2008 Calendar

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SPECIAL READING	February 15, 8pm Freeport Public Library, Library Drive $15/Couple, $8/person [Admission includes coffee or tea and dessert.] About our play reading series... What do the writers of personal ads have in common with Shakespeare? Join the Players at this "Valentime" event to find out -- and enjoy some arts, hearts, tarts, or just desserts. Bring a sweater, your honey/best friend/sense of humor for a classy cheap date. ADULTS ONLY ~ LIMITED SEATING ~ RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED
PERFORMANCE by Edward Albee	Thursday-Sunday, April 17-20 Thursday-Sunday, April 24-27 Freeport Performing Arts Center, Holbrook Street Purchase tickets... [$16, $12 seniors/students] Directed by USM faculty member William Steele. Produced by David Glendinning. We are pleased to announce the cast for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf. FCP veterans Julie George-Carlson and Hugh Barton will be playing Martha and George, a college professor and his wife. Newcomers Karyn Akey and Ed Patterson join the FCP family as Honey and Nick, the young professor and his naive wife who join Martha and George for a nightcap after a faculty party. This Tony-award-winning play was described as "a scorching, scalding, revealing and completely engrossing drama" by Women's Wear Daily and "a brilliant piece of writing" by the NY Herald-Tribune. Join us after the show Sunday, April 20, for a discussion with the actors and director about this classic of modern American theater.
PLAY READING Best Enemies by Mike Kimball	Wednesday, May 7, 7pm Freeport Community Center, Depot Street Admission FREE Staged reading followed by a discussion with the author and cast. Best Enemies is a dark comedy about two cowboys marooned on a tiny desert island, lone survivors of a sabotaged rodeo cruise. To preserve their sanity, they've invented imaginary geography and instituted laws, but ultimately they go to war over their shared cowboy hat. As they rob each other of food and sleep, their tiny, carefully constructed universe begins to unravel. About our play reading series...
PERFORMANCE	Friday-Sunday, July 11-13 Friday-Sunday, July 18-20 Friday-Sunday, July 25-27 Preview Thursday, July 10 Freeport Performing Arts Center, 26 Holbrook Street Directed by Waynflete faculty member Jaclyn Marshall. Music direction by Mike Banas. Produced by Elizabeth Guffey and David Glendinning. Announcing the cast... Purchase tickets online...
PLAY READING Seeking Mischief by Tim McEnroe	Wednesday, September 3, 7pm Freeport Community Center, Depot Street Admission FREE Staged reading followed by a discussion with the author and cast. Additional information to be announced. About our play reading series...
	Sparkle Weekend directed by John Albright We're hard at work writing scripts and selecting the music for this year's show. We promise more of what audiences love about this tribute ot the Golden Age of Radio: melodrama, comedy, great music, and the sound effects ladies. You don't want to miss this!
Other Events There are lots of performing arts events in Freeport throughout the year. Visit the Freeport Merchant Association website for listings.
What You Missed in 2007...
	Eat Your Heart Out directed by Sara Stelk Our first performance of the season featured short works by Bruce Kane, including "The Real Problem" and "In The Beginning". The plays were presented with minimal costumes and props and no sets, allowing the performers and the audience to focus on the characters and the words they say. A delicious four-course sampler of dishes showcasing Turkish cuisine were prepared and served by the Mediterranean Grill.
	The Sisters Rosensweig a comedy by Wendy Wasserstein directed by Adam Klein "Sara Goode, an enormously successful American woman working as the British representative of a major Hong Kong bank, is about to celebrate her fifty-fourth birthday, and she isn't exactly too happy about it." Her two sisters, Gorgeous (a radio advice program host) and Pfeni (a third-world travel writer), come to London to celebrate with her. They are joined by Pfeni's on-again, off-again bisexual lover Geoffrey and his friend Mervyn (who falls for Sara), Sara's daughter Tess and her boyfriend Tom, and stuffy Brit Nicholas whom Sara has been dating. "All of this adds up to a rather interesting evening, which leads to unexpected romance, suspected partings, recriminations, reconciliations and, above all, newfound love and acceptance." Meet the cast and crew...
PLAY READING	Looking for Nadia The second in our play reading series featured a work by Maine playwright Clare Melley Smith followed by a discussion with the author and cast.
	Oliver directed by Ron Botting music direction by Sarah Phinney Lionel Bart's classic musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' rags-to-riches story Oliver Twist. Follow Oliver's journey from Mr. Bumble's orphanage to Fagin's band of pickpockets to the lap of luxury when his true heritage is revealed.
	The Carol Burnett Show directed by Julie George-Carlson music direction by Charlie Grindle choreography by Giselle Paquette Sketches from the original show plus "tribute acts" reminiscent of the special musical guests that often appeared on Carol's stage.
PLAY READING	Dracula directed by Tim Ryan Our third play reading was be appropriately eerie for the Halloween season. This adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel was first performed on the radio by Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre of the Air. Meet the Cast
	WFCP's Home Time Radio Hour directed by John Albright You didn't think we'd give up on this clear audience favorite, did you? This show answered all your burning questions: Did Marshall Barnett arrive in time to save the lovely Lorena, Anna and Mae from certain death at the hands of dastardly One-Eyed Jack? Would Joe Tanner successfully solve another whodunit or will Inspector Sullivan finally lock him up and throw away the key? Packed with popular music and original scripts and lots more from our clever sound effects ladies.