Footlighters, Inc. is so excited to announce our 2024-2025 season!
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Directed by Dennis Murphy
September 19-October 6, 2024
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Directed by Megan Horton
December 5-21, 2024
ALTAR BOYZ
Directed by Bunny Arszman
February 13-March 2, 2025
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Directed by Jerry Wiesenhahn
May 1-18, 2025
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Omigod you guys!
Footlighters, Inc. is so excited to announce the cast of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL!
Tickets are on sale now at Footlighters.org/legallyblonde.
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It is with heavy hearts that Footlighters announces the passing of one of our founding members, the incomparable Mary Haas.
Mary was an accomplished director, actor, grant writer, fundraiser, and lifetime board member of Footlighters. Along with her beloved husband Don, the Houcks, and Mario Pitocco, she was part of the group that purchased the Salem United Methodist Church that became Footlighters’ beautiful Stained Glass Theatre. Mary was a champion of all community theater and an integral part of ACT Cincinnati, OCTA, as well as Village Players of Fort Thomas for many years. We are forever grateful for her contributions, both artistically and financially, to Footlighters.
We would not be the organization we are today without her. We miss her already.
Service information to follow.
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THE MUSIC MAN
Footlighters, Inc.
Nov. 30-Dec. 17
Stained Glass Theatre [Newport]
Directed by Douglas Berlon
Produced by Tom Peters
Cast: Fred Tacon as Harold Hill, Jackie Miesle as Marion Paroo, Evan Blanton as Marcellus Washburn, Molly Simpson as Ethel Toffelmier, Jennifer Day as Mrs. Paroo, Calloway Brinkman as Winthrop Paroo, James Curtis as Mayor Shinn, Debbi Berlon as Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Hannah Richardson as Zaneeta Shinn, Jenna Uterstaedt as Gracie Shinn, Harold Murphy as Ewart Dunlop, Laurie Brinkman as Maud Dunlop, Hans Hansen as Oliver Hix, Hannah Dube as Alma Hix, Joey Domhoff as Jacey Squires, Aimee Ward as Mrs. Squires, D’Waughn Hazzard as Olin Britt, Phoenix Bills as Tommy Djilas, Maggie Zink as Amaryllis, Fred Hunt as Charlie Cowell, Matt Miller as Constable Locke & George Fee as Train Conductor
Traveling Salespeople: Matt Miller, Travis Ryan, Julia Hasl Miller & Holly Sauerbrunn
Ensemble: Susie Hurst, Tabitha Blanton, Cora Hall, Ava Hall, Ally Van Haaren & Elizabeth Travnik
The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize– despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic, and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best.
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NEWPORT, KY — There’s trouble in River City when a silver-tongued salesman comes to town and gets his heart stolen by the town librarian as The Footlighters, Inc., presents the second show of its 60th anniversary season, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man.
The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize—despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. Will his plan to skip town with the cash be foiled when he falls for Marian, the town’s librarian? By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic, and touching, and with its nostalgic score of rousing marches, barbershop quartets, and sentimental ballads, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best.
Not only is The Music Man family friendly, Footlighters’ production is definitely a “family affair” with a cast full of family members sharing the stage with one another. Tabitha Blanton takesthe stage for the first time with her husband, Evan Blanton, in her Footlighters debut. Board president Jen Day gets to act alongside daughter Hannah Richardson and great nieces Ava and Cora Hall, while her sister Greta Manolis helps backstage with costumes. Husband and wife Matt and Julia Hasl Miller return to the Footlighters’ stage for the first time since 1997’s Pirates of Penzance, and lastly, although he’s not onstage, Douglas Berlon gets to direct wife Debbi Berlon in what is undoubtedly a role reversal of their home life!
Performances:
Tickets: $25 each and available online at footlighters.org/tickets or by contacting the box office via text at (859) 652-3849 or FootlightersTickets@gmail.com.
The Footlighters, Inc., has been producing quality community theater shows in Greater Cincinnati for 60 years. The group was established in 1963 by a small group of community theater volunteers who wanted to bring theater opportunities to the west side of Cincinnati.
In 1987, the group bought the Salem United Methodist Church in Newport and transformed it into The Stained Glass Theatre. The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a Kentucky landmark. In September of 2021, Footlighters completed the third and final phase of their accessibility project by adding ADA-compliant seating in their theater to complement the ADA ramp and elevator installed in 2017 and 2018, allowing access for all patrons with limited mobility.
For more information, please visit footlighters.org or like The Footlighters, Inc., on Facebook.
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