The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

By Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield

Directed by Ken Moore
Showtimes: Fri & Sat 7:30PM • Sun 3:00PM

This show embodies one of comedy’s most essential impulses: the adolescent urge to take a baseball bat to the culturally revered. A mix of pratfalls, puns, willful misreading of names and dialogue, clunky female impersonations, clean-cut ribaldry and burlesque. “At its giddiest its tone recalls the fabled Bullwinkle cartoon shows.”

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You won' want to miss this funny irreverant take on one of theaters greatest authors.

And the award goes to...

On Satutday, January 10, the 2008 Gallery Theater Awards were held. Below is the compele list of nominees and winners. Congratulations to everyone for a great season.

Musicals:
Leading Male:
___ Jesus Gomez (Troy Bolton) HS Musical
___ Justin Roisom (Ryan Evans) HS Musical
_X_ Richard Pratt (Billy Flynn) Chicago
___ Tommy Stallone (Peter Pan) Peter Pan

Leading Females:
___ Kathleen Van de Veere (Roxie Hart) Chicago
_X_ Ember Eastman (Velma Kelly) Chicago
___ Kathleen Walter ( Reverend Mother) Nunsense
___ Brittney Hoskisson (Gabriella Montez) HS Musical
___ Jasmine Klauder (Sharpay Evans) HS Musical
___ Sarah Carey (Wendy/Jane) Peter Pan

Supporting, Male:
___ Nathan Dunkin (Amos Hart) Chicago
___ Nick Quinteros (Chad Danforth) HS Musical
___ Seth Renne (Jack Scott) HS Musical
_X_ Ken Moore (Captain Hook) Peter Pan

Supporting Female:
___ Jaimie Myer (Taylor McKessie) HS Musical
___ Lindsay Harrop (Kelsi Neilson) HS Musical
___ Kathleen Walter (Mama Morton) Chicago
_X_ Grace Swanson ( Sister Mary Amnesia) Nunsense
___ Tessa Flores (Tiger Lilly) Peter Pan
___ Dawn Graff-Haight ( Sister Mary Hubert) Nunsense

Minor Role:
_X_ Bre Gregg (Mary Sunshine) Chicago
___ Michelle Sanchez (Martha Cox) HS Musical
___ Chris Helwig (Zeke Taylor) HS Musical
_X_ Zach Martin (Smee) Peter Pan
___ Colton Price (John Darling) Peter Pan

Musical Director:
___ Tami Allen (Nunsense)
___ Gary Markham (Peter Pan)
_X_ Kathleen Walter (Chicago)
___ Frank Messina (HS Musical)

Choreography:
_X_ Kathleen Van de Veere (Chicago)
___ RJay Carey (Nunsense)
___ Kathleen Van de Veere (Peter Pan)
___ Kathleen Fraser (HS Musical)

Non Musicals:

Leading Male or Female
___ Don Van Etten (Matthew Brady) Inherit the Wind
_X_ Stephen Dougherty (Henry Drummond) Inherit the Wind
_X_ Danyelle Tinker (Catherine) Proof




Supporting Male:
___ Caleb Kearns (Ty) Sordid Lives
___ Stephen Dougherty (GW) Sordid Lives
___ Ken Moore (Robert, father) Proof
___ Caleb Kearns ( Harold Dobbs) Proof
_X_ Ken Moore (Brother Boy) Sordid Lives
___ Brett Hardee (Reverend Jeremiah Brown) Inherit the Wind

Supporting Female:
___ Kristina Sisto (Rachael Brown) Inherit the Wind
___ Anna Collier Okrasinski (Noleta) Sordid Lives
_X_ Meridith Symons (Sissy) Sordid Lives
___ Debra Wells (LaVonda) Sordid Lives
___ Christy Scattereli (LaTrelle) Sordid Lives
___ Holly Spencer (Claire ) Proof

Minor Role:
___ Ginger Williams (Bitsy Mae) Sordid Lives
___ Chris Benham (Wardell) Sordid Lives
___ Jane Nielsen (Mrs. McClain) Inherit the Wind
___ Brian Jones (Judge) Inherit the Wind
___ Jane Nielsen (Juanita) Sordid Lives
_X_ David Bates (E.K. Hornbeck) Inherit the Wind

