october, 2017 · mr. fezziwig/shopkeeper / man #4 - alex kanarek . 2 crew: a christmas carol...
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October, 2017
Contents of ECT OCTOBER NEWSLETTER:
*A Christmas Carol
*Winner of the Lis Pieper Award 2017
*Inlaws and Outlaws and Other People
*Is He Dead?
*New: Board of Directors 2017-18
*Barn Clearout
*Culture Weekend
*Sad News
*Coming Events
CAST: A CHRISTMAS CAROL December 2017
Scrooge – John Dibben
Dickens – Gary Bryant
Marley/Warden/ School Master– Gord Wood
Belle’s Husband/ Dick Williams/Young Husband –
Mathew Sega
Sara/Young wife – Laura Hunter
Flower Woman/ Miss Fezziwig #2 – Bianca Bonneau
Mother Act 1 /Raucous Lady/Caroller – Julie Docherty
Belinda Cratchit – Gray Dibben
Street Boy Act 1/Young Scrooge - Matthew Hollingbury
Street Boy Act 2/Student – Nathaniel
Student/Brother act 1/Caroller – Indiana Stanson
Martha Cratchit – Teagan Hiller
Laundress /Londoner - Deb Dalziel
Woman in Black/Charwoman – Rochelle Eckert
Fan/Miss Fezziwig #3 – Olivia Rumbell
Theatre Manager/Man #2/Cook’s friend Bill /Caroller -
Dave Beynon
Belle/ Caroller - Sammy Beynon
Want/Belle’s Daughter/ Girl Act 1 – Rowan Veit
Ebenezer– Joel Lindhorst
Ghost of Christmas Past/Man #3– Allan Strong
Ghost of Christmas Present/Gentleman #1/Fezziwig Beau
– Adrian Baker
Fred – John Settle
Cratchit – William Brezden
Topper/Fran’s Husband/ Gentleman #2/ Man #1 - Ray
Kavanagh
Old Joe/Blind Beggar – Acey Kaspar
Tiny Tim – Mason Kaspar
Miss Fezziwig #1/Guest / Young Wife – Denise Bitton
Peter Cratchit – Liam Hill
Warden/Caroller/Undertaker/ – Cory Sanders
Ghost of Christmas Future/ Bobby/Fezziwig Beau –
Hayden Tallon
Cook/Caroller Director /Guest at Fred’s - Brenda
Williamson
Mrs. Cratchit – Stacey England
Mrs. Fezziwig/Guest at Fred’s house/ Caroller – Nancy
Baker
Street Boy/Ignorance – Ewan Docherty
Carollers/Street girls/students – Paris Bonnerau, Riley
Mr. Fezziwig/Shopkeeper / Man #4 - Alex Kanarek
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CREW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Director – Deb Stanson
Assistant Director – Laura Hunter
Stage Manager – Zoe Clemens
Producer – Melissa Jakl
Costume Design – Suzanne Trivers, Matthew Dawe
Assistant Stage Managers – Eileen McLaughlin, Connie McTaggart, Zoe Dunbar, Cody Miller
Music – Kara Shaw
Props – Mary Anne Neville
Lighting & Sound Design – David Tanner
Set Design – Robert Banning
Set Build – Robert Banning, Lawrence Lee,
Set Painting – Maggie Parent
Lighting Operator – Chris Lapointe
Sound Operator – Gaige Bessey
Program – Adrian Baker
Publicity – Deb Stanson (with assistance from cast and crew!)
Silent Auction During the Run of A Christmas Carol
Jim Monaghan is organizing a silent auction that our audiences can
participate in during the run of the show. He is also hoping for donations
from businesses or individuals. If you can help out, please email Jim at
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“Don Antosh recipient of the “Lis Pieper Memorial Award”
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At the Elora Community Theatre’s Annual General Meeting, Don Antosh of Elora was recently presented
with the Lis Pieper Memorial Plaque. The recipient is selected by local theatre groups which include Elora
Community Theatre, On the Spot Productions, Centre Wellington Children’s Theatre, Fergus Grand Theatre
Volunteer Group and other users of the Fergus Grand Theatre.
