spring newsletter 2015_final
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“ Acting requires a creative and
compassionate attitude. It must
aim to lift life up to a higher level
of meaning and not tear it down
or demean it. The actor’s
search is a generous quest fort
that larger meaning. That’s why
acting is never to be done pas-
sively.”
- Stella Adler, The Art of Acting
CNN Ranks
Mabel Tainter
Center for the Arts
as one of the
“World’s Most
Spectacular
Theaters”
Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts
The Menomonie Theater Guild is Menomonie’s oldest
community theater organization. Founded in part to
restore the Mabel Tainter after a many-year closure, the
Menomonie Theater Guild has been instrumental in
uniting actors, directors, musicians and a score of other
creative minds for over fifty-five years. Shows are
prepared and tickets sold at the Menomonie Theater
Guild Studio. It is the mission of the Menomonie
Theater Guild to produce plays for community
enjoyment, to provide dramatic recreating for its
participants and to perpetuate and extend the ideals and
objectives of community theater. This organization will
also encourage the preservation of the Mabel Tainter
building as a historic, authentic and cultural institution.
Menomonie Theater Guild Spring 2015
Hello, dear members of MTG!
As I near the end of my term on the board of the Menomonie Theater Guild, I am pleased at what we have accomplished over this past year. We will have produced four very successful and well-received productions, we have cut our spending significantly, we have begun to plan on improving our costume and property storage areas, organize the scene shop, and will end the year with a positive operating budget while beginning to pay off the mortgage/loan that had accumulated over the past several years.
We have already planned a full season for next year, soon to be announced, including presentations in our own studio and a teen production in the park this summer.
I hope that you will be able to participate in the volunteer opportunities that will be presented next year– building sets, creating costumes, working on lights, sound, and prop crews, and just working on our building to keep it warm, functional and inviting. We’ll be letting you know of our needs via email and the newsletter, and how you’ll be able to sign up.
Thank you for your wonderful support this year, through helping with productions, performing on stage, and providing extra financial support through your generous contributions. Thank you for a great year.
Pinckney Hall, President
In this Issue:
President’s
Report
Color Dash
2015
Little Women
Words from the
Director
MTG Annual
Meeting
How to Get
Involved
WANTED for
Props
MTG Building
Wish List
The Color Dash 2015
The Menomonie Theater Guild is bringing back the
Color Dash 5k Fundraiser with a hurricane of color
that will turn even your tears of joy into a tie-dyed
movement of bliss and renew your outlook on what
fun and life are all about! Come walk, run or skip
through the 5k COLORFUL course at Wakanda
park on May 2nd, 2015. The Color Dash is a fun-
filled experience for walkers, runners and people of
all ages, shapes and sizes! The dash is not timed-
it’s more about sharing memories, laughing and
getting colored like a bag of Skittles than
competing. 11:00am is registration and packet
pick-up and the Color Run begins at 1:00pm.
For more information and to register at early
discounted rate visit: www.cd5k.com
Share this timeless and enduring classic about the
March sisters’ journey from childhood to maturity during
the American Civil War. Audiences of all generations will
enjoy acquainting-or reacquainting– themselves with the
sisters: Meg, the romantic; Jo, the aspiring writer and
tomboy; kindhearted Beth; and pretentious Amy, as well
as their beloved Marmee. Together the March family
learns to endure good times and bad as they share the
joys and pains of growing up.
Performances at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts
are Friday, May 8th at 7:30; Saturday, May 9th at 7:30;
Sunday, May 10th at 2:00; and Friday, May 15th at 7:30;
Saturday, May 16th at 7:30; and Sunday, May 17th at
2:00.
Tickets Adults $15, Students and Seniors $12. Discounts are available for groups of ten or more. To order tickets, visit the box office at MTG Building (502 W 2
nd Street,
Menomonie) open Monday, 12-3; Tuesday and Thursday, 2-5, Friday,12-3. Or call box office at 715-231-7529 (PLAY) or order them on the website, menomonietheaterguild.com or by email at [email protected] Tickets are also available at the theater one hour prior to the performance.