“Light Up the Stage”
___ Norm Tognazinni (Bannister) Inherit the Wind
___ Rachel Greycloud (Art Kid and Skater Babe) HS Musical
___ Cassie Gamble (Cheerleader) HS Musical
_X_ Sam Benedict (Aaron/Tap Dancer/The Jury) Chicago
___ Charity Benham (Sister Mary Leo ) Nunsense
___ Jordan Ferry (Nana/Crock) Peter Pan
_X_ (Pirates) Peter Pan

Youth Performance
___ Cast (HS Musical)
___ Billy Cowles (Howard Blair) Inherit the Wind
___ Cast (Peter Pan)
___ Tommy Stallone (Peter Pan) Peter Pan
___ Sarah Carey (Wendy) Peter Pan
_X_ Tessa Flores (Tiger Lily) Peter Pan


Debut Performance on Any Stage:
___ Kari Trickey (Eva the psychiatrist) Sordid Lives
___ Christy Scatterelli (Latrelle) Sordid Lives
___ Emily Ackerlund (Reporter) Chicago
___ Blake Ramseyer (Martin Harrison) Chicago
_X_ Justin Roisom (Ryan Evans,,lead role) HS Musical
___ Jacob Sanchez (Jason.Jock) HS Musical
___ Nathan Muti (Fred Casley) Chicago

Debut Performance on Gallery Stage:
_X_ Caleb Kearns (Harold Dobbs) Proof
___ Stephen Dougherty (GW) Sordid Lives
___ Nathan Dunkin (Amos Hart) Chicago
___ Bre Gregg (Mary Sunshine) Chicago
___ Sam Benedict (Aaron/Tap Dancer/The Jury) Chicago
___ McKenna Twedt (Hunyak) Chicago


Set Design/Creative Use of Space (Arena)
___ Sordid Lives
_X_ Galen Flinn (Inherit the Wind)
___ Galen Flinn (Proof)


Set Design/ Creative Use of Space (Main Stage)
___ Phill Darling (Peter Pan)
___ Paula Terry (Nunsense
___ Mitch Maddox, Seth Renne (Chicago)
_X_ Adam Ewing (HS Musical)

Set Dressing and Painting
___ Sordid Lives
___ Adam and Kari Trickey (Inherit the Wind)
___ Proof
___ Mitch Maddox (Chicago)
___ Paula Terry (Nunsense)
_X_ Peter Pan
___ Adam Ewing and Natasha Osterhout (HS Musical)

Costumes:
___ Proof
___ HS Musical
_X_ Peter Pan
___ Chicago
___ Sordid Lives
___ Inherit the Wind
(Nunsense costumes were all borrowed from Pentacle Theater)

Musicals:
___ HS Musical Director: Adam Ewing
___ Nunsense Director: Faye Trupka
_X_ Chicago Director: Seth Renne
___ Peter Pan Director: Phil Darling

Non Musicals:
___ Proof Director: Ted Desel
_X_ Sordid Lives Director: Carolyn McCloskey
___ Inherit the Wind Director: Galen Flinn

2008 Gallery Awards Nominations

The Gallery Theater Awards will be presented on January 10th. Here is a complete list of the nominations.

Musicals:
Leading Male:
___ Jesus Gomez (Troy Bolton) High School Musical
___ Justin Roisom (Ryan Evans) High School Musical
___ Richard Pratt (Billy Flynn) Chicago
___ Tommy Stallone (Peter Pan) Peter Pan

Leading Females:
___ Kathleen Van De Veere (Roxie Hart) Chicago
___ Ember Eastman (Velma Kelly) Chicago
___ Kathleen Walter ( Reverend Mother) Nunsense
___ Brittney Hoskisson (Gabriella Montez) High School Musical
___ Jasmine Klauder (Sharpay Evans) High School Musical
___ Sarah Carey (Wendy/Jane) Peter Pan

