The Heritage Hunt Little Theaterpresents

T o h o g

CemeteryC o l o u ' b

by

lvan Menchell

Directed by

Bets KnepleyA Dinner-Theater Event

April 24, 25, 26 & 27, 2007Clubhouse Bal l room

CASTlda . , , . . . . . . . . Lanna Krogman

Luci l le . . . . . . . Tina Mul l ins

Doris ..' GaYle Chisholm

Sam... . . . . . . . . . Si l Zinicola

Mildred .....,., Pat Boggs

Understudy.............. Dot Schuetze

qAct Onex>There will be n between acts

-Scene One-The present . . . . . la te morn ing . . . . . lda 's l i v ing room

-Scene Two-A few hours la te r . . . . . . . . . .The Cemetery

-Scene Three-Later that af ternoon.. . . . . . . . . lda's l iv ing room

-Scene Four-A month la te r . . . . . . . . . .The Cemetery

rsAct Twox-r-Scene One-

The a f te rnoon o f Se lma 's wedd ing . . . . . . . . . lda 's l i v ing room

-Scene Two-Very late, af ter Selma's wedding.. . . . . . . . . lda's l iv ing room

-Scene Three-The morn ing a f te r Se lma 's wedd ing . . . . . . . . . . lda 's l i v ing room

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Pat Boggs (Mi ld red)Pat has been a memberof the Heritage Hunt Little Theatre since it began,

serving as secretary and current board member. She has performed in the LasfDress Rehearsa/ and has danced her way through three other productions;Charleston, Trouble at the Tropicabana, When in Rome, and more recentlyplayed Daisy Rae in the Hound of the Clackervilles. Pat has also danced in twovariety shows, in Mame and The California Raisin Dance Routine, as well asperforming for the Women's Club. She moved to Heritage Hunt eight years agofrom Ohio, after having raised three children and working twenty years in lawenforcement. She enjoys visiting with her children and six grandchildren and lifehere in Heritage Hunt.

Gay le Ch isho lm (Dor is )Gayle taught school for 32 years including kindergarten through 3rd grades in

the elementary school and Algebra in the middle school. The next phase of her lifebegan in 1999 when she retired from Fairfax County Schools. Teaching has beenreplaced with goll bridge, and walking 4 miles a day. Her husband, Sonny, travels allduring March to see as.many NCM basketballgames as he can. She has a son livingin Falls Church whose many interests include competitive volleyball. She also hasadaughterwfro lives in Nortr Carolina witr herfamilywhidt indudes 3 delightful gnanddildren.

Gayle is a charter member of HHLT and had a small but enthusiastic part inthe first production of Don t Sa y No to the USO. She went on to play Kelly, theproducer, in The Last Dress Rehearsa/. And she thoroughly enjoyed being theirreoressible Clementine in Westward Whoa.

Gayle feels lucky to be a partof HHLT where so many people work veryhard behind the scenes to make each production possible.

Lanna Krogman ( lda)Lanna, a native of Ohio, makes her third appearance with HHLT. Her

past performances were Lillums in Afraid of the Darkand Hormonia Slink inHound of the Clackervilles. Lanna has worked for AT&T for 33 years and iscurrently a Program Manager for the Department of Defense. She especiallywant to thank Bets for her superb direction and guidance in developing lda'scharacter. Lanna also thanks her family and friends for allowing her to"disappea/' for three months to pursue her love of theatre. Special love toCarrie, Lili, Lucy, Matt and Chad for their love and encourangemnt. Andthanks to each of you for your attendance this evening...we appreciate yoursupport of HHLT!

T i n a M u l l i n s ( L u c i l l e )Tina's theatrical rebirth began as Polly Pepper in the Heritage Hunt's Little

Theatre production of Charlesfon. Since then, she has participated in each productionand has enjoyed bringing life to the roles of Lucy in Trouble atthe Tropicabana,MalaHariin Afraid of the Dark, Minimus in When in Rome, and Sadie Blue in Ihe Houndof Clarkeruilles. No one can accu se anyone of type casting hei: In addition, sheappeared in this past summels Variety Show as a singer of the Boogie Woogie BugleBoy number and as Adeline in Adeline's Lamenf. She has also been an activemember of the Woman's Chorus as both an alto and second soprano. In her life offstage, Tina had worked for over 30 years as a clinical audiologist. Shortly aftermoving into Heritage Hunt 5 years ago, Tina finished her Masteis Degree in SocialWork. In October 2006 she began her new career as the Social Service Director atOak Springs of Wanenton. She is very grateful for the support she receives fromAndy, her husband of 3'1 years and her sons, Brendan and Devin.

Dot Schuetze (Unders tudy)Finally, after 55 years of marriage, raising a son and daughter (twins),

working full time, retiring and moving to Heritage Hunt three years ago, I amenjoying fulfilling my one passion - theater, The lights, sets, make-up (no longerthe smell of grease paint), costumes and the wonderful actors has been delightful.

