Whole Theatre

Well, we packed em in again, and had a very fun night for everyone.  January 28, 2012.  Here’s the details:

Theme:  Wait For It!

The shows, directors, casts: (photos by bud branch)

The Body

By: Matthew Minnicino
Directed by: John Holdren
CAST (in order of appearance)
Chris Baumer
Gavin Rohrer
Dannika Lewis
Mitch Voss

Wait For It

By: Kate Monaghan
Directed by: Gary White
CAST (in order of appearance)
Martyn Kyle
Kara Dawson
Brad Frazier
Tim McNamara

This Is No Hello

By: Mendy St. Ours
Directed by: Dorothy Kohlligian
CAST (in order of appearance)
Chris Baumer
Shawnna Pledger
Michael Durland
Amy Barrick

Reign: The Musical

By: Edward Warwick
Directed by: Marianne Kubik
PIANO: Kip McCharen
CAST (in order of appearance)
Marty Moore
Leslie Baskfield
Dale Marshall
Chris Baumer

Put a Shirt Over My Face

By: Ty Cooper
Directed by: Kerry Moran
CAST (in order of appearance)
Steven Levine
Larry Goldstein
Edwina Herring
Sara Shotwell

Served

By: Sean Hirabayashi
Directed by: Tracie Skipper
CAST (in order of appearance)
Claire Chandler
Chris Estey
Emma Duncan
Katy Walker
Kate Tooley

Measured in Dog Years

By: Karen Ratzlaff
Directed by: Fran Sackett
CAST (in order of appearance)
Sara Holdren
Phil Hurst

And the amazing Crew:

Producer & Host……………….……Ray Nedzel
Technical Director…………………Will Slusher
Stage Manager……………….……..Kristin Wenger
Sound Design & Operator..…….Peter Fish
Light Design……………………………Heather Hutton
Light Assistant………………………..Joe Monaghan
Costume Design……………………..Amy Goffman
……………………………………………..Linda Zuby
Costume assistant…………………..Jacquie Bay Slusher
Props Design….……………………….Lisa Grant
……………………………………………..Abigail Wiebe
Light Board Operator……………..Bob Button
Running Crew…………………………J. Stoll
…………………………………………….Mike Ustica
Box Office ……………………………..Charlotte Drummond
……………………………………………..Ernie Reed
House Managers…………………….Michael Swanberg
……………………………………………..Tom Raney
…………………………………………….Leo Arico
Concession Managers…………….Si Becker
…………………………………………….Ruth Becker
Utility Player………………………….Peter Gunter

Where do you find these people?

Well, on January 28, 2012, you’ll find them on stage in 24/7 at Live Arts, Downtown Charlottesville.  We’ve had talented line ups before, but, I mean, come on, look at this group:

Get your tickets soon… [LiveArts.org] … shows will sell out.  Just sayin’.

• Katy Walker – v
• Claire McGurk Chandler – v
• Sara Shotwell – v
• Dannika Lewis – v
• Leslie Baskfield
• Sarah Holdren
• Edwina Herring
• Amy Barrick – v
• Kate Tooley – v
• Emma Leigh Duncan – v
• Marty Moore
• Sandi Carroll – v
• Dale Marshall – v
• Shawnna Pledger – v
• Brad Fraizer – v
• Phil Hurst – v
• Scott Dunn – v
• Larry Goldstein – v
• Gavin Rohrer – v
• Tim McNamara – v
• Michael Durland
• Mitch Voss – v
• Martyn Kyle
• Steven Levine

v = virgin = first time acting in 24/7

 

 

Here’s the directorial line up for January 28, 2012 at Live Arts.

Now, this is some good direction.  This line up is like a GPS meets Google Maps meets a Garmin.

Wait, a Garmin is a GPS.  Well, you get the point.

From first time director to the most prolific director in Virginia, you’re in for an exciting trip.

• John Holdren – v
• Dorothy Kohlligian
• Kerry Moran – v
• Gary White – v
• Tracie Skipper – v
• Marianne Kubik
• Fran Smith – v

Yeah, that’s right, Fran Smith.

v = virgin = first time directing for 24/7.

