WUNDERLICH PREVAILS IN HAMMY GRAPPLE!

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Putnam County Playhouse was held on Sunday, October 22.  Members of the Board of Directors and guests gathered at 2 p.m. in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre in Greencastle.

President Michael McClaine and Secretary Pro Tem Shelly McFadden headed the event.

Board member Drew Brattain gave his report as Chairperson of the Finance and Fund Raising Committee.

Among the guests present were Past PCPH President Peggy McClaine (talking with PCPH VP Linda Gjesvold), Susan Glaser, Linda Ford, actress Dianna Baysinger, and Lester Need.

Members and guests were told about our successful season as all Chairpersons  of Committees presented their annual reports.

Also present were Upstage Award nominee Cameron Wunderlich and his brother Brandon and parents Mark and Jennifer.

President McClaine welcomed his granddaughter Abigail Armitage to her first annual meeting.  Abigail was accompanied by her mother, board member, Meghan Armitage.

Treasurer Mark Hammer read the nominees for the prestigious Upstage Award.  They included Andrew Ranck in Curtains the Musical, Cameron Wunderlich in The Foreigner, Caroline Good in The Addams Family, and Brian Cox for Laughing Stock.

And the winner was:

Cameron Wunderlich for his portrayal of Ellard Sims in The Foreigner, directed by Jim Green.

Congratulations to Cameron!  And thanks to all who attended!  Our 56th Season is now in the books, and we look forward to our 57th season!

Photos courtesy of Shelly McFadden & Dustin Bond.

YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION!

See you there!!!!

YOU'RE INVITED!!

You are invited to attend the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Putnam County Playhouse. It will be held on Sunday, October 22, at 2 p.m. The event will take place in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre in Greencastle.

According to our By-Laws, the Board of Directors holds this Annual Meeting to discuss the business of the just finished season. Anyone who participated in the summer season whether working onstage or backstage, or who gave us financial support, or attended a performance is welcome to attend and vote on the business at hand. Candidates for open board positions will be voted on at the meeting.

The 56th season will be recapped.  Chairpersons of each PCPH Committee will present a report. Attendees are welcome to participate and offer suggestions about the upcoming season. All suggestions for keeping the Playhouse growing as we enter our 57th season will be welcome.

The prestigious Upstage Award - also known as the "Hammy" - will also be presented. This year the Nominees are:

Andrew Ranck for his role as the flamboyant director in Curtains - The Musical.

Cameron Wunderlich as Ellard Simms in The Foreigner.

Caroline Good for her role as Grand Mama in The Addams Family.

Brian Cox for his portrayal of Braun Oakes in Laughing Stock.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.  Take this opportunity to visit with your Playhouse friends one last time before the theatre is "put to bed" and the season ends. 

See you there!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

As we end our 56th season, the Board of Directors would like to thank you all for your continued support of Putnam County Playhouse. To everyone who attended our productions, to all who volunteered onstage and offstage, and to all of our show sponsors we say:  THANK YOU!!  You made it possible.

Our season opened with a production of Curtains: The Musical. It was directed by Ric McFadden and sponsored by:

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Our July show was the comedy The Foreigner.  It was directed by Jim Green. The production was sponsored by:

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August brought us the musical comedy The Addams Family, also directed by Ric McFadden.

It was sponsored by:

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Our season of laughs closed with Laughing Stock directed by Andrew Ranck. It was sponsored by:

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To learn more about our sponsors click HERE and HERE

We look forward to planning our 2018 season and making it our best ever!  Our program promises a season of laughs, music, and mystery. It is our Season of Hits!  We hope to see you there, onstage and in the audience! Audition dates and directors will be posted here in January!  Season tickets will go on sale in April, 2018.  Don't miss out!

Also,  plan to attend our Annual Meeting on Sunday, October 22, at 2 p.m. in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre.

Watch your mailbox for your annual Fall Fund Drive letter. 

Final Show of the 2017 Season! Laughing Stock!

Putnam County Playhouse presents its final show in the 2017 Season of Laughs with the comedy, Laughing Stock on September 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 16.   The Box Office is Monday – Saturday from 5 – 7 p.m. beginning Monday, September 4.   Tickets may be reserved by calling 765-653-5880 or in person during Box Office hours.   Laughing Stock is sponsored by Bittles & Hurt, Hopkins-Rector Funeral Homes

Murphy’s Law could be a replacement title for this fun romp that tells the tale of a summer theatre troupe that performs their repertory season in an old converted barn (Sound Familiar???) with hilarious outcomes.  All of the characters necessary to lampoon the art of theatre are here:  invisible producers that really run the show, wacky directors that think rehearsals just get in the way of true performances, a tottering older couple who know nothing more than their lives in the theatre, the spaced out actress, a “serious” actor who must find motivation for every possible movement on stage, an artistic director who writes his own scripts to save on royalties,  and even a drunken stage manager holding it all together by a very loose thread.  Mix these misfits in with a season that includes the plays Hamlet, Dracula, and Charley’s Aunt and you have a delicious and hilarious recipe for disaster.

 Everyone person in theatre has a tale of something that went wrong in a production, so imagine if all of these things happened at ONCE!  That is Laughing Stock.  While the show is funny and the disasters come one right after another, the true heart of this show is summed up by all those involved: “We wouldn’t trade it for anything.”  

The Cast of Laughing Stock is headed by PCPH veteran, Dustin Bond who plays Gordon Page; he is joined on stage by Dustin Boothby (Jack Morris).  Ashlee Vitz returns to the Playhouse stage as Susannah Huntsman; while newcomer to PCPH MacKendra Stewart plays Mary Taylor.   T.J. Tincher, who delighted audiences in this season’s hit, The Foreigner, returns in Laughing Stock as Tyler Terry.   PCPH veterans Jim Rambo & Don Wilson, last seen in 2016’s musical, 1776, are seen in our season finale as Vernon Volker and Richfield Hawksley, respectively.    Dianna Baysinger plays Daisy Coates and Andrew Ranck lends his comedic talents to his character, Craig Conlin.   Caroline Good, last seen as Grandma in The Addams Family, plays stage manager Sarah McKay.   Kathryn Dory makes her return to the PCPH stage as Helen Mills with newcomer Brian Cox (Braun Oakes).   Sandra Rossok (Karma Schneider) and Drew Harris (Ian Milliken) play overworked interns in the hilarious happenings of the season.

Director Andrew Ranck is assisted by his production staff:   Stage Manager, Jessica Masner; Technical Director, Dusin Bond; Stage Design, Linda Gjesvold; Costume Design, Shelly McFadden; and Production Assistant, Aubrey Sutherlin. 

Come join us for the 4^th and final show of the season at the Playhouse. You’ll laugh and you may also gain a little insight into why we do what do!