Supporting, Male:
___ Nathan Dunkin (Amos Hart) Chicago
___ Nick Quinteros (Chad Danforth) High School Musical
___ Seth Renne (Jack Scott) High School Musical
___ Ken Moore (Captain Hook) Peter Pan

Supporting Female:
___ Jaimie Myer (Taylor McKessie) High School Musical
___ Lindsay Harrop (Kelsi Neilson) High School Musical
___ Kathleen Walter (Mama Morton) Chicago
___ Grace Swanson ( Sister Mary Amnesia) Nunsense
___ Tessa Flores (Tiger Lilly) Peter Pan
___ Dawn Graff-Haight ( Sister Mary Hubert) Nunsense

Minor Role:
___ Bre Gregg (Mary Sunshine) Chicago
___ Michelle Sanchez (Martha Cox) High School Musical
___ Chris Helwig (Zeke Taylor) High School Musical
___ Zach Martin (Smee) Peter Pan
___ Colton Price (John Darling) Peter Pan

Musical Director:
___ Tami Allen (Nunsense)
___ Gary Markham (Peter Pan)
___ Kathleen Walter (Chicago)
___ Robin Pederson & Frank Messina (High School Musical)

Choreography:
___ Kathleen Van de Veere (Chicago)
___ RJay Carey (Nunsense)
___ Kathleen Van de Veere (Peter Pan)
___ Kathleen Fraser (High School Musical)

Non Musicals:

Leading Male or Female
___ Don Van Etten (Matthew Brady) Inherit the Wind
___ Stephen Dougherty (Henry Drummond) Inherit the Wind
___ Danyelle Tinker (Catherine) Proof

Supporting Male:
___ Caleb Kearns (Ty) Sordid Lives
___ Stephen Dougherty (GW) Sordid Lives
___ Ken Moore (Robert, father) Proof
___ Caleb Kearns ( Harold Dobbs) Proof
___ Ken Moore (Brother Boy) Sordid Lives
___ Brett Hardee (Reverend Jeremiah Brown) Inherit the Wind

Supporting Female:
___ Kristina Sisto (Rachael Brown) Inherit the Wind
___ Anna Collier Okrasinski (Noleta) Sordid Lives
___ Meridith Symons (Sissy) Sordid Lives
___ Debra Wells (LaVonda) Sordid Lives
___ Christy Scattereli (LaTrelle) Sordid Lives
___ Holly Spencer (Claire ) Proof

Minor Role:
___ Ginger Williams (Bitsy Mae) Sordid Lives
___ Chris Benham (Wardell) Sordid Lives
___ Jane Nielsen (Mrs. McClain) Inherit the Wind
___ Brian Jones (Judge) Inherit the Wind
___ Jane Nielsen (Juanita) Sordid Lives
___ David Bates (E.K. Hornbeck) Inherit the Wind

“Light Up the Stage”
___ Norm Tognazinni (Bannister) Inherit the Wind
___ Rachel Greycloud (Art Kid and Skater Babe) High School Musical
___ Cassie Gamble (Cheerleader) High School Musical
___ Sam Benedict (Aaron/Tap Dancer/The Jury) Chicago
___ Charity Benham (Sister Mary Leo ) Nunsense
___ Jordan Ferry (Nana/Crock) Peter Pan
___ (Pirates) Peter Pan

Youth Performance
___ Cast (High School Musical)
___ Billy Cowles (Howard Blair) Inherit the Wind
___ Cast (Peter Pan)
___ Tommy Stallone (Peter Pan) Peter Pan
___ Sarah Carey (Wendy) Peter Pan
___ Tessa Flores (Tiger Lily) Peter Pan

Debut Performance on Any Stage:
___ Kari Trickey (Eva the psychiatrist) Sordid Lives
___ Christy Scatterelli (Latrelle) Sordid Lives
___ Emily Ackerlund (Reporter) Chicago
___ Blake Ramseyer (Martin Harrison) Chicago
___ Justin Roisom (Ryan Evans,,lead role) High School Musical
___ Jacob Sanchez (Jason.Jock) High School Musical
___ Nathan Muti (Fred Casley) Chicago

