December 2019 

11/21-12/22 - 8pm Thur/Fri, 3pm & 8pm Sat, 2pm Sun -A Christmas Carol: The Radio Show by David Alberts,  directed by John Lepard - WT

11/29-12/1 & 12/5-8 - 7pm Thur; 8pm Fri/Sat; 2pm Sun (both 2pm and 7pm shows Sunday, Dec. 1- You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, family musical, director Bob Purosky - RWT

12/3 - 10am to 10pm we’re doing our Giving Tuesday Day of Theatre Event.  Table readings of 6 plays through out the day.  Free event - 
WT

12/4-15 - 7:30pm Wed;  2 & 7:30pm Thur; 8pm Fri; 2pm & 8pm Sat; 1pm & 6:30pm Sun - Disney’s Aladdin -WTN

12/5-8 - 7:30pm Thur; 8pm Fri/Sat; 2pm Sat/Sun - Freshman Showcase: The Power of Spontaneous Invention, director Sarah Hendrickson - Studio 60 Theatre (lower level of Auditorium Building) - MSU
12/6-12/8 – 8 p.m. Fri/Sat, 2 p.m. Sun. Macbeth, directed by John Lennox. Black Box 1422 Gannon Bldg. - LCC

12/8-15 - Auditions for Disney's Beauty and the Beast held between December 8-15.  For exact days and complete audition information please see the full audition packet at  https://bit.ly/FCT-Beast-AuditionPacket - Performance Dates: April 17, 18, 19, 2020 at the Alverson Center for Performing Arts at Fowlerville High School. Audition Appointments must be booked at https://fowlervilletheatre.youcanbook.me/ audition form can be completed at https://bit.ly/FCT-Beast-AuditionForm - FCT
12/10-12/11 – 7-9 p.m. – Auditions: True West, directed by John Lennox. Black Box 1422 Gannon Bldg. - LCC

12/13 -12/14 – 8 p.m. – Almost, Maine, by John Cariani, directed by Andy Callis. Black Box 1422 Gannon Bldg. - LCC 

12/6-7 - 7:30pm - Uh-Oh Here Comes Christmas, A fun and heartwarming variety show for the whole family - $10 at the door - HGP

12/6-8 & 13-15 - 7pm; 2pm Sundays - North Pole Radio Hour by Sally K. Albrecht & Jay Althouse, director Marilyn Wulfekuhler, performed at Mason Historical Society - GCT
12/8-9 - Sun/Mon, 7pm, Auditions for A Hotel on Marvin Gardens, auditions for select roles, director: Mary K. Hodges-Nees (performs 3/12-22, 2020) - RWT


12/9 - 6:30-8:30pm - Julius Caesar Audition Workshop & Auditions for  Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony , Sycamore Creek Church - (general auditions 12/16-17) - CUR

12/13-15 - 7pm Fri/Sat; 3pm Sun - Holiday at Lebowsky- LEB


12/15-16 - Sun/Mon, 7pm, Auditions for Unnecessary Farce, director Jeff Magnuson (performs 2/6-16, 2020) - RWT


12/16-17- 6:30-8pm, General Auditions for Julius Caesar - Sycamore Creek Church - CUR


12/20-22 - Holiday Cabaret - 7pm Fri/Sat; 3pm Sun - musical variety featuring John Dale Smith Trio & Karyn’s Dance Place, director Meghan Eldred-Woolsey - RWT



Greater Lansing Ubiquitous Theatres
CUR - Curtainless Theatre curtainless.theatre@gmail.com. www.facebook.com/curtainlesstheatrelansing 
FCT - Fowlerville Community Theatre 746 S Grand Ave, PO Box 1126, Fowlerville, MI  48836 - http://fowlervilletheatre.comGCT - Generations Community Theatre - www.generationstheater.com
HGP - Homegrown Productions, 517-930-1421 “Homegrown Productions St. Johns” Facebook performs at Wilson Center, 101 W. Cass St., St. Johns, MI 48879
LCC - Lansing Community College Communication, Media & the Arts - www.lcc.edu/showinfo - 517-483-1488 / 517-483-1122 
LEB - Lebowsky Center for Performing Arts - LebowskyCenter.com - 989-723-4003
MSU - Michigan State University Department of Theatre - www.theatre.msu.edu - 517-432-2000
RWT - Community Circle Players at Riverwalk Theatre, www.RiverwalkTheatre.com, 517-482-5700
WT - Williamston Theatre - 517-655-SHOW (7469) www.williamstontheatre.org 
WTN - Wharton Center for Performing Arts at MSU - 517-432-2000 or 1-800-Wharton or 
www.whartoncenter.com