Little Women
It's always fun to try on costumes
for the first time! - Sarah Ottinger Meg (Melissa Kneeland) has an awkward encounter between Aunt March
(Kathy Hildahl) and Mr. Brooke (Arthur Kneeland).
Ticket Time!
Have you ever been confused
about how to get tickets? If so,
let this be a guide for you!
There are four ways to get your
tickets!
1. Stop by our studio box office
located at 502 West 2nd Street
in Menomonie! Make sure to
stop by during our box office
hours:
Mondays: Noon-3:00pm
Tuesdays: 2:00-5:00pm
Thursdays: 2:00-5:00pm
Fridays: Noon– 3:00pm
2. Call our Studio Box Office
during our box office hours to
talk to Box Office Staff and
order your tickets via phone.
Our box office number is
715-231-PLAY (7529). If Box
Office staff is unavailable when
you call please leave your
name, number and a brief
message and staff will get back
to you during the next Box
Office Hours.
3. Order your tickets on our
website
menomonietheaterguild.com.
4. Purchase tickets one hour
prior to the performance at the
Mabel Tainter Center for the
Arts. Please keep in mind that
your desired tickets may not be
available if you wait until the day
of the performance.
If you have any questions,
comments or concerns please
call:
715-231-PLAY (7529)
Or email us at:
A Word From The Director Greetings from Little Women!
I have to say, first and foremost, that I am an incredibly lucky
director. The speed at which this production is rolling along at is
simply astonishing! Thanks to our amazing set builder, Matthew
Larson, the cast has been able to rehearse on the set since the very
first practice. If you’ve ever been in a show, you know that is
extremely rare! I believe having the finished set right from the
beginning has helped the cast feel confident and comfortable-the
bond that this little troupe has created with each other shines
through into their performance, making them natural and believable.
They are so darn good that they’ve already been making me tear
up a little at rehearsal (think Beth getting her new piano!)
At this point in the production we are a little over halfway to the end.
Lines are almost memorized, blocking is just about finalized and the
beautiful costumes (made by the extremely talented Sue King) are
being tried on, altered and adjusted. Props are slowly being incor-
porated as the casts becomes more comfortable being “off-book.”
It’s an exciting time to be at the helm of such an operation; every
day has a new element!
As many of you know, theater can be stressful. With so many
different components coming together, it’s bound to be-but as of
now, it has been an absolute pleasure to be at the helm of Little
Women. Everyone is collaborative, respectful, and creative-not to
mention flexible when those little bumps in the road pop up, as they
inevitably do!
Again, I am an incredibly lucky director. I can not wait until you can
all enjoy this heart-warming and lovely little show!!.
Warmly,
Katie Shay
Director of Little Women To volunteer as an ush-
er for a performance or
help in the box office
please contact LeAnne
Talberg at mtgvolun-
Come Join
Us for A
Stroll Down Memory Lane
Semi-Formal Banquet Dinner
Friday, May 29th 5:30-7:15pm
$25 Individual, $40 Couple, $10 Children 3-12
RSVP with payment required. Limited seating available.
715-231-7529 Please call or visit the MTG Box Office to-
day to make your reservation.
Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony
Dessert and Drinks Provided
Friday, May 29th 7:30-9:00pm
No Cost
United Church of Christ Community Room
420 Wilson Ave
Menomonie, WI 54751
HOW TO GET INVOLVED!
MTG Building Wish List:
Window Washing throughout the building
A donation to service the vacuum cleaners of the building
Finisher Carpenter help to install interior door trim
Hardware sorting in the scene shop
Volunteers to haul away boxes of scrap lumber for burn piles
If interested in helping with any of these tasks please send your name and
contact information to [email protected]
WANTED:
A volunteer “handy person” for occasional
help in the props room. No major time
commitment involved. If you are gifted at
wielding a screw gun or hammer, you’d be
a perfect fit! Please contact MTG at
(715) 231-7529 and leave a message for
Robin, props chairperson.
