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WACT News – December, 2013 -- Page 1
WACTCon 2014 is fast approaching. On January 10 – 11, 2014, we will gather in Verona for learning, networking, commiseration, and just plain fun. Festivities begin on Friday night with a welcome reception at our headquarters hotel, the Holiday Inn Express. This is a great time to catch up with friends, find new ones and of course munch and indulge in libations. Saturday morning and afternoon will see a cornucopia of workshops at the Verona High School Performing Arts Center (see partial list on right). There will be presentations for everyone no matter what their experience or areas of interest. Lunch is included with the registration and will be a time to compare notes and participate in the “always exciting” WACT Annual Meeting. After dinner on your own, it will be time to return to the Performing Arts Center to see the Verona Area Community Theater’s production of Harry Segall’s Heaven Can Wait. Mr. Jordan is checking passengers who are to depart in an airplane for the Hereafter. The routine is interrupted by the arrival of Joe Pendleton, an attractive prizefighter, who refuses to admit he is dead and induces Jordan to look up the "records," which reveal that Joe is not scheduled to arrive for another 60 years! But, as Joe starts to return to earth to continue his fighting, word reaches Heaven that Max Levene, Joe's manager, thinking he had been killed, had Joe's
Partial List of Workshops Fundraising Arts Wisconsin will be
sharing ideas on how to increase funds coming to your theatre group.
Protecting Your Voice
Techniques will be shared on how best to use and protect your voice while projecting to the back of the house.
LED Theatre Lighting
Brad Toberman will share the differences in LED lighting as compared to traditional lighting techniques.
Stage Combat How to safely choreograph and perform stage fighting.
AACTFest Pitfalls & Experiences
Bob Kafka will go over AACTFest rules that have caused problems for theatre groups in the past and Steve Martin will answer questions about Wisconsin Rapid's experience last year going from the State through National competitions.
Directing Sara Beth Hahner will be speaking about directing from play selection through opening night.
WACT News – December, 2013 -- Page 2
body cremated, and Joe has no body to return to. Jordan promises to find Joe another body and is informed that the wealthy Jonathan Farnsworth is about to be murdered by his wife. So Joe suddenly finds himself in the home of the financier, visible as Joe to the audience but apparently as Farnsworth to Mrs. Farnsworth, and the public. The comedy begins when the pompous "Farnsworth" unaccountably goes into training as a fighter.
Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center After the performance will be adjudication similar to anAACTFest except there will only be one adjudicator. Following the adjudication, conference attendees will join Heaven Can Wait’s cast and crew at an opening weekend party. There are no scheduled activities on Sunday which will leave the morning for those staying at the Holiday Inn Express to enjoy the hotel’s amenities before heading home with newfound knowledge and stories. Check the WACT website (www.WACT.org) for more and updated details.
Holiday Inn Express
515 W. Verona Avenue Verona, WI 53593
(608) 497-4500 / (888) 465-4329
Room rate (per night) One King standard $104.95
Two Queen standard $120.95 One King Suite with pullout sofa $120.95
Ask for the Wisconsin Association of Community
Theatre rate. (No cutoff date for the group rate)
Hotel Amenities • Indoor Pool and Whirlpool • Health and Fitness Center (On-site) • Complimentary Breakfast Buffet • Microwave Oven • Mini Refrigerator • Coffee Maker • Wired and Wireless High-Speed Internet • Business Center • Hairdryer • Iron and Ironing Board
WACT News is published quarterly by the Wisconsin Association of Community Theatre for its members and is annually distributed to an expanded list of known community theatre organizations and interested individuals. Publication dates are March, June, September (expanded list) and December.
Volume 11, Number 4 © 2013 Wisconsin Association of Community Theatre
All Rights Reserved
WACT News – December, 2013 -- Page 3
Christmas Rum Cake
Recipe
• 1 cup water • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1 cup sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 cup brown sugar • 1 cup lemon juice • 4 large eggs • 1 cup nuts • 2 cups dried fruit • 1 bottle Run
Serves / Yields -- One Preparation Instructions Sample the rum to check quality. Take a large bowl; check the rum again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one but of cupper in a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again. At this point make sure the rum is still OK; try another cup ...just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit, Pick the frigging fruit off floor... Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the rum to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who giveshz a sheet. Check the rum. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the rum and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.
