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ENCORE VOLUME 5, ISSUE 8

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Opens September 22nd

The second musical of the Oyster Mill Playhouse 2017 Season, the hilarious and scandalous, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, opens on September 22, 2017 and runs for three weekends. With the book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David

Yazbek, the show is based on the film written by Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro & Paul Henning.

Lawrence Jameson sustains his lavish lifestyle in a small town on the French Riviera by posing as a deposed Prince and swindling rich lady vacationers out of their money ostensibly to sustain his return to the throne. Freddy Benson, a relative newcomer to the art of grift, more humbly swindles women by preying on their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother’s failing health. After Lawrence and Freddy meet, they attempt to work together, only to find that the small French town isn’t big enough for the two of them. They agree on a wager — the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins, and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of the cons ensues that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end!

Ryan Dean Schoening is the Vocal Director and Lindy Mack will be directing the Pit Orchestra. Choreography is by Megan McClain and Mike Stubbs is the Stage Manager. Costumes are by Alice Kirkland.

Director S.F.J. Martin has assembled a talented cast:

CORINA AUCKER ENSEMBLE/USHERETTE KELSEY BLUE ENSEMBLE/SOPHIA/

WOMAN #2 LOREL HOLT JOLENE/WOMAN #4 REBECCA LEASE ENSEMBLE/WOMAN #3/

RENEE DAWN-MICHELLE LEWIS ENSEMBLE/LENORE/

WOMAN #1 KAYLOR LONG ENSEMBLE/RENEE’S

HUSBAND/HOTEL MANAGER ANGEL MARTINEZ ENSEMBLE/WAITER/BELLBOY MEGAN MCCLAIN ENSEMBLE/NUN/WAITRESS/

WOMAN PASSERBY KAYTEE MOYER CHRISTINE CARL NIEWELD LAWRENCE DOUG NIEWELD FREDDY BRANDON REXRODE ANDRE ROSIE TURNER MURIEL TED WILLIAMS ENSEMBLE/CROUPIER/GREEK

TYCOON/SAILOR CHANDRA YODER ENSEMBLE/SAILOR Tickets and show times are available at www.oystermill.com or by calling the box office at 717.737.6768.

IN THIS ISSUE

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS OPENS SEPTEMBER 22ND ………….…………………. CALL FOR DIRECTORS…………………………………………………………………………. SAVE THE DATE (GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN OCTOBER)..………………… CAST ANNOUNCED FOR JEEVES INTERVENES………….. …………………….………...

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TAKING LEAVE LEAVES LASTING IMPRESSION…………………………………….…... SHOP CLEANUP CONTINUATION…………………………………………………………… .PREVIEW OF THE 2018 SEASON ………………………………………………………… SPOTLIGHT ON CARL AND DOUG NIEWELD…………………………………………….. WE NEED VOLUNTERS………………………………………………………………………..

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Volume 5 - Issue 8

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Call for Directors

Oyster Mill Playhouse is still looking for Directors for productions in its 2018 Season. The interview and selection process has been streamlined and is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1) Go to: https://goo.gl/forms/5X75oLtzTdZVuoHG2

2) Complete the form 3) Click “submit” when you’re finished

It’s that easy. Directors for the first 3 shows of the season and for Flowers for Algernon and The Insanity of Mary Girard have already been selected, but Directors are still needed for the following productions:

DEATH BY DESIGN (Comedy - a farce with murder)

Performance Dates: 6/1/18 – 6/17/18 Audition Dates: 3/25/18 & 3/26/18

I HATE HAMLET (Comedy)


THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Mystery)


THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (MUSICAL)


As completed director application forms are received, we’ll determine if follow-up interviews are needed based on responses received. We will get back to everyone on a timely bases, however, we do ask all interested parties to keep in mind that we’ll be attempting to select directors for our season in the chronological order of the season itself; this allows as much time as possible for each director to prepare and plan out his/her production. We’re hoping to have all directors selected no later than the end of

October 2017 at the latest. We’re looking forward to another great season of live theatre at Oyster Mill Playhouse in 2018 and hope you will join us.

SAVE THE DATE!!

The Autumn Meeting of the Oyster Mill Playhouse General Membership will be held this year on October 22, 2017. Ordinarily this membership meeting is held in September but the OMP calendar in September is rather full, so the Board chose a date in October.

The purpose of the Autumn Meeting is to review the financial health of the Organization and to take up any other business brought to the meeting by the Board or the Membership.

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR JEEVES INTERVENES

Director Lois Heagy has assembled a cast for the last production of the Oyster Mill Playhouse 2017 season, the hilarious P.G. Wodehouse comedy, Jeeves Intervenes.

