March Newsletter

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men opens March 26 at the  Chester Meeting House. David Hays, whose captivating stage design for the box office success Wild Black Yonder, is adding director to his impressive resume. He has adapted and will direct a staged reading of James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, an honest and sometimes heart wrenching examination of the life of Alabama Sharecroppers in the 1930s. David, who was given the book 60 years ago said, “the tragedy of people ‘caught’ has haunted me since first reading it. What we are attempting with this production is a form that is often musical in the rhythm, repetition and overlap of language.” This reading promises to be a riveting evening of theater in our continued series of new play readings. The cast will feature Scotty Bloch, Jeanie Rapp, Ron Brennan, Eileen Flaherty, Jason Naylor, Jack Nevins, and Kevin Spedding. Performances will take place on Friday, March 26 andSaturday, March 27 at 8pm and on Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m.  Tickets are $20.00 at the door and can be reserved by calling 860-767-8943.  And as always, complimentary refreshments will be served after each performance. Margreta Stage Actor Party   Our Next Actor Party is Wednesday, April 21 at 6:30pm. It will be held at our Studio at  26 Plains Rd. , Essex. Mark it on your calendar as we will be reading some new plays as well as a few scenes from old standards. As always please bring your favorite tidbits to share and your preferred beverage. Remember everyone is welcome and we always encourage new theater artists to get involved in our growing company. The Actor Party is a place where we gather and share short pieces of theater. If you have a short piece you’d like to direct, or a monologue or scene you’d like to read, please let us know by emailing us: office@margretastage.org Company News – New E-Mail Address: You can now e-mail us directly:  office@margretastage.org Margreta Stage Studio Announces 2010 Spring and Summer Classes Spring Acting Workout  Meeting on Saturdays in May and June this class provides a “workout” for the actor. This class will include, but not be limited to work on sense memory, emotional memory, improvisation, objectives, obstacles and circumstances. This class will be taught by Margreta Stage’s own Kevin Spedding.  The class meets five Saturdays: May 22, June 5 - June 26 from 10am to 12pmin  Essex .  $20 per class. To register call 860-767-8943 or email us at:  margretastage.org Summer Acting Workshop for Young Adults Instructor Kevin Spedding is offering two week-long acting workshops for teenagers. In each five-day workshop the students will be grouped according to age and will explore the techniques used to create an honest portrayal of a character on stage. Both beginning and experienced young actors will learn the value of relaxation, concentration and imagination through exercises and scene work performed in a safe, open-minded and non-judgmental environment.  Workshops will be held July 19 - July 23 or July 26 - July 30 from 10:00am – 12:30pm.  Classes will be held in  Essex and are appropriate for ages 12 – 17. Cost is $125.00 per workshop.   To register call 860-767-8943 or email us at:  margretastage.org Company Members at Work Kate MacCluggage will be performing Off-Broadway in Kenneth Jones’ The39 Steps. This fast paced comic thriller will open on March 25th at New World Stage, Stage 1. Kevin Spedding will be performing in an acting workshop showcase atHartford Stage on April 12.  Elijah Manning will be performing in the IFNY Monologue Slam on Friday March 12. It is hosted by Malik Yoba, and will have a panel of four celebrity judges. The audience will be the fifth judge so the more people Elijah has rooting for him, the better chance he’ll have of winning. Everyone is invited! Friday, March 12, 2010 at 7:30 PM Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts,  One  University  Plaza Brooklyn ,  NY  11201 , Phone: (718) 488-1624, www.kumbletheater.com Rayah Martin is in the cast of Rabbit Hole directed by Ed Wilhelms for the Chester Meeting House Players. The show runs April 30, May 1, 7, 8, 14 and 15 at The Chester Meeting House. Call (860) 526-3684 for reservations. Getchie Argetsinger is in training for the Lincoln Center Resident Artists Program. Suzanne McCormack plays Mrs. Bennett in the revival of Flock Theater’s popular Pride and Prejudice at the  Shaw  Mansion .  Performances run the week of April 6th and the week of April 12th at 7:00 p.m., with 2:00 p.m. matinees on Saturdays and Sundays.  To make reservations, please call the Flock Theatre office at (860) 443-3119.  Please continue to send us any news so we can share your work and help promote local theater projects. I hope to see you all at Let Us Now Praise Famous Men so together we can celebrate the kick-off to our 2010 New Playreading Series. Jeanie Rapp

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