Our 2023 Season
September 2022 Dear Playhouse Members, Supporters and Friends, As fall approaches, and hopefully cooler weather, we are busy preparing our next production for you. Native Gardens will be presented September 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 7:30. We also have Sunday matinees September 11, 18 and 25 at 3 pm. Make your reservations now as some performances are selling out. This is a comedy about generational differences when new neighbors move in next door, plus there seems to be a question about the property line. Come join us for a fun play! We have just cast our next, and last, show of our 2022 Season, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which will be presented November 4 – 20. This is our musical for the season, so make plans to see it. We will be announcing our 2023 Season just as soon as royalties and licensing are completed, which should be very soon. Another reminder that your membership tickets do not continue to 2023 but will expire at the end of this calendar year. If you have extra tickets, invite a friend to join you at the Playhouse. Please remember we have added yet another way of accepting donations. The Playhouse is now using Give Lively to accept digital donations. You can visit our link here, or text FMCP to 44-321 to receive a link directly to your phone. Through Give Lively we’ll be able to accept bank transfers and credit/debit cards via a one-time donation, or recurring monthly donations for those who wish to support more regularly. All donations will also receive a tax receipt immediately via email. Sharing the link and spreading the word helps us reach more donors who can now seamlessly donate to support the Playhouse. All donations will go to our fund for a new home for FMCP. Another way to donate is through Amazon Smile, (smile.amazon.com). Just make the Playhouse your charity of choice. Of course, we still accept checks and cash or any other way you’d like to donate to us. Every donation is very appreciated. See you at the Playhouse, Martha Ferguson and the Board of Directors
Location:
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Due to sell outs, we have added another performance on November 19 at 3 PM
This play is rated PG 13
Tickets : $20 for Adults and $13 for Students.
Now and Then
Play By: Sean Grennan
Directed By: Polly Adkins
February 24 – March 18
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, inc. (www.playscripts.com)
Now and then is a heartfelt romantic comedy about the costs of the choices we make, and the people who make them with us.
Lost in Yonkers
Play By: Neil Simon
Directed By: Jamie Hutteman
June 2 – June 18
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @3 PM
Set in Yonkers, New York. Simon’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play centers around two brothers, Arty and Jay, who live with their grandmother and their mentally challenged Aunt Bella, while their father travels, desperately trying to scrape enough money together while working as a salesman to pay off his debts to a loan shark, and their has died of cancer. Over the course of the play, the young boys learn lessons about love, responsibility and the importance of family that will carry them into adulthood.
Next to Normal
Directed by: Scott Albert
Book and Lyrics by: Brian Yorkey
Music by: Tom Kitt
August 11 – August 27
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
A Musical: An unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness and how they cope.
The OUTSIDER
By: Paul Slade Smith
Directed By: Erica Owens
November 3 – November 19 Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
A Comedy: Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for… the worst candidate to ever run for office. A timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
Native Gardens
Written by Karen Zacarias Directed by Polly Adkins
September 09 – September 25 Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm Generational neighbors class over boundary lines, fences and long-held beliefs.
Ken Ludwig’s THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
Directed By: Erica Owens
June 3 – June 19 Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
A tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, this play takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club.
Proof
Written by David Auburn Directed by Polly Adkins
March 25 – April 10 Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm Proof is the story of an enigmatic young woman, Catherine, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father and an un unexpected suitor, her father’s former student. All four are pieces of the puzzle in the search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof. David Auburn was awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with the “both elegant and simple” writing. The show opened on Broadway in 2000 to raves. Adult situations.
Til Beth Do Us Part
Written By: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten. Directed By: Ginger Heath
January 28 – February 13
Evening Performances @ 7:30 pm and Matinees @ 3 pm
This is a comedy about marriage and career driven Suzannah needs a lot more help on the home front than she’s getting from her husband. Lately, nurturing his marriage hasn’t been the highest priority for Gibby, but soon he’ll wish it had been when Suzannah hires a new assistant, Beth, who decides, for efficiency’s sake, Gibby must go!