What a wonderful setting to encourage you to regain what once was. Allthrough my childhood, adolescence, and as a young adult, lenjoyed participatingin amateur productions. At Heritage Hunt ldebuted inWhen in Rome as theAttendant to the Princess, and then as Brunhilda in Hound of the Clackeruillesand am now enjoying watching the fourwomen inThe Cemetery C/ub mold intotheir unique characters, and learning so much from our accomplished director,Bets. This has been an incredible opportunity.

S i l Z in ico la (Sam)All of my experience in theater has been with HHLT and I have enjoyed

every part I played. I have loads of Fun. My previous roles have been a crazyCivil War General in Afraid of the Dark,a brutal GladiatorinWhen in Rome,awhacky Deputy Sheriff in Hounds of the Clackervilles. As you can see, I haveenjoyed some very funny and crazy parts. In this recent play, Ihe CemeteryClub,lplay alewish butcher. No, this is not a play by Steven King about a serialkiller who chops older women up. I am a real butcher*the kind that chops upbeef and chicken and is a regular guy. This part has been a challenge for mebecause it was easy to be whacky and crazy but normal is tough. The director,crew and cast are great and I am still having loads of Fun.

The Production StaffDirector Bets Knepley

Producer Jane Becker

Stage Mana9er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . Gold ie Grandy

Costume Consultant .... Pat Dews

Set Design Alan Mager

Sound & Lighting.......... ....... Dave Milbradt, Bill Whyte & Rick Sullivan from HH LSW Crew

Make-Up Consultant .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sandy lasiel lo

Property Mistresses Denny Cumber & Nan Hepp

Assistant to the Director... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Schuetze

Choreographer... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Lewis

Set Construction .............. Ted Day & Alan Mager

Set Painting Lucy Modrak, Grace Baier & Ed Baier

Set Decoration ... . . . . . . . . . . . . Joey Wagner

Program/Publicity... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bets Knepley & Goldie Grandy

Photographer... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ed Knepley

Tickets ...... Elena Portoles & Carol Katchmark

Dinner Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P ian is t Jack Merelman

Set-Up & Tear-Down Crew ............ Alan Mager, Goldie Grandy, Sandy Mills, Jim Burwell, Sil Zinicola,Rick Sullivan, 1ed Day, fut Moscatello, Jack Merelman, Helen Esposito, Denny Cumber & Bob Rewald

A big thank you to the many other HHLT members & HH residentswho helped make this production a success, especial ly Karen Naylor

for the loan of her coffee table and Sylvia Waldman for help with New York accents.

And a special thank you to our wonderful audiences who support our efforts.After al l , i t takes "a vi l lage" to produce a show.

Produced by special arrangement wi th Samuel French, Inc.

The Heritage Hunt Little TheaterOn a cold snowy evening in January 2003, The Heritage Hunt Little Theater

was founded by Bets Knepley. In spite of the dreary frigid weather, thirty-sevenHeritage Hunt residents showed up. Much was accomplished at the first meeting-bylaws, officers and a name were chosen, and the first play selected. And the rest,as they say, "is history."

During the four years of our existence, in addition to producing two plays ayear, we have developed several unique branches. The first was the ReadersTheater which met twice a month. lts purpose was to help members hone theirtheatricalskills by reading plays and performing skits and monologues. The Read-ers Theater eventually evolved into The workshop which is open to all HHresidents. The Workshop meets once a month. During these sessions, varioustheatricaltopics are discussed. Some of these discussions are led by litle theatermembers and others, by professionals in the theatricalworld. The Workshop isn'talways serious. The upcoming May Workshop is a search throughout Heritage Huntforthe first Heritage Hunt lDoL. The workshop coordinator is Bets Knepley.

A relat ively new service of HHLT is the Travel ing Theater Troupe, whichis our community outreach program. l t was organized this year by ina Mayerwith Joey Wagner as the contact coordinator.

Litt le Theater also offers a monthly newslette r, ptay Time, produced byBets Knepley and a websi te, hhl i t f letheater.org, kept current by web master,R ick Su l l i van .

Past plays include: 2003-Don't say No to the tJSo, directed by BetsKnepley; The Last Dress Rehearsa/, written & directed by John Gatt;2l)4-westward whoa!, directed by Bets Knepley; charleston, directed byBets Knepley; 2005-Trouble At the Tropicabana, directed by John Gatt;Afraid of the Dark, directed byAlan Mager; 2oo6-when ln Rome,directedby Bets Knepley; Hound of the crackervil les, directed by M.J. Brickach.

Our current Board of Directors are: President, Nanette Ross; Vice presi-dent, Bil l Harrison; Secretary, Denny cumber; Treasurer, Rick sull ivan: com-municat ions/Membership chair , pat Boggs; program/Act iv i ty chair , JoyceMancini; Member-at-large, Jim campbell. Dues are $25 the firsi year and {f 10thereafter. We have contributed to the USO, Gainesville Fire De[artment andover $10,000 to the HH HOA for improvements in the stage sound and lighting.

Unl ike other l i t t le theaters, HHLT is a "senior adul t theater" which is atheater by, wi th and for older adul ts. Our goal is to provide the best enter-ta inment we can. And to have fun whi le doing i t !