Auditions for The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, City Theatre, December 8 and 9, 2013

From Karen Sneed, director:

Hey, talented friends o' mine!

We're doing Neil Simon's The Odd Couple at City Theatre this spring, and getting auditions out of the way before the Christmas holidays. Auditions are Sunday December 8 from 12:30 - 3:30 and Monday Dec 9 from 6:00 - 9:30 at the theatre (3823 Airport Blvd. -- click for map). Request an appointment for a 10-min slot by e-mail to info@citytheatreaustin.org, but please be aware that you may be asked to stay longer as we will be doing readings from the script. If you cannot make these times/dates, let me know. If you cannot make these times/dates, let me know.

6 men - approx ages 38 - 55 and 2 women - approx early 30's


K Sneed

RUMORS by Neil Simon, Circle Arts Theatre, New Braunfels, September 13 - October 6, 2013

[Circle Arts Theatre, Landa Park at 124 Elizabeth St., New Braunfels - click for map]
 presents

Rumors
 by Neil Simon
Sept 14, 20-21, 27-28, Oct. 4-5 | Performances at 8 pm Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6 | Performances at 2 pm; There is also an 8 pm performance with a champagne reception on September 13
Tickets: $20; $17 Senior / Student / Military
 In Landa Park at 124 Elizabeth Avenue, New Braunfels

At a large, tastefully appointed townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.


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(*) LOST IN YONKERS by Neil Simon, Vexler Theatre, San Antonio, August 15 - September 8, 2013

(Sheldon Vexler Theatre, Barshop Jewish Community Center, 12500 NW Military Highway, San Antonio)

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by Neil Simon
August 15th - September 8th Thursdays at 7:30pm: 8/15, 8/22, 8/29
Saturdays at 8:00pm: 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7
Sundays at 2:30pm: 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8

Tickets: $20 General Admission // $18 Senior and Military // $14 Student, SATCO, and Groups of 10 or more
Reservations can be made by calling the Vex Box Office at 302-6835.
Sheldon Vexler Theatre, Barshop Jewish Community Center, 12500 NW Military Highway at Wurzbach Pkway, San Antonio, 78231


During the Second World War, two young brothers are sent to their own German front: living in Yonkers with their formidable Grandmother, their excitable aunt and their small time gangster uncle.

Pulitzer-Prize-winning comedic drama


Cast: Robert Carenzo, Zach Espinoza, AJ Faulkner, David Maloof, Julie Patrick, Ida Steele, Carrie Winebrenner

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RUMORS by Neil Simon, Lakeway Players, April 4 - 6, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lakeway Players
present

Rumors

by Neil Simon

at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek -- click for map

April 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th, 2013

Simon’s 1988 hilarious farce will be presented by the Lakeway Players and directed by Barbara Calderaro with a cast consisting of Linda Bradshaw, Howard Gentry, Boyd Lawrence, Austin Nichols, Jenny Sabroff, Erin Tilley, Bill Walker, Kelly Whitenack, Kim Wood and Tom Wood.


In an upscale suburban New York home, The Deputy Mayor of New York City, Charley Brock, has shot himself, though it’s only a flesh wound. Four couples are arriving at the 10^th Anniversary Celebration for Charley and his wife Myra and the farce begins as they desperately try to remember who “told what to whom” concerning Charley’s unsuccessful attempted suicide and Myra and the servants’ disappearance. Although the audience never meets Charley or Myra they are exposed to mistaken identities, cover-ups, deceptions, and an evening of laughs.


Tickets will be available at the Lakeway Activity Center (105 Cross Creek, Lakeway, TX 78734) 512- 261-1010, starting March 1^st for $15 each. This is BYOB and any other goodies to enjoy during the show; setups will be provided. Doors open at 6:30 and the show starts at 7:30.

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(*) A Video Peek at Chapter 2 by Neil Simon, Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio, February 8 - 24, 2013

1920 Fredericksburg Rd., San Antonio, 78201 (click for map)

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February 8 - 24, 2013, performances Friday & Saturday evenings at 8 .pm., and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.WoodlawnTheatre.com, or by calling our box office at 210-267-8388.
Tickets $15 - $23. Discounts for senior citizens, military, SATCO members, and students.





Inspired by his difficulty committing to his second marriage after the death of his first wife, Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical play, ‘Chapter 2’, is a delicately written dramatic comedy about a man trying to come to terms with death rather than a new life.

