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CTEK Arts Presents
Feel the Bend
CTEK Arts is opening their season at The Provincetown Theater, March 4th, with the premiere of Priscilla Sample’s play Feel The Bend, directed by Jeff Spencer. Sample, an award winning playwright, has had three of her plays performed in the Provincetown Playwrights Festival, and has twice had her plays selected as the “Best of the Fest” at the innovative FronteraFest in Austin, TX. Feel The Bend was selected for a staged reading in the Provincetown Playwrights Festival this past fall.
Describing the play, Sample says she wondered “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we only had to deal with the memories we find worthy of keeping?” and the script is the result of that thinking. Set in a seaside town, Feel The Bend is about a woman, Anna, who is searching for “something more” in life, while trying to forget a disturbing past. Anna negotiates through a difficult love triangle, while trying to understand why her memories intrude on the present day.
Director Jeff Spencer has been acting and directing on Cape Cod, as well as in Scarborough England, Maine and off-Broadway for 28 years. This past January, he directed the highly-successful Hats; the musical at the Chatham Drama Guild; and has also directed for the Academy of Performing Arts and the Provincetown Theater Company, among others.
The roles of Anna, Betti, and Jon, the love triangle at the center of the play, are performed by River Lombardi, Suzy Kaplan, and John Long. Karen Billard plays Carol, Anna’s confident and best friend.
River Lombardi is performing the role of Anna, the woman at the center of the love triangle. River has trained at The American Conservatory Theater, SF, CA, as well as The Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY, NY. She has done the majority of her work at Eventide Arts in Dennis, MA. Betti is performed by Suzy Kaplan, who has recently returned to her native Rhode Island, after spending the last ten years in Los Angeles where she has been in a number of films, TV and commercials. John Long is making his first appearance in Provincetown in the role of Jon. Most recently he worked as fight choreographer of Women Behind Bars at W.H.A.T directed by Patrick Falco and in NYC, John has worked with The Public Theatre, The Ma-Yi Theatre and The Ateh Theatre Companies. Karen Billard, performing the role of Carol, has performed with Big and Small Mask Troupe here on the Cape, and costumed many productions at Cape theaters.
Feel the Bend, a new play (premiere production) by Priscilla Sample, directed by Jeff Spencer and presented by: CTEK Arts, Priscilla Sample and Margaret Van Sant, Producing Artistic Directors, performs at:
The Provincetown Theater
238 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA 02657
Thurs., March 11 – Sat., March 13, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., March 14, 2:00 p.m.
For reservations go to www.provincetowntheater.org
Or call Provincetown Theater Box Office at: 508-487-9793
Preview – $12.50; General admission – $22.50 (plus ticketing service fee)
For further information contact CTEK Arts at mvansant@ctekarts.org or psample@ctekarts.org. For tickets go to www.provincetowntheater.com, or call 508-487-7487.
The Provincetown Theater Company Presents:
The 2010 Winter Readings Series
January 13: My God, the Scallops by Matt Tudor. Directed by Matt Tudor.
This is the story of a Provincetown restaurant opening and all the chaos that ensues. This is a romp through the dining room and into hell’s kitchen where the heat is on and nothing is going right.
January 20: THE FINER LIFE by Tom Wolfson
The Finer Life: A Living Memoir #1 is set in a an Upper East Side brownstone and its surroundings in NYC in the latter 1950’s. It depicts a nine year old lad’s struggle to survive in a humorous and volatile family.
The Finer Life is based on Tom’s story adapted for the stage by Janine Perry of Cape Rep Theater. Tom hopes to continue with his series of 5 or 6 “Living Memoirs”, the second of which will be Living in the Promised Land: A Living Memoir #2.
January 27: Night Falls on Emerald City by Larry Marsland. Directed by Larry Marsland.
In June of 1968, Judy Garland was scheduled to appear for two nights at the Back Bay Theater in Boston.
After a long and sometimes noble history, the Back Bay had been condemned and was designated for demolition following Miss Garland’s appearance.
The playwright, then a college student, ushered the first night of the run. Miss Garland showed up at the theater at ten o’clock. Her audience waited for her and cheered with relief when she finally appeared. After many apologies and vague excuses, she sang until well after midnight. It was an extraordinary evening.
Thrilled by the experience, the playwright bought a ticket for the second evening’s performance but Miss Garland never showed up.
Night Falls on Emerald City is a snapshot, not a definitive moment, merely a “night in the life” sort of imagining of what might have occurred between the first and second nights.