Exit Laughing
Written by David Stern Directed by Susan L.D. Smith
January 24 – Feb 09 Fri & Sat 7:30 PM / Sun 3:00 PM
What do you do when, after 30 years together for weekly bridge, one of the “girls” inconveniently dies? You “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police ride a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have you’re truly living.
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
The Radio Drama based on the movie by Joe Laundry
Directed by: Polly Adkins
December 8th @ 7.30 PM and December 9th @ 3 PM and @ 7.30 PM
This beloved American classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that bring dozens of characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Boiley unfolds as it considers a world in which he had never been one fateful Christmas…
Audition Notice
Fort Mill Community Playhouse hosting auditions for its upcoming show
LOST
IN
YONKERS
Play By: Neil Simon
Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals
Saturday, April 1st, 6 pm and
Sunday, April 2nd, 6 pm
at
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street Fort Mill, SC 29715
Production Dates: June 2,3,9,10,16 and 17 @ 7:30 PM and
June 4,11 and 18 @ 3:00 PM Directed By: Jamie Hutteman Set in Yonkers, New York. Simon’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play centers around two brothers, Arty and Jay, who live with their grandmother and their mentally challenged Aunt Bella, while their father travels, desperately trying to scrape enough money together while working as a salesman to pay off his debts to a loan shark, and their has died of cancer. Over the course of the play, the young boys learn lessons about love, responsibility and the importance of family that will carry them into adulthood. Jay- 15 years old, Arty’s brother. Still grieving the recent death of his mother, he is sullen and angry that his father is leaving him and his brother with stern Grandma Kurnitz and their mentally challenged Aunt Bella. (8 scenes) Grandma Kurnitz - 75 years old, she is the mother of Eddie, Bella, Louie and Gert and the grandmother of Jay and Arty, whom she barely knows. She is a strong woman with an erect body, despite the fact that she walks with a cane and drags one foot due to an injury sustained during her childhood in Germany. She is a stern woman: authority and discipline are her overriding characteristics. She speaks with a German accent. (7 scenes) Louie - 36 years old, Eddie’s brother. He is a sharp dresser who speaks with a New York dialect and works as a bag man (money collector) for the mob. He makes his own way in the world. He is tough, but affectionate toward his nephews. (3 scenes) Gert - Mid-late 30’s, Eddie’s sister. She is unmarried, but lives on her own. She has a distinct breathing problem caused by some childhood trauma which hinders her ability to speak and worsens when she is around her controlling mother. She is a kind, comforting woman who tries to help her family as much as she can. (2 scenes) Contact Jamie with any questions, concerns, or problems E-Mail:tmjhutt@gmail.com
Rehearsals days and time will varyCasting: 3 Female and 4 Male who can play the ages listed below.
Arty- 12 years old, Jay’s brother. Also grieving over the recent death of his mother, Arty is more apprehensive than angry. He loves his Aunt Bella, but is scared of Grandma Kurnitz and worried about his father. (8 scenes)
Eddie- 41 years old. A ne’er-do-well, Eddie is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman to get himself out of debt. He loves his boys and doesn’t want to leave them with his strict mother, but he has no other options. Speaks with a New York dialect. (2 scenes and several voice-overs.)
Bella - 35 years old, Eddie’s sister. A sweet, pretty, mentally challenged young woman who still lives at home with her domineering mother. Bella is as warm and congenial as she is emotionally arrested. She works in the family owned candy shop below their apartment and struggles with having the feelings of an adult .
Please come to auditions with a headshot, or recent photo, and your acting experience.
The Recycled improv show
Saturday, April 29th, 2023 8pm – 9:45pm
With Earth Day occurring in the same month as our show, we want to do our part to save the planet. In an effort to show the importance of recycling, I am telling the same story from our ad from 15 years ago.
When I was in the 8th grade I took a private art class because a teacher in school said he saw some “untapped” potential. In my head I was thinking, “I might be the next Picasso and don’t even know it. I have to explore this God given talent.”