Featuring some of San Antonio’s most notable figures, including Honorable Philip Kazen, Chief Assistant Criminal District Attorney Catherine Babbitt, Assistant District Attorney Catherine Hayes, and Woodlawn Theatre’s Artistic Director Greg Hinojosa, the story involves George Schneider (Philip Kazen), a recently widowed writer who is introduced to soap opera actress Jennie Malone (Catherine Babbitt) by his press agent brother Leo (Greg Hinojosa) and her best friend Faye (Catherine Hayes).

Auditions in Lakeway for Neil Simon's 'Rumors,' Lakeway Players, January 22, 23 and 28, 2013

The Lakeway Players announce auditions for the Neil Siimon Comedy Rumors at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek (click for map) on Tuesday, January 22nd, 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., Room A; Wednesday, January 23rd, 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., Room B; and Monday, January 28th, 7:00 to 9:00 P.M., Room B.


Call or email Barbara Calderaro to set up a specific audition time – barbcal@austin.rr.com or 512 261-3671

Show dates are April 4 - 6, 2013 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)

CAST: 5 men and 5 women. Auditions are open to everyone. If you cannot make any of the audition dates and would like to audition, please contact the director.


Four couples are at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. The party never begins because the host has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound) and his wife is missing. His lawyer’s cover-up gets progressively more difficult to sustain as the other guests arrive and nobody can remember who has been told what about whom. Doors slam and hilarity abounds as the couples get more and more crazed.

(*) CHAPTER 2 by Neil Simon, Woodlawn Theatre Black Box, San Antonio, February 8 - 24, 2013

1920 Fredericksburg Rd., San Antonio, 78201 (click for map)


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Upcoming: The Odd Couple, Circle Arts Theatre, September 13 - October 7

THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon, Circle Arts Theatre, New Braunfels, September 13 - October 7

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Upcoming: Rumors by Neil Simon, Royal Court Players, MacTheatre, McCallum Fine Arts Academy, March 22 - 25

presents

Rumors

by Neil Simon

March 22 - 24 at 7 p.m., March 25 at 2 p.m.

MacTheatre, McCallum Fine Arts Academy 5600 Sunshine Drive

Directed by Guest Director Beryl Knifton. Affluent couples gather in the posh residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their hosts’ tenth anniversary. When they arrive, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host – the deputy mayor of New York City - has shot himself through the earlobe. Complications arise when, given everyone’s upper class status, they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening’s events from the local police and the media. Rated PG. RSVP on Facebook

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Rumors by Neil Simon, City Theatre, September 29 - October 23

The greater Austin area hasn't lacked for productions of this 1988 farce by Neil Simon. A search of AustinLiveTheatre brings back announcements of stagings by the Wimberley Players in September, 2009, by the Renaissance Guild in San Antonio in July, 2010, by Leander's Way Off Broadway Community Players in January of this year and even by UT's student-run Broccoli Project last March. That sequence resembles the systematic trial-and-error of artillery ranging, back and forth, close and far, until once all the coordinates are set, BAM! the shot goes home. Home, in this case, being the City Theatre, one of Austin's liveliest and most entertaining theatre venues.

Simon was one of the twentieth century's most prolific writers for stage, big screen and small screen. The Internet Movie Data Base lists 83 titles associated with him and its short title for his entry tabs him as the writer of The Odd Couple (1968). Rumors is nowhere in that list, probably because its premise, timing and humor are pure stagecraft. The audience witnesses the arrival of various couples in evening dress, one after another, all invited to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their friend and associate, Charlie Brock, Deputy Mayor of New York, and his wife Myra. Problem: the kitchen staff is missing, the food hasn't been prepared, Myra has disappeared, and their friend Charlie is in a daze, having fired a pistol shot that took off his own earlobe.

They're trapped in a situation that surpasses their understanding. Equally baffled by these circumstances and equally confined in this box set, we watch each couple squirm, panic, bicker and try to cover up as others arrive. Simon paces the arrivals and discoveries, and all we learn of Charlie is third hand -- he's confused, he's crying, he's taking Valium, he's sleeping, he's unavailable to answer when the police come calling to inquire about a car accident, a car theft, and the reports of two shots in the night.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Rumors by Neil Simon, City Theatre, September 29 - October 23

Found on-line:

City Theatre, Austin

presents

Rumors

by Neil Simon

September 29 - October 23

Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 p.m.

