24 Hour Plays Festival
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Our first ever LIVE 24 Hour Plays Festival was so much fun for all involved and great enjoyment for our audience members. We are bringing it back again, this time in September.
Writers, directors, and actors have 24 hours to audition, write, produce, rehearse, and perform original 10-minute plays! Participants start on Friday night, September 8, 2023. And then on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 8:00 pm, the plays are performed for you, our audience |
She Loves Me
Cast
AMALIA BALASH: Adina Lundquist GEORG NOWACK: Matthew Scanlon ILONA RITTER: Aiden O’Neal STEVEN KODALY: Salvatore Garcia LADISLAV SIPOS: Ben Gold MR. MARACZEK: Chris DiOrio ARPAD LASLOW: Braden Foley WAITER / MEN’S ENSEMBLE: Robert Orzalli BUS BOY / MEN'S ENSEMBLE: Andrew Swansburg KELLER / MEN'S ENSEMBLE: A.J. Gaudreau ENSEMBLE: Kelly Hodge, Kara Knudsen, Kelly McGowan, Zack Page, Stacy Sherman |
She Loves Me
Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Book by Joe Masteroff Directed and Choreographed by Doug Hodge Musical Direction by Marilyn Whipple October 27, 28 and November 3, 4, and 11 at 7:30 October 29 and November 12 at 2:00 Set in a 1930s European perfumery, we meet shop clerks, Amalia and Georg, who, more often than not, don't see eye to eye. After both respond to a lonely-hearts advertisement in the newspaper, they now live for the love letters that they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remains unknown. Join Amalia and Georg to discover the identity of their true loves... and all the twists and turns along the way. |
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The Christmas Carol
Scrooge: Justin Connolly
Marley: Doug MacAskill Bob Cratchit: Frank Tarara Fred: Dan Corwin Fred's Wife: Laura Modliszewski Fezziwig/Xmas Future: Chris Little Plain Sis/Mrs. Fezziwig: Mia Straccia Christmas Past: Jill Craig Christmas Present: Chris DiOrio Kelly McGowan: Mrs. Cratchit Martha: Maya Cossette Pineo Belinda: Molly Diggin Peter: Connor Murray Tiny Tim: Connor Fomenko Young Man Ebenezer: Tim Rose Belle/The Woman: Ava Straccia Topper: Brian Coveney Pretty Sis: Nikki McNamara Joe: Jackie Gately Mrs. Dilber: Denise Feeney The Man/1st Gent: Tyler Fairbairn Dick: Danny MacPhee Dick's Girl: Nerissa Barrington-Haber Young Ebenezer/Errand Boy: Charlie Campbell Fan: Lizzie Murray Errand boy: Enzo Tarara The Turkey Boy: Anna Hebner |
The Christmas Carol
In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary Season of the Walpole Footlighters, Walpole Children's Theatre and Walpole Footlighters collaborated on special production of ‘The Christmas Carol’ adapted by Brian Way Directed by Paul MacPhee Bah! Humbug! The classic story of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol will be brought to life just in time for the holiday season by the combined efforts of the Walpole Footlighters and the Walpole Children's Theatre, Inc! Join Scrooge, Marley, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. December 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. December 2 and 3 at 2:00 p.m.
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Footlighters Follies
Performers
Elise Blanchard Meg Culkeen Chris DiOrio Denise Feeney Ben Gold Robert Grady Sheila Kelleher Kara Knudsen Kellyn Martin Elijah McTiernan Dan Moore Beth Morrell Emilija Sipaviciute John Soares Sara Wall Maddie Welch |
Footlighters Follies:
A Broadway Revue Directed and Choreographed by Sheila Kelleher and Meg Culkeen Produced by Linda Berman Sound Engineering by Stuart Patterson Lighting Design by Dan Sheehan Accompanied by Elaine D'Angelo One night only! January 13, 2024 at 7:30pm The Walpole Footlighters kick off their centennial year of 2024 with a one night only musical extravaganza, the Footlighters Follies: A Broadway Revue. The evening will consist of solos, duets, and group performances of songs from musicals the Footlighters have produced over their first 100 years. Recent shows that will be represented include Something Rotten!, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and She Loves Me, but we’ll also go further back in our history with songs form shows including Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, and Fiddler on the Roof. |
The Mousetrap
Cast
MOLLIE RASTON: Carla Perrotta GILES RASTON: AJ Macrina CHRISTOPHER WREN: Ben Gold MRS. BOYLE: Maddie Welch MAOR METCALF: Mark Adams MISS CASEWELL: Ashley Harmon PARAVICINI: Rama Rodriguez TROTTER: Gregory Kleciak |
The Mousetrap
By Agatha Christie Directed by Peter McElhinney February 2, 3, 9, 10, and 17 at 7:30 February 4 and 18 at 2:00 Brimming with intrigue, sophisticated humor and surprising twists, Agatha Christie's iconic murder mystery – about a group of strangers trapped during a snowstorm – is the world’s most successful and longest-running play. |
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Into the Breeches
Cast
Katherine Light as Maggie Dalton Maddie Welch as Celeste Fielding Eric Kahn as Ellsworth Snow Beth Morrell as Winifred Snow Cammerron Baits as Stuart Lasker Abigail Bays as Ida Green Chloe Olwell as June Bennett Laura Hubbard as Grace Richards |
Into the Breeches
By George Brant Directed by Jill Tokac May 3, 4, 10, 11, and 18 at 7:30 May 5 and 19 at 2:00 Oberon Playhouse’s director and leading men are off at war with the Axis. Determined to press on, the director's wife sets out to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare's Henriad, assembling an increasingly unexpected team united in desire, if not actual theatre experience. Together they deliver a delightful celebration of collaboration and persistence when the show must go on! |
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Murder on Scout Road
Cast
COOPER - Ben Gold DAKOTA - Amanda Albion DORIS - Denis Feeney GEORGE - Mark Adams HENRY - Ben Kern JANE - Alexis Turchetta JEFF - Dan Corwin LINDA - Diana Doyle RICH - Peter Kates SVEN - Chris Erath THURSTON - John Brownlie |
Murder on Scout Road
Written and directed by Chris Erath and Alessandra Horton June 8th at 7:30pm June 9th at 2:00pm A Special 100th Season Event Join us as we celebrate a new play written just for us for our 100th year by Footlighters members Chris Erath and Alessandra Horton. 100th anniversary celebrations can be tough. In fact, they can be murder. In Murder on Scout Road, a fictional theater company at the 100-year mark needs a great production to ensure another hundred, but instead they get a questionable script, stampeding cattle, an egomaniacal director, a battle over Twizzlers, and a quirky cast who cannot be kept under control by the exasperated stage manager. And then there’s Jeff, who everyone knows but no one understands. Will this motley crew succeed? Since the word “murder” is in the title, will they survive? Will the (spoiler alert) murder be solved in time? In time for what? This play captures the heart, dedication, and true funny moments from the Footlighters’ past as told to Chris Erath by many long-time members. |
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