Febrary 3: Ibsen’s Bastards by Bill Plott
Can determined effort prevent the sins of the father from being visited on the children? The question is probed by Bill Plott’s drama, IBSEN’S BASTARDS. IBSEN’S BASTARDS takes place in 1898 in Minnesota in the Larsen farmhouse. John Blegen, a hired hand of uncertain origin, has grown close to both the wife and daughter of his employer, August Larsen, with whom he is locked in a fatal struggle. The action is preceded by a prologue which traces the results of a youthful indiscretion by Henrick Ibsen, and hints at Blegen’s antecedents.
Febrary 10: Identity Crisis by Peter Snoad
Postponed by weather to March 24.
February 17: DEAD AND BURIED by James McLindon
DEAD AND BURIED is a comedic look at life behind the scenes in a cemetery through the lens of young love thwarted ambition.
The author is widely produced playwright James McLindon, and the director is David Allen, former head of the Cape Cod Community College Theater Department.
February 24: Hawthorn and Melville by Carl A. Rossi
HAWTHORNE AND MELVILLE deals with the Nathaniel Hawthorne-Herman Melville relationship when the two men met for the first time in the Berkshire mountains of 1850, how Melville’s love for Hawthorne turned a simple whaling story into MOBY DICK, and why ultimately the relationship had to come to an end.
March 3: Easy to Love by Susan Lumenello
It’s a gay world—homosexuals are 90 percent of the population, reproduction is done under “prescribed clinical settings” and morality dictated by “the sacred writings.” One Thanksgiving, young David brings home his “roommate” and announces to his nice liberal family that he’s…straight…a hetero…queer. The news does not go over well…
March 10: Wetu in the City by MWalim. Directed by
Written by a Wampanoag Indian and professor at UMass.-Dartmouth, this is the story of half African-American Indians who still live in The Bronx where they are engaged in a power struggle which ultimately leads to the tribe moving to land in Vermont.
Calvin grew up in the North Bronx knowing that by way of his father he was a part of the Waquasiq band that once occupied the Bronx, finding out by chance, years after his father’s death, that his father’s family and tribe lived in the South Bronx on a triple-square-block compound that they call “The Rez”. This is the story of Calvin’s journey home.
March 17: Sin by Ken Crost.
March 24:Identity Crisis by Peter Snoad
Postponed from February 10
IDENTITY CRISIS—It’s an unpublicized phenomenon that’s sweeping the country: white people turning black. On the eve of his wedding, Alan Guthrie learns it’s about to happen to him. And he’s freaked: his racist prospective father-in-law will never allow the nuptials to proceed, and Alan’s whole future with his beloved Marcia is in jeopardy. The solution? Get his identical twin brother, David, who is gay, to impersonate him as the groom…
Peter Snoad is a Boston-based playwright whose plays have been staged around the country and in Canada. His play, GUIDED TOUR, won two national new play awards, the Stanley Drama Award and the Arthur W. Stone Playwriting Award. Last year, Peter received an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. In addition to IDENTITY CRISIS, Peter is working on a new full-length play inspired by the life of the black abolitionist, David Walker.
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The Provincetown Theater Company Presents
SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
SPIRIT OF THE SEASON is an evening of holiday classics featuring GIFT OF THE MAGI and A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES.
GIFT OF THE MAGI is a play based on the short story by O. Henry. A magical story about a young struggling couple spending their first Christmas together at the turn of the last century. Each sells their most valued possession to buy a present for the other. The twist ending teaches each the true meaning of Christmas.
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES based on the poem by Dylan Thomas lyrically describes an early 1900’s Christmas in Swansea Wales as viewed through the eyes of a child. Thomas has managed to universalize the very essence of Christmas as any child anywhere might perceive it.
Both plays in one evening with an intermission. $18.00 adults and $15.00 for seniors and students. January 9 at 7:30pm and January 10 at 5:00pm.
The Provincetown Children’s Theater presents
THE SNOWMAN IN THE DUNES
an original play by Patrick Lamerson
Tickets on sale now for the final performance of Snowman in the Dunes. The Premier sold out. Don’t miss this opportunity to see this show!
In SNOWMAN two local children befriend the Abominable Snowman who has moved to Ptown because Tibet was too lonely. Will Yeti have to spend Christmas alone or can he spend it with the kids in their Mom’s financially struggling guest house. Don’t be surprised if Santa stops by.
FINAL PERFORMANCE January 1 at 2:00pm. $5.00 for children and $8.00 for adults.
The Provincetown Theater Company Presents
The 2009 Fall Playwrights’ Festival
The 2009 Fall Playwrights’ Festival, November 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30pm. Six world premier short plays will be performed along with readings of five new full length plays, all by Cape Cod artists!
The tradition of presenting original works at the Provincetown Theater Company continues this fall with the production of six new short plays and the stage reading of five original full-length plays. Over two weekends, the short plays will be staged four times and each full length play will be read once at difference dates.
