I am pleased to announce the cast of BINGO... Linda Rich as Vern, Amanda "Mandy" Burris as Patsy, Hilary Frater as Honey, Ethan Mandeville as Sam, Jen Abdoo as Minnie, Cyndi Hineline as Bernice and Kendra Keegan as Allison.It's bound to be an AWESOME show, mark your calendars! Many thanks to all that auditioned, the talent as alays at FCT was amazing, I know I had to disappoint some people ,that part is never easy for me.

AD wil be John Carroll, TD is Pete Lowry, MD is Bob Bell, rehearsal pianist is Linda Bell and choreography by Kendra Keegan.

Tues. July 6, 7 PM, anyone male (we need 1 for the show) or female (we need 6) interested in reading BINGO aloud in a group as we listen to the cd and discuss possible staging and such is welcome to meet in the FCT green room. this is NOT and audition, just thought it would be fun to get some of the flow of the show familiar with everyone even if not cast, then they can help sell what is going to be a great show for FCT  opening the 2010-2011 season.

Book by Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid

Music and Lyrics by Michael Heitzman, Ilene Reid and David Holcenberg

Bingo is a splashy , zippy, outrageously funny new musical. Come meet Vern, Honey, and Patsy: three pals that have driven through a terrible storm in the name of their weekly obsession. In between the number calling, strange rituals, and fierce competitions, love blossoms and long lost friends reunite!

A cast of 6 Women and 1 Man

Prodution Dates: September 17-19, 24-26 2010

Directed by Mitchell Antesky

Auditions  July 18 & 19

After 9 sold out houses, THE WIZARD OF OZ will be held over for 1 final performance Friday May 28, seats are still available but going fast, call now!

the second of 3 big weekends for THE WIZARD OF OZ is over, and we had 3 more SRO houses! Bravo to the cast, crew, orchestra, parents, and all involved if I'm overlooking you right now. It has been an amazing run so far and we still have 3 more sold out houses to perform for next weekend. If you haven't made reservations, a waiting list is being made for each night, be at the theatre early and you'll have to wait for some cancelations or no shows but we will try to do everything we can to get you in to see this show!

If a pictures worth a thousand words, then check out the OZ gallery at www.jasonhollandphotography.com downloads of the images are available for just $1 each and the proceeds go to FCT!, thanks Jason!!

While there are still 2 more sold out weekends of THE WIZARD OF OZ, it's time to move on to the FCTT summer production of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, Director Dan Henning and Assistant director Brandon Wurgess have shared thier cast list with me...

Millie Dillmount- Amanda Heflinger

Jimmy Smith- Trent Smith

Ruth, Gloria, Rita, Alice, Cora, Lucille, Ethel Peas- Ellen Foos, Emily Turner, Amber Poole, Kirstin Eickert, Delilah Foos, Lizzie Cornicelli, Alex Bell, Crystal Holland

Mrs. Meers- Melanie Ellis

Miss Dorothy Brown- Meagan Eishen

Ching Ho- Brandon Wurgess

Bun Foo- Corey Wise

Miss Flannery- Sarah Stamm

Mr. Trevor Graydon- Nathan Wright

Speed Tappists- Allison Lemke, Lizzie Cornicelli, Emily Turner, Ellen Foos, Kirstin Eichert, Emily Moscioni, Danielle Osborn, Brianna Geller

Stenogs- Julia Dagg, Kayleigh Harrison, Katie Ball, Crystal Holland, Jessica Holland, Lauren Lejeune, Ember Ollom, Lauren Raymond

File Clerks- Josh Heard, Treshawn Murphy, Aaron Brown, Kelvin McMorris, Chris Repp, Jake Slaymaker, Jordan Slaymaker

Speakeasy Denizens, Dishwashers, Muzzy’s Boys, Male Moderns (Groups 1, 2, 3), Female Moderns (Groups 1, 2) and Ensemble will be chosen from these three groups.

The Pearl Lady- Lauren LeJeune

The Letch- Jordan Slaymaker

Policeman- Chase LeMaitre

Muzzy Van Hossmere- Kayla Haase

George Gershwin- CJ Holland

Dorothy Parker- Kara Knight

Rodney- Jake Slaymaker

Kenneth- Josh Heard

Muzzy’s Boys- T. J. Smith

Daphne- Lauren Raymond

Dexter- Treshawn Murphy

Mathilde- Dusti Minier

Mama- Tori Waldo

We are thrilled to welcome many new faces to FCTT and very glad to see some of the teen veterans returning, with this much talent it's destined to be a great show, opening July 16-25.

Well the long 2 and a half month journey to get down the yellow brick road is over and the wonderful trip along the exciting path that is THE WIZARD OF OZ has begun. A great start to the 3 week run was 3 sell out houses, if you haven't made your reservations yet, HURRY as the remaining seats  are going FAST!

It has been a genuine pleasure to watch this production come together, even if some of it was at the last minute.

The talented cast is bringing their characters to life, the tech crew is a"wiz" at changing the many scenes, the orchestra is sounding wonderful, and the front of the house staff is working the large crowds with ease.

While the many challenges of rehearsing a 101 member cast, and a live dog have been , well .. challenging it has turned out to be the great classic American all time favorite musical it was intended to be.

Lizzie, Jeff, Tim, Brant, Mary Jo, Candi, Scott, Steve and so many others have put everything they have into making this a joy to watch.

