AUDITIONS: “SHORTS”

A season of one act plays (Elmwood Players)
22 June

Register your interest; contact Gaz 021 453 138 or

planetgazza@xtra.co.nz

Three one act plays, Thurs-Fri-Sat, 7:30pm, for two weeks.
Plus possible entry in Theatre NZ Festival of short plays.

“THE NEW QUIXOTE”
Dir: Sarah Coursey
Sunday morning: As Gina prepares to greet the new day after a one night stand she can only vaguely remember thru her alcohol induced haze, the much younger Kenneth is preparing to move in and commence a more permanent ‘arrangement’. (1F, 1M)
Gina – Older woman (40 plus)
Kenneth – Younger man (Early 20’s)

“ONE SEASON’S KING” (George MacEwan Green)
Dir: Doug Clarke QSM

Set at a graveside during a funeral, the three men in the lives of a charismatic woman retell their stories … It is a play of characterization and its successful presentation depends on the male actors being able to convey the tension which exists between them. This tension springs not only from their rivalry for Eveline's favours but also from their sense of class. (3M, 1F)
Charles
Edward
Sam
Eveline

“hark*” (Gabe McDonnell)
Dir: Alexandra le Cocq
Darius returns to the motel room that was the scene of his best friends suicide some years prior. He is visited by two time travelling angels – Micah and Rafe, the devilsh Murmur, and Azaria – the Pizza Girl – as he struggles to follow through on his plan for redemption. (3M, 2F)
Darius – Male 30-sh
Micah – Angel, female, 20+
Rafe – Angel, male, 20 +
Murmur – Bad angel, male, 30 +
Azaria – The pizza girl, 18 to 25-ish

"SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME"

By Frank McGuiness

Directed by Marilyn Ollett

Elmwood Auditorium, Aikmans Road

The Playing dates
12 – 22 June (Weds to Sat x 2 weeks)

A Little Box At The Top Of The Stairs Productions

present...

“THE DROWNING GIRLS”

by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson and Daniela Vlaskalic

Directed by Garry Thomas

Coming to the Elmwood auditorium 7 to 9 and 14 to 16 November.

$20 waged, $16 unwaged

About the play...

Bessie, Alice and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless brides gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking events leading up to their deaths. Reflecting on the misconceptions of love, married life, and the not-so-happily ever after, The Drowning Girls is both a breathtaking fantasia and a social critique, full of rich images, a myriad of characters, and lyrical language.

The Drowning Girls is based on a true story about a murder case in England in the early 20th century. George Joseph Smith had three lovely brides. In each case, Smith had all of the woman’s property signed over to him, purchased life insurance on her and then drowned her in the bathtub.

CAST:
Bessie ... Aimee Borlase
Alice ... Georgina Stylianou
Margaret ... Elizabeth Woods

Further info from planetgazza@xtra.co.nz or 021 453138

12 June

"Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens (Dir: Marilyn Ollett)

15 - 16 June

Theatre Workshops in conjunction with Theatre NZ

22 June

Auditions for...

"Shorts"- A season of one act plays,

"The New Quioxte" (Dir: Sarah Coursey)

"One Season's King" (Dir: Doug Clarke QSM)

"hark*" (Dir: Alexandra Le Cocq)

2 - 3 August

NZTF Short Play Festival (Districts:Christchurch)

8 August

"Shorts"- A season of one act plays,

"The New Quioxte" (Dir: Sarah Coursey)

"One Season's King" (Dir: Doug Clarke QSM)

"hark*" (Dir: Alexandra Le Cocq)

10 August

“Well Hung” (Dir: Steve Millar) Auditions

23 - 24 August

NZTF Short Play Festival (Regional Finals: Blenhiem)

13 - 14 September

NZTF Short Play Festival (National Finals: Wellington)

2 October

“Well Hung” opens (Dir: Steve Millar)

January 2014

"Jack, the Giant and the Jiggery Plot" (Dir: Carol Payton and Roderick Turner)

April 2014

"Rabbit Hole" (Dir: Garry Thomas)

June 2014

"Thick as Thieves"(Dir: Phil Dean)

August 2014

"One Act Play Season"(Directors & Plays TBC)

October 2014

"Same Old Moon" (Dir: Susan Cameron)

"Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me"

By Frank McGuinness

Dir: Marilyn Ollett

12 – 22 June (Weds – Sat x 2 weeks)

This Tony Award nominated play focuses on the trials and tribulations of an Irishman, an Englishman and an American (Edward, Michael, and Adam) who are kidnapped and held hostage by unseen Arabs in Lebanon. As the three men strive for survival they also strive to overcome their personal and nationalistic differences. Related to this is each individual's own attempt to maintain sanity under the watchful eye of both captors and supposed comrades. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Frank McGuinness explores the daily crises endured by the hostages whose strength comes from communication, both subtle and mundane, from humour, wit and faith.

