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Cast Announced for WHEN WE ARE MARRIED at Beechmont Players

BPI_logoThe cast includes:

  • Lily Deye as Ruby Birtle
  • Bryce Willson as Gerald Forbes
  • Faye Crawford as Mrs. Northrup
  • Ray Smith as Fred Dyson
  • Jennifer Moore as Nancy Holmes
  • Eric Day as Henry Ormonroyd
  • Terry Gosdin as Joe Helliwell
  • Richelle Roth as Maria Helliwell
  • Mark Metzner as Councillor Albert Parker
  • Amy Stier as Annie Parker
  • jef brown as Herbert Soppitt
  • Jody Hart as Lottie Grady
  • Steve Phelan as Reverend Clement Mercer
  • Jennifer Keith as Clara Soppitt

Directed by Cathy Roesener, WHEN WE ARE MARRIED will be presented by Beechmont Players May 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 8pm and May 12 and 19 at 3pm at the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Road in Anderson Twp. For tickets, call 233-2468 or go to beechmontplayers.org.

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2018-2019 Season Announced by Beechmont Players

BPI_logoBeechmont Players is proud to announce their 2018-2019 season:

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
Adapted by Marisha Chamberlain from the story by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Steve Phelan
July 27, 2018 to August 4, 2018

WIDDERSHINS
By Don Nigro
Directed by jef brown
October 19-27, 2018

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE RADIO PLAY
Adapted by Joe Landry
Directed by Jerry Wiesenhahn
December 14, 15, 16, 2018

FATHER OF THE BRIDE
By Caroline Franke
Directed by Jim Waldfogle
February 15-23, 2019

OVER THE TAVERN
By Tom Dudzik
Directed by Richard Zenk
May 3-11, 2019

All performances will be at the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Road in Anderson Township.

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Auditions Announced for WHEN WE ARE MARRIED at Beechmont Players

BPI_logoBeechmont Players announces auditions for WHEN WE ARE MARRIED by J.B. Priestly with six performances from May 11-19, 2018 at Anderson Center.

Audition dates/times:  Sunday, January 7 from 2-4 PM and Monday, January 8 from 7-9PM

Audition location: Cherry Grove United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, lower level, 1428 Eight Mile Rd, Anderson Township

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

A resume with photo is preferred, but all auditionees should bring a resume along with your conflicts for the period February 26 – May 19.

Summary: Twenty-five years ago, three young couples were married on the same day by the same newly ordained parson.  Now pillars of the community, the couples gather to celebrate their anniversary. Pandemonium breaks out and relationships are hilariously re-evaluated when they discover that at the time of their marriage, the parson wasn’t yet legally licensed—and they’ve been living in sin!

CAST with stage ages:

Female roles:

  • Ruby Birtle:  A cheeky maid-of-all-work, 15
  • Mrs. Northrop: A gossipy, grumpy old cook
  • Nancy Holmes:  A young lady in her 20’s, love interest for Forbes
  • Maria Helliwell: The Alderman’s wife, 45-55 year old
  • Clara Soppit:  A noisy, domineering 45-55 year old, wife of Herbert
  • Lottie Grady:  A flashy, middle-aged barmaid
  • Annie Parker:  The councillor’s long suffering wife, 45-55 year old

Male roles:

  • Gerald Forbes:  The church organist, a young man in his 20’s
  • Fred Dyson:  A cheeky youngish newspaper reporter
  • Henry Ormonroyd:  A middle-aged, boozy newspaper photographer
  • Alderman Joseph Helliwell: A pompous 45-55 year old, proud of his lofty position
  • Councillor Albert Parker:  A conceited 45-55 year old
  • Herbert Soppit:  A henpecked 45-55 year old
  • Reverend Clement Mercer:  the middle-aged local parson

Questions? Contact the director Cathy Roesener at c.a.roesener@gmail.com or 513-231-8558.

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Cast Announced for SUITE SURRENDER at Beechmont Players Inc.

BPI_logoBeechmont Players, Inc. is very pleased to announce the cast of SUITE SURRENDER:

  • Athena — Lori Valentine
  • Claudia — Erin Russell
  • Murphy — Elizabeth L. Taylor
  • Francis — Jay Gossett
  • Otis — Mason Parker
  • Dora — Brieanne Sheehan (B-Marie Baker)
  • Mr. Dunlap — Gary Glass
  • Mrs. Osgood — Samantha Toberman
  • Mr. Pippet — Phil Clary

It’s 1942 and two feuding Hollywood divas have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel. Everything seems to be in order for their performances at a wartime benefit … that is, until they are somehow booked into the same hotel suite. Close encounters, mistaken identities, overblown egos, double entendres and a lap dog named Mr. Boodles round out this hilarious riot of a love note to the classic farces of the 30s and 40s.

Directed by Laura Berkemeier. Production dates are February 16-24.

For more information visit http://beechmontplayers.org.

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THE FOREIGNER Runs Oct. 20-28

BPI_The Foreigner logoTHE FOREIGNER
Beechmont Players Inc.
Oct. 20-28
Anderson Center

Directed by Richard Zenk

Cast: Peggy Allen as Betty Meeks, Chris Bishop as David Marshall Lee, Evan Blanton as Ellard Simms, Erica Cohen as Catherine Simms, Alan Kootsher as Charlie Baker, Joe Kozak as Owen Musser & Tim Rogers as Froggy LeSueur

In this hilarious farce, an incredibly shy young man tries to avoid social interactions by pretending to be a foreigner who speaks no English. As people speak freely around him, he learns a variety of secrets—some frivolous and some dangerous. He also discovers an adventurous extrovert hidden within himself, setting up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously wrong for the wicked, while the virtuous emerge triumphant.

  • Fri-Sat, Oct. 20-21 at 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 22 at 3pm
  • Fri, Oct. 27 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 28 at 3pm & 8pm

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