3823 Airport Rd (behind the Shell station) (click for map)

Cast:

Ken – Jonathan Urso
Chris – Michelle Cheney
Lenny – Scot Friedman
Claire – Wendy Zavaleta
Ernie – Tony Salinas
Cookie – Melinda Peinado
Glen – Daniel Sawtelle
Cassie – Rachel McGinnis
Officer Pudney – Bobby DiPasquale
Officer Welch – Lindsay McKenna

Upcoming: Rumors, The Broccoli Project, UT

Found at the Daily Texan on-line:

Student troupe brings dark farce to SAC

By Clayton Wickham, Daily Texan Staff

“Play the hostess,” Ken Gorman tells his wife Chris as the other guests begin to arrive at a dinner party gone awry after the original host’s failed suicide attempt.

“Play the hostess?” Chris Gorman responds, giving her husband a horrified look. “There’s no food out; there’s no ice in the bucket. Where’s the help? Where’s the cheese dip? What am I supposed to do, play charades?”

In the Broccoli Project production of the play Rumors, the Gormans arrive at the wedding anniversary dinner for Deputy Mayor of New York Charley Brock to discover that his wife Myra is missing, and Charley has shot himself in the earlobe in a suicide attempt. Ken, Charley’s lawyer and friend, enlists Chris in a cover-up attempt that eventually draws in all eight guests in a tumult of lies, confusion and miscommunication. It doesn’t take long for all the characters to completely lose control in this bourgeoisie farce.

Rumors by Neil Simon, will show at the Black Box Theatre, a new theater space in the Student Activity Center. The play is produced by Alex Reynolds, a Plan II and business honors senior, and Laura Wright, a Plan II and biology sophomore, and is directed by Jenny Kutner, Plan II junior, and Katherine Kloc, a Plan II and advertising junior. The play coincides with the Plan II Honors program’s 75th anniversary weekend.

Read more at the Daily Texan on-line. . . .

The Broccoli Project presents Rumors at the new Student Activities Center (click for map), second floor

March 25 & 26 at 7 p.m.

Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon, Austin Playhouse, February 25 - March 27

Neil Simon's set-up for Laughter on the 23rd Floor is simple and classic, if you can abstract from the biographic aspects of it. A newcomer enthusing about his new job discovers that his work colleagues are eccentrics, each more bizarre and devastatingly verbal than the previous one. Their employer, initially unseen, has enormous stature with the public, but they all know that he is a generous, distracted borderline psycho. Set 'em ricocheting off one another, bring the boss in, interrupt it from time to time as the newcomer addresses the audience with a rueful smile. Eventually, toward the middle of the second half, pressures from craven commercialism and the indifference to genius of the unwashed bring about the disbanding of the work unit, with much sentiment among its members and the megalomaniac disbelief of the boss.

With slight adjustments and a naval theme, you could be on board ship with Mr. Roberts or with Captain Queeg or with William Bligh. Or before Agincourt with Henry V. These few, this band of brothers, they bind together and then disappear into memory, greater and even more eccentric than they really were. This particular ship is an office in a New York skyscraper where the eccentrics are comedy sketch writers, the boss is a neurotic comedy star on live television in the early 1950's, and the newcomer is a surrogate for the playwright, Neil Simon.

Simon and his brother Danny did indeed write for live television before Simon embarked on his series of sweet and often nostalgic comedies. Sid Caesar saw a review they'd put together in a Catskills resort and hired them to write for his Show of Shows with a team that included the most successful writers, comedians and writer-comedians of the time. The Wikipedia article on this piece offers a table linking Simon's eccentrics with the real live eccentrics who probably inspired them, including Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbard, Carl Reiner and more.

Upcoming: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Austin Playhouse, February 25 - March 27

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Laughter on the 23rd Floor

by Neil Simon

directed by Don Toner

Feb. 25 - March 27

Austin Playhouse Main Stage, Penn Field, 3601 S. Congress (click for map)

Tickets are $26 Thursday and Friday and $28 Saturday and Sunday.

All student tickets are half price!

For Tickets, Call (512) 476-0084 or click here to order tickets online.

Hot on the heels of our most successful show ever, we're thrilled to bring theatrical legend Neil Simon's nostalgic comedy Laughter on the 23rd Floor to the stage! Set in 1953, Laughter recalls Simon's days as a young writer on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. The play is a fast-paced and very fun comic romp through the behind-the-scenes antics in the writers' room.

Laughter features an all star cast including Kimberly Barrow, Brian Coughlin,Huck Huckaby, Jenny Larson, Jason Newman, Steve Shearer, Blake Adam Smith, David Stahl, and David Stokey!