Set in the 1920s, the play finds high-society in London

once again thrown into chaos by hapless playboy Bertie Wooster, this time in cahoots with his old school chum Eustace Bassington-Bassington. The two hatch a brilliant plan to dupe their meddling relatives in order to save Bertie from an undesired marriage and Eustace from an unwanted job in India. Needless to say, the plan soon goes awry.

But will the ever-faithful manservant Jeeves be able to rescue these bumbling fools from themselves? You’ll not want to miss this delightful romp full of deception and disguise.

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Jeff Wasileski and Jim Fisher reprise their roles as Jeeves and Bertie Wooster respectively, from the 2014 OMP production of Jeeves in Bloom. The full cast is as follows:

JEEVES JEFF WASILESKI BERTIE WOOSTER JIM FISHER EUSTACE BASSINGTON-BASSINGTON MARK SCOTT AUNT AGATHA KATHY LUFT GERTRUDE WINKLESWORTH-BODE STEPHANIE TRDENIC SIR RUPERT WATLINGTON-PIPPS IRA RAPPAPORT

The production opens on November 3, 2017 and runs for three weekends.

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Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 PM Sunday matinee performances are at 2:00 PM

Taking Leave Leaves Lasting Impression

Nagle Jackson’s Taking Leave, the sixth show of the OMP 2017 Season, gave audiences lots to think about in its depiction of the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The thoughtful performances of the cast and expert staging by Director Stephanie Via

won praise and appreciation from those who saw the show. Attendees who are dealing with, or have dealt with, a family member suffering from this awful disease recognized the richly accurate portrayal.

Applause to Director Stephanie Via and her talented actors:

ELIOT BERNARD DICASIMIRRO ELIOT 1 GORDON EINHORN MRS. FLEMMING MARGUERITE ZWAHLEN ALMA ROXANNE HENNESSY LIZ EMILY KREIGER CORDELIA SAMANTHA SPERAW

And kudos to the very capable staff:

STAGE MANAGER STEPHEN JAHN PRODUCER ALIZA BARDFIELD ASSISTANT PRODUCER DAWN-MICHELLE LEWIS LIGHT DESIGN STEPHEN HENSEL SOUND DESIGN STEPHANIE VIA &

STEPHEN JAHN COSTUMES DEB WASILESKI PROPS KRISTEN BORGERSEN

OTTENS & GEOFFREY

OTTENS SET DESIGN STEPHANIE VIA &

STEPHEN JAHN SET CONSTRUCTION ADAM DUNLAP,

BRIAN MOORE, DAVE

SOLARES, TIMOTHY HENRY, CAST & CREW

SCENIC PAINTING DAVE LUTZ SOUND OPERATOR JILL JAHN LIGHT OPERATOR STEPHEN JAHN MARQUEE DESIGN STEPHANIE VIA PROGRAM DESIGN ROSIE TURNER PHOTOGRAPHY BEN ALLEN OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION LOIS HEAGY

Shop Clean-up Continuation

Another day of cleaning up and organizing the OMP scene shop was held on Saturday, August 19th. Tools, screw, nails, braces and lots of other materials were sorted and organized and put in bins where, hopefully, they will remain organized during

future set construction and strike activities.



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Thanks to: Aliza Bardfield, Michael Beckstein, Marte Engle, Chris Holbert, Howie Hurwitz, Melissa Hurwitz, David Lutz, Stephen Martin, Megan McClain, Susan Oscilowski, Janine Park, Judy Razvillas, Stephanie Trdenic and Rosie Turner for all the hard work. Let’s all make the commitment to put materials and tools away in their proper place after use so the shop can stay organized.

PREVIEW OF THE 2018 SEASON

On August 12, 2017, OMP presented a preview of the productions planned for the upcoming 2018 Season. Individuals and organizations who purchased private/benefit performances of productions in prior seasons were invited to the afternoon presentation of highlights from each of the works selected for 2018, along with OMP season ticket holders and interested actors and directors.

Thanks to participating actors and singers — Aliza Bardfield, Michael Beckstein, Jack Eilber, Anne Einhorn, Gordon Einhorn, Sam Eisenhuth, Marte Engle, Lois Heagy, Teresa Heagy, Dawn-Michelle Lewis, Megan McClain, Stephen Martin, Ron Nason Kristen Borgersen Ottens, Mike Stubbs, Stephanie Via, and Jeff Wasileski. Thanks also to Lindy Mack for musical accompaniment and Stephen Jahn for lighting and production support.

Aliza Bardfield and Lois Heagy hosted the event.

