Laurene Dolan directed the Lakeside Players in “Romance in D”, “Sleeping Beauty and the Beast”, and she will be directing them in the upcoming production of “The Vagina Monologues”.
“The Vagina Monologues” introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices. A six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it”. Continue reading →
Actors, musicians, crew, and director, everyone really likes this play. It is Golliwhoppers, the last of the very successful Children’s Series this season at the Rhode. There is energy, enthusiasm, and laughter in their work. The only problem for this play will be figuring out who is having the most fun, the performers or the audience.
Check it out, and tell us, please, what you think.
And be sure to show up early.
Click HERE for more pictures, courtesy of Joe Barr
GOLLIWHOPPERS is a wonderful retelling of four “tall tales”–The tales thread through our American heritage from the outrageous comic story, Big Jesse Febold Ebenezer Chopalong, to the mythic Native American legend of The Sun Snatchers, a hilarious Appalachian tale of greed, Goll-Golli-Gee and a deep southern romp about the tiny little Knee-High Man. All four tales are told through dialogue, mime, ballad, dance, and puppetry. Continue reading →
Click the Arrow to listen to Braxton Molinaro singing “Hero and Leander”
Braxton Molinaro is currently attending the North Carolina School of The Arts for his BFA in Acting. He is an acting student under Chancellor John Mauceri (Candide and The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conductor) and Dean Gerald Freedman (West Side Story/Hair on Broadway, director).
You may have seen Braxton in previous productions in his high school career including: AIDA, SWEENEY TODD, and the national cast of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. He also directed summer shows in K-town including: THE WILD PARTY, CHICAGO, AND THE LARAMIE PROJECT.
He now has a music page on Myspace and would love some traffic to stop by from his home town! Check it out!
(the box office is open one hour prior to performance)
Move Over, Mrs. Markham is a British farce that will have you rolling in the aisles. Hilarity and chaos ensue when three separate couples all seek illicit liaisons unknowingly at the same time and place, in the Markham’s flat. Add a straight laced children’s author, a sexy au pair girl and a flamboyant interior decorator… stir in misplaced love notes, ringing phones and a full liquor cabinet…and the game is on!
Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup Present:
“Two-Time Newbery Award Winner”
LOIS LOWRY’S THE GIVER Stage Adaptation by Eric Coble
Originally Commissioned by the Oregon Children’s TheaterContinue reading →
A Lakeside Players, Inc. Production Alice in Wonderland directed by Ann-Marie Schmid
Roles available:
2 women
2 men
5 either gender
Audition dates:
Sunday January 6th, 2008 at 7:00pm
Tuesday January 8th, 2008 at 7:00pm
Where:
The Rhode Center for the Arts
514 56th street
Downtown Kenosha, WI
(262) 657-PLAY
All audition readings will be from the script.
Production synopsis & performance dates: Alice in Wonderland March 29th & 30th, 2008
Showtimes: Saturdays at 11:00 am & 2:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm
Welcome to Wonderland where everything is curiouser and curiouser!
This innovative show brings Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic to life. All your favorite characters are here: Alice, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and of course, the Queen of Hearts!
Questions: please call the director, Ann-Marie Schmid at (414) 202-5488
Lakeside Players, Inc. Presents: The Bachelor King
by Martin A. Follose
January 18th-February 2nd, 2008
7:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays
2:00 pm Sundays
(the box office is open one hour prior to performance) King Evian declares whomever he passes his scepter to will be the next king, but when the King accidentally falls out a window & is presumed dead, a simple peasant named Yokel catches the scepter and is declared King! Soon a search is begun to find the lonely bachelor king a wife. The search yields a variety of contestants for the king’s hand, and they must compete for Yokel in a hilarious spoof of reality TV shows. A delightful fairy tale comedy the whole family will enjoy!
Directed by: Christi Geidner (Kenosha, WI)
Starring: Chris Brouton (Round Lake Beach, IL) Gary Craanen (Racine, WI) Bob Dawson (Round Lake Beach, IL) Julie Dietrich (Kenosha, WI) Nikki Hill Philip Jaeger (Zion, IL) Chad Laudonio (Kenosha, WI) Michelle Paura (Kenosha, WI) Charlie Ramsey (Vernon Hills, IL) Jay Rattle (Racine, WI) Jen Rickel (Waukegan, IL) Ann-Marie Schmid (Franksville, WI) Amy-Louise Seyller (Kenosha WI) Milton Smith ( Kenosha, WI) Elizabeth Tannehill
Ticket prices:
Adults – Friday & Saturday $12
Sunday $11
Seniors & Students - $10
Where: The Rhode Center for the Arts
514 56th street
Downtown Kenosha, WI 53141
To reserve tickets call: (262) 657-PLAY (7529) www.rhodeopera.org
Dates:
Thursday, February 28, 2008: 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 1, 2008: 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 1, 2008: 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 6, 2008: 1:00 p.m.
Friday, March 7, 2008: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8, 2008 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 8, 2008: 7:30 p.m.
