tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354817162024-03-18T23:27:08.415-05:00City Park PlayersYour Central Louisiana Community Theatre in Alexandria, LAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-8853344446866416112017-01-19T08:35:00.000-06:002017-01-24T10:43:35.852-06:00
City Park Players is pleased to open the 2017 Season with two hilarious one-act plays, by James McLure (a native of Alexandria, LA), depicting life in a sleepy Texas town.
Laundry and Bourbon, directed by Kathy Parker, is set on the front porch of Roy and Elizabeth's home in Maynard, Texas, on a hot summer afternoon. Elizabeth is a housewife whose Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-28092944957405140802016-12-13T13:54:00.000-06:002016-12-13T13:54:13.815-06:002017 Brochure/Poster Ready for Mail Out! Our gorgeous new 2017 brochures will be mailed out soon! These are actually mini-poster size, and will be perfect to put up in a prominent place to remind you of show dates and audition times. The Season Membership forms are separate this year, and easy to mail in with your season subscriptions and donations. It's going to be an exciting year of theatre!!!
Please email, call in, or send your Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-38768311766509452802016-12-07T13:12:00.000-06:002016-12-07T13:34:04.824-06:00Auditions set for 2017's first show!
From Wanda Schenk, director of Lone Star:
"Hello to everyone!
City Park Players will be holding auditions for the first show of the 2017 Season on Saturday, December 10th at 10:00 am and again on Monday, December 12th at 6:00 pm. The auditions will be held in the Kress Theatre lobby. If you would like to read some of the sides from the play, I will be happy to provide them to you before Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-75804546689027921032016-11-15T12:32:00.001-06:002016-11-15T12:32:58.909-06:00City Parker Players’ 2016 Season Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Ty Cedars as David
O. Selznick - Moonlight & Magnolias
Best Actress in a Leading Role: &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-79515457691929334002016-10-11T16:45:00.004-05:002016-10-11T16:45:40.130-05:00Invitation to Direct in 2017
City Park Players has announced shows for the 2017
season!
If you have an interest in directing in community
theater, you are invited to sign up for a show at cityparkplayers@gmail.com no later than October
15, 2016.
Experienced or new, there is a place for you!
First time Directors will be paired with
an experienced director.
Directors new to CPP are asked to submitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-78934048144621507672016-10-11T16:40:00.003-05:002016-10-11T16:40:54.874-05:00CITY PARK PLAYERS 2017 SEASON
February 9 - 19
Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star by James McLure
Two One-Acts
SOUTHERN COMEDY
Laundry and Bourbon
roles – 3 younger women &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-92176418699779088372016-09-27T15:04:00.000-05:002016-09-27T15:04:01.504-05:00Fantastic opening weekend for Moonlight and Magnolias!
This is CPP's last show of 2016 - and you
don't want to miss this one!
Four more chances to see it: Thursday, Sept. 29 - Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7:30, or the Sunday afternoon matinee, Oct. 2 at 2:30.
Here are some wonderful shots of our Saturday show last weekend, thanks to Charles Ward of Reverend Charley Photography!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-24921431099064433892016-09-23T13:19:00.000-05:002016-09-23T13:19:05.398-05:00Moonlight and Magnolia's Opening Night......was great!
Here are pics of the set from start to finish, and the cast in Act II. Come and see it tonight, or one of the TWO weekend matinees (2:30 Saturday* AND Sunday). Also playing next weekend at our usual times: Thursday - Saturday at 7:30, Sunday at 2:30. *Saturday the 24th will be a one-time-only 2:30 matinee to allow our patrons to attend both the play and the Rapides Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-34708232037299562492016-09-20T16:05:00.002-05:002016-09-20T16:05:30.925-05:00Moonlight and Magnolias opens this Thursday night!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-76269616809712729602016-09-13T14:18:00.000-05:002016-09-13T14:18:27.925-05:00SPECIAL TIME CHANGE for our upcoming play Moonlight and Magnolias on Saturday, September 24th only
On Saturday, September 24th, we will be performing a 2:30 MATINEE ONLY - NO 7:30 PERFORMANCE that night.
Make the 24th a fun-filled downtown experience - start with our matinee performance on the Hearn Stage at the Kress Theatre, then enjoy supper at one of our great downtown eateries, and top it off with Rapides Symphony Orchestra’s free gift to the community – Pops on the River at the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-58489973280891351162016-09-06T16:03:00.002-05:002016-09-06T16:03:32.308-05:003 guys. 1 typewriter. 5 days to make Hollywood history!
Moonlight and Magnolias opens on September 22, pulling no punches and keeping the audience cackling as it runs through October 2. Call soon (484-4478) to make your reservations, or get your tickets online at http://ticket-central.org/events/moonlight-and-magnolias-week-1-city-park-players/
Starring Ty Cedars, Warren Douglas, Mark Gillette, and Ashley Treib. Directed by Kathleen Pharis.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-66435281872737598632016-08-23T16:31:00.001-05:002016-08-23T16:31:55.013-05:00Moonlight and Magnolias Cast Announced!
