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2011 Reader’s Theatre

All Reader’s Theatres start at 6:00 pm and are held at the Farmer’s Daughter in Princeton, In.

Schedule

  • January 17th  – A Collection of Romantic Comedies
  • February 21st – Musical Comedy
  • March 21st - Uncertainty (or Imprecision) - by local playwright Nick Krohn
  • April 18th -
  • May 23rd -
  • June 20th -
  • August 15th -
  • September 12th -
  • October 17th -
  • November 21st -

What is Reader’s Theatre?

Reader’s Theatre is when actors read directly from scipts with little use of props, sets, or costuming.  The primary purpose is to present the dialogue to the audience in its puriest form.  It is a sort of dramatic or comedic story-telling.   Many plays do not lend well to this format because they rely heavily on music, sets, props, physical acting, and costuming.  Plays that usually read well are comedies and dramas that rely heavily on the spoken word.

Another advantage of reader’s theatre is that material can be presented cheaply and quickly to an audience for evaluation.  The reading can be presented for little cost or time commitment from the actors and production team.  Audience feedback can determine if the play will be well received by the public before considerable time and money is devoted to putting on a full-fledged producttion.

And finally, reader’s theater is a great entry point for someone interested in being on stage.  Readers can learn many things about theatre without the huge commitment of learning lines and everything else required for a fully-staged performance.  Many of the actors you see on stage in GCTC performances got their start in readings.

This is a great way to see what GCTC is all about because admission is free.  So, check us out and let us know what you think.

2011- Arsenic & Old Lace

The show revolves around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, NY, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and “just a pinch” of cyanide; a brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serve as graves for the aunts’ victims); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein (a character based on real-life gangland surgeon Joseph Moran) to conceal his identity and now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff (a self-referential joke, as the part was originally played by Karloff). more…

2011 Drama Camp – Aladdin Kids

All of your favorite characters are here including Aladdin, Jasmine, and of course, the Genie. Filled with magic, mayhem, and flying carpet rides, the tuneful Academy Award-winning score will make this musical a favorite for many years to come! more…

2011 – The King and I
East versus West makes for a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting tale of enormous fascination. It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in the West, and he seeks Anna’s assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. Along with the dazzling score, the incomparable Jerome Robbins ballet, “The Small House of Uncle Thomas,” is one of the all-time marvels of the musical stage.
Presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals, Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.
2011- The Diary of Anne Frank
The story concerns the lives of a Jewish family hiding from the German occupying forces in war-torn Amsterdam. To escape the horrors of Nazi persecution, Otto Frank hides with his wife and two daughters in attic rooms above an Amsterdam warehouse for two years. Also hiding with the Franks are four other people – the Van Daans, their son Peter, and a dentist, Mr Dussel. In her diary Anne recorded an account of the trials and tribulations of the people around her, all trying to live a normal life in cramped attic accommodation, whilst under the constant threat of discovery by the Gestapo. This is a story made all the more dramatic because it is based on a true account, and concerns the lives of real people who lived at a time of unspeakable horror for the Jewish population in many European countries. more…
2011 – The Twelve Daze of Christmas

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. more…