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Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas December 6 and 7
 
Since 2009,Homegrown Productions in St. Johnshas added to the holiday spirit in our community with a musical variety show. This year we are proud to present “Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas,” a play based on the books by Robert Fulghum. Heartwarming stories and musical interludes look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress and chaos that crashes down every December. Delightful stories include hilarious musings about a love/hate relationship with the vibrant poinsettia that arrives in most homes every December and hangs on long after the holidays have ended; and a beautiful, deeply moving tribute to the winter solstice, celebrating nature's precious annual gift of rebirth.
 
“Uh, Oh, Here Comes Christmas” is directed by Beth Webb and Susan DeRosa. 

This year’s cast members are Sara Craft, Susan DeRosa, Jan Ross, Darryl Schmitz, Beth Webb, and Tom Webb. This is a family friendly show. 

Performances are December 6 and 7 at 7:30 pm 

at the Wilson Center Auditorium, 101 W. Cass St. Tickets are $10 at the door.

December 3 from 10am to 10pm 
Williamston Theatre is doing our Giving Tuesday Day of Theatre Event.  Table readings of 6 plays throughout the day.  Free event.  
To launch the season of giving, the Williamston Theatre gives back! We’ll be presenting readings of six plays – an entire season in a day. We begin at 10am and run through 10pm. Come for one play, or stay for them all. This event is FREE and open to the public, no reservations are necessary. Information will be available in our lobby on several local charities doing amazing work in our community. Some WT favorites who will be on the stage will include: Katherine Banks, Casaundra Freeman, Tobin Hissong, John Lepard, Michael Lopetrone, and Emily Sutton-Smith.
Plays to look forward to…
10am
Tracy Jones by Stephen Kaplan
Tracy Jones has rented out the back “party room” of Jones Street Bar and Grill: The Place for Wings and Things, a typical chain restaurant. Tracy Jones is throwing a party to which she’s invited every woman in the world who is also named Tracy Jones. Tracy Jones has been sitting for over an hour alone, nursing her Diet Coke, waiting for any other Tracy Joneses to show up. Tracy Jones’ epic loneliness is about to be tested beyond anything she ever imagined. Featuring: Casaundra Freeman, John Lepard, Anna Ryzenga and Emily Sutton-Smith
Noon
Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England by Madeleine George
Dean Wreen is not having a good week. Her college is in dire financial straits and a plan to close its tiny, all-but-forgotten natural history museum is sending unexpected shock waves across campus and out into the local community. Town-gown relations are in tatters! The local newspaper is erupting in protest! Even the awful, historically inaccurate dioramas in the museum have started mouthing off! A screwball sex comedy about the perils of monogamy, certainty, and academic administration. Featuring Katherine Banks, Casaundra Freeman, Alysia Kolascz, Tobin Hissong, and Michael Lopetrone.
2pm
SHOCK! The Spine-Tingling Tale of Miss Spidra by Joseph Zettelmaier
Her fans never knew Joyce Billings. To them, she was Miss Spidra, campy host of “The Night Parlor,” Toledo’s midnight horror movie show. Starting as a struggling actress trying to make her mark, Joyce finds herself becoming an icon, a celebrity. But her efforts to keep her beloved show alive cost her more than she could have guessed. Framed against a documentary about her life, Miss Spidra’s journey through the monster craze of the 60s asks what lines one will cross to succeed. Featuring Katherine Banks, Aral Gribble, Casaundra Freeman, Michael Lopetrone, Heather Mahoney, and Christine Purchis.
4pm
Creating Claire by Joe DiPietro
Employed as a docent at a natural history museum, nice, middle-aged Claire comes under fire when her tour-guide patter deviates from the strict scientific beliefs of her formidable supervisor and heads