CHERRY MISTMAS!
Call to Host Future AACTFests
Wisconsin AACTFest 2013 is a thing of
the past and the Badger State acquitted itself with distinction in performing their once a decade chance to host Region III AACTFest. So it is time to sit back and relax – right? Au contraire - now is the time to find a host for Wisconsin AACTFest 2015. Hosting an AACTFest is a good opportunity to show off what your group can do and can be a good fundraiser at the same time. Hosting an AACTFest can seem daunting at first glance but when broken down into its individual components it turns out to be much less daunting. And to guide inexperienced hosts through the process, WACT has a good selection of knowledgeable people to help. These people can lend guidance from “Do you think we should do this?” to waving goodbye to the last group heading for home at the end of the festival. The first and best time for hosting an AACTFest is the earlier you start the more you can do and the easier it is.
In Community Theatre
There are no Strangers
Only Friends
You Haven’t Met Yet
WACT News – December, 2013 -- Page 4
Upcoming Events
January 10 - 11, 2014
WACTCON 2014 Verona, Wisconsin
September 26 - 28,
2014 CTAM Fall Conference
Cadilac, Michigan
February 28 – March 2,
2014 Indiana Community Theatre Association
Festival South Bend, Indiana
April 16 – 19, 2015 Region III AACTFest
21015 Midland, Michigan
April 25 – 27, 2014
CTAM Spring Conference
Bay City, Michigan
September 5 - 8, 2015 OCTA Fall Conference
Perrysburg, Ohio
June 16 – 21, 2014
AACTWorldFest Venice, Florida
June 22 – 28, 2015 National AACTFest
2015 Grand Rapids, Michigan
September Global Theatre Quiz Answers
We opened in Venice. Where did we play next? Verona – Kiss Me Kate Where was the Five and Dime that Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean was supposed to go back to?
Marfa, TX – Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Where would you have looked for a streetcar name Desire? New Orleans – A Streetcar Named Desire What city was described in song as “foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy”? Philadelphia - 1776 What country does Brigadoon appear in? Scotland - Brigadoon Where town is our town?
Grovers Corners, New Hampshire – Our Town
Where would you find someone fiddling around on the roof? Anatevka – Fiddler on the Roof Where is April supposed to be going after her night with Bobby? Barcelona - Company Where did Charity’s “Big Daddy” start out before spreading the “Religion of Life”? San Fransisco – Sweet Charity Where does Charley’s Aunt reside?
Brazil (where the nuts come from) – Charley’s Aunt
Where did Jacob give Joseph his colorful coat?
Canan – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Where did Pippin’s dad go to pray? Arles – Pippin Where is the boy who wears vermillion trousers, claims he’s Castilian and is called Lillian by his friends from? (bonus points if you know where he’s moving to)
Tacarembo La Tumbe Del Fuego Santa Malipas Zatatecas La Junta Del Sol Y Cruz,
and Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyr Ndrobullllandysiliogogogoch, Wales
WACT News – December, 2013 -- Page 5
AACTWorldFest is a world-wide community theatre festival which occurs in Venice, Florida, USA. Shows from around the globe will travel for the week to this resort haven on Florida’s southwest coast. As many as 15 top-quality international troupes will present up to 30 performances in one week! Each group may perform in its native language, but all productions are chosen so that anyone can follow what’s happening … in whatever theatre form it’s presented. Stage and screen legend Ben Vereen will present a master class in musical theatre performance. Plus, there will be 15-20 workshops and master classes involving a variety of theatre forms. Registrants may have the opportunity to learn about Chinese opera, commedia dell-arte, or multi-media influences on modern theatre. Mix in delightful dinners, parties, after-glow gatherings, impromptu drum circles, and “lobby gabs” and you have the recipe for life-long friendships! This all will take place June 16 – 21, 2014 at the Venice Theatre in Venice Florida. For more information check the Venice Theatre website at venicestage.com.
