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August 27, 2015 · 8:32 am

Cast Announced for PICNIC at Footlighters Inc.

FLI_logoThe Footlighters, Inc. is excited to announce the cast of PICNIC Playing January 14 – 30, 2016.

  • Hal – Justin Spencer
  • Madge – Amanda Emmons-Shumate
  • Flo – Kristy Rucker
  • Millie – Erin Miller
  • Alan – Sam Kerns
  • Helen – Linda Roll
  • Rosemary – Rose Vanden Eynden
  • Howard – Chris Bishop
  • Bomber – Andrew Ornelas
  • Irma – Gretchen Gantner
  • Christine – Ilona Piaskowy

PICNIC is directed by Dennis Murphy.

For more information visit http://www.footlighters.org/show.php?show_id=53048

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August 1, 2015 · 9:57 am

Top Stories for July 2015

TCT_logoListed below are the top 25 stories for July 2015. Breaking it down, there are ten auditions notices, five cast lists, four press releases, three production pages, two casting calls, two season announcements, and one review. (Yes, that totals 27 as there were two ties. 🙂 )

  1. Casting Call for Skyline Chili TV Commercial
  2. The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s 2015-2016 Mainstage Season Auditions
  3. Cast Announced for MARY POPPINS at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
  4. Exciting Changes Afoot at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati
  5. Cast Announced for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING at The Footlighters
    2016 Season Announced at La Comedia Dinner Theatre
  6. Cast Announced for BONNIE AND CLYDE at Sunset Players
  7. Cast Announced for RENT at Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre
  8. Auditions Announced for A CHRISTMAS STORY The Musical at La Comedia Dinner Theatre
  9. 1776 Review
  10. Auditions Announced for THE WIZARD OF OZ presented by The Carnegie
  11. 2015-2016 Season Announced by Miami University
  12. Auditions Announced for THE DINNER DETECTIVE Cincinnati
  13. 2015-2016 Season Auditions Announced for Dare to Defy Productions
  14. Auditions Announced for JEKYLL & HYDE at Loveland Stage Company
  15. Teaching Positions Available at Indian Hill Performing Arts
  16. Theatre Company Finds New Home in Northside
  17. MARY POPPINS Runs Aug. 6-15
  18. 1776 Runs July 8-26
  19. Auditions Announced for JUNIE B. IN JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS at CenterStage Players
  20. Auditions Announced for BYE BYE LIVER by 628 Productions
    2014-2015 Southwest Regional OCTAFest Awards
  21. Cast Announced for SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS at Mariemont Players
  22. Auditions Announced for CURTAINS at Lebanon Theatre Company
  23. Auditions Announced for PICNIC by The Footlighters Inc.
  24. CCM Drama – Amazing Changes
  25. 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL Runs Aug. 12-30

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July 21, 2015 · 12:03 am

Cast Announced for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING at The Footlighters

FLI_logoThe Footlighters are excited to announce the cast and production team for the first show of our 2015-16 season, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

Cast:

  • J.Pierrepont Finch – Robert Breslin
  • Rosemary – Caitlin Ingram
  • J.B. Biggley – Steve Phelan
  • Bud Frump – Jeff Surber
  • Smitty – Jen Drake
  • Miss. Jones – Liz Ingram
  • Mr. Twimble – Chuck Ingram
  • Heddy LaRue – Pam Blessing
  • Mr. Bratt – Chris Tully
  • Mr. Gatch – George Fee
  • Miss.Krumholtz – Mary Ann Smith
  • Wally Womper – Chuck Ingram
  • Mr. Jenkins – Justin Stallkamp
  • Mr. Tackaberry – Steve Russell
  • Mr. Johnson – Shane Talbott
  • Mr. Mathews – Alan Johnson
  • Mr. Peterson – Trevor Tackett
  • Mr. Toynbee – Sam Johnson
  • Mr. Davis – Clayton Castle
  • Mr. Ovington – Earl Lehkamp
  • Fred – Carson Kruml
  • George – Nick McDonough

Ladies Ensemble –

  • Jenni Sheets
  • Maggie Ingram King
  • Eva Hernandez
  • Ruth Cachoua
  • Hannah Johnson
  • Caitlin Brown
  • Leslie Gaudreau
    Natasha Boeckman

Production Team:

  • Producers – Freida Houck, Lee Osborne, Karen Schulte
  • Director – Robert Weidle
  • Music Director – Alan Masters
  • Vocal Director – Todd Florin
  • Choreographer – Jerry Wiesenhahn
  • Stage Manager – Janet Wisner
  • Asst. Stage Manager – Amie Marmer
  • Set Designer – Eric Bardes
  • Lighting Desinger – Missi Malone
  • Master Carpenters – Gary Fruwirth and Ron Houck
  • Sound Designer – Brendan Classen
  • Costume Desinger – Dee Dunn
  • Props Master – Michelle Burdette
  • Photographer – Jim Osborne

Production dates are Oct. 22-Nov. 7. For more information visit http://www.footlighters.org/

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July 16, 2015 · 7:13 pm

Auditions Announced for PICNIC by The Footlighters Inc.