For more information, visit our website!

Upcoming: The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, Hill Country Community Theatre, near Marble Falls, February 17 - 27

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The Odd Couple

by Neil Simon

February 17 - 27

Thursdays - Sundays at Hill Country Community Theatre

2003 W. FM 2147 in Cottonwood Shores (click for map)

Eight Highland Lakes area residents have been chosen as the cast of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, which will play February 17-27 at the Hill Country Community Theatre. Cast into the lead role of Oscar Madison is HCCT veteran actor Anson Hahn, who has appeared in a dozen productions at the theatre, while Robert King, Jr., will play Oscar’s fastidious roommate Felix Ungar. This will be Mr. King’s second appearance on the HCCT stage.

Other male cast members and their characters include: Stan Farmer as Speed, Paul Otis as Murray, Cameron Stewart as Roy and David Sweigart as Vinnie. Two HCCT newcomers--Laura Braden as Gwendolyn Pigeon and Julie Johnson as Cecily Pigeon--have been chosen for the show’s two female roles. The show is directed by HCCT veteran actor and director Wendy Ferrell, with Maury James as stage manager.

First premiering on Broadway in 1965, The Odd Couple is the story of divorced and slovenly Oscar Madison who decides to room with newly separated clean freak Felix Unger with hilarious results. The play has become one of the most popular storylines in the last 50 years and its title is now coined as a term that signifies an extremely mismatched pair.

Ms. Ferrell said she’s excited about the cast for HCCT’s upcoming production. “We had a great turnout for the auditions, with both experienced actors and new people coming out. Everyone was very enthusiastic about the show.”

She said she is especially encouraged with the number of tryouts by people new to the HCCT stage. “No experience is necessary for HCCT productions and everyone is welcome. It takes a lot for someone to step out of their comfort zone for the first time and put themselves out there. But they always have a good time. And once they’ve been ‘bitten,’ they’re often excited to do more.”

Ms. Ferrell also thanked everyone who tried out. “The wonderful response to our casting call reflects a great deal of genuine support in the community for the Hill Country Community Theatre,” she said.

HCCT’s production of The Odd Couple is scheduled to open February 17 and run through February 27 with 7:30 p.m. performances Thursday through Saturday and 2:15 p.m. matinees on Sunday afternoons. All performances will be held at the theatre, located at 2003 W. FM 2147 in Cottonwood Shores.

Tickets will be available through the HCCT box office beginning February 7 for HCCT members and February 10 for the general public. Box office hours are noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The box office phone number is 830-798-8944.

Currently operating on an all-volunteer basis, Hill Country Community Theatre is one of the oldest continuously operating community theatres in Texas. During its 25-year history, its productions have drawn audiences totaling more than 100,000. Some 5,000 volunteers from surrounding communities have given their time and support to HCCT’s operations, from management to acting to all aspects of backstage and onstage production.

Upcoming: The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, Hill Country Community Theatre, near Marble Falls, February 17 - 27

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presents

The Odd Couple

by Neil Simon

February 17 - 27

Thursdays - Sundays at Hill Country Community Theatre

2003 W. FM 2147 in Cottonwood Shores (click for map)

Eight Highland Lakes area residents have been chosen as the cast of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, which will play February 17-27 at the Hill Country Community Theatre. Cast into the lead role of Oscar Madison is HCCT veteran actor Anson Hahn, who has appeared in a dozen productions at the theatre, while Robert King, Jr., will play Oscar’s fastidious roommate Felix Ungar. This will be Mr. King’s second appearance on the HCCT stage.

Other male cast members and their characters include: Stan Farmer as Speed, Paul Otis as Murray, Cameron Stewart as Roy and David Sweigart as Vinnie. Two HCCT newcomers--Laura Braden as Gwendolyn Pigeon and Julie Johnson as Cecily Pigeon--have been chosen for the show’s two female roles. The show is directed by HCCT veteran actor and director Wendy Ferrell, with Maury James as stage manager.

First premiering on Broadway in 1965, The Odd Couple is the story of divorced and slovenly Oscar Madison who decides to room with newly separated clean freak Felix Unger with hilarious results. The play has become one of the most popular storylines in the last 50 years and its title is now coined as a term that signifies an extremely mismatched pair.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Rumors by Neil Simon, Way Off Broadway Community Players, January 7 - 29

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presents

Rumors

by Neil Simon

Directed by Christien Bumpus

January 7 - 29, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sunday, January 16 at 3 p.m.

at the WOBCP Theatre, 11880 W. FM 2243 in Leander, TX, between US 183 and Bagdad Road (click for map)

Click Here to make Reservations

At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden's Landing town-house, where friends are beginning to gather to celebrate the 10th wedding anniversary for Charley (the Deputy Mayor of New York) and his wife, Charley has just shot himself. Although he’s only suffered a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce.

