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The story involves the canine pets of a struggling composer and his wife: Dalmatians Pongo (male) and Perdita (female). Perdita gives birth to fifteen spotted pups, cuing the entrance of the scheming Cruella De Vil. She demands that the dogs’ owners sell her the pups, but she is shown the door instead. Under cover of night, Cruella arranges for the pups to be stolen. The human police are baffled, but the “dog network” is alerted by Pongo and sent to rescue the pups. It is discovered that Cruella has been rounding up every Dalmatian she can get her hands on, hoping to use their pelts to make one spectacular fur coat. The dogs rescue the 15 pups, plus 86 others stolen by Ms. DeVil. After an eventful escape, the 101 Dalmatians make their way home.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251–183 BC), specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria, it tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. The plot displays many classic elements of farce, including puns, the slamming of doors, cases of mistaken identity (frequently involving characters disguising themselves as one another), and satirical comments on social class. The title derives from the line that vaudeville comedians often used to begin a story: “A funny thing happened on the way to the theater”. more…
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle who is not sure whether or not she is still married; the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon; Ouiser, an eccentric millionaire; Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby the prettiest girl in town, is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when the spunky Shelby, who is a diabetic, risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. more…
The author was going to London all alone in his car. He saw a man thumbing for lift. The hitchhiker asked the author if he was going to London. The writer invited him to come into the car. The author said that he was a writer and what did the hitchhiker do? Hitchhiker said that he did a skilled job. He said that the secret of life was to become expert in something which was harder to do. The hitch hiker enquired about the maximum speed of the car. The writer said it was 129m.p.h. The hitch hiker said that the car would not go at the speed as all the car sellers are liars. But the writer was sure that his car could. So the hitch hiker asked him to prove it.
The writer pressed his foot down on the accelerator. It was at 120m.p.h. but at that very moment the driver heard the scream of police siren. A police on a motorcycle went past them and raised a hand for them to stop. The hitch hiker advised the author more than it was needed. The police man enquired why they were in a hurry and did they know the speed limit in the country? The writer said it was 70m.p.h. The policeman asked him for the driving license, and then filled in the date, the time, and the detail of his offence on the penalty ticket, tore out the top copy and gave it to the writer. Then the policeman turned to the hitchhiker and asked his name, address, proof, profession and the name of the employer. more…
Haughty, wealthy invalid Leona Stevenson waits home alone impatiently for her husband Henry. When she calls his office, the wires get crossed. She overhears two men planning to murder a woman that night. Since the operators can’t trace the call and the police don’t have much to go on from the conversation she overheard, no one can do anything about it.
Leona calls Henry’s secretary. In a flashback, Miss Jennings recounts that Henry left the office earlier that day after having lunch with a woman named Mrs. Fred Lord.
Leona telephones the Lord residence and overhears Henry mentioned in a conversation between Fred and his colleague Joe. Fred’s wife turns out to be an old friend from college, Sally.
In a flashback, Leona recalls how Henry used to be Sally’s boyfriend until Leona came along. Leona’s father, drugstore chain owner J.B. Cotterell, disapproved because Henry was a poor high-school dropout, but one of Leona’s mysterious illness attacks changed his mind. Leona married Henry and dominated him since.
Sally sneaks out of the house to call Leona. Her husband Fred and his friend Joe are investigating Henry for the district attorney. more…
In GCTC’s second annual youth drama camp, 85 campers, with the help of 30 volunteers, acted out a well known classic, Disney’s Cinderella.
As in the original Disney film, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella’s father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother turns her into a servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history
The 2005 GCTC production of Twelve Angry Jurors was held at the Gibson County Courthouse in Princeton, IN for an audiences totaling over 500.
In First Love, Joon Hee fell in love with Eun Young, a senior co-ed, while he was in college. But one day Eun Young disappears from his life and later on Joon Hee decides to leave for Italy to pursue his studies in the arts. Joon Hee becomes a professor in the department of sculpture. On the first day of class he meets a co-ed, Hee Soo. They begin to develop special feelings for each other. Even after Joo Hee get married, the love between Joon Hee and Hee Soo is so strong that they continue their affair.
In January 2005 the GCTC held a second variety show at the PCHS Auditorium. The variety show entertained over 200 guests.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is based on a book written by Barbara Robinson in 1972. It tells the story of six delinquent children surnamed Herdman. They go to church for the first time after being told that the church offers snacks. Despite protests from other church members, the Herdmans are given roles in the Sunday school’s Christmas play, in which they tell the Christmas story in a nonconventional fashion.
The Production was held at Hillside United Methodist Church for an audience of 250 people.