Shorts – a season of three short plays

8 – 17 August (Thurs – Sat x 2 weeks)

“THE NEW QUIXOTE”
Dir: Sarah Coursey

Sunday morning: As Gina prepares to greet the new day after a one night stand she can only vaguely remember thru her alcohol induced haze, the much younger Kenneth is preparing to move in and commence a more permanent ‘arrangement’.

“ONE SEASON’S KING” (George MacEwan Green)
Dir: Doug Clarke QSM

Set at a graveside during a funeral, the three men in the lives of a charismatic woman retell their stories … It is a play of characterization and its successful presentation depends on the male actors being able to convey the tension which exists between them. This tension springs not only from their rivalry for Eveline's favours but also from their sense of class. (3M, 1F)

“hark*” (Gabe McDonnell)
Dir: Alexandra Le Cocq

Darius returns to the motel room that was the scene of his best friends suicide, some years prior. He is visited by two time travelling angels - Micah and Rafe, the devilish Murmur, and Azaria – the Pizza Girl – as he struggles to follow through on his plan for redemption.

Well Hung

By Robert Lord

Dir. Stephen Millar

2 – 12 October (Weds – Sat x 2 weeks)

Fawlty Towers meets Fred Dagg. Written by the late New Zealand playwright Robert Lord, and newly edited by Stephen Sinclair of "Ladies' Night" fame, it's a play of based around mistaken identities and police cock-ups. Set in a small-town 1970s police station "Well Hung" features a kook, a cop, his wife and her lover. A deliciously funny, furious, farcical Kiwi comedy.

Jack, the Giant and the Jiggery Plot

By Richard Blythe

Dir: Carol Payton and Roderick Turner

January 2014

Elmwood Players Children’s Theatre returns with this tale featuring the dim witted Jack, son of Mrs Wigglebottom (aka the old lady who lived in a shoe), and the Jiggery Plot to appease the Giant.

Rabbit Hole

by David Lindsay-Abaire

Dir: Garry Thomas

April 2014

Rabbit Hole is the heartbreaking story of Becca and Howie, a couple trying to recover from the accidental death of their four-year-old son, Danny who was killed when he chased the family dog into the street and was hit by a car.

Becca’s mother, Nat, and her younger sister, Izzy, try in their own ways to comfort the family. When Izzy, always the family troublemaker, announces that she is pregnant, Becca and Howie must come to terms with the new life in the family while dealing with their grief.

In the final act, Jason, the young man who accidentally killed their son, comes to their home. He has written a story about alternate realities in which those who die live on elsewhere.

His visit helps Becca to realize the family must move on. Deeply humane, occasionally funny and always heartrending, Rabbit Hole explores the ways we deal with grief, both individually and as families.
Recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and nominated for several Tony Awards

“Thick As Thieves”

By Tim Hambleton

Dir: Phil Dean

June 2014

A new NZ comedy. Dylan and Dwayne are two small time criminals who aspire to reach the top of their profession. To do so they must impress the local drug lord they work for. An opportunity arises when they are tasked with obtaining some amphetamines for a drug deal. Their search for the drugs eventually takes them to the surgery of off the wall doctor Marcus Robinson who is in financial difficulties and entangled in a bitter dispute with his insurance company.

“Same Old Moon”

By Geraldine Aron

Dir: Susan Cameron

October 2014

From the writer of last years “A Galway Girl”, “Same Old Moon” shows us scenes in the life of aspiring writer Brenda Barnes. We follow her from age nine to fortyish, and see through her eyes her eccentric and sometimes fiery Irish family: her wilful and self-destructive Dad, her put-upon, sometimes hot-tempered Mum and many others. A charming, but not uncritical, look at family life.