Crossing Delancey - Theatre Guild of Webster Groves

517 Theatre Lane, Webster Groves, MO 63119
January, February, March 2014
Calendar
Crossing Delancey
Director’s Notes
Jan.
1
Happy New Year!
7
Board Meeting
6:00 PM
10-11
Performance - Crossing Delancey
8:00 PM
12
Performance - Crossing Delancey
2:00 PM
14
Auditions - Angel Street
7:00 PM
16-18
Performance - Crossing Delancey
8:00 PM
19
Performance - Crossing Delancey
2:00 PM
20
Martin Luther King Day!
Feb.
4
Board Meeting
14
Valentine’s Day!
17
President’s Day!
6:00 PM
Mar.
Up Next!
Crossing Delancey
By Susan Sandler
Directed by Christopher LaBanca
Tickets $15 Adults
$12 Senior and Students
January 10-12; 16-19
Performance time 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
2:00 p.m. Sunday
All Guild members are invited to attend an
Opening Night Performance Party
Friday, January 10th!
4
Board Meeting
6:00 PM
7-8
Performance - Angel Street
8:00 PM
9
Performance - Angel Street
2:00 PM
11
Auditions - House of Blue Leaves
7:00 PM
13-15
Performance - Angel Street
8:00 PM
15
Call for Directors 2014-2015 Deadline
16
Performance - Angel Street
17
St. Patrick’s Day!
19
Membership Meeting & Board Elections
2:00 PM
7:00 PM
Theatre Guild of Webster Groves
517 Theatre Lane, Webster Groves, MO 63119
Telephone:
Website: Note new address!!
General Info. Email:
Tickets:
(314) 962-0876
www.theatreguildwg.org
[email protected]
$15 Adults
$12 Students/Seniors
Rates may vary for fundraiser productions.
Sorry, we do not take reservations.
When friends asked me about “Crossing Delancey”, I
shrugged and said something along the lines of:
“Oh, it’s just a little romantic comedy.” They nodded
knowingly, and that was all that had to be said.
But the more I worked on this play leading up to
auditions, the more I realized that it does the play an
injustice to treat it as a “nice little romantic comedy.”
This is not a play about true love. We don’t know
where the two lovebirds go after this play. Do they
get married? Is it two months before they discover
they want to strangle each other? We don’t know!
But it doesn’t matter. Of course we want to see
them happy, but isn’t it enough that they’re happy at
the end of this play? I posit that this should be
enough. That at the end of the play, in this moment,
they are happy about being together. And why?
Because they each trekked outside of their comfort
zones, and they each took a chance. And it leads to
happiness, regardless of the duration.
But more importantly, the opportunity to take
chances that can lead to happiness can happen at
ANY time in ANY place! So, while the play is set in
1985 New York, we chose to tell our story on a
nearly bare stage that only suggests the places that
our characters occupy. We invite you to see
Hannah’s bench in the park, and the bookstore in
which Izzy has resigned herself to daydreams, and
Bubbie’s kitchen, warm with the scent of sweet
kugel. Television leaves nothing to the imagination.
Thankfully, you’re in a theater! Flex those muscles of
imagination and join us as we tell a sweet little story
about taking chances. Thank you for coming.
Christopher LaBanca
Director
January 2013
Scenes from Crossing Delancey
Joseph Cella (Tyler), Gabi Maul (Bubbie), Jessica Gillard (Isabelle Grossman), Sean Green
(Sam), and Judy E. Yordon (Hannah)
Join us for our 87th Season!
Let’s put the “fun” back in
dysfunctional!
Last Night of Ballyhoo
Directed by Betsy Gasoske
September 6-8; 12-15, 2013
Veronica’s Room
Directed by Betsy Burnett-Belanger
November 8-10; 14-17, 2013
Crossing Delancey
Directed by Chris LaBanca
January 10-12; 16-19, 2014
Angel Street
Directed by Barb Mulligan
March 7-9; 13-16, 2014
Audition Notice! Audition Notice!
Angel Street
Tuesday, January 14
7:00 p.m.
Show Dates:
March 7-9; 13-16, 2014
Director:
Barb Mulligan
Cold readings from script.
No appointment necessary.
Look for more info on upcoming auditions online
www.theatreguildwg.org
House of Blue Leaves
TGWG
Participates in
e-Scrip!
Directed by Nikki Lott
May 9-10; 15-18, 2014
Photos courtesy of R. Stevens
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Matchmaker
Kvetching
Pickles
Poet
Yiddish
Daydreamer
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Director’s Take Note!
Director submissions are due by
March 15!
Please indicate if you have any
preferences (certain shows or time
slots) check the website in early
March for the 2014-2015 season.
Send resumes to [email protected] or by mail
to 517 Theatre Lane, Webster Groves, MO 63119
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Thank you to all of our patrons for their
continued support of our wonderful Guild!
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