Cast Lists for Spring 2025 Shows

Many thanks to all who auditioned for Twelfth Night and Just So! It was a pleasure seeing your work and to have so many fabulous choices to cast these roles. This play is one of my favorites and I am ecstatic to get started on it with all of you! IMPORTANT: We need to meet before departing for winter break! We’ll be having essential conversation about how to approach Shakespearean text so that you can begin your text work over the break and come back fully prepared (and as close to memorized as possible) to begin rehearsal. This will be vital to our ability to put this production on its feet in a relatively short amount of time. If possible, we’ll also do a read-through I realize it’s short notice during a busy time, but PLEASE make every attempt to be there, even if it’s inconvenient. Our meetings will be Tuesday, December 3rd 6:00 – 9:00 and Thursday, December 5th 6:00 – 9:00. Please email Stage Manager Leigh Rohe (leah.rohe@plymouth.edu) by the end of the day on Novemeber 27th and either confirm that you can be there or let them know if you have absolutely unbreakable conflicts. If you’re not Read More

AUDITIONS for Plymouth State Theatre Productions Spring 2025

https://plymouth.showportal.net/sheet/auditions-for-shows-spring-2025/ At the link above, please sign up for a 5-minute audition appointment on either:Tuesday, November 19 • 4pm to 7pm  (for both shows)Thursday, November 21 • 4pm to 6pm (for both shows) Instructions: Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare.STRAIGHT PLAY Elizabeth Cheney Studio Theatre, February 27 – March 1, 2025. Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man.. Just So, by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles.MUSICAL. Hanaway Theatre, April 10 – 12, 2024. Five of Rudyard Kipling’s tales weave together into a wonderous tale of personal courage, individuality and friendship. Set to an eclectic, upbeat score, Kipling’s Just So Stories are woven with wit and imagination into a song-filled journey through the jungle. Tuesday  Nov 19:  Auditions for both shows  4pm-7:00pm.*** OR ***Thursday  Nov 21:  Auditions for both shows  Read More

Email from GSA – Please Read

Hi Beth & Matt, So great to see you both the other day online. Attached please find a very draft schedule for both Performance & Design for January – please note Design is on the second tab (performance on the first). Fee as discussed is €2150 for the 3 weeks (accommodation, tutelage and all cultural & theatre visits). Caveat: all modules are draft at present, we would need to know what exact design (set/ costume/ lighting) attending students were and we would tailor it accordingly. (the Excel sheet schedules are available here)I know a couple of tech students have reached out to Evanna directly, are you happy for us to share this with them?A few videos here. Here is one of our adverts, and here is another short promo. Here is a lovely video of testimonials. I hope this helps the students see what a special experience this could be. All the best,  Maeve

Dublin, Ireland: Gaiety School Of Acting

January 6 – 24, 2025 About $3470.00. Deadline to commit: September 30, 2024. If you are going, sign up here: https://plymouth.showportal.net/sheet/dublin-ireland-gaiety-school-of-acting/ Approximate Cost: GSA Program Tuition $2400.00 Three weeks groceries $300.00 Airfare $700.00 Travel Insurance through USNH $70.00 Approximate Total $3470.00 If you are going, sign up here: https://plymouth.showportal.net/sheet/dublin-ireland-gaiety-school-of-acting/

PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

You are invited!!! On November 22nd our Dance Project class will be hosting a performance opportunity.  What we are looking for is student choreographed pieces to add to our performance.  This performance will be located in the Cheney Studio Theatre.  Our theme is A Century of Women Dancing. Please submit an audition video to rag1017@plymouth.edu by October 5th.  When you submit your audition piece be sure to include your name, the choreographer, names of the dancers, style of dance, and the song with the artist you are using. If you are in need of dance studio practice time email me (Becky) at rag1017@plymouth.edu and Tracy Dickson Tracey.Dickson@plymouth.edu

