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Gloucester Stage Company Launches 2011 Season with SPRING BENEFIT GALA Friday May 20th
The Gloucester Stage Company will mark their 32nd Season of producing professional theatre on Cape Ann with a celebratory SPRING BENEFIT GALA on Friday, May 20, 2011 from 6 pm to 11 pm. This fun-filled event will be held at Cruiseport Gloucester located on the waterfront at 6 Rowe Square in downtown historic Gloucester, MA. Included among the evening’s festivities will be a cocktail hour, gourmet buffet dinner, a Silent Art Auction and dancing to New England’s Premier Dance Band, Guilty Pleasure. Gloucester Stage Artistic Director, Eric Engel, will also be on hand to give gala guests the latest updates on the 2011 production season and the many special events planned for the year and architect Alan Joslin will be on hand to discuss Gloucester Stage recently announced plans to renovate the theatre’s home on 267 East Main Street.
Throughout the 2011 SPRING BENEFIT GALA, guests will be afforded the opportunity to participate in a Silent Art Auction where they can bid on unique and beautiful pieces of art donated by local and regional artists. Ranging from framed scenic photographs, oil and pastel paintings, and mixed media pieces, the artwork represented display a myriad of styles and disciplines. The Silent Art Auction will showcase the talents of New York artist Anna Cinquemani and Rocky Neck Art Colony affiliates Wendie Demuth, Devera Ehrenberg, Ken Riaf, Elynn Kroger, Brenda Malloy, Skip Montello, Ruth Mordecai, Judy Robinson-Cox, Patricia Sullivan, Ed Touchette and Rokhaya Waring.
Adding to the Gala’s ambiance will be the musical stylings of Guilty Pleasure, the popular seven-piece ensemble based in Boston. Formed in 2003, Guilty Pleasure is comprised of two male and female vocalists backed by some of the area’s top musicians. With their repertoire consisting of Motown, soul, R&B, funk, disco, Top 40, pop, and rock favorites, along with classic standards, ballads, duets, swing and “lite” jazz, Guilty Pleasure has garnered numerous accolades from their “dancing” and listening audiences.
Tickets to Gloucester Stage’s 2011 SPRING BENEFIT GALA are $150 per person and can be purchased by calling the company’s Box Office at 978-281-4433 or visiting www.gloucesterstage.org. Included in the ticket price is an Open Bar of wine and soft drinks from 6 pm – 8 pm along with the cocktail hour fare and gourmet buffet dinner. A cash bar of beer and spirits will be available throughout the evening; a cash bar of wine and soft drinks will be available after 8 pm. Tickets will not be sold at the door; advanced ticket sales only. Gloucester Stage Company’s 2011 SPRING BENEFIT GALA will be held on Friday, May 20, 2011 from 6 pm to 11 pm at Cruiseport Gloucester located at 6 Rowe Square in downtown Gloucester, MA.
The Gloucester Stage Company is an award-winning, small, non-profit, professional theater company founded in 1979. Located in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, its mission is to provide a nurturing, intimate and relaxed platform for the development of new and established playwrights and plays; offer a wide variety of educational programs for children and adults; and present a high quality, relevant theater experience that is entertaining, stimulating and intellectually challenging to year-round and seasonal residents.
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Trying Opens At Gloucester Stage This Weekend
TRYING
by
Joanna McClelland Glass
Set for Limited Run at Gloucester Stage
Saturday Matinee is Pay-As-You-Can
&
Wednesday and Thursday Peformances Offer
Half Price for Cape Ann Residents
Gloucester Stage announces a limited run of Joanna McClelland Glass’ poignant and powerful Trying from July 29 through August 8 in the air-conditioned comfort of Gloucester Stage Company at 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA. This cross-generational tour de force set in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from 1967 to 1968 is the story of Sarah, a determined young secretary from the Canadian prairie, who finds herself working for the aging Francis Biddle, Attorney General under Franklin D. Roosevelt and the primary Chief Judge of the Nuremberg Trials. An intimate and inspiring story, Trying is based on the playwright’s own experience as Biddle’s personal secretary from 1967-68. Directed by Gloucester Stage Artistic Director Eric C. Engel, the production features the return of Gloucester Stage favorite Richard Mawe as Judge Frances Biddle and Gloucester Stage newcomer Becky Webber as Sarah Schorr in a limited run of two weeks.