Debut Performance on Gallery Stage:
___ Caleb Kearns (Harold Dobbs) Proof
___ Stephen Dougherty (GW) Sordid Lives
___ Nathan Dunkin (Amos Hart) Chicago
___ Bre Gregg (Mary Sunshine) Chicago
___ Sam Benedict (Aaron/Tap Dancer/The Jury) Chicago
___ McKenna Twedt (Hunyak) Chicago

Set Design/Creative Use of Space (Arena)
___ Sordid Lives
___ Galen Flinn (Inherit the Wind)
___ Galen Flinn (Proof)

Set Design/ Creative Use of Space (Main Stage)
___ Phill Darling (Peter Pan)
___ Paula Terry (Nunsense
___ Mitch Maddox, Seth Renne (Chicago)
___ Adam Ewing (High School Musical)

Set Dressing and Painting
___ Sordid Lives
___ Adam and Kari Trickey (Inherit the Wind)
___ Proof
___ Mitch Maddox (Chicago)
___ Paula Terry (Nunsense)
___ Peter Pan
___ Adam Ewing and Natasha Osterhout (High School Musical)

Costumes:
___ Proof
___ High School Musical
___ Peter Pan
___ Chicago
___ Sordid Lives
___ Inherit the Wind

Musicals:
___ High School Musical Director: Adam Ewing
___ Nunsense Director: Faye Trupka
___ Chicago Director: Seth Renne
___ Peter Pan Director: Phil Darling

Non Musicals:
___ Proof Director: Ted Desel
___ Sordid Lives Director: Carolyn McCloskey
___ Inherit the Wind Director: Galen Flinn

Snow Week

Well, the weather outside is frightful....

Our second week of rehearsals has been quite uneventful as we've had to cancel all of them due to the weather. It's been crazy. Has Oregon ever had a chance for a white Christmas?

Last week we began rehearsals doing a read through of the script and began choreography. I hadn't read through Forum since High School when I last did the show. I forgot how ridiculously funny the show is. I mean I have to stop and laugh just from reading it on paper. I'm so excited for this show. Our cast really is amazing. It is such a joy to get to work with Deborah and Walt again. I haven't done a show with Deborah since Steel Magnolias. Our courtesan girls are all great and beautiful dancers. Kyle Elmer who plays "Hero" is one of the nicest people I have ever met and incredibly talented. Rjay's choreography is going to be wonderful and fun to watch. I hope to able to praise everybody a lot more over the next few weeks as I've only mentioned a few of them here. All in all I'm really itching to get back into rehearsals. I hope this weather clears up soon.

See you at the theater
Seth

A Funny Thing Happened....

WOW! It's been a long time since we posted anything. I'll try to get this updated as soon as I have some free time.

Last week auditions were held for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" The show is being directed by Chris Benham. We had a read through last night and I'm pretty excited about the show. Good cast, including some of my favorite people. Here is the cast list:

Pseudolus - RJay Carey
Hero - Kyle Elmer
Philia - Monique Morgan
Hysterium - Seth Renne
Senex - Walter Haight
Lycus - Todd Swanson
Domina - Deborah Johansen
Miles Gloriosus - Tyler Palmblad
Erronius - Glenn Eager
Proteans - Andrew Surber, Jeffrey Mina, April Wilcox, Julia Sargent, Jennifer Dickie, Rebekah Wagner
Vibrata - Kelsey Roesner
Panacaea - Willow Dickerson
The Gemini - Karissa Weeden, Lindsey Weeden
Tintinabula - Kelly Maahs
Gymnasia - Grace Swanson

There should be some recognizable names and a few new ones also. I'm going to take my camera tonight and start filming for some "Fun Forum Video Blogs."

See you at the theater
Seth

ANNOUNCING

McMinnville Gallery Theatre Present

'CHICAGO'

By Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse, Music by John Kander,Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Seth Renne, Choreographed by Kathleen Van De Veere

Come experience the murder, mayhem, sex and glamor in this scintillating musical that shows you what it takes to be famous. Parents beware. This is not a family friendly piece of fluff. Our girls and boys spare no expense when it comes to showing you what is hot in Chicago, Illinois.