After Lis Pieper, a longtime active member of Elora Community Theatre, passed away six years ago, the
ECT group established the Lis Pieper Memorial Award. This award was set up to honour those who made
outstanding contributions to local theatre in Centre Wellington over the course of several years and to
recognize individuals who have exhibited Lis’ dedication to community theatre. The Lis Pieper Plaque
hangs in the front lobby of the Fergus Grand Theatre.
Don Antosh was a member of the Fergus Grand Theatre Volunteer executive from 2004 – 2011, as well as
doing the same job before that, since the fall of 2002. He acted as House Manager and volunteer coordinator
during that time and was instrumental in recruiting many volunteers.
Don has been involved, onstage or off, building sets, acting, producing with the following groups: Elora
Community Theatre, On the Spot Productions, Vision Productions, Grinder Productions, The Not So Grand
Players and has served on the boards of both ECT and the old Theatre on the Grand. In addition Don has,
over the years, put in numerous volunteer hours at the theatre – building and fixing things, solving problems,
and generally getting work done. Don continues to be involved with Elora Community Theatre.
Congratulations Don for your continued years of support for the Arts community in Centre Wellington.
(submitted by Deb Stanson)
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A Message from the Director of Inlaws Outlaws and other People
Stan Jensen
In-Laws is cast and rehearsing. Super cast with some
first timers with E.C.T. The flu bug has hit some of
our cast, but we can’t be stopped. Cast is made up of
Keith Assoun, Nancy Baker, Dave Beynon, Lewis
Beynon, Bianca Bonneau’, Dian Borek, Rochelle
Eckert, Robert Free, Mark Holloran, Laura Hunter,
Mellissa Jakl, Lia Kannemann, Chris Mackay, Mary
Anne Neville and Dan Williams. We are rehearsing
Sun, Tues & Thurs evenings starting at
7PM. Members are welcome to come and
watch. Matt has agreed to do costumes & David
Tanner lights/sound. Barb from Guelph worked on
this show in Midland a few years ago and has
offered to ASM! She was also the one who urged
Dian Borek to audition. When Robert is finished
with C.C. he has promised to do set design for In-
Laws and with Kevin Johnston as Stage Manager and
Deb Stanson as Producer, we are truly unstoppable!
Hope I didn’t miss anyone. By Stan Jensen -Director
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And now some information about our third play of the season !
Directed by Acey Kaspar and Zoe Dunbar
Is He Dead?
A New Comedy by Mark Twain, Adapted by David Ives
Is He Dead? was written by Mark Twain in 1898 – so it will be 120
years old when we perform it in the Spring of 2018. Twain died in
1910 at the age of 74, therefore the play was never produced in
his time. This was due to a combination of bad luck, bad timing,
and politics.
The play is a fictional story is about a talented French painter –
Jean-Francois Millet – who has a close group of friends… all quite
poor and in debt. In an attempt to solve their money problems,
they decide to help Millet fake his own death to increase the value
of his art work. All the while, Millet has taken on the new identity
of his fictitious twin sister, the Widow Daisy Tillou. In true farce
form, there is plenty of action, and more than a fair share of
misunderstandings and innuendo, however, is appropriate for
all-ages who can follow a story line and understand some thick
German, Irish and French accents.
Jean Francois Millet was (in real life) one of the most famous
19th
-century European painters in America in Twain’s day, and it
has been said that his works share a common bond with Twain’s
own works in that they both share a respect for ordinary people.
The original manuscript of Is He Dead? was rediscovered in 2002,
and then published a year later. It opened on Broadway 4 years
after publication – in December of 2007… so was first performed
only a short 10 years ago. This is why we bill it as a new comedy
by Mark Twain.