Festival Shows Currently Scheduled
Argentina
Our Daily Bread
Germany Noah and the Flood
Bangladesh
Kanjush (The Miser)
Singapore The Mouse’s Daughter’s Wedding
Armenia
The Winged
Georgia The Bald Soprano
Latvia
Poetry Butterfly
South Africa Lucky, the Hero!
Israel
The Black Princess
Denmark Pop
Italy/US collaboration
The Inn of Crossed Destinies
Canada How Nous Avons Met
Togo
Paroles des Arcanes (Word of Mysteries)
Russia M & W
The United States
Crowns
WACT News – December, 2013 -- Page 6
Wisconsin Association of
Community Theatre
Board of Directors 2013-2014
Brad Toberman – President 105 9th Street Prairie du Sac, WI 53578 [email protected] Lynn Ruhl – Vice President 3528 South Toldt Circle Milwaukee, WI 53221 [email protected] John Brandl – Secretary P.O. Box 610 Campbellsport, WI 53010 [email protected] Dee Baldock -- Treasurer 4146 Schneider Drive Oregon, WI 53575 [email protected] Allen Ebert—Member at Large 4606 Hamlet Pl Madison, WI 53714 [email protected] Sara Beth Hahner – Member at Large 686 Robin Drive Sun Prairie, WI 53590 [email protected] Bob Kafka – Member at Large 2418 North 111th Street #2 Wauwatosa, WI 53226 [email protected] Anne Klinkner – Member at Large 215 Cedar Street Sauk City, WI 53583 [email protected] Steve Martin – Member at Large 4211 Oakbrook Court Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 [email protected] Carla Woebbeking – Member at Large P.O. Box 507 Fox Lake, WI 53933 [email protected]
Happy Holidays
to all the WACT
people doing theatre
WACT News – December, 2013 -- Page 7
Upcoming WACT
Member Productions
Is your show not listed here??? All organizations who are WACT members can have their show listed on the WACT website and in WACT News. Just send your schedule to [email protected]
December 6 - 15, 2013 Disney's Beauty and the Beast Racine Theatre Guild
December 6 - 22, 2013 Candy Cane Tales and Holiday Carols Waukesha Civic Theatre
December 12 - 20, 2013 Christmas With the Vikings Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre
January 3 - 12, 2014 The Eight Reindeer Monologues Lake Country Players
January 10 - 18, 2014 Heaven Can Wait Verona Area Community Theater
January 10 - 19, 2014 Leader of the Pack Hartford Players
January 16 - 26, 2014 The Roaring Twenties Barron Spotlighters
January 17 - February 2, 2014 Almost, Maine Racine Theatre Guild
February 7 - 9, 2014 The Magical Land of Oz (Children's Series) Racine Theatre Guild
February 7 - 16, 2014 The Dixie Swim Club Falls Patio Players
February 7 - 25, 2014 Perfect Wedding Waukesha Civic Theatre
February 14 - 16, 2014 Love Letters Lake Country Players
February 21 - March 1, 2014 Ah, Wildnerness! Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre
February 28 - March 16, 2014 37 Postcards Racine Theatre Guild
March 7 - 30, 2014 Monty Python's Spamalot Lake Country Players
March 14 - 30, 2014 Curtains Waukesha Civic Theatre
March 20 - 27, 2014 Pippi Longstocking Barron Spotlighters
March 21 - 23, 2014 Cowboy Camp (Children's Series) Racine Theatre Guild
April 4 - 13, 2014 The Miracle Worker Racine Theatre Guild
April 25 - May 4, 2014 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Falls Patio Players
May 2 - 18, 2014 Noises Off Waukesha Civic Theatre
May 16 - June 1, 2014 Les Miserables Racine Theatre Guild
June 6 - June 22, 2014 A View From The Bridge Waukesha Civic Theatre
August 24 - 25, 2014 The Tempest Portage Area Community Theatre
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