For Tickets and Group Rates:
262-813-0144 Or Email at:
brownullstrup@yahoo.com
Reuther High School Auditorium
913- 57th Street • Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140
Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award Winning Novel “The Giver” is now a play!
Be sure to check out http://www.thegiverplay.com to get information about the late February, early March 2008 Kenosha-Racine area performances, that will take place at the Reuther HS Auditorium. A number of actors from the 91.1 Players will perform in this award-winning story. Jim Blair is the director, and Steve Brown and Michael Ullstrup are the producers. Terry Lawler and Ryan Farrell are just a few of the 91.1 Players who will appear in this award winning story.
WGTD Radio Theatre
Wisconsin’s only LIVE broadcast series of radio dramas and comedies!
WGTD Radio Theatre productions are produced live Saturday mornings at 11:15 in the Bioscience and Information Technology Center on the Kenosha campus of Gateway Technical College. You’re invited to tune in or become part of the studio audience by simply walking in. Admission is free. Cafe 91.1 is open for all live theater broadcasts. This series will be begin its 4th season in 2008, and is Wisconsin’s longest running LIVE broadcast of old time radio, replete with original scripts.
RG Productions presents “Retro Radio Holiday Revue,” with all of your favorite comedies from Old Time Radio: Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, and Bob Hope! You can watch this standing room only event, which was held on Dec. 8 at the Kenosha Public Museum, on Kenosha Community TV, Channel 14, on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. and Fridays at 1 p.m. throughout the month of December. You can also hear a re-broadcast on WLIP 1050 AM, Sunday morning, December 16 on Lou Rugani’s “Music of the Stars,” between 9 and 11 a.m.
“MIRACLE ON 30th AVENUE”
A Holiday Original “Radio Drama”
Special Guest Star: “Alvin Greenman of the 1947 Film,
“Miracle on 34th Street”
Live Radio Thriller on the Award-Winning WGTD Radio Theater
Contact:
Steve Brown, 262-564-3862 stevenmbrown@hotmail.com, David Cole, 262-564-3030 coled@gtc.edu.
Mr. Alvin Greenman is available for a personal interview. Please contact WGTD’s Steve Brown, at 262-564-3862.
Date: Saturday, December 15th at 11:15 a.m.
Location: This show will be broadcast LIVE from Room 120 “The WGTD Radio Theater” of the Bioscience and Information Technology Center on the Kenosha Campus of Gateway Technical College, 3520-30th Avenue, Kenosha.
On Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 11:15 am, the WGTD Radio Theater presents its’ holiday production of “Miracle on 30th Avenue.” This year’s holiday story was written by Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup, both of Salem, and is based on the Valentine Davies 1947 short story and motion picture “Miracle on 34th Street,” celebrating it’s 60th anniversary this year.
Our special guest star is Mr. Alvin Greenman, who played the role of “Alfred”, the Macy’s janitor and part-time Santa Claus, and will take on the character of “Governor Greenman.” Greenman, 76, lives in Los Angeles, and was extremely pleased to become a member of the 91.1 Players.
According to Greenman, “Being asked to be part of this WGTD Radio production is a great pleasure, because the movie “Miracle on 34th Street” changed my life forever. I am always pleased to be interviewed and participate in events that honor this wonderful film.”
Greenman’s part, which has been recorded, will be inserted live into the broadcast. WGTD’s Steve Brown interviewed Greenman, which will air on Friday, December 14th, as part of WGTD’s “Morning Show,” hosted by Gregory Berg.
Story Synopsis
“Miracle on 30th Avenue” takes place in Kenosha, and tells the story about Kris Kringle, who tries his best to make sure that the annual Christmas Parade is not cancelled. Through the help of many of the kids in the cast, Kris (played by Terry Lawler) and Bobby (Bobby Pirtle) work together to do more than just save the parade. A little bit of magic, hope, and courage also play a part in bring the story to a happy ending.
Cast members from the 91.1 Players featured in this drama are: Bobby Pirtle (Racine), Terry Lawler, David McGrath, and Don Jensen, all from Kenosha. Evan and Kathy Zuhlke, both of Pleasant Prairie, Vittoria DuMez (Kenosha) and Victoria Paura Ide (Somers). Don Jensen is also the director of this year’s holiday story.
Food and beverages will be available at Café 91.1, a full-service coffeehouse located in the Atrium of the Bioscience and Information Technology Center.
The fourth season of the WGTD Radio Theater begins on Saturday, January 26th, with the world premier of “The New Adventures of Rock, Bullwinkle, and Friends.”
He’s a self-promoting, women’s foundation garment peddling, performing and visual artist. It’s Ron Kelly.
As I arrange myself in a chair upstairs at Carolyn’s Coffee Connection, I push a decorative throw pillow to the side.
“I think pillows [on furniture] are just to cover people’s bellies to be honest with you,” Ron quips.
“Yea, honesty!” I think to myself. And while we’re being honest, “That’s exactly what I usually do with the pillow! But nobody is supposed to know that’s what the pillow in my lap is for.”
