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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Tree County Players
June 25-29
[Greensburg, Ind.]

Directed by Tyler Wachsmann & Megan Gehrich

Cast: Kegan Main as Quasimodo, Hannah Giesting as Esmerelda, Tyler Coy as Clopin, Drew Soendlin as Phoebus, Ben Abrams as Jehan, Adam Mack as St. Aphrodisius, Tyler Wachsmann as Frollo, Shayleigh Berkheimer as Florika, Gena Mack as Madam, Dylan Powers as Dupin/Official/Frederick & Ben Abrams as King Louie
Congregants, Gargoyles, Townspeople: Sophie Wesseler, Sadie Wachsmann, Lainey Brunker, Mary Bartley, Paige Gauck, Debbie Young, Hope Barker, Logan Soendlin, Megan Gehrich, Cathy Lincourt, Caitlin Lincourt

Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces storytheatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel. The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be “Out There,” observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the gypsies – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all.

• Tue-Fri, June 25-28 at 7pm
• Sat, June 29 at 2pm

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SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Tree County Players
April 25-28
[Greensburg Ind.]

Directed by Bill Rethlake

Cast: John Basler as Burl, Angela Greene as Vera, Tonya Downey as June, Karen Smith as Stella, Corden Simmonds as Denis, Madison Smith as Denise & Debbie Young as Ms. Maude

SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN tells the story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features two dozen rousing bluegrass songs played and sung by the Sanders Family, a traveling group making its return to performing after a five-year hiatus. Pastor Oglethorpe, the young and enthusiastic minister of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, has enlisted the Sanders Family in his efforts to bring his tiny congregation into “the modern world.” Between songs, each family member “witnesses” – telling a story about an important event in their life. Though they try to appear perfect in the eyes of a congregation who wants to be inspired by their songs, one thing after another goes awry and they reveal their true – and hilariously imperfect – natures. By the evening’s end, the Sanders Family have endeared themselves to us by revealing their weaknesses and allowing us to share in their triumphs.  – Samuel French, Inc. 2019

• Thu-Sat, April 25-27 at 7pm
• Sun, April 28 at 2pm

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THE GIN GAME
Tree County Players
March 8-9
[Greensburg, Ind.]

Directed by Bill Blank and Therese Zins

Cast: Bill Blank as Weller Martin & Nancy Worland as Fonsia Dorsey

This winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, uses a card game as a metaphor for life. Weller Martin is playing solitaire on the porch of a seedy nursing home. Enter, Fonsia Dorsey, a prim, self-righteous lady. They discover they both dislike the home and enjoy gin rummy, so they begin to play and to reveal intimate details of their lives. Contains adult language. 

• Fri-Sat, March 8-9 at 7pm

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OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
Tree County Players
Jan. 18-20
Main St. Playhouse [Greensburg, Ind.]

Directed by Amanda Gault

Cast: Peter Harrah as Nick Cristano, Jeff Lincourt as Frank Gianelli, Cathy Lincourt as Aida Gianelli, Jim Pruett as Nunzio Cristano, Sue Menefee as Emma Cristano & Katy Prairie as Caitlin O’Hare

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn’t mean his family isn’t still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he’s been offered a dream job. The job he’s been waiting for – marketing executive – would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. He tells them. The news doesn’t sit so well. Thus begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around. How could he betray his family’s love to move to Seattle, for a job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio, and Emma do their level best, and that includes bringing the lovely – and single – Caitlin O’Hare as bait…we won’t give the ending away here.

• Fri-Sat, Jan. 18-19 at 7pm
• Sun, Jan. 20 at 2pm

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