Ty Cedars as David O. Selznick, legendary film producer
Warren Douglas as Ben Hecht, script doctor
extraordinaire, playwright, screenwriter
Ashley Treib as Miss Poppenghul, Selznick’s intrepid
assistant
Mark Gillette as Victor Fleming, the director who
was taken from filming The Wizard of Oz
City Park Players’ last show
of the season, Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchison, reveals how Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-39113950721355657892016-08-23T14:04:00.000-05:002016-08-23T14:04:20.940-05:00Another interesting weekend is coming up at Miss Clemmie's Tea Room! Seeing Stars in Dixie performances Thursday - Friday, 7:30 and Sunday, 2:30. Here's a great way to get your tickets in advance: http://ticket-central.org/…/seeing-stars-in-dixie-week-2-c…/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-22319159464848324322016-08-16T12:29:00.001-05:002016-08-16T12:29:21.174-05:00Seeing Stars in Dixie starts Thursday, Aug. 18! Fourth show of the 2016 season. Not your typical southern farce - a bit of drama, a bit of conflict, some angst, much self-doubt and searching for purpose with mostly gentle, but sometime outrageous laughs woven throughout. Stephanie Waterman makes her debut with CPP. Bravo all and break some legs! (Thanks, Jim Weinzettle, for this great info about our upcoming show, with a shout out to our Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-61450100559409346702016-08-12T10:38:00.001-05:002016-08-12T10:38:59.738-05:00Starting next week! Check the poster for all the details!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-40190192742254689982016-08-09T14:16:00.000-05:002016-08-09T14:16:09.512-05:00BTS**BEHIND THE SCENES
Rehearsals for "Seeing Stars in Dixie," running August 18 - 28, are underway! Check out these pics of some of the behind-the-scenes work that makes a stage play happen...
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-44169840888633245582016-08-04T12:31:00.001-05:002016-08-04T12:31:53.386-05:00Upcoming events!Getting exciting around here: the cast and crew of our next show "Seeing Stars in Dixie" (running Aug. 18-28) moves into the Hearn Stage theater space in just a few days - that's when the nitty-gritty work of a play really gets going! AAAAAAAAND the Aug. 20 & 22 auditions for "Moonlight and Magnolias" (running Sept. 22 - Oct. 2) will be here before you can say "break a leg!" Mark your Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-18448359630207445362016-07-19T12:25:00.002-05:002016-07-19T12:25:44.543-05:00CPP's season continues "behind the scenes" with rehearsals and auditions for next two shows!Thanks to Ty Steven Cedars, Warren Douglas, Jesse Gallegos, Ashley Treib, and Jim Weinzettle for coming out to the first audition for Moonlight and Magnolias last Saturday! Great reads! Next auditions for this show will be Aug. 20 and 22. Stay tuned for reminder posts.
Meanwhile, our current show, Seeing Stars in Dixie, directed by Jim Leggett, is in rehearsals. EveryoneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-34243889572995259882016-07-14T17:16:00.003-05:002016-07-14T17:16:38.722-05:00Seeing Stars in Dixie cast and crew announced!And we are happy to welcome several new faces!Becky Hooter as Clemmie; Ashley Treib as Tootie; Jeremy Parker as Glease; Stephanie Waterman as Jo Beth; and Alecia Lewis as Marjorie. Stage Manager - Halli Watson
Lights - Tori Revoir
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-72736324677805754702016-07-11T14:19:00.001-05:002016-07-11T14:19:52.770-05:00MALE ACTOR NEEDED
Jim Leggett, director of our next show “Seeing Stars in Dixie" (August 18 – 28), needs a male actor! The character is 50ish, but could be played by a younger or older actor. Please call the CPP office (484-4478) if you are interested! Leave a message if no one is there to answer the phone (our office worker is part-time). We will get back to you ASAP. Thanks!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-6602571108364745862016-07-07T17:21:00.000-05:002016-07-07T17:21:12.617-05:002016 Summer Theatre Workshop a success!
According to Tina Smith, director of the workshop's production of Totally Red by Dinah Toups, CPP hosted a "great group of girls who learned so much about theatre styles, and were honored to meet the playwright" at last Friday afternoon's performance.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-425568042410882362016-07-07T15:32:00.003-05:002016-07-07T15:32:40.132-05:00Good People highlighted in local Town Talk newspaperhttp://www.thetowntalk.com/story/life/2016/07/06/local-groups-highlight-struggles-poverty/86721818/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-50549879155288522162016-06-30T16:43:00.001-05:002016-06-30T16:43:34.874-05:00Opening night for Good People!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-10524044303223255472016-06-30T16:35:00.002-05:002016-06-30T16:35:49.575-05:00"Totally Red!" teasers Friday morning, July 1, at area library branches. Full show tomorrow at 3:00 PM, Hearn Stage at the Kress Theater!Two opportunities tomorrow morning, Friday, July 1, at area library locations to see teasers of our Summer Theatre Workshop show "Totally Red!"
Robertson Branch (Tioga) at 10 AM
Gunter Branch (Libuse) at 11:30 AM
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843012358821122773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481716.post-90584171546283023862016-06-23T13:59:00.000-05:002016-06-23T14:04:12.989-05:00Tony Award-nominated play "Good People" runs June 30 - July 10Cast of "Good People" announced! Margaret - Diane Falcone; Stevie - Levi Martinez, Ben Caplan; Jean - Alisha Lewis; Dottie - Tina Smith, Pam Evans; Mike - Jim Weinzettle; Kate - Ciji West
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