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April 13, 2016 · 6:02 am

SCOTT AND HEM Runs May 12-15

MATC_Scott and Hem logoSCOTT AND HEM
Mad Anthony Theatre Company
May 12-15
Fitton Center [Hamilton]

Directed and produced by Adam Drake

Cast: Thurman Allen as Ernest Hemmingway, Peter Merten as Scott Fitzgerald & Jen Drake as Eve Montaigne

The year is 1937, and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is holed up in a Hollywood villa, trying to finish a screenplay and stay on the wagon while a raucous July 4th party unfolds beneath his balcony. When Ernest Hemingway enters, the real fireworks begin. Their encounter sparks a rambling conversation that ranges from alcoholism and insanity to death and homosexuality. Their egos are larger than the Hollywoodland sign outside the window. They drop names and one-liners. But for all their swagger and luster, the two writers are haunted by the nagging fear that they are out of words. Scott and Hem is a drama about the cost of love, friendship, and the price of being a writer.

  • Thu-Sat, May 12-14 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 15 at 2pm

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April 11, 2016 · 7:21 am

The Mad Anthony Theatre Company Seeks Set Designer for SCOTT & HEM

MATCThe Mad Anthony Theatre Company is seeking a set designer for its final production of the 2015-2016 season, SCOTT AND HEM.  This is PAID POSITION.  The set is a simple interior set and all materials will be provided.  Compensation is for the design.  Additional compensation can be provided if the designer is able to build the set as well.

Please contact the producer/director Adam Drake at ajdrake1@gmail.com.

SCOTT AND HEM will be performed May 12-15, 2016 at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio.  Tickets are only $10.00 + fees and can be purchased online at www.fittoncenter.org.

The year is 1937, and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is holed up in a Hollywood villa, trying to finish a screenplay and stay on the wagon while a raucous July 4th party unfolds beneath his balcony. When Ernest Hemingway enters, the real fireworks begin. Their encounter sparks a rambling conversation that ranges from alcoholism and insanity to death and homosexuality. Their egos are larger than the Hollywoodland sign outside the window. They drop names and one-liners. But for all their swagger and luster, the two writers are haunted by the nagging fear that they are out of words. Scott and Hem is a drama about the cost of love, friendship, and the price of being a writer.

Event Sponsor – Sara Carruthers

Mad Anthony is the Fitton Center’s resident theatre company. It includes a team of semi-professional directors, designers and actors. They provide theatrical productions, which include controversial issues that provide entertainment and provoke thought and feature new writing and emerging talent.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is a not-for-profit community arts center featuring a variety of programs, including: visual and performing arts classes, exhibitions, entertainment and theater productions for all ages. The Fitton Center’s purpose is to provide unique arts experiences and to “build community excellence through arts and culture.” The Fitton Center would like to extend its gratitude to ArtsWave, the Hamilton Community Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

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March 13, 2016 · 8:07 am

Cast Announced for SCOTT & HEM at Mad Anthony Theatre Company

MATCThe Mad Anthony Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast of its final production of the 2015-2016 season, SCOTT AND HEM.

  • ERNEST HEMINGWAY – Thurman Allen
  • SCOTT FITZGERALD – Peter Merten
  • EVE MONTAIGNE – Jen Drake

Produced and directed by Adam Drake

SCOTT AND HEM will be performed May 12-15, 2016 at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio.  Tickets are only $10.00 + fees and can be purchased online at www.fittoncenter.org.

The year is 1937, and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is holed up in a Hollywood villa, trying to finish a screenplay and stay on the wagon while a raucous July 4th party unfolds beneath his balcony. When Ernest Hemingway enters, the real fireworks begin. Their encounter sparks a rambling conversation that ranges from alcoholism and insanity to death and homosexuality. Their egos are larger than the Hollywoodland sign outside the window. They drop names and one-liners. But for all their swagger and luster, the two writers are haunted by the nagging fear that they are out of words. Scott and Hem is a drama about the cost of love, friendship, and the price of being a writer.