For the next few months I painted and learned about realism, negative space, most importantly, painting from the heart. In late August of that year I brought the canvas home to show my parents. Apparently, my heart liked a brown barn with a driveway that went straight up to the top of the canvas and never actually reached the barn. I also painted a horse that looked like it should be put down immediately. Finally, I colored the sky blue and red to show my individuality and I’m assuming the Book of Revelations.
My dad said, “Is this a Paint By Numbers thing”?
Mom said, “It’s beautiful. Your father is just kidding.”
I looked at my dad and said, “So…where are you going to hang it up”?
He starting laughing so hard he had to leave the room!
My parents never said they didn’t like the painting; however, the next day it was in the recycling bin at the road.
Here is the link to purchase tickets.
Tickets: $12.00 Advance $15.00 at Door Tickets:
Location:
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street P.O. Box 354
Fort Mill, SC 29716.
Phone: (803) 548-8102
E-mail: admin@FortMillPlayhouse.org
Web: www.fortmillplayhouse.org
Audition Notice
Fort Mill Community Playhouse hosting auditions for its upcoming show
EXIT LAUGHING
On Sunday, December 8th , 6:30 pm & Tuesday, December 10th , 6:30 pm
**(Rehearsals begin December 12 th )
Exit Laughing
Production dates:
January 24, 25, 26, 31, February 1, 2, 7, 8 (2 shows) and 9, 2020
Comedy By : Paul Elliott
Directed By: Susan L.D. Smith
Produced By: Special Arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., of Woodstock, Illinois.
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street Fort Mill, SC 29715
Synopsis:
When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night with the girls, what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? You “borrow” the ashes for one last card game and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’re truly living.
Three’s A Crowd
Presents
The BACK TO SCHOOL
improv show
Saturday, August 24th 2019, 8 PM – 9:47 PM
The BACK TO SCHOOL
Along with The Canterbury Tales, The Grapes of Wrath, and Wuthering Heights, come three classics written by the greatest authors of our time. Whether your child wants to read about pre-mature aging and playing Santa at thirty-five; how to piss everyone off and never find a mate; or, living with leaking (pictures included), these autobiographical novels are sure-fire page turners for your high school student.
Come see the three authors hit the stage for their annual Back to School show.
Tickets are 8.00 in advance; 10.00 at the door. Click here to purchase your tickets in advance: tacauthors.eventbrite.com
Location
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street
Fort Mill, SC 29715
Tree’s A Crowd
Dec, 14th 8pm – 9:47pm
RECESS
Dec, 21st 8pm – 9:47pm
TAC for the holidays
In 2014 Madison (our daughter) was in the 7th grade and still fully believed in Santa. How could this happen? The kids in school had told her Santa wasn’t real. It seems Madison had equated Jesus and Santa together. To her, you couldn’t see either one of them and that meant complete faith in both. And apparently, Santa may have died for our sins!
So on Christmas night that year, Kelly told her the truth: “Mommy” is Santa.
Madison cried for hours. At times she was almost inconsolable. Around midnight,
she finally calmed down, relaxed, and after we explained everything, she went to bed
with a new understanding of the spirit of Christmas. She was going to be fine.
But at two in the morning Madison came in our room and said in a defeated tone,
“That…that means the Easter Bunny isn’t real”, then she paused for a second, fell
face first on our bed, and said, “Oh god, the tooth fairy is fake too”.
Later that morning she did crack a smile and say, “At least Mermaids are good”.
Fast forward to 2019 and Madison is a well-adjusted teen with no residual effects
from that “scarring” moment in 2014. Although now she hates the
Holidays, scoffs at the mall Santa, and is a devout atheist.
Madison will play her clarinet at both shows in December!! Come a little early
(7:15pm) see the atheist get her groove on!
Location
Fort Mill Community Playhouse
220 Main Street
Fort Mill, SC 29715
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