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Dan
Groggin’s fifth installment of the wonderful “Nunsense” m u s i c
a l s , Meshuggah-Nuns!,
will open ACT’s 2004-2005 season. In this latest adventure we
find the Little Sisters of Hoboken on an all-expense paid trip on the
“Faiths of All Nations” Cruise. After a time at sea, the ship runs
into a terrible storm and many people become seasick, including the
entertainers — the cast of “Fiddler on the Roof.” All except
the actor playing “Tevye,” that is. The ship’s captain, knowing of
the Sisters show business savvy, requests that the Sisters and
“Tevye” put on an original revue. The result: “Meshuggah-Nuns!”
(Remember — Meshuggah means “crazy”)
Performance
dates:
September
23, 25, 26, 30, October 2 & 3, 2004
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Coming
in November is An Evening of
One-Acts.
The evening will consist of
several
one-act plays produced together for
a
full evening of entertainment.
Performance
dates:
November
12-14, 18-20, 2004.
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To
start the new
year,
we will once
again
celebrate past
performances
and future endeavors
with
an evening of fun—the ACT Gala! Mark
your
calendars on January 8th as an evening to
dress
up, go out and celebrate the gloriousness
of
theater! The theme, along with other details,
will
be announced at a later date, but mark the
date
now so you won’t miss out!
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T
h e A r t e s i a Community
Theatre has
the honor of
hosting
the state’s
biannual
AACTFest.
Sponsored
by Theatre
New
Mexico, the conference includes one act
plays
presented by several community theatres
throughout
New Mexico, workshops presented
by
theatre professionals from all over the
country
and the opportunity for individuals
interested
in theatre to sample plays and
presentations
not normally at their disposal.
There
will be comedies, dramas, and maybe
even
alternative or new age.
The
winner of the TNM AACTFest will go on
to
compete at the regional competition in
Lawton,
Oklahoma, and may even progress to
the
National AACTFest in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Most
participants in the national festival then
progress
to various international competitions.
Local
audiences will be allowed to attend
performances
and workshops for nominal fees.
Dates:
March 3 - 6, 2005
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The
final full length
production
of
the
season will be
Luau
for King Lear.
This
delightful comedy
by
Pat Cook features
the
Peaceful Glen Memorial Players about to mount a new production to save their
building.
According to the late Archibald
Donnelly's
will, they could keep the building
as long as they do "quality
productions"
and, oh, how they have tried,
in
their own left-field way, to do the classics.
"Isn't it true," family heir Blair
Beesley
asks, "that you did 'Twelve Angry
Men'
with five actors and seven store
mannequins?"
So
Blair chooses the Shakespearean
classic
"King Lear" as the next production,
unaware
that the play will have a setting in the
tropics to coincide with the town's
celebration
theme. What Blair faces in the
next
few weeks are giggling teenagers, a cranky
lady who live in the basement apartment,
a leading man with a slight
"problem,"
food fights and teaching
Hawaiian
to her cast.
Performance
dates: April 8-10, 14-16, 2005
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In
June, of course, we will present Brown
Bag
Theatre. We have moved the presentations
from
Central Park to the Ocotillo, in an effort to
provide
our audiences respite from the weather
and
noise. Bring your lunch and a blanket, or we
can
provide a chair. As always, these productions
will be
short,
sweet and free to
the
public on the first
three
Wednesdays in
June,
and don’t forget
the
evening encore
presentation
for those unable to make the noon
performances.
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