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The Gibson County Theatre Company is happy to present our dinner theatre comedy, “The Twelve Daze of Christmas” by Jeff Lovett.
“The Twelve Daze of Christmas” will be performed at the Activities Building on the Gibson County Fairgrounds on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3. The doors will open at 6:30pm, and dinner will begin at 7:00pm. The show will start immediately following dinner. Tickets are presale only, and can be purchased for $25 each at the Gibson County Visitors & Tourism Bureau. No tickets will be sold at the door.
Dinner will be catered by The Farmer’s Daughter Bakery and Café, and will include: herb rubbed roasted turkey; brined pork tenderloin stuffed with spinach, cranberries, and pecans; buttermilk mashed potatoes; ginger glazed roasted carrots; fresh baked baguettes with butter; green salad and iced tea and coffee service. The Hilltop Tavern will provide a cash bar during the show. Dessert of bread pudding with caramel sauce will be served at intermission (provided by the Gibson County Theatre Company).
For more information, please see the original announcement on our website, or contact Fred Hadley at (812) 779-9134.
The auditions for “The Twelve Daze of Christmas” went great, and we have a wonderful cast for our dinner theatre that is coming right up!
There is quite a bit of double-casting, so be sure to check the entire list!
The cast is:
Alice………………….. Denise West
Partridge…………….. Kris Schmidt
Turtle…………………. David Sams
Dove………………….. Marybeth Feutz
Francois…………….. Rod Vickers
Michelle…………….. Beth Hawkins
Monique……………. Kara Gray
Telebobbie…………. John Feutz
Telebillie……………. Mistie Frazier
Telebitzie…………… Tina Porter
Telebetty…………… Stacy Hurt
Smilin Bob…………. Robin Overbey
Mother Goose…….. Jill Wright
Myrtle………………. Marybeth Feutz
Sister Goose………. Kara Gray
Goose………………. Julie Biddle
Goose………………. Stacy Milheiser
Goose………………. Elizabeth Hutchinson
Gerald……………… Logan Vickers
Swanson…………… Rod Vickers
Swinson……………. Wes Hurt
Sven………………… Kenny Lasley
Sigvard…………….. Tony Phillips
Stella……………….. Kara Gray
Stefan………………. David Sams
Miss Cleo………….. Stacy Milheiser
Emma………………. Judy Barber
8 Dancers………….. Amy Kemp (choreographer)
- Kara Gray
- Kenny Lasley
- Logan Vickers
- John Feutz
- Julie Biddle
- Michael Neuman
- Rod Vickers
Maggie………………. Elizabeth Hutchinson
7 Milkmaids:
- Marybeth Feutz
- Stacy Hurt
- Judy Barber
- Tina Porter
- Jill Wright
- Mistie Frazier
- Amy Kemp
Lord Albert…………. Jon Hyneman
Ollie…………………… Julie Biddle
Foreman…………….. Kenny Lasley
10 Pipers:
- Carl Robb
- Beth Hawkins
- Michael Neuman
- Rod Vickers
- Wes Hurt
- Mistie Frazier
- Tony Phillips
- John Feutz
- Marybeth Feutz
- David Sams
Congratulations to everyone who was cast! The first read-through will be Monday, October 10 at 6:00pm in Stacy Hurt’s classroom at the Princeton Community High School. Everyone in the cast should have received an email about the rehearsal with more details. If you haven’t please contact Jessie Dyer immediately! (jessiedyer@hotmail.com)
The members of the Gibson County Theatre Company (GCTC) board of directors will post twelve trivia questions on Facebook related to the Twelve Days of Christmas during the eight weeks leading up to our dinner theatre performance of “The Twelve Daze of Christmas.” For each question, the first person to answer the question correctly in the comment thread on Facebook will win a CD that contains the music from “The Twelve Daze of Christmas,” performed at the Gibson County Fairgrounds on December 2 and 3, 2011. At the end of the trivia series, we will hold a random drawing for the grand prize, a $50 gift certificate to the Farmer’s Daughter Bakery and Café. Each correct answer to a trivia question will earn one entry into the drawing for the grand prize. Each person is eligible for up to 12 entries for the grand prize.
The first question will be posted on Wednesday, October 5. To be sure you see all the questions, visit us on Facebook and “Like” our page – http://www.facebook.com/gibsoncountytheatre.
The trivia questions will be posted on Facebook every Wednesday in October, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays in November. The answer to the trivia question and the winner will be posted the following day. The grand prize winner will be announced on Facebook on Monday, November 28.