Spotlight on Carl and Doug Nieweld

by Stephanie Trdenic

When the musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels opens at OMP on Sept. 22, audiences will be seeing a father-son acting duo onstage: Carl and Doug Nieweld portray the two leading characters. Carl plays Lawrence, a seasoned con man, while son Doug plays his protégé, Freddy. Together, they plot to swindle a wealthy heiress out of her fortune.

Carl was last seen in Oyster Mill’s production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change last season after a 7-year hiatus from acting. His involvement in theatre started a bit later in life than some. His first love was music, specifically playing drums all through high school and college for several musicals, and playing in a band. “I never did anything beyond grade school stuff,” Carl says of acting, giving as an example his role as Benjamin Franklin in the 6th grade. (And the author is certain it was a tour-de-force performance.) Performing in musical theatre was especially a change for him, given that he “absolutely hated” the voice lessons he was required to take in high school.

Carl remembers wanting to act at a young age, “but reality set in.” It was while seeing a production of the musical version of Jekyll and Hyde that he was bitten by the acting bug. “I found myself thinking, ‘I’d really like to do that,’” he says. But it was seeing a friend perform in The Mousetrap here at Oyster Mill that really sealed the deal for him. His friend challenged Carl to audition for The Music Man, an upcoming OMP show. This was apparently the equivalent of a “triple-dog-dare” for Carl and he agreed to do it.

The result: he was given the leading role of Harold Hill – at his first-ever audition. The friend? Not so lucky – he was not cast. “He was pretty upset about that,” he recalls, laughing. Carl continued performing, appearing in shows at Theatre Harrisburg, York Little Theatre (now the Belmont), and Capitol Dinner Theatre. He echoes the feeling of most actors when he says, “Once you do it, you’re pretty much hooked.”



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Although son Doug, who is now 23, was not yet acting, he was a part of theatre life from a young age. He and his brother Keith would watch their father perform, Doug explains, “um…when we were allowed to be there.” He began to help with backstage duties in various shows at YLT as he got older. It’s no surprise that seeing his dad onstage helped spark his desire to act. Doug’s fellow crew members, as well as Carl’s theatre buddies, also encouraged him. Doug says, “It seemed like it would be fun to get to ‘wow’ people. And maybe there was a little peer pressure from my family.”

Doug began appearing in shows in high school. As a junior, he was a member of the ensemble for Phantom of the Opera, and he was cast in Legally Blonde the following year. His first time in community theatre he technically shared the stage with Carl, in The Who’s Tommy at YLT. But their characters never really intersected, and they shared nearly no stage time. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels marks not only Doug’s first major production, but the very first time the pair has been side by side.

Their journey to this point began when father and son first saw a local production of this very show about 7 or 8 years ago. Both loved it. Carl dreamed of playing Freddy. “I thought he had the best songs,” he admits, “but as time went on and I got greyer, I thought, maybe not Freddy, but Lawrence.” When audition day came, Carl never thought they’d be cast together.

Doug apparently has a slightly bigger imagination than Dad. “When I saw the show, I kind of had a dream that we’d act in it one day as co-stars…and here we are,” recalls Doug. He never let Dad in on that, however.

Both men are having a great deal of fun with their roles in this extremely funny musical comedy. It’s obvious the pair are enjoying their time together. “I’m still gushing over the fact that it’s happening,” Doug enthuses.

Carl looks over to where Doug sits in rehearsal, and says, “Hopefully we’ll get to do more stuff together.” Smiling, he adds, “Being on stage with him has been a blessing.”

I don’t sing. I can’t dance. and I don’t think I want to be

on stage….. So how can I participate????

ARE YOU KIDDING?

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN DO ANY OF THESE

THINGS―

▪ If you can use a hammer, drill or screw driver or even just a paint brush, we need you to help to construct and paint sets and scenery. ▪ If you can climb a stepladder or just hand things up to the person on the ladder, we need you to help to hang and focus stage lights. ▪ If you can use a pair of scissors, needle and thread or a sewing machine, we need you to help to create and sew costumes. ▪ If you can wear black clothes and move things, we need you to work backstage crew for our shows. ▪ If you can push a button on a light or sound board, we need you to run the lights or sound for our shows. ▪ If you play a musical instrument, we need you to play in the orchestra for our musicals. ▪ If you can answer the phone and learn a basic ticketing application, we need you to help run the Box Office. ▪ If you can talk to people in person or on the phone, we need you to help sell program advertising and help with fundraising. ▪ If you have writing and editing skills, we need you to help with the newsletter, press releases and with the show programs.

HOW TO VOLUNTEER

▪ E-mail us requesting further information... ▪ Stop by the theater during Box Office hours for more

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