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Home of Award-Winning Theatre

2014-2015 SeasonThe Spitfire Grill

A Musical

‘Twas the Night Before

Christmas

Father of the Bride

The Trip to Bountiful

Les Misérables

to our patrons & sponsors

for making our 2013-2014 season

a success

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...Serving olderadults in the spiritof Christian love.

Celebration. Innovation. Hope.

Traceway Retirement Community

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Dear Friends:The Tupelo Community Theatre Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of our wonderful theatre. We are educators, insurance agents, salespeople, physicians, and shopkeepers. We are housewives, attorneys, managers, and artists. We are members of Tupelo Community Theatre, and we are members of the community that we share with you.

We are proud to serve this community and strive to make your experience with live theatre the best it can be. The people of north Mississippi have a great deal of talent. We want to provide everyone the opportunity to share that talent and give back to the wonderful community in which we live.

Enjoy our productions – laugh with us, cry with us, and leave our theatre with a smile on your face and a song in your heart.

TCT Board of DirectorsFred Cannon Tracie Maxey-Conwill Bev CrossenLiz Dawson Bobby Geno Tommy Green

Craig Helmuth Jeff Houin Mark MaharreyJonathan Martin Meredith Martin Steve Miller

Lynn Nelson Suzanne Oakley Rob RiceDebra Robison Donna Rumbarger Rosemary Rutledge

Beverly Williams Judd Wilson Josh Wise

Tupelo Community Theatre201 North Broadway • P.O Box 1094 • Tupelo, MS 38802

662-844-1935

Executive Director Box Office ManagerTom Booth Lisa Hall

[email protected] [email protected]

Join us on Facebook or TwitterVisit us online at www.tct.ms

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TCT HistoryTupelo Community Theatre was born from the dreams of sixteenvisionary community leaders who met in 1969 to form an organization to develop,promote, teach, and stimulate interest in the dramatic arts. Jerry Napier served as thefirst president of TCT, Sandy Ford as vice president, Martha Hitch as secretary, andRowland Geddie as treasurer. Other charter board members were Marilyn Bank,Martha Geddie, Bill Hitch, Jack Kellum, Linda Kinsey, Gus and Ruth Liveakos,Mary Alice McAlister, Margaret Anne Murphey, Jean Pettis, Edith Thomas, andCharlotte Westbrook.

Since its first production of Laura, directed by Ruth Liveakos in October 1969,TCT has presented more than 300 productions seen by tens of thousands of loyalpatrons. For the first several years of its existence, TCT was a gypsy troupe, performing wherever there was available space. In 1976 TCT purchased an oldchurch building on East Main and turned it into a theatre. In 1984 TCT purchasedthe historic Lyric Theatre building, fortuitously located on Broadway! Major renovations and capital campaigns have been done over the years, transforming The Lyric from a dilapidated movie theatre into the beautiful live theatre venueyou’re seated in today.

As TCT grew physically, it also added new patrons. Season ticket holder numbershave grown to more than 1200 patrons for the last few seasons, making TCT one ofthe largest community theatres in the state. It has also grown in artistic excellence. In2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014 TCT won the Best Production award atthe Mississippi Theatre Association Festival. In 2004, its production of Bel Cantowas a winner at the regional Southeastern Theatre Conference festival and in 2013The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was runner-up Best Production. The2014 production of The SantaLand Diaries was a winner at SETC in Mobile, withawards for acting and costume design.

One of the most challenging strategic goals TCT has accomplished recently wasestablishing an alternative venue for smaller, less commercially viable productionsnot suitable for the regular five-show season. In November 2013, TCT Off Broad-way opened with The SantaLand Diaries in a renovated retail space just blocks fromthe Lyric Theatre. Actors, directors, board members, and patrons are excited aboutthis new opportunity for TCT to further its mission and serve its community. InJune 2014 TCT was awarded the Twink Lynch Organization Achievement awardfrom the American Association of Community Theatres in part due to this “majorstep in new directions.”

While much has changed in the forty-plus years since its first production, TCT’shas continued to grow and improve. And our original purpose has never wavered –to develop, promote, teach, and stimulate interest in the dramatic arts.


2014-2015 SeasonThe Spitfire Grill-A Musical • September 18-20, 2014by James Valcq & Fred Alley • Sponsored by Renasant BankA newly paroled young woman moves to a small Wisconsin town she finds on a page in a travelbook and gets a job working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill. The grill is for sale but there are no takers, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundreddollars, and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Country-flavored tunes help bringthis heartfelt, compelling story to every theatre-goers favorite… a delightful surprise ending.

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas • December 4-6, 2014by Ken Ludwig • Sponsored by Haire Wealth ManagementThis new play from one of our favorite playwrights Ken Ludwig is sure to be a delight for theentire family. On Christmas Eve Uncle Brierly treats the children by reciting the poem ‘Twas theNight Before Christmas. He doesn’t get very far, however, before he’s interrupted by a mousenamed Amos, who has his own version of the poem because he insists Santa skipped their housethe previous year.