All prizes must be picked up at one of the dinner theatre productions of “The Twelve Daze of Christmas” at the Activities Building on the Gibson County Fairgrounds. Doors open at 6:30pm and dinner will start at 7:00pm on Friday December 2 and Saturday December 3. Purchase of tickets is not necessary to win. Participants must be 18 or older to win. The GCTC board of directors and the production staff for “The Twelve Daze of Christmas” are ineligible to win.
Tickets for “The Twelve Daze of Christmas” are presale only and available for purchase at the Gibson County Tourism Depot. Tickets are $25 each, and include dinner catered by The Farmer’s Daughter Bakery and Café and a cash bar provided by the Hilltop Tavern.
Please contact Marybeth Feutz, mmfeutz@gmail.com or 779-4377, for additional questions regarding this contest.
Auditions for The Gibson County Theatre Company’s production of “The Twelve Daze of Christmas” are this week!
Auditions will be held at the Princeton Community High School on Thursday, September 29 from 6:00-8:00pm and Saturday, October 1 from 10:00am-12:00noon. Please come with a joke prepared! Only adults 18 and over, please. The show will be performed at the Activities Building at the Gibson County Fairgrounds on December 2-3. For more information, please see our website http://gibsoncountytheatre.com, or contact Stacy Hurt at 664-5599 or Fred Hadley at 779-9134.
Hope to see everyone at auditions this week!
Show synopsis:
It’s Christmas-time and all Alice wants to do is just sing one of her favorite holiday songs, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” But after just a few words, Alice realizes that when she sings, the characters in the popular holiday tune begin to come to life. Alice’s boyfriend has decided to surprise her by sending her all of the twelve gifts mentioned in the traditional carol. With each verse, Alice unleashes a wacky stream of characters that are far from what most people envision when singing “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” From Turtle & Dove, two attorneys that try to convince Alice to sue Santa Claus for invasion of privacy to milkmaids who have created a union and are on strike because of poor working conditions, the play turns the traditional holiday song into a fast-paced zany collection of characters. This play keeps theatre-goers wondering who will show up every time Alice opens her mouth and sings the next verse.
GCTC is having a huge work day this Sunday to move the Anne Frank set into the Activities Bldg. This is a huge and relatively complex set that must be disassembled, moved, and reassemble all in one day.
We also have to move extra platforms to elevated the audience and other flats to separate the house from the lobby. These flats will require painting and fabric dressing.
Work will start by 8:00am and continue until the work is completed. If you are available to help, stop by the Gibson County Fairgrounds on Saturday, September 17th.
The Gibson County Theatre Company is having a work day on Saturday, September 10th at 9AM in Stacy Hurt’s room (just off of the cafeteria) at the Princeton Community High School. We will be working on cushions for use at all of our shows at the Activities Building. We are looking for people who want to help sew, cut, or just stuff pre-cut cushions into the sleeves.
GCTC is presenting The Diary of Anne Frank September 23rd-25th at the Gibson County Fairgrounds Activities Building. As part of Gibson County Theatre Company’s education goals, we are presenting a youth competition.
We are seeking graphic interpretation of the holocaust. Any media may be used including poster, sculpture, and computer graphics as examples. The competition is open to middle school and high school students. Entries should be submitted at the Gibson County Tourism Office, located in the Train Depot on West Broadway in Princeton. The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 16th.
All projects will be on display in the lobby area of the theater on show nights, and prizes will be awarded to the top three entries. For questions please contact our Education Director, Jill Wright by email porky2@insightbb.com; or phone: 812-779-7927.
Well… ok, it’s not snowing yet, but it certianly looks like there will be a hazy shade of winter this December with GCTC’s production of The Twelve Daze of Christmas. If you’ve never been in a Gibson County Theatre Company production before, this is a great place to start. You can sign up for more information about being in Twelve Daze after each production of The Diary of Anne Frank, or just come to auditions. The auditions will be held in the Princeton Community High School Auditorium on Thursday September 29 from 6:00-8:00pm and Saturday October 1 from 10:00am-12:00 noon.
The Gibson County Theatre Company is proud to announce the appointment of our newest board member, Kristofor Schmidt. To find out about Kristofor, and the other board members, visit the board members section of our website.
Kris is an August 2011 addition to the GCTC Board of Directors. A lifelong Gibson County resident, he resides in Princeton with wife Jennifer and children Luke and Zoey. Kris was involved in several stage productions at PCHS until graduation in 1997. After years of artistic absence he was recruited to fill an open cast slot in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Since then he has continued a stage presence in several shows with the company. Passion for the arts has grown and interest has broadened from acting to more involvement behind the scenes. The bug has spread to son Luke who has enjoyed two seasons with the children’s summer drama camp and an appearance in The King and I alongside his father. Mr. Schmidt is proud to call this area his home. He feels the arts are a very important part of life and this community is a very accepting and supportive place for theatre. The talent just keeps coming!