 

For our forth year runnin’, we just keep gettin’ talent showin’ up at our door.  We have 6 new playwrights and 1 back for a reprise.

Happy, happy, wild joy to see what this group of overnight scribes delivers.

• Ty Cooper
• Shawn Hirabayashi
• Matthew Minnicino
• Kate Monaghan
• Karen Ratzlaff
• Mendy St. Ours
• Edward Warwick

Come see the 24 hour fully produced plays on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Live Arts — in the big theatre.

Seven playwrights will write a 10 minute play based on a theme, random cast requirements, and audience suggestions.

How do we do it?  Read on MacDuff >>

 

We, we, we so excited!  We so excited!

Look at this line up of on stage talent.  Actors for CrazyBusy.  Folks who signed up to perform the plays of local playwrights without even knowing what the plays would be.

Oh, and not just one play, 33 plays in 55 minutes.

Wow.  Doff your hats in respect.

CrazyBusy Actors:

• Chris Baumer
• Clair Chandler
• Nick Heidershadt
• Edwina Herring
• Tim Macnamara
• Marty Moore
• Julian Oquendo
• Angela Kay Pirko
• Sara Shotwell
• Miller Murray Susen
• Napoleon Tavale
• Katy Walker

Well, we packed em in again.  And it was a glorious night with 7 wonderful plays created, rehearsed and performed in, you know it, 24 hours.  The Theme was, “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!”  And, here’s the line up:

24-7-2011 Illumination

Illumination

by Sara Holdren

directed by Jenny Mikulski

starring:

Andrew Cronacher, Chris Estey, Jeanette Williams, and Lydia Horan

inspiration:

Pointlessly Over-educated

24-7-2011 Inside Voice

Inside Voice

by Larry Goldstein

directed by Kay Leigh Ferguson

starring: Chris Patrick, Miller Susen, and Boomie Pederson

inspiration:

Inside Voice Please

24-7-2011 Critters-a-Twinkle

Critters-A-Twinkle

by Tyrone Cooper

directed by Matt Joslyn

starring:

Lisa Grant and Al Hoover

inspiration:

Twinkle-toes Marathon

Backstage

Evenflo Comfort Select

by lance Stewart

directed by Brodrick Jones

starring:

Andrew Sara Elshelman, Leslie Baskfield, Megan Randall, Bonnie Grubbs, and Micheal Horan

inspiration:

Book, Computer, Diapers

backstage: Who Is Angie

Who is Angie? Or Three Small Women

by Joe Brady

directed by Clinton Johston

starring:

Marty Moore, Edwina Herring, and Mendy St. Ours

inspiration:

Middle School Drama

rehearsal: A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time

by Jen Downey

directed by Scott Dunn

starring:

Alex Grubbs, Kerry Moran, Randall Wilkerson, and Martyn Kyle

inspiration:

Organization and Procrastination

J. in scene shop - painting a cube

Good News Pizza

by Denise Stewart

directed by Stephanie Pistello

starring:

Jenny Mead, Kevin O’Donnell, and Chris Baumer

inspiration:

No Waiter Experience

Hello,  casting directors?   You can’t handle this cast.   How the hell will all this talent fit in one event.

I can’t wait to see in what yet-to-be-written-roles they are randomly cast:

• Sara Eshelman – 3P
• Lisa Grant – 3P
• Boomie Pederson – V
• Bonnie Grubbs
• Edwina Herring – V
• Jeannette Williams -V
• Jenny Mead – N
• Marty Moore -V
• Kerry Moran
• Leslie M. Baskfeild -V
• Lydia Horan -V
• Mendy St. Ours
• Katy Walker -V
• Miller Susen – V
• Megan Randall -V
• Al Hoover – TT
• Chris Baumer -3P
• Chris Estey
• Alex Grubbs
• Andrew Cronacher – V
• Randall Wilkerson – V
• Kevin O’Donnell - V
• Michael Horan – V
• Martyn Kyle – V
• Chris Patrick – V

ThreePeats, Tripple Threats, and Virgins (new to 24/7).  Codes and definitions here:

http://wholetheatre.org/2010/12/threepeats-tripple-threats-and-virgins/