Five Weeks to Opening Night!

Don't want to frighten anyone, but yes, we really do open this show five weeks from today!

Please be getting off script ASAP!  The best thing you can do to help this show is know your lines at least 4 weeks before opening night!

We will have a work day all day and evening on Monday, October 31 if anyone is available and wants to help out.  We will probably get started around 10 with breaks for lunch and dinner.  Literally will be here all day!

Cemile is going to be our costumer for this show.  She is great.  Please be patient with her and wear whatever she tells you to wear.  It is a costume not your personal wardrobe.  She may ask some of you if you have things you can bring in.  This will be helpful if you do.

Lauren Sterban will be taking our publicity photos and cast photos.  I want to get a shot of Virginia, O'Hanlan, Evie, Sean, and Santa next week for the papers and the posters.  If you have something that is approriate at home please bring it in this Saturday for Carol to look at.  If not, plan on staying after rehearsal Saturday to look for something that will work.

Women, we ask that you wear black character shoes if you have them.  If not we have some here at the theatre that you may try on or ask around and see if you can borrow some.  If you are going to continue to do this "acting" thing it wouldn't be a bad idea to invest in a pair as most shows require them.  (you don't have to though, just a suggestions.)  You will also need black tights/hose/knee highs for costume.  Women didn't show their legs then.

Everyone will have only ONE costume except those men playing more than one part.  We change the look through accessories.  Remember this is NYC in 1897 and they were poor.  Most people only had 2 outfits. - an everyday outfit and a go to church outfit.  

Keep up the good work!  

Tonight is Principles Only Act 2.

Saturday is ALL.  Please make every effort to be there.  We are really running short on time!

Adults, if you are up for it we may start running rehearsals a little later on the principle only nights to get in some extra work.  No later than 9 or 9:30.  I will let you know ahead of time when that will begin.

Thanks again.

David

Tuesday, October 25 Rehearsal and other stuff

Hi everyone,

Thanks for you patience while I have been out of town.  Carol, thanks for your leadership.

Tonight is an ALL rehearsal except for the little children (those 6 and under).  I will be late getting there due to work (after this week I think I will be done missing rehearsals!)

Be getting off script!  Time is really starting to run short for getting this thing done.  We are down to 5 weeks I think.

See you all tonight, eventually!

David

Monday's and Tuesday's Rehearsals

We will be blocking Act 2 this Monday and Tuesday.  Monday if we can have Virginia, Julie, Maria, Susan at 6:30 we will block their scenes and then Susan, Julie and Maria may leave.  O'Hanlon and Evie needed at 6:30.  All other principles in Act 2 please be there at 7:00.

Tuesday is an ALL rehearsal.  We would like to have everyone in the show for this rehearsal.

Thursday will all be an ALL rehearsal.  We will be doing our first runthrough of the ENTIRE SHOW!

Let us know if you have questions.

October 13 Rehearsal

Tonight we do NOT need ANY of the children!  We will wait and work them next week sometime.  So tonight at 6:30 we need Mitchell, Church, and other Men.  At 7:00 Evie will join us and at   7:30 any other's in first act.

Thanks so much and see you all tonight!

David

Check out the new page

At the top of the page are Three tabs:  "Home" and "Rehearsal Schedule" and "Cast List"

If you click on the rehearsal schedule it will take you to a detailed schedule for the entire run.  I will do my best to keep it updated but if you see that I haven't updated it give me a call as a gentle reminder.

Can't wait to see you all at rehearsal tonight at 6:30!

Cast

Thanks to all who auditioned.  This was a very difficult decision to make.  You were all fabulous!  

Cast

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

Character	Cast
Edward P. Mitchell	Joe Brennan
Frank P. Church	Fred Threet
James O’Hanlon	Peter Davis
Dominic Donneli	Darryl Schoonover
Virginia O’Hanlon	Callie Keightley
Maria Donneli	Annemarie Radish-Jones
Julie	Maddie Buckley
Susan	Courtney Phillips
Sean O’Hanlon	Benjamin Corbin
Evie O’Hanlon	Miriam Truax
Andrea Borland	Amie Lara
Teddy Murray	Scott Serro
Mrs. Goldstein	Barbara Hartman
Celeste Donneli	Debbie Phillips
Goss/George/Tom Pryor/Officer Akins	Dennis Lindey
Otho/Chambers/Officer Flynn	Steve Golden
Barrington/Shannon/O’Hara	Robert Hudson
Sam/Thief/Schuller/Red	Caleb Bullock
Shorty/Scotty/Art Fritz	Christopher Hurdle
Newsboy	Nathan Walker
Little Girl	Sylvia Rapp
Wife	Ashleyn Keightly
Townspeople and Carolers
Adkins, Susan	Phillips, Ashley
Cox, Sara	PJ Scott
Ernst, Emily	Ratliff, Maggie
Golden, Yevette	Ratliff, Megan
Hemmings, Allie	Schoonover, Cecily
Hudson, Erica	Schoonover, Marilla
Keightley, Lynlea	Scott, Jeannette
Kohann, Thomas	Scott, Jenny
Lexi Crunk	Spilka, Jade
Marlin, Faith	Sterban, Lauren
McMurtry, Sumner	Threet, Cayman
McMurty, Sheldon Lane	Threet, Zak
Perry, Cody