Shakespeare on the Move workshop 9/25

In connection with Advice To The Players’ production of The Tempest that is touring to PSU on Wednesday, September 25–the company will be offering a Shakespeare and movement workshop led by Charls Sedgwick Hall*. The workshop will be in the Smith Recital Hall Wednesday 9/25 from 4:30-5:30/5:45 (dependent on number of participants). Shakespeare On The Move is a workshop of embodying Shakespeare’s text through a series of movement exercise. Active participation in this workshop is limited to 15 students. Please RSVP to Jessie at jmchapman@plymouth.edu to get on the list. An unlimited number of observers are welcome at the workshop (no rsvp required). To participate fully in the workshop please come in with a monologue/piece of memorized Shakespeare text. If you need help selecting a Shakespeare monologue, you can contact Jessie. (If you have already taken Voice & Diction 1, you can use your monologue from that class). After the workshop you can see Charls perform as Prospero in The Tempest. The performance starts at 7pm in the Cheney Studio Theater and attendance is free for PSU community. The performance runs under 90 minutes with no intermission. Charls Sedwick Hall Bio: Charls is an actor, teaching artist, movement teacher, director Read More

Celebrity Guest Speaker This Week

Wednesday Sept 11th 2:30p to 3:45 Cheney Studio Theatre You might need to ask your parents, but believe me, John Davidson is a very well-known celebrity from 60s into the early 90s. He has been a talk-show host, pop-music singer, gameshow host, and actor for television, film, and Broadway. He currently lives here in New Hampshire. He is absolutely charming and pleasant to talk with. This Wednesday afternoon he will be joining us to talk in the Silver Center. I have asked him to talk with our students about what it is to work in entertainment. He was a little hesistant because his career arc was most powerful in earlier decades, but there is a ton of wisdom and good will he has to share. Please join us and make him welcome. This is a VERY rare opportunity for all of you to talk personally with someone who’s career developed alongside color television, when variety shows were the norm, and gameshows were at their very peak of popularity. If you are available during this slot, please come. This will be an informal discussion in the Cheney Studio Theatre. Take a moment and explore his background. Here are links to IMDB, Read More

Meetings with Beth on 8/29!

Hi Lucky Stiff cast! Here are your scheduled meeting times with Beth for Thursday night, August 29th. Friendly reminder that these are 15 minute intervals, between 6:30pm and 9pm. Thank you, and see you all soon! Time Slot Actor 6:30pm Nate LaPorte 6:45pm Joie Lynch 7:00pm Alissa Cutting 7:15pm Hayley Serafine 7:30pm Lillian Graham 7:45pm Avery Fecteau 8:00pm Cyrus Bowditch 8:15pm Jack Downey 8:30pm Taylor Smith 8:45pm Ian Manning 9:00pm Jacob Hepburn

Cast Lists for Fall 2024 Shows

CAST for LUCKY STIFF       HARRY WITHERSPOON Cyrus Bowditch ANNABEL GLICK Alissa Cutting RITA La PORTA Lillian Graham VINNIE  Di RIZZIO Taylor Smith LUIGI GAUDI Nate LaPorte BODY OF TONY HENDRON / MAN IN THE WHEELCHAIR Jack Downey DOMINIQUE du MONACO Joie Lynch     ENSEMBLE: Avery Fecteau Various roles Jacob Hepburn   Joie Lynch   Ian Manning   Haley Serafine     Understudy Harry Ian Manning Understudy Annabel Haley Serafine     Please initial next to your name on the physical callboard   THANK YOU TO ALL WHO AUDITIONED!   -Beth Daily, Hannah Murray, Lindsey Brunelle   CAST for EURYDICE   EURYDICE Meredith Hoole ORPHEUS James Kelleher NASTY INTERESTING MAN/ LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD Nicholas Bailey & Summer Smith-Hemeon FATHER Daniel Sleeper CHORUS OF STONES:   LOUD STONE Riley Scanlon SHARP STONE Michael Aviles-Bramer ROUGH STONE Tori Freeman     Thank you to all who Auditioned! Please initial next to your name on the physical callboard (unless you are abroad—you can email me)   Always -Jessie  

Lucky Stiff Callback Info

Lucky Stiff callbacks on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 6:30-8:00pm  Silver Center Dance Studio Room 121 wear comfortable clothes as we will be moving and there will be a short dance sequence to learn with a choreographer please wear jazz shoes if you have them or any dance shoe otherwise, no street shoes are allowed on the dance floor, so you may either utilize socks or go barefoot Cyrus Bowditch Michael Aviles Bramer Alissa Cutting Jack Downey Avery Fecteau Lillian Graham Jacob Hepburn Meredith Hoole James Kelleher Nate LaPointe Joie Lynch Ian Manning Jonathan Picard Haley Serafine Taylor Smith