Father of the Bride • February 5-7, 2015Adapted by Caroline Francke, based on the novel by Edward Streeter • Sponsored by Mitchell DistributingFirst it was a novel; then it was a hit movie; then it was a play. It’s about time TCT brought thisperennial favorite to the Lyric stage! Mr. Banks learns he’s about to be the father of the bridewhen his daughter Kay announces her engagement and says that she and her fiancé Buckleydon’t want a big wedding, just a simple affair with a few friends!

The Trip to Bountiful • March 19-21, 2015by Horton FooteWritten by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern playwright Horton Foote, The Trip to Bountifultells the poignant story of Carrie Watts, a woman in the twilight of her life sharing an apartmentwith her daughter-in-law and son. Carrie’s fervent wish – just once before she dies – is to revisitBountiful, the small Texas town of her youth. Her daughter in law’s insistence that they don’thave the money to squander on bus tickets prompts escape attempts each month coinciding withMrs. Watts’ favorite time of the month, delivery of her Social Security check! There are plenty oflaughs and some tears as Mrs. Watts finally gets her wish.

Les Misérables • April 30, May 1-2, 2015by Claude Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil, based on the novel by Victor HugoSponsored by North Mississippi Medical CenterBased on the Hugo novel, Les Misérables is the world’s longest-running musical. TCT will be the first in our area to produce this epic recently released for amateur production. Les Mis is thechronicle of Jean Valjean, who is released after spending 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family. The kindness of a Bishop enables Valjean to find God andmotivates him to become the man he once was.

Additional opportunities to enjoy at the Lyric Summer Youth production of Mulan Jr. • June 18-20, 2014

Sponsored by The McCarty Company


Be a part of oursummer youth production

Auditions: Spring 2015Show Dates: June 18-20, 2015

You be the star at

TheatreCampMake plans now to join usfor TCT’s Theatre CampJuly 13-17 2015.

Registration for students grades K-7 begins in May.

Sign up for the TCT newsletter or watch our website for more info –www.tct.ms.


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1.800.235.0136 www.bmc.edu

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Visit us online at www.tct.ms


What is the Lyric Krewe?The purpose of the Lyric Krewe is to support the activities of TupeloCommunity Theatre through volunteer recruitment and fund raising. The Krewe membership is made up of TCT patrons, season ticket holders, and occasional theatre-goers who simply appreciate the value of TCT to the Tupelo community. Membership is freeand is open to anyone interested in supporting TCT by volunteering during regular season performances, marketing performances, and helping with fund-raising opportunities. BobbyGeno, TCT board member and past Krewe hospitality chair, will serve as the Krewe Liaison.

The Krewe chairs for the 2014-2015 season are:Publicity – Mallory Davidson

Hospitality – John YoungPartnerships – Charlie White

To volunteer to help with Lyric Krewe activities email [email protected] or call the TCT office at 662-844-1935.

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TC T Off Broadway……or TOB, as we’ve come to affectionately nickname it, was born in the fallof 2013 as the culmination of one of our long-term strategic goals. TCT needed aseparate and smaller performance venue to:

• Produce shows that might not be suitable for our regular season – especially smaller ones

• Produce shows that could attract actors and directors who want to do “meatier and edgier” shows

• Attract new and different patrons

• Give TCT an alternate audition and rehearsal space

• Provide additional warehouse space

Since November 2013, TOB has produced four extremely successful shows and hosted several auditions and rehearsals for mainstage shows. And we look forward to even more success at 213 E. Franklin Street this year. If you have ideas for shows you’d like to see, or direct, or participate in, call the TCT office at 662-844-1935 and give us your suggestions. In the meantime, like us on the TCT Off Broadway Facebook page so you don’t miss any opportunities at TOB.

See you there!

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...Serving olderadults in the spiritof Christian love.

Celebration. Innovation. Hope.

Traceway Retirement Community

Independent Living Assisted LivingLong-Term Care Options

Short-Term Rehabilitation Outpatient Therapy

Understanding that lifestyle and health care needs changeover time, Traceway is able to seamlessly meet the needs

of North Mississippi elders.

Traceway salutes TCT & the Arts!

Specializing inSenior Living Options

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T u p e l ocommunityt h e a t r e

Home of Award-Winning Theatre

2014-2015 SeasonThe Spitfire Grill

A Musical

‘Twas the Night Before

Christmas

Father of the Bride

The Trip to Bountiful

Les Misérables

to our patrons & sponsors

for making our 2013-2014 season

a success

Thankstct playbill outside cover 2014_1 9/3/2014 11:47 AM Page 1

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