The wealth of local Cape Cod playwrights makes this program possible as writers from Sandwich to Provincetown share their plays for the first time. The short plays run about 15 minutes each and create a full program together. The full-length readings each require a time slot of their own. Audiences can experience both the short plays and at least one full length reading the same day. Check the full schedule for details.
Also making such a program possible is the large pool of talented actors, some quite experienced and others new to the theater. Last Spring’s Festival was a huge success and paved the way for the more extensive program this fall. Playwrights of short plays include Jeannette Angell of Truro, E Thomas Finan of Barnstable, Bob Seaver and Myra Slotnick of Provincetown, and part-time residents James McLindon and George Sauer. The full-length plays come from familiar faces Jim Lucason, Candace Perry, Priscilla Sample, Jerry Thompson and Margaret van Sant.
To make this program available to the broadest audience, prices have been kept low. Six Short Plays $15 (includes a $3.50 box office fee) and the Full-Length Readings are only $5 cash each, payable at the door. No advance sales for the readings.
Congratulations to the Fall Playwrights’ Festival winning submissions
SIX SHORT PLAYS FOR PERFORMANCE:
Will be performed together November 7, 13, and 14 at 7:30pm. November 8th at 2:00pm.
Tickets $15.00 at box office, phone or on-line.
REUNION————- E. THOMAS FINAN
MAMA’S BOY——JEANNETTE ANGELL
NOVEMBER——JAMES MCLINDON
FORGET ME NOT—- MYRA SLOTNICK
JOCK ITCH—- GEORGE SAUER
BEACH ENCOUNTERS—BOB SEAVER
FIVE FULL LENGTH PLAYS FOR READINGS:
Tickets at door only $5.00 cash
PORTRAITURE——MARGARET VAN SANT
November 8th at 7:30pm
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL—JIM LUCASON
November 8th at 7:30pm
FIRST DANCE—- JERRY THOMPSON
November 14th at 2:00pm
FLAT DADDY’S HOME——CANDACE PERRY
November 15th at 2:00pm
FEEL THE BEND——- PRISCILLA SAMPLE
November 7th at 2:00pm
Special Halloween Fundraiser for the Provincetown International Film Festival and the Provincetown Theater.
Start your Halloween festivities with something truly bizarre—John Waters’ POLYESTER. Come dressed as your favorite character for a chance to win an autographed DVD of the movie. Tickets $10.00 Have your holiday makeup applied by local celebrities in out dressing rooms.
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill Presents the Fifth Annual Provincetown Dance Festival
October 23 and 24 at 7:30pm
Dance troupes from across the North East will converge on our stage for the fifth anniversary of this annually anticipated event. This year’s troupes includes Hoi Polloi, Brenda Divelbiss, and Ginga Brasileira a Capoeira troupe from New Haven.
Tickets $25.00; $20.00 for seniors and students with ID.
Front Row reserved tickets $75.00
Package deal! Get both nights for $40.00
“Art Performance with Robert Cardinal”
Saturday September 5, 2009 4:00-6:00 pm at The Provincetown Theater
Art Performance with Robert Cardinal
“Art lesson, and schmooze,
Food, music, and booze,
Best of all… a fine big prize for someone’s wall.”
The Provincetown Theater Foundation/Provincetown Theater Company is pleased to announce the second annual, “Art Performance with Robert Cardinal” on Saturday, September 5. That afternoon, from 4:00-6:00, Mr. Cardinal, a renowned local artist and teacher, will be accompanied by the accomplished violinist Cenovia Cummins, oboeist Marilyn Coyne and other musicians on stage, as he completes a full size painting.
Patrons will enjoy complementary appetizers from the Lobster Pot and other local restaurants, wine selections from Truro Vineyards, and beer styles produced by Cape Cod Beer, as the painter illustrates his lesson on the creation of a work of art.
At the conclusion of this delightful schmooze, a raffle will select the recipient of the just-completed painting.
Ticket price $150. For those unable to attend, the raffle only, $100.
You may also call 508-487-7487, or visit the box office at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street.
All proceeds go to the Provincetown Theater Foundation.
The Provincetown Theater Company Presents
The 2009 Spring Playwrights’ Festival
Come experience a celebration of creative short plays by local authors, featuring:
And Heaven Is Still A Mystery
by Sasha Mallery Curran
His Grandfather’s Clock
by John G. Keller
The Last Guacamole At Cha Cha Cha
by Candice Perry
Original Sin
by Paul Pilcher
Metamorphoffice
by Andy Reynolds
The Mobile
by Lee Roscoe
June 5-6 and 12-13 at 7:30pm.
Tickets $15.50 ($13.50 Seniors)
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