Eat Pizza to support a Players Alum!

Hey Everyone – Go to Bertucci’s tomorrow and bring a special flyer to support Tyler Paul (son to Rhonda!)’s new theatre company, Northeast Children’s Theatre Company. 15% of purchases at Bertucci’s of Westport (with valid flyer) will go toward Tyler’s company – remember, this is tomorrow only! 11 am until 10 pm!

Click here to download the flyer and go and enjoy some food from Bertucci’s TOMORROW (Thurs, Sept 22, 2011). YUMMM!

Alum in the news!

Congrats to Players’ alum, Scott Weinstein on his job as Assistant Director on “Cabaret”at the Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Check out this photo slideshow – there’s Scott in photo 15 (blue shirt, glasses, sitting at table)

http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/2975/?pnum=15

For those of you that saw HAIR on the Players field trip, the man playing the Emcee in this production played “Woof” in that production.

 

Save the date – support your fellow Players!

CHECK OUT FORMER AND CURRENT MEMBERS OF STAPLES PLAYERS IN AN UPCOMING WESTPORT CABARET PERFORMANCE, JUNE 25!  TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE, NOW!

The Westport Woman’s Club invites you to be spirited into summer with an evening of live entertainment featuring performances by some of New York’s most promising rising stars! Come see WWC’s Waiting in the Wings Cabaret: Midsummer Night’s Dreamin’,  a magical, merry evening of classic and original songs and comedy sketches that salute the summer season on Saturday, June 25, at 5 pm and 8:30 pm.

A special BONUS is that as part of the evening’s lineup audience members will enjoy a performance by former Staples Players/SHS grad, Sally Eidman!  Sally recently graduated from Northwestern’s prestigious opera and musical theatre program.  Now living in New York, Sally is hard at work pursuing theatre and vocal performance and was a finalist in NYMF’s, Broadway’s Next Sensation contest last year!  While a Staples Player, Sally enjoyed many featured roles onstage and served as president of Players.

As was the case for the last Waiting in the Wings Cabaret, a few younger Westport performers will also take the stage for a brief performance.  This group will include SHS students Cara McNiff, Grace McDavid-Seidner and Emily Ressler; BMS student, Joe Badion; CMS student, Jack Baylis.

For a full press release and ticket info, click on this link:

http://www.westport-news.com/living/article/Cabaret-at-Westport-Woman-s-Club-1417394.php

 

Blast from the past (Thanks to Mr. Honeycutt)

Documentary produced by Staples alums has local screening

MAKING THE BOYS  traces the behind-the-scenes drama and lasting legacy of the play and later movie, The Boys in the Band, a cultural milestone for the gay community. After the screening there will be a panel discussion with the film’s director and producers (Staples alums Susan Bedusa and Douglas Tirola) as well as the playwright of the original play, Mart Crowley.

Click here to watch the trailer!

Congrats to Justin Paul and Peter Duchan, winners of the Richard Rodgers Award!

 

Congrats to Players alums Justin Paul and Peter Duchan for winning the Richard Rodgers award for musical theater – check out the article from Playbill.com here. We are so proud of you!

You can check out Leslie Kritzer singing a song from the winning show here – more videos of songs from the show are available on youtube:

Alum Scott Bryce in “Love Letters” at MTC

Don’t miss Scott Bryce, Class of ’75, in A. R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” at MTC MainStage this month! Bryce stars with his own wife, actress Jodi Stevens, in this romantic piece – a great pick for Valentine’s Day!

Click here to order your tickets. Act fast – MTC is a small venue and this  well known title is sure to be popular!

Players alum performs with American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert 12/15

Players alum David Marshall Grant participates in “It Gets Better” Project

Watch the cast and crew of TV’s “Brothers and Sisters”, along with Executive Producer David Marshall Grant – a Players alum – take part in the “It Gets Better” Project. David is featured about a minute and a half in and then at various other points with his beautiful daughter.

Alum Gina Rattan featured in MTI Showspace Video

Check out this “New York Minute” interview here:

http://www.mtishowspace.com/videos/185941/new-york-minute-episode-4-gina-rattan