As the time for the rest of his guests to appear ap-proaches, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and Ken’s wife must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. Due to the rapidly mounting confusion and mis-communications, the evening spins off into classic farci-cal hilarity.

"Light, frothy and fun."-New York Post

"Has nothing on its mind except making the audience laugh."-The New York Times

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Upcoming: The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon, Georgetown Palace Theatre, January 14 - February 6

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The Sunshine Boys

by Neil Simon

Jan. 14 - Feb. 6, 2011 Fri & Sat at 7:30 PM and Sun at 2:00 PM

Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs.

Reserve seats and buy tickets on-line

Prices: General: $24; Senior(55+): $22;
Student(13-22)/Active Duty Military (with ID): $14
Children(12 or younger): $10

Upcoming: Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon, City Theatre, November 19 - December 20

UPDATE: Click for ALT review, December 13

UPDATE: Review by Ryan E. Johnson at Austinist.com, December 10

UPDATE: Review by Barry Pineo in Austin Chronicle, December 10

UPDATE: Review by Rob Faubion at AustinOnStage, December 3

UPDATE: View production images received November 19

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Ring in the holiday season
at City Theatre
with Neil Simon’s comedy of high jinks, good times and

Laughter on the 23rd Floor
directed by Andy Berkovsky

November 19 – December 20
Thursdays – Saturdays 8:00 p.m., Sundays 5:30 p.m.
City Theatre, Austin
Tickets $15 - $20. Guaranteed front row reserved seats $25. Students $12. Discounts available for groups and seniors. Thursdays, all seats $10.

If Broadway ever erects a monument to the patron saint of laughter, Neil Simon would have to be it. And The City Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the holiday run of his hilarious comedy Laughter on the 23rd Floor, an autobiographical farce inspired by Simon’s own career churning out jokes for Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, where he worked alongside of Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Larry Gelbart.

The comedy plays November 19 – December 20, Thursday through Sunday at The City Theatre.

Laughter introduces an assortment of zany and oddball writers, many based upon actual personalities, including Simon himself. The play chronicles the outrageous antics of The Max Prince Show, a 1953 variety show under the pressure of McCarthyism, censorship, and, of course, the egos and individuality of the writers themselves.

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Upcoming: Rumors by Neil Simon, Wimberley Players, September 25 - October 18

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The Wimberley Players
opens the 2009-2010 season with

Rumors
by Neil Simon

September 25 - October 18, weekends

Rumors begins when an evening gala is planned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Myra and Charley Brock. Guests are arriving two by two, but the host and hostess are nowhere to be found and, although the food is laid out in the kitchen, the cook is missing. Charley Brock, the deputy mayor of New York City, has shot himself through the earlobe. Is it an attempted suicide?

Comic complications arise when the upper-crust guests do everything in their power to keep the evening’s events from the police and the press.

This production is recommended for adults only and contains strong language. It is inappropriate for young children.

Rumors is directed by Lee Stubbs, who most recently directed Mousetrap at the Wimberley Playhouse and performed in Rose’s Dilemma and Man of La Mancha. Linda Addeo is producer and her most recent credit was producer of last season’s Christmas Belles.

The cast of Rumors includes a number of familiar faces and several new ones. Whitney Marlett Mollahan last appeared on the Playhouse stage in Christmas Belles. Perry Redden also appeared in Christmas Belles and wowed the audience as Elvis. Deanna Lalich most recently performed in the chorus of Stop the World, I Want To Get Off. Ted Kozlowski last appeared several seasons ago in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.

Although newcomers to the Wimberley Playhouse, Carol and David Cain both have extensive backgrounds in all phases of live and recorded performances. Other newcomers to the Playhouse are David Schneider (president of the Gaslight Baker Theatre in Lockhart), Cindy Forsyth and Rick Fitzgerald.

Rumors runs Friday, September 25 to Sunday, October 18. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8:00 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2:30pm. Tickets ($18, opening night champagne reception $25) can be purchased online at www.wimberleyplayers.org or through the box office at 512-847-0575.

The Wimberley Playhouse is located at 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, Texas 78676.