In the midst of the roaring twenties in the seedy city of Chicago, Roxie Hart, an ambitious chorus girl, passionately murders her lover. Unable to convince her gullible husband, Amos, to take the rap, Roxie becomes a jailbird babe along with the famous Velma Kelly and The Six Merry Murderesses. Both Roxie and Velma seek publicity for the sake of their acquittal and their careers with the help of the vivacious matron, Mama Morton. In the end their tricky lawyer, Billy Flynn, becomes the dazzling ring leader of their misleading courtroom show and produces a stunning verdict that neither Roxie nor Velma could ever have predicted.

September 12th thru October 4th

Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm

Sunday matinee at 3:00pm

210 N. Ford St. McMinnville, OR 97128
Call and reserve your tickets now! They are flyin away fast!

503. 472. 2227.
Senior/Student: $13Adult: $15

Group and Family Rates available, as well as disability seating.

Produced through special arrangment with Samuel French, Inc.
45 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010-2751 Phone (212) 206-8990 Fax (212) 206-1429

FLASHBACK: Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

Published: May 9, 2002
Gallery Theater play runs through May 25
By Starla PointerOf the News-Register

Gallery Theater scores a bull's-eye with "Annie Get Your Gun," a musical comedy based on the real-life love story of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler.

The dance sequence featuring Annie (Jenny Root) and Sitting Bull (Laurel Adams) is worth the price of admission. Lucky for us, it's just one highlight of a thoroughly enjoyable show.

Root is as natural as can be in the title role. Her Annie is fresh and innocent, yet, in many ways, wise beyond her years and her background. She knows all about shooting, taking care of her siblings and "Doin' What Comes Naturally," yet she melts into a teen-age swoon when she first lays eyes on Frank (Eric Ernst).

She's neither the first nor the last female to be dazzled by Frank, but she's the first to stand up and declare that she has talents, too. His condescending attitude toward women - which, in the 1870s, was considered being gentlemanly - just makes her more determined. In fact, she beats him at his own game - marksmanship.

Still, Annie realizes that showing him up isn't the way to win Frank's heart. "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun," she laments, and accepts a secondary role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show so she can be near him.

He's happy to treat her as an apprentice. And he's overjoyed that she's becoming more ladylike - pinker and whiter, like the china doll he's always dreamed of marrying.

In fact, he's all ready to propose, despite the warnings of his cowboy buddies. It may be Ernst's best great number - "My Defenses are Down," in which Frank looks forward to marriage with the refrain, "Being miserable is gonna be fun." The scene wouldn't be complete without the cowboy chorus, Robin Wirfs, Dylan Sovey, Andrew Wardell and Ian Godbey.

Everything seems to be headed toward a ride into the sunset. But when Buffalo Bill, knowing he can draw a crowd by showcasing Annie's talents, makes her a star, Frank gallops off alone.

Adams make a fine Sitting Bull, a man of few words, every one of them hilarious. Ryan Findley is just right as Buffalo Bill. Josh Harrison and Laura Hilliker make a good team as a sharply contrasting brother and sister, Charlie and Dolly.

Throughout the show, Irving Berlin's hit songs are performed with gusto and tenderness or humor, depending on the number. "I'll Have an Old Fashioned Wedding," in which Annie and Frank present their conflicting views, "Anything You Can Do," "I Got the Sun in the Morning" and several versions of "There's No Business Like Show Business" are among the highlights, of course. The more romantic "They Say It's Wonderful" and "Moonshine Lullaby" are lovely.

Scene changes dragged at times on opening night. The waits weren't unpleasant, though, because the live combo kept playing throughout.

Nice touch, by the way, having the musicians not only visible, but in costume. And oh, what costumes by Carol Burnett, Barbara Millikan and others. They're fabulous. The many costume changes are a visual treat.

The set is just enough to establish the locales, but simple and understated so that the performers are the real stars. The lighting effects in the ball scene are a good addition.

It's been 20 years since Gallery's first production of "Annie Get Your Gun." Whether or not you remember that one, you should see this version. Strong performances under the direction of Jane Maddox, quality music directed by Frank Messina and a good cast - especially Root, and especially in that dance sequence with Adams - make this a show not to miss.