July, 2016

The Prints of Players

We say goodbye to Shrek the Musical. It was a great run.

Theroyalplayers.com

July 7-10 Young Players Early Stages

The Young Players will present Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr., July 7-10, at the Royal Theatre in

historic Downtown Benton. The show is directed by D. Brent Miller with music direction by Jo

Murry and choreography by Jenny Johnston. Filled with fun flappers, dashing leading men and a

villainess audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern Millie JR., is a clever adaptation of

the six-time-Tony-Award-winning Best Musical and the Academy Award-winning

film. Thoroughly Modern Millie JR., is the high-spirited musical romp that has all of New York

dancing the Charleston!

The Young Players’ production will feature a double cast. The Red Cast will perform on Thurs-

day, July 7, and Saturday, July 9, at 7 p.m., and again on Sunday, July 10, at 2 p.m. Members of

the White Cast will perform on Friday, July 8, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 9, at 2 p.m. Principals

of the Red Cast include Annslee Clay as Millie, Luke Ferguson as Jimmy, Annie Harris as Doro-

thy, Will Porter as Trevor, Caroline Moore as Mrs. Meers, Zachary Glover as Bun Foo, Elijah

Harris as Ching Ho, and JuliAnne Flora as Miss Flannery. Principals of the White Cast include

Isabella Hammonds as Millie, Luke Ferguson as Jimmy, Olivia Hicks as Dorothy, Jack Clay as

Trevor, Gretchen Bush as Mrs. Meers, Kaylei Taylor as Bun Foo, Kenzie Taylor as Ching Ho, and

Madison Stolzer as Miss Flannery. Performing with both casts in supporting roles are Hannah

Grace Fritz, Ryleigh Young, Alexandra Lanier, Morgan Jones, Roxie Meyer, Brooklyn Courtney-

Moore, Melody Small, Reagan McCartney, Addison Lumpkins, Cadence Earles, Madalyn Ander-

son, Berkeley Courtney-Moore, Katie McCallister, Erin Johnston, Olivia Ward, Gretchen Bush,

Annslee Clay, Isabella Hammonds, Caroline Moore, Sam Duncan, Carson Clay and Caleb Bur-

nett. This production is sponsored by Everett Buick GMC, Arkansas Prosthetics and Pedorthics,

Paul Johnston, Broadway Bound Young Performers of America, Melissa Glover, Daphne Shop-

pach, and Susan Dill. Tickets are $12 adult, $10 senior, $5 student and may be purchased at the-

royalplayers.com. Reservations may be made at 501-315-5483.

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Young Players Youngplayers.yp2s @ gmail.com

Saturday workshops are suspended until August. And Royal Players

June 9-12; 16-19 Camelot

D. Brent Miller—Director

WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust

August 11-21 You Can’t Take It with You

Frank O. Butler, director

Sponsor—Regions Bank

The Wedding Singer

January 5-15, 2017

A production of YP2s

directed by Justin A. Pike

Auditions TBA (Fall)

King Pellinore and Horrid, the dog, arrive from their quest.

Photos by Sher Speer

Royal Players July Prints of Players

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Other Notes

We recently went through our 20th anniversary season (2014

-15) as you know. During that time, Lisa and Jasmine got

some of our members to talk about the early days and made

a wonderful DVD. We started looking for early documents.

We want to gather as much important information as we can

in a central location. Some of the documents are scans that

have gotten “dirty” with repeated copying. If any of you have

something in your attic or storage shed that you think we

might want, please let us know. As one charter member said,

“Who ever thought we’d still be around?”

Cast of Camelot

The knighting of Lancelot

Save the Dates:

October 2016 - A collaboration with Bryant Historical So-

ciety to perform “Boy Hero: The Story of David O. Dodd”

by Dr. Nancy Hendricks Oct. 6-9 Randall Earnest, director

October 15 tentative date BenTony Awards

October 27 Civitan Murder Mystery Dinner Theater “Café

Noir”

Annslee and Izzy

Our “Millies”