Ron Kelly is offering “the perfect antidote to the inevitable Ryan Seacrest holiday special.” Fa-La-La THIS started in Chicago with a theater company called Hell in a Handbag.
Tammy: What was Hell in a Handbag?
Ron: We did ironic spoofs of classic B movies. So we did Valley of the Dolls, Scarrie the Musical. Our biggest success was Poseidon the Upside Down Musical. We did a holiday show every years called Rudolph the Red Hosed Reindeer, which is a musical about a cross-dressing reindeer and a not-gay-enough elf. We had a monologue show that just kind of grew out of that called Screw Christmas. We broke off and started our own little show and we started Fa-La-La THIS, which I think is a little more fun.
A Christmas Twist - November 30- December 15
A comedy by Doug Armstrong, Maureen Morley, and Keith Cooper
Director: Brandi Schuld — Kenosha,WI
Assistant Director: Laura Larson — Kenosha, WI
Sponsored by Southport Mechanical
Based on the Dickens classics, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and OLIVER TWIST, this side splitting satire makes a mockery of Christmas sentimentality by mixing up the characters from both famous stories. Characters include Tiny Twist, a composite of Tiny Tim and Oliver Twist, and Artful Annie, based on Orphan Annie and the Artful Dodger. This hilarious story will be a welcome relief to anyone who finds Christmas a grueling experience!
CAST
Tom Amacher — Kenosha, WI
Jim Behr — Gurnee, IL
Gary Craanen — Racine, WI
Jeff Gray — Kenosha,WI
Michael Jenkins — Franksville, WI
Bobby Kuhn — Bristol, WI
Michelle Paura — Kenosha, WI
Jim Selovich — Kenosha, WI
Amy-Louise Seyller — Kenosha, WI
Milt Smith — Kenosha, WI
Rosann Weber — Kenosha WI
7:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays
2:00 pm Sundays
(the box office is open one hour prior to performance)
This show is not recommended for children.
Ticket prices:
Adults - Friday & Saturday $12, Sunday $11
Seniors & Students - $10 for all performances
Where:
The Rhode Center for the Arts
514 56th street
Downtown Kenosha, WI 53140
Matt: Not really. I was born in Indiana. And lived in Iowa and Missouri and moved up here right before the fifth grade, in 1985.
T: Oh, so you’ve been here for (not wanting to do simple arithmetic in her head)… a while.
M: Most of my life. After I graduated from high school I lived in Racine, I lived in Waukegan for a little bit. And I was in a band and we were on tour so I lived in Minneapolis for a little while, but other than that, mostly Kenosha.
T: Alright. Were the arts a part of your upbringing? Is that kind of how you got into it?
M: Not really. I studied classical piano when I was a kid and that was the bulk of it. When I was a little kid I got a transistor radio from my grandpa, I would fall asleep with it under my pillow. That kind of turned me on to popular music as opposed to classical music. In junior high I started writing music. I remember writing a lot when I was a kid. Writing stories. My parents didn’t have much to do with it, aside from using piano lessons as punishment.
Laugh out loud! It’s time for another Night of Comedy and Improv at the Rhode Center for the Arts! Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 10th at 7 p.m.
The ladies of BroadMinded are ready to flex their funny bones as members of the gentler sex. Ah, they are just good-hearted girls from Milwaukee who like to have fun. Stacy Babl, Melissa Kingston, Anne Graff LaDisa and Megan McGee grace the Rhode stage with their smart and lively Sketch Comedy. Comic and emcee Jim Selovich will keep the evening moving merrily along. They will finish up the night with everyone joining together for some on-the-spot improv comedy that will have you rolling in the aisles.
Some come out and join us for one LIVE AND HILARIOUS night!
Maureen Cashin Bolog of Actor’s Craft and Jim Selovich are producing this fundraiser for the Rhode Center for the Arts, located at 514 56th Street. Tickets are affordably priced at $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Cash Bar and snack items will be available. Advanced tickets can be purchased at the Pollard Gallery, 518 56th Street (phone 262/657-PLAY), or at Larsen Mayer Pharmacy, 3535 30th Avenue. For more information at 262/705-0194.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS! What’s a fundraiser without friends and funds?
Contact: Maureen Cashin Bolog, Actor’s Craft
Business Cell: 262/705-0194
New people in a group always bring new perspectives, new talents, new ideas, and a general newness to the group as a whole. I sat down with Meg Walsh and Vince Cook, both first-time actors with the Lakeside Players to chat with them about their journey to Kenosha. I knew how much fun they were on the stage as Mina Seward, the “artery” of Count Dracula’s eye, and Boris Renfield, the resident exterminator and living travelogue, but I didn’t realize how fun they would be off the stage too.
Matt: I know you’ve both been acting for quite some time now. When exactly did you start? Continue reading →
Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup Present
Lakeside Players, Inc. presents:
Laugh out loud! It’s time for another Night of Comedy and Improv at the Rhode Center for the Arts! Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 10th at 7 p.m.
