list of volunteers for your help in keeping the Play-house in tip-top shape.
All of cast photos of our shows have been placed on the activity room wall and the His-tory Scrap books have been brought up to date.
The Board, in con-junction with the Building and Grounds committee, is carefully reviewing our “Needs and Wants” list.
Volunteers are the backbone of this or-ganization and there
are lots of ways to get involved. Your help would be greatly ap-preciated on any of the above projects.
We also need a few folks to take fliers and posters to area businesses for our upcoming shows.
Board meetings are open to anyone.
To volunteer, send an email to [email protected] or call (810)-750-7700.
Watch our Facebook pages for updates on opportunities —The Fenton Village Play-ers and our community group Friends of Fen-ton Village Players.
Chairperson
Bev Tippett
Vice Chair-person
Ryan Particka
Treasurer
Jill Tomlin
Recording Secretary
Carla Feamster
Correspond-ing Secretary
Joy Carr
Trustees
Timothy Terpening
Richard Holtje
Stevie Visser
Vic Tatum
Kimberly Barrett
Ron Barrett
Board & Committee Bulletins
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Photo: Pixabay / Public Domain CC0
Board of Directors
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May CalendarSunday, May 172:00pm - WFVP
Radio ShowMonday, May 187:00pm - Bus
Stop Rehearsal7:00pm - Suessical
Auditions KTKTuesday, May 197:00pm - Bus
Stop RehearsalWednesday, May 207:00pm - Bus
Stop RehearsalThursday, May 217:00pm - Bus
Stop RehearsalTuesday, May 267:00pm - Bus
Stop RehearsalWednesday, May 27Editor’s Notes
This months news-letter has been
a real challenge for me. Not because of the content. It actual-ly only took me a few hours to put together. It’s everything else!
I was diagnosed with mono in early April, then late in April was hit with a double whammy of the flu and mono. I also had to take an incomplete in my final two classes, and now the newslet-ter is three weeks late. Go team sickness!
Anyway, I would like to thank every-
one’s patience in getting this out.
Please make sure to share this newsletter with your friends, and, as always, if you have a story to share, please let me or Joy know.
I’m pleased to see our community coming together and helping bring these pages alive.
As a reminder, when sending infor-mation, please make sure to include photos wherever possible and include credits!
Matthew Semrauthe Cue sheet
editor-iN-Chief
Fenton Village Playhouse14197 Torrey Rd.Fenton, MI 48430
Visit us online for upcoming shows, au-ditions, news, tickets, and more:www.FentonVillagePlayers.org
Call us at:(810) 750-7700
Email newsletter feedback & ideas to:[email protected]
7:00pm - Bus Stop Rehearsal
Thursday, May 28
7:00pm - FVP Perfor-mance “Bus Stop”
Friday, May 29
7:00pm - FVP Perfor-mance “Bus Stop”
Saturday, May 30
7:00pm - FVP Perfor-mance “Bus Stop”
Sunday, May 31
2:00pm - FVP Per-formance “Bus Stop”
Monday, June 1
6:30pm - Addams Fam-ily Musical Auditions
Tuesday, June 2
6:30pm - Addams Fam-ily Musical Auditions
The classic play that was later turned
into the acclaimed movie, “Driving Miss Daisy,” is coming to our Second Stage the weekend of June 18th.
“Driving Miss Daisy” is a light-hearted drama that takes place in the mid 20th century. Daisy Werthan (Mary Powers) is the widow of a suc-cessful businessman. After totaling her new car and miraculously escpaing unharmed.
Her son, Boolie Werthan (Matthew Sem-rau,) heir to his father’s business, insists on
hiring a driver. Daisy is less than fond of this idea, but Boolie does it anyway, hiring the easygoing Hoke Col-burn (Dennis Sykes.)
Daisy does her best to rid herself of this unwanted intrusion, but things change as bonds are forged between the three characters.
The self-directed play is being produced by Mary Powers, and written by Alfred Uhry in 1987 and originally performed off-Broadway from 1987 to 1990.
Visit our website for tickets and times.
‘Driving Miss Daisy’