We have an amazing 13 person Cast for our upcoming production of “Thurber Fables…For Adults”. We will introduce them very soon! Look for our next post!
REMEMBER THE DATES: April 5th at 7:30 p.m. & April 6th at 1:00 p.m. at Johnson Hall Opera House.
Join us for “Thurber Fables…for Adults” auditions at Johnson Hall Opera House on March 2nd at 6:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!
COMING UP…Auditions for “Thurber Fables…For Adults” on March 2nd, 6:00 p.m. at Johnson Hall Opera House. Parts available for 5 to 10 actors, ages 16 to senior adult! Performances are on April 5th at 7:30 p.m. and April 6th at 1:00 p.m. Come join us for a fun-filled production of these witty and timeless Thurber short stories scripted for readers theatre!
“James Thurber FABLES…For Our Time”
March 2nd at 6:00 p.m., Johnson Hall Opera House, Gardiner
Performances on April 5th at 7:30 p.m. and April 6th at 1:00 p.m.
Parts available for up to 10 actors.
Kathleen Brainerd has acted in many productions at Gaslight, Monmouth and Freeport Community Theaters (favorite roles are Romanine in Witness for the Prosecution, Dottie/Mrs Claggett in Noises off, and Imogene in Four Old Broads. Her first love is Open Book Players where she has acted, directed, learned, served on the board, and had great fun over the years; she is happy to again be invited to be a Board member.cast. When not acting, she travels the world in her part-time consulting job for the Navy, visits her distant children and grandchildren, and enjoys Maine.
Donna Loveland started in community theater in 1992 in Waterville and Hallowell. She has been on the board at Gaslight Theater since 2017. Looking forward to being a part of Open Book Players.
COMING UP NEXT: You will meet our two “new” Board Members followed by information regarding our next OBP production…”James Thurber Fables…For Adults and Our Time”!
One chance only to see these two fabulous performers in “LOVE LETTERS” by A. R. Gurney…Saturday, February 8th, 7:30 p.m. at the Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner. These two actors need an audience…hope to see you there! Tickets are $12.00 and can be reserved at the Johnson Hall Opera House website or call 207-582-7144. It is a fundraising event for the OBP scholarship fund and is being performed in memory of Andy Tolman and Larry Vinal, two frequent actors with our group and two active Board members.
PLEASE NOTE: Because of the threat of inclement weather on Sunday, February 9th, the 1:00 p.m. performance of LOVE LETTERS by A. R. Gurney will need to be canceled. We are hoping that audience members who planned on attending on Sunday will come to the Saturday evening show instead, February 8th at 7:30 p.m. If you reserved tickets for Sunday, your cost will be reimbursed by Johnson Hall Opera House. As this will be the only performance by this talented cast, we hope to see you on Saturday! Thank you for your support!
This production is coming right up! Love Letters is a play by A. R Gurney that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the literary letter writing form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards – in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats – that have passed between them throughout their separated lives. Our cast includes Cindy Turcotte and Joe Blackwell, experienced performers with Open Book Players and other area theatres. This is a fundraising event for the OBP Scholarship and is being performed in memory of Andy Tolman and Larry Vinal, two active participants in OBP productions and active Board members. Tickets are $12.00 and can be reserved or purchased by calling Johnson Hall at 207-582-7144 or visiting their website at http://www.johnsonhall.org.
Here is our wonderfully talented and experienced cast for our upcoming production of “LOVE LETTERS” by A. R. Gurney on February 8th at 7:30 p.m. and February 9th at 1:00 p.m., Logan Stage of the Johnson Hall Opera House! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!!
Cindy Turcotte (Melissa)…I have been a part of Open Book Players since it began in 1996. It is and has been such a pleasure to work with all of the board members who have graced us over the years. One of my greatest pleasures is getting to bring to life the words that are written on the pages of such wonderful author/illustrators works. Secondly, getting to work with amazing people who work so hard to offer you the joys of Readers Theatre. In the past, I’ve been president of Monmouth Community Players, and even acted in a few of their shows. Open Book Players is where my heart is. I have wanted to perform this piece, “Love Letters”, for many years and am overjoyed to be a member of this cast.
Joe Blackwell (Andy). Joe has most recently appeared with Open Book Players in last fall’s Reading Rumpus and Something Wicked This Way Comes. He has worked with various theater groups in Central Maine and Northern Virginia for 45 years, receiving a number of acting awards. Some favorite roles have been John Proctor in The Crucible, Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Oscar in The Odd Couple, Max or Tito in various productions of Lend Me A Tenor, Starbuck in The Rainmaker, Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, Greg in Sylvia, Mitch in Streetcar Named Desire, and Ben Franklin in 1776! Joe would like to dedicate his performance to the memory of Larry and Andy, both of whom he had the great honor of sharing the stage with.
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