09
Dec
2015
Beginning on Friday, December 11th, area theatregoers will have the opportunity to see the Iowa Premier of Adam's Gifts, a play by Peter Filichia. The theater critic emeritus for the StarLedger in Newark, New Jersey and News 12 New Jersey, he is the author of Let's Put on a Musical; Broadway Musicals: The Biggest Hit of the Season / The Biggest Flop of the Season and Broadway Musical MVPs 19602010: The Most Valuable Players of the Last 50 Seasons. Before joining the Theatre World Awards in 1996 as host and head of the selection committee, Filichia served four terms as president of the Drama Desk. He has served on an assessment panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, and is currently criticinresidence for the University of CincinnatiConservatory of Music and the musical theater judge for the ASCAP Awards program.
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre is presenting this Community Production of Adam's Gifts. Performances are scheduled for December 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and on December 13 and 20 at 3pm, located at Ashford University's Mullany Theatre. Adam's Gifts is a modern take on the classic Dickens' story, A Christmas Carol. William Pront is a miserly landlord who is transformed by his relationship with a very sick child. The role of Pront is played by Peter L. Sickels, a priest at Christ Episcopal Church in Clinton. Peter has appeared in the 2013 holiday production of A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) as well as two mainstage Showboat musicals: Annie Get Your Gun (Pawnee Bill) and Cats (Gus). Laurel Decker will play the role of Glynis, a ghostly character who guides Pront along his journey to redemption. Laurel is a pharmacist for Wagner Pharmacy and has appeared in the past two holiday productions (Christmas Belles, A Christmas Carol) as well as numerous Showboat shows, most recently as Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun. Pront's longsuffering assistant Jason is played by Justin Tegeler, who also portrays Sam, a figure from Pront's past. Justin is a graduate of Clinton High School working in marketing and sales at Tegeler Music. Past Showboat productions include : Singin' in the Rain, Joseph and...Dreamcoat, Rent, and Showboat. The roles of Lisa (Jason's ex-wife) and Mary (Pront's longago girlfriend) are played by Showboat newcomer Rebecca Chan. A participant in plays at Hinsdale High School and Western Springs Theatre, Rebecca has also studied at Hofstra University and had training at Second City and Act One Studios, both in Chicago. The character who is best able to bring about Pront's transformation is Adam, played by Jaxon GerkenSpencer. A student at Eagle Heights in Clinton, Jaxon will play the role of young Pront as well as the title role of Adam. Jaxon participated in CAST's 2013 A Christmas Carol as Peter Cratchit.
Kris Doss is directing Adam's Gifts. A graduate of University of Dubuque with BA in Theatre and BS in Psychology, Kris spent the past summer as Box Office Manager and Education director for CAST where he directed Go Dog Go and Junie B. Jones the Musical. Kris also played Macavity in Cats and the Doctors in Next to Normal. Recently he directed The Diary of Anne Frank and This is a Test with Marquette High School in Bellevue where he will return to direct the spring musical.
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre is excited to announce local auditions for its 2016 MainStage "Season of American Classics" which includes: The Odd Couple, The Music Man, South Pacific, Grease and The Glass Menagerie. The Intern Company's Theatre for Young People Season will include : You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and A Year With Frog and Toad.
Auditions will be held February 6th and 7th at the Mullany Theatre at Ashford University. Please prepare 32 bars of a song and bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. Some of those auditioning will be asked to attend the dance callback at 5pm each night. Roles are available for local actors of all ages and ethnicities in Music Man, South Pacific and Grease. Please email krisjdoss@hotmail.com for an appointment. Limited slots are available.
Teenagers interested in interviewing for the professional intern company are asked to prepare a one minute monologue in addition to the song, as well as to attend an informational meeting from 1010:30 am on Saturday, February 6th. Please email krisjdoss@hotmail.com for an application packet and handbook.
General admission tickets for Adam's Gifts are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (17 and under) and may be purchased at the door, at Clinton Printing, Wagner Pharmacy, Sweet Woodruff or online at www.clintonshowboat.org. Season tickets for the 2016 Season of American Classics are also available at those sites.
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre is presenting this Community Production of Adam's Gifts. Performances are scheduled for December 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and on December 13 and 20 at 3pm, located at Ashford University's Mullany Theatre. Adam's Gifts is a modern take on the classic Dickens' story, A Christmas Carol. William Pront is a miserly landlord who is transformed by his relationship with a very sick child. The role of Pront is played by Peter L. Sickels, a priest at Christ Episcopal Church in Clinton. Peter has appeared in the 2013 holiday production of A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) as well as two mainstage Showboat musicals: Annie Get Your Gun (Pawnee Bill) and Cats (Gus). Laurel Decker will play the role of Glynis, a ghostly character who guides Pront along his journey to redemption. Laurel is a pharmacist for Wagner Pharmacy and has appeared in the past two holiday productions (Christmas Belles, A Christmas Carol) as well as numerous Showboat shows, most recently as Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun. Pront's longsuffering assistant Jason is played by Justin Tegeler, who also portrays Sam, a figure from Pront's past. Justin is a graduate of Clinton High School working in marketing and sales at Tegeler Music. Past Showboat productions include : Singin' in the Rain, Joseph and...Dreamcoat, Rent, and Showboat. The roles of Lisa (Jason's ex-wife) and Mary (Pront's longago girlfriend) are played by Showboat newcomer Rebecca Chan. A participant in plays at Hinsdale High School and Western Springs Theatre, Rebecca has also studied at Hofstra University and had training at Second City and Act One Studios, both in Chicago. The character who is best able to bring about Pront's transformation is Adam, played by Jaxon GerkenSpencer. A student at Eagle Heights in Clinton, Jaxon will play the role of young Pront as well as the title role of Adam. Jaxon participated in CAST's 2013 A Christmas Carol as Peter Cratchit.
Kris Doss is directing Adam's Gifts. A graduate of University of Dubuque with BA in Theatre and BS in Psychology, Kris spent the past summer as Box Office Manager and Education director for CAST where he directed Go Dog Go and Junie B. Jones the Musical. Kris also played Macavity in Cats and the Doctors in Next to Normal. Recently he directed The Diary of Anne Frank and This is a Test with Marquette High School in Bellevue where he will return to direct the spring musical.
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre is excited to announce local auditions for its 2016 MainStage "Season of American Classics" which includes: The Odd Couple, The Music Man, South Pacific, Grease and The Glass Menagerie. The Intern Company's Theatre for Young People Season will include : You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and A Year With Frog and Toad.
Auditions will be held February 6th and 7th at the Mullany Theatre at Ashford University. Please prepare 32 bars of a song and bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. Some of those auditioning will be asked to attend the dance callback at 5pm each night. Roles are available for local actors of all ages and ethnicities in Music Man, South Pacific and Grease. Please email krisjdoss@hotmail.com for an appointment. Limited slots are available.
Teenagers interested in interviewing for the professional intern company are asked to prepare a one minute monologue in addition to the song, as well as to attend an informational meeting from 1010:30 am on Saturday, February 6th. Please email krisjdoss@hotmail.com for an application packet and handbook.
General admission tickets for Adam's Gifts are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (17 and under) and may be purchased at the door, at Clinton Printing, Wagner Pharmacy, Sweet Woodruff or online at www.clintonshowboat.org. Season tickets for the 2016 Season of American Classics are also available at those sites.
