Welcome to Black Sheep Theatre
Working Class Theatre Company presents
NOISEMAKER BLUES
An evening of plays by J. Holtham
Directed by Derrick Belkin, Beverly Bauman, Laura Dellavilla, and Casey Siegel
Presented by Working Class Theatre
at Black Sheep Theatre
May 18th and 19th, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Admission is $10 at the door.
Everyone wants. Everyone needs. Everyone has something to say. But in a world where there are so many voices shouting from the mountaintops, airwaves, and blogs, how can we make ourselves heard?
In eight short but potent plays exploring everything from music to international relations to Occupy Wall Street, playwright J. Holtham explores how interpersonal relationships play out when thrust against the issues that make the world go ‘round.
Presented as a staged reading, and directed by Derrick Belkin, Beverly Bauman, Laura Dellavilla, and Casey Siegel, NOISEMAKER BLUES addresses that age-old, overwhelming, most human need to have our desires and ideas expressed and our voices heard.
Admission includes performance and dessert reception post-show, with talk-back with the playwright, directors, and cast.
Call (585) 643-0836 for more information, or visit www.workingclasstheatre.net.
A Working Class Theatre production. The views expressed do not necessarily represent Black Sheep Theatre or its Board of Directors.
Always ... Patsy Cline - Special Fundraising Event
What: Always ... Patsy Cline - BBQ Night Fundraiser
When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - All Day
Where: Buffalo Wild Wings, 780 Jefferson Road in Henrietta
You do like chicken wings, right?! This is a real simple way to help us raise some cash to put on the musical "Always ... Patsy Cline" in July 2012 Enjoy some delicious food, hand in the coupon that we will give you when you pay your check, and 10% of the total (excluding alcohol) will be donated to Black Sheep Theatre, specifically towards this summer's production. That's it, no extra cost to you. These coupons are good all day long, so if you can't make it in the evening, why not grab lunch instead?!
Of course, if you come to the restaurant from 6-10 PM, we will be there running raffles, selling baked goods, and tempting you to try your luck at playing life-sized Jenga!
Featuring:
Rochelle Pray as Patsy Cline
Debbie Tompkins as Louise Seger
Directed by Amanda Lobaugh
Musical Direction by Charles Palella
Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger.
Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's and she constantly hounded the local disc jockey to play Cline's records on the radio.
In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived about an hour-and-a-half early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that was to culminate in Cline spending the night at Seger's house--a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963.
The relationship, which began as fan worship evolved into one of mutual respect. It is the kind of relationship that many fans would like to have with their heroes.
Over a pot of strong coffee, the two women chatted about their common concerns. When Cline finally left for Dallas, her next job, the two women had exchanged addresses and telephone numbers. Seger never expected to hear from Cline again, but soon after she left, Seger received the first of many letters and phone calls from Cline. The pen-pal relationship provides much of the plot of the show.
The play focuses on the fateful evening at Houston's Esquire Ballroom when Seger hears of Cline's death in a plane crash. Seger supplies a narrative while Cline floats in and out of the set singing tunes that made her famous - Anytime, Walkin' After Midnight, She's Got You, Sweet Dreams, and Crazy - to name a few.
The show combines humor, sadness and reality. It offers fans who remember Cline while she was alive a chance to look back, while giving new fans an idea of what seeing her was like and what she meant to her original fans.
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