The performance schedule for Trying is Thursday, July 29 through Saturday, July 31 at 8 pm; Wednesday, August 4 through Saturday, August 7 at 8 pm; Saturday matinees on July 31 and August 7 at 3 pm & Sunday performances on August 1 and August 8 at 4 pm. A limited amount of discount tickets are available to Cape Ann residents for all Wednesday and Thursday 8 pm performances. For these performances only, Cape Ann residents can purchase half price tickets for $18.50. Advance reservations are strongly suggested to ensure tickets at the discounted price. Year round Cape Ann residents must identify themselves as Cape Ann residents when making a reservation and proof of residency must be presented at the box office the night of the performance. The 3 pm Saturday matinee on July 31 is a special Pay What You Can matinee. For this Saturday matinee only the ticket price is Pay What You Can. Following the 4 pm performance on Sunday, August 1, audiences are invited to a free post show discussion with the artists from Trying. Gloucester Stage is handicapped accessible. Ticket prices are $37 for all performances. Senior citizen & student tickets are $32 for all performances. For reservations or further information, call the Gloucester Stage Box Office at 978-281-4433 or visit www.gloucesterstage.org.
Art for Trying: Credit should include: GSC Designer Melissa Wagner-O’Malley; Photos: istock; Richard Mawe photo courtesy of Capital
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The Weir by Connor McPherson / Gloucester Stage Company
The Weir by Connor McPhersonÂ
The play’s setting is in the late 1900’s rural Ireland, small pub in a windy seacoast village.Â
 
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Cast:Â
Michael McNamara, Rory O’Conner, David McCaleb, Michael O’Leary and Kristen Searcy.Â
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 Stage Manager Light Board and Sound:    David PerrigoÂ
Staging, Set and Lighting Designer:Â Â Â Â Â Â Susan FreyÂ
Lighting Designer/ Tech:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brendan MarrÂ
Poster Art:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Coco BermanÂ
Logo Design:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beth BevinsÂ
Web. Graphics:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â David McCaleb, Beth BevinsÂ
Set Carpenters:Â
Buddy Chapman, Ray Jenness, NickNeyeloff, Brendan Marr, Susan FreyÂ
Gorton Theater (Home of the Gloucester Stage Company)Â
267 East Main Street
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Local musicians hold concert to benefit Action Inc.
By Gail McCarthy
Gloucester Daily Times Staff Writer
A night of music will take place Saturday at Gloucester Stage Company to benefit Action Inc., the local anti-poverty agency which helps a range of residents from the homeless to the elderly.
Singer-songwriter James White, a native of England who is a long-time resident here, organized the benefit for Action.
There will be a rich assortment of local musicians, he said.
The line-up includes a solo performance by Chris Lyman on aquaphone, and two bands, James White and Friends, which features Hal Hirshon, and Chris Armstrong.
Dr. Thomas Pearce, a local physician also known as “Dr. Tom,” will perform on bass with Armstrong, a local singer-songwriter and artist.
“Action is providing what is a really good service, helping the homeless, feeding people, educating people and taking care of people. If you’re going to have a benefit in this current time, we want to help those who are hit the hardest, and we want to do what we can to help out,” said White.
Lisa Doucett, of Action, said the organization is appreciative to the musicians who wanted to volunteer their time for the concert.
“We’re grateful that they thought of us and made us the recipient,” said Doucett. “We’re happy and we hope people turn out for it. It should be a fun time.”
The concert takes place Saturday at Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main St. at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Gail McCarthy can be reached at gmccarthy@gloucestertimes.com
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You’re a good show, Charlie Brown: Family classic delights in Gloucester
By Sally Applegate / Correspondent for the Beacon
Wed Jun 10, 2009, 04:04 PM EDT
Gloucester – Happiness is … putting the right show and the right cast together on the right stage.
There is a marvelous production of the Broadway hit musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” playing through June 21 at the Gloucester Stage Company. Kicking off its 30th anniversary season with this little gem of a show, the theater has picked a winner to celebrate Gloucester’s Pathways for Children, the leading provider of programs for children on Cape Ann. Local benefactors have subsidized free tickets for many area children through Pathways and other organizations.
The show has been well cast with polished professional singer/actors, and director Scott LeFeber uses the intimate stage nicely for this family show. The little theater seats the audience on three sides of the projecting stage, so every seat in the house is close to the action. To read more, click here to take you to the Beacon article.
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