FLI_logoFootlighters is proud to announce auditions for

PICNIC
By William Inge
Directed by Dennis Murphy

AUGUST 10 and 11 From 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Call Backs will be AUGUST 13, 2015 Starting at 7:00pm

  • Auditions will consist of readings from the script.
  • Also bring a resume and head shot along with a short bio.

Show Dates are January 14 – 30, 2016

Sign up for an audition time:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0448aeae2babfc1-audition1

Please indicate role(s) you are auditioning for.

Description:

In William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize winning “summer romance”, a handsome young drifter stirs up passions in a small Midwestern town during preparations for a Labor Day picnic. Sensual, charming, passionate and delightfully funny, PICNIC is a timeless American classic about life, about love, about dreams…and about the line between restraint and desire. “In a small town, all dreams seem big…”

Characters:

  • Flo Owens – mother to Madge and Millie, stage age 40. Flo has struggled to keep her daughters fed and clothed after their father left them. She hopes Madge will marry Alan, and have the charmed life she didn’t have.
  • Madge – Flo’s pretty older daughter, stage age 18. Madge struggles with being the girl on a pedestal everyone wants her to be and finding out what she really wants.
  • Millie – Flo’s younger tomboyish daughter, stage age 15. Smart, opinionated and living in Madge’s shadow, Millie struggles with finding her own identity.
  • Helen Potts – Flo’s neighbor, stage age 60’s. Sweet and generous, close to the Owens family. Bears the weight of caring for her be-ridden mother.
  • Rosemary Sydney – Flo’s tenant, schoolteacher, stage age 40-55. The “queen bee” of the maiden schoolteachers. Likes to dress well and be the life of the party.
  • Irma Kronkite – schoolteacher, stage age 30-42. Rosemary’s loud, boisterous friend.
  • Christine Schoenwalder – schoolteacher, stage age 28-40. New to town buts fits right in with Rosemary’s gang.
  • Hal Carter *- drifter, former college football star, stage age 20. Though Hal is rough around the corners, he has a charm and natural sexuality that make him popular with women.
  • Alan Seymour – Madge’s boyfriend, town rich-boy and fraternity brother of Hal’s, stage age 20. Alan is smart and has good manners and adores Madge.
  • Howard Bevins – Rosemary’s boyfriend, local shop owner, stage age 40-60. Howard is an easy going bachelor who is more interested in his store than romance and likes things between Rosemary and him just the way they are.
  • Bomber – newspaper boy, stage age 15. Obnoxious teenage boy.

*The role of Hal has been pre-cast.

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June 28, 2015 · 12:21 pm

2014-2015 Orchid Awards for Footlighters Inc.

FLI_logoLITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

  • Excellence in Choreography – Arlene Borock-Balczo
  • Excellence in Ensemble – Jim Curtis & Cast
  • Excellence in Ensemble – Pam Blessing, Emily Carroll-Martin & Aubrey Wilson
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Joe Hornbaker as Mr. Mushnik
  • Excellence in Overall Performance Quality – Jim Curtis
  • Excellence in Producing – Mary Stone & Janet Wisney
  • Excellence in Set Design – Scott Baker
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Amie Marmer & Janet Wisner

LITTLE WOMEN

  • Excellence in Ensemble – Jerry Wiesenhaun & Cast
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Katie Sullivan as Jo
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Megan Hudson as Beth
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance -Bill Geraghty as Mr. March
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance -Deana Tully as Marmee
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Charlie Harper as Professor Bhaer
  • Excellence in Vocal Direction – Xan Waddell Jeffery

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS

  • Excellence in Choreography – Arlene Borock-Balczo
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Megan & Jack Williams
  • Excellence in Direction – David Radtke
  • Excellence in Ensemble – David Radtke & Cast
  • Excellence in Musical Direction – Alan Masters
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Deana Tully as Mona
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Jon Vater as Sheriff Dodd
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Robert Weidle as Melvin P. Thorpe
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Lynn Ollman as Doatsy Mae
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Joy Rolland-Oba as Jewel
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Jules Schumate as Angel
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Megan Hudson as Shy
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance -Clayton Castle, Nick Castle, Brandon Dunphy, Robert Fields, Nick Horton, Justin Stallkamp, Jeff Surber & Chris Toney as The Aggies
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Bill Geraghty as Governor
  • Excellence in Orchestra Performance – Alan Masters and the Orchestra
  • Excellence in Set Construction – Gary Fruhwirth, Ron Houck & Crew
  • Excellence in Set Design – Eric Bardes
  • Excellence in Vocal Direction – Robin Baker

THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Kimberly Boyle as Nikki Crandall
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Anne Wrider as Bernice Roth
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Catherine Ross
  • Excellence in House – Paula & Bob Breslin
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – Karen Franxman
  • Excellence in Overall Technical Quality – Emily Carroll-Martin & Jim Racster
  • Excellence in Producing – Emily Carroll-Martin & Jim Racster
  • Excellence in Set Construction – Scott Baker & Crew
  • Excellence in Set Design – Amanda Emmons
  • Excellence in Sound Design – Chris Walsh

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