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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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June 15, 2015 · 1:27 pm

Auditions Announced for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING at Footlighters Inc.

FLI_logoJULY 13 and 14, 7pm to 10pm
Call Backs, July 15 at 7pm

  • Sign up for audition time: http://bit.ly/Audition_HowToSucceed
  • 16 to 32 Measures of a song that best shows your vocal abilities
  • Prepare a 1 minute comedic monologue
  • You may be asked to do a cold reading from the script
  • Dress comfortable & bring shoes to learn a dance combination

Show Dates are October 22 through November 7, 2015.

Rehearsals will begin Mid-August.

Directed By – Robert Weidle
Produced By – Freida Houck, Lee Osborn & Karen Schulte
Music Direction By – Alan Masters
Vocal Direction By – Todd Florin
Choreography By – Jerry Weisenhahn

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May 3, 2015 · 6:44 pm

The Footlighters, Inc. Presents THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS Thursday, May 14-30, 2015

FLI_Best Little Whorehouse in Texas logoTHE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
Book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson
Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall
Based on a story by Larry L. King

Directed by David Radtke

This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona’s cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.

Performances
The Footlighters, Inc. ends it’s season of Little Mysteries with THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS at The Footlighters’ Stained Glass Theatre, located at 8th & York Streets in Newport, Kentucky.

Performances begin Thursday May 14, 2015, and run through Saturday May 30, 2015. Thursday through Saturday performances begin at 8pm; Sunday performances are 2pm matinees.  The third week includes an extra Wednesday night performance on May 27, 2015 at 8pm.  All tickets are $20.  Group rates are available for 10 or more.  For information and/or to purchase tickets, please call (859)652-3849 or buy online at www.footlighters.org.  Visa and Mastercard are accepted.

Footlighters, Inc.
Footlighters, Inc. has presented performances in the Greater Cincinnati area over the past 51 years.  The group is noted for producing quality community theatre productions of primarily musical comedies and bought its own facility in 1987. The Stained Glass Theatre, a former church, is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a Kentucky landmark.

Join us for our 2015/2016 Season of Timeless Classics which includes How to Succeed in Business Without really Trying, Picnic, Jesus Christ Superstar and My Way A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra.

Learn more at our website www.footlighters.org or become a friend on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Footlighters-Inc/287519888305.

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