Despite a Tornado Warning 20 minutes before the opening night curtain and the best laid plans to house Munchkins, Poppies and Snowflakes in a tent adjacent to the theatre that had to be changed at the last minute, everyone including parents, kids, newbies, veteran actors, and the full house of eager patrons handled the crisis in great form.

For even more photos than are posted on the gallery page, check out www.JasonHollandPhotography.com, a small portion of the photos that Jason has taken are currently up there with many more to come.

Another crazy few weeks for me again! If you havent been able to keep up with me, dont worry most days I dont know where or what I'm supposed to be doing! Here's my life in the theatre in  a nutshell. Finished a great run of HELLO, DOLLY! for the Oak Harbor Thespians, we had the biggest revolving stage I've ever built, 18' x what would expand to 24' x 15 ' high, complete with grand staircase. I hope to get some pic posted real soon, now we just have to strike the whole thing yet!, Then life at FCT continues as we try to build OZ, I work a lot of the WICKED  shows at the Stranahan and of course FCT just closed their DIXIE SWIM CLUB. Once again I asked a guest blogger to share with us her thoughts on THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB and being a part of the ensemble cast... Amanda "Mandy" Burris wrote.....

As a cast member of The Dixie Swim Club I’d like to say thank you to everyone who gave up their time for preparation and execution of this wonderful play. We had such an amazing audience every night of the show. Y’all really make our jobs as actors easier! Having an audience who reacts to the scene and laughs and cries right along side you is a great joy, and every actor thrives on it! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

As a cast: we started the show as five women leading very separate lives, and we’ve ended the show as friends. We’ve grown and shared things that have happened good or bad in the past couple of months. We’ve shared in helping each other through shows when we botched lines or lost our voices, shared in the joy and love as one of us (Laura Pinkston) got engaged (CONGRATULATIONS!!!!), and gave advice to each other even when it wasn’t asked for! Truly we’ve made relationships and not just a good production. I guess every good show must come to end though, so farewell to the Outer Banks. We’ll see y’all at the next show. Thanks for all the support, love, laughter and good times.  

It's been one of those weeks when I am so busy doing theatre that I don't have time to blog about it! So I asked for some help in getting the word out for the opening of THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB  this Friday, Sue Stotz provided me with the following information she wanted to share....

  Tired of cold, wet, cloudy days?  Then come to see "Dixie Swim Club" set in the steamy month of August in a small cottage on the Outer Banks. We'll warm you up with five talented ladies from practical Sheree, the team captain, to sexy Lexie, queen of the mating game. Sharp witted Dinah, the smooth talking lawyer, sweet and endearing Jeri Neal, aka Sister Mary Esther, and Vernadette, the wise cracking, long suffering clown, round out the ensemble. Come listen to them share their lives with each other in surprising, funny, and endearing ways including long shared memories to current frustrations. Anyone with enduring friendships will relate to these ladies as they help, care and sometimes irritate each other.
  The cast in order of appearance includes: Sue A Stotz--Sheree; Brittany Forster--Lexie; Amanda Burris--Dinah; Laura Pinkston--Jeri Neal; and Karen Langley--Vernadette.
  Show dates are this weekend and next so get your reservations in soon!
  Check out the pics from some of our rehearsals to get a quick peek. Every time we have come for rehearsal this week, the set decorator has added more stuff. It is always fun trying to pick out what has been added and soon all the final details will be done.
  Don't miss out on this sweet, sometimes humorous, touching and always entertaining show. We hope you will enjoy it as much as the cast does.

What an exciting day at FCT, the wanna be Munchkins arrived in mass as 75, yes I said 75, 6-12 yr olds audition for the chance to begin their trip down the yellow brick road. It was a long crowded afternoon in the FCT lobby but Director Randy and Darla worked their way through each and everyone of the hopefuls. MUCHO big thanks to Bill for his long hours on a hard bench playing piano for all the kids, thanks again a zillion times BILL! Many thanks also must go to Cyndi, Bridget, Scott, Brandon, and Aaron for all the help they gave throughout the day. I just can't wait for the next 2 days!!

And while Bill played he also mentioned that my blog was seriously out of date, yeah , yeah I know, but as you navigated here you might have noticed that rest of the site has been updated, finally! Many thanks to Tim for cracking the code as it was to get the important changes made, hope you continue to keep coming back to check out the latest on whats happening at FCT!

Check out The Wizard of OZ photo gallery for a few pics from todays auditions.

The official FCT holiday party/wine tasting was held Jan 9. an excellent turnout was only topped off by a fun relaxing evening of wine sipping, theatre story telling and socializing. Thanks to the Browns who supplumented the evening with a giant box of old photos from their attic treasures, many of I will get scanned and posted into some of the many shows we dont currently have any pics of posted online, the phrase of the night has to be "who are all those young people?"

Speaking of pics, see a few casual shots of last nights activities on a new page in the photo gallery section of the site, under social events. I current cant seem to post any here to the blog so I will try to get more in  the gallery pages, some publicity shots for The Kitchen Witches are already up, check them out!

And speaking of The Kitchen Witches, rehearsals are progressing very well, this show is going to be very well done.. HAHA get it, well done.. cooking show, LOL anyway, sorry... it is going to be very funny and a joy to watch, put it on your agendas now!