Event Sponsor – Sara Carruthers

Mad Anthony is the Fitton Center’s resident theatre company. It includes a team of semi-professional directors, designers and actors. They provide theatrical productions, which include controversial issues that provide entertainment and provoke thought and feature new writing and emerging talent.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is a not-for-profit community arts center featuring a variety of programs, including: visual and performing arts classes, exhibitions, entertainment and theater productions for all ages. The Fitton Center’s purpose is to provide unique arts experiences and to “build community excellence through arts and culture.” The Fitton Center would like to extend its gratitude to ArtsWave, the Hamilton Community Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

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March 4, 2016 · 6:50 am

Actor Needed for SCOTT AND HEM at Mad Anthony Theatre Company

MATCThe Mad Anthony Theatre Company is seeking a male actor for their final production of the 2015-2016 Season, SCOTT AND HEM.

Role to be filled:

  • ERNEST HEMINGWAY (35-45years of age)

If interested, please send a resume and a headshot to the director, Adam Drake at ajdrake1@gmail.com.

Please note: The actor needed for this role should have some characteristics of Ernest Hemingway circa 1937.  Rehearsals will begin the week of March 21, 2016.  THIS IS A PAID ROLE.

SCOTT AND HEM
May 12-15, 2016

The year is 1937, and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is holed up in a Hollywood villa, trying to finish a screenplay and stay on the wagon while a raucous July 4th party unfolds beneath his balcony. When Ernest Hemingway enters, the real fireworks begin. Their encounter sparks a rambling conversation that ranges from alcoholism and insanity to death and homosexuality. Their egos are larger than the Hollywoodland sign outside the window. They drop names and one-liners. But for all their swagger and luster, the two writers are haunted by the nagging fear that they are out of words. Scott and Hem is a drama about the cost of love, friendship, and the price of being a writer.

Event Sponsor – Sara Carruthers

Mad Anthony is the Fitton Center’s resident theatre company. It includes a team of semi-professional directors, designers and actors. They provide theatrical productions, which include controversial issues that provide entertainment and provoke thought and feature new writing and emerging talent.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is a not-for-profit community arts center featuring a variety of programs, including: visual and performing arts classes, exhibitions, entertainment and theater productions for all ages. The Fitton Center’s purpose is to provide unique arts experiences and to “build community excellence through arts and culture.” The Fitton Center would like to extend its gratitude to ArtsWave, the Hamilton Community Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

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February 2, 2016 · 5:27 am

Mad Anthony Goes CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM

MATC_Camping with Henry and Tom logoHamilton, Ohio – Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Warren G. Harding crash their Model T into a tree – it’s not the set-up to a punchline, but rather the opening scene of Mad Anthony Theatre’s latest production. The Fitton Center’s resident theatre company stages CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM Feb. 18 to 21.

Inspired by a much-publicized 1921 trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, playwright Mark St. Germain ponders what might have happened if the three famous figures got lost in the woods, free to drop their public facades. President Harding wants to be with his mistress, industrialist Henry Ford wants to be President, and inventor Thomas Edison wonders how the three end up together on a camping trip in the Maryland woods. Exploring friendship, politics and leadership, Camping with Henry and Tom is a comedic and dramatic clash of two great minds and one great heart of the twentieth century.

“It’s a very witty play – the dialogue is quite clever, and there’s so much to work with in the characters,” Director Henry Cepluch said. “It was first staged in 1995, and set in 1921, but the sharp and insightful observations hold true 20 – or 95 – years later.”

Cepluch is retiring as artistic director of Mad Anthony this season; this will be his final production.

Tickets are $10. Thank you to series sponsor The Michael J. Colligan History Project at Miami University, event sponsors Judge Jack and Shirley Moser, and Sara Carruthers for providing series marketing support.

Prior to opening night, the Colligan History Project will present the latest event in its Staging the Past series Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 7:30pm, as living history performer Hank Fincken assumes the persona of automobile mogul Henry Ford in the interactive play Henry Ford: Fit to a “T.” This event is free and open to the public.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is a not-for-profit community arts center featuring a variety of programs, including: visual and performing arts classes, exhibitions, entertainment and theater productions for all ages. The Fitton Center’s purpose is to provide unique arts experiences and to “build community excellence through arts and culture.” The Fitton Center would like to extend its gratitude to ArtsWave, the Hamilton Community Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

 

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