This play contains 17 characters, but can be performed with 11 –
17 actors, depending on the amount of doubling. A couple of the
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roles only have a brief appearance on stage with no lines, so we
will likely end up with 13-15 actors: 3 young men who can play in
their 20’s, 2 young women of similar age to the young men, a
slightly older man to play the lead role who doesn’t mind cross-
dressing, plus 3 middle-aged/older men, and 2 middle-
aged/older women who are about the same age as the older men.
We plan to hold auditions in early January of 2018, on Sat/Sun
Jan 6 & 7 from 1-4pm, with callbacks on Wednesday, Jan 10 @
7pm. Look for reminders & updates closer to the end of the year
for audition information.
Rehearsals will likely begin in February, and mostly be on
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The theatre performances will
be on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 4,5,6 & 11,12,13, with
evening shows on Fridays & Saturdays, plus Sunday matinees.
There will be an informal read through of the script at the ECT
rehearsal space on Sunday, November 5th
from 11:30-2:00. If
interested in showing up to listen or help read, please phone Acey
Kaspar @ 519-827-5795.
By Acey Kaspar-Director
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Introducing Culture Days Cast and Crew 2017
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Welcome 2017/2018 Board of Directors
Thank you to our 2016/2017 Board for all of your hard work and dedication to ECT. It has been a great year
and you were instrumental to our success!
Please join us in welcoming our 2017/2018 ECT Board of Directors. Thank you all for volunteering &
committing your time and efforts to this next season.
The ECT Board of Directors for 2017/2018 Julie Wheeler Bryant
Jim Monaghan
Suzanne Trivers
Maggie Parent
Jules Docherty
Deb Stanson
Mathew Dawe
Acey Kaspar
Nancy Baker
Deb Dalziel
David Tanner
Laura Hunter
Please check out our new ECT Website to see the winners of the ECTies as voted by our membership!
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T he Great Barn Clear Out
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Thanks to Deb Stanson for arranging the dumpster, Acey and Don for their trucks and to all of you in the picture (plus Gary) who showed up. We apologize for the change in date so it was even more gratifying to see such a good turnout. (Also thank you to Deb Stanson for the great pics.) Having such a good group of people there made the carrying out and sorting and decision making much less daunting and we accomplished a lot on Sunday morning. We have a bit more to do so stay tuned for the next clear out date. We are always grateful to Ken and Elizabeth Mussellman
who have allowed us to use their space all these years. Stay tuned for a profile in a future ECT Newsletter.
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(Note to ECT Members: Please send me any ECT news to celebrate
our members!)
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Some Sad News!
We have some sad news to relay to you affecting two of our ECT
Members.
Bob Williams, (husband of Myra Williams (Carr) an ECT member
since the 1980s and most recently acted in Little Women), has died October 25, 2017 and his funeral will be this Saturday,
November 4th at 1 pm at the Dublin Chapel, 252 Dublin Street
North, Guelph. Please check the Gilbert MacIntyre Funeral
Website for further details.
Michelle Moore, (daughter of Wayne Moore, an active local
theatre person for many years and most recently acted in ECT’s
It’s a Wonderful Life) has died on October 25, 2017. For
further information please check the website for Gilchrist Chapel
in Guelph.
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Coming Events
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Audition Workshop Saturday, January 14, 2018. 1-4 Elora
Community Theatre Workshop
Elora Santa Claus Parade: November 25, 6pm. Come and help us with our
float and be in the parade. Contact [email protected]
*Help Needed for Move In of A Christmas Carol set Sunday, November 26th
. Please
contact: [email protected]
And From Our Friends in Theatre:
November 3-18
Dial M for murder 519-669-3230
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That’s it for now, folks! The early trick or
treaters are arriving as I sign off! Have fun!
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future newsletters.
Tune in next month for more news about what is
happening in the Elora Community Theatre World.
Please join us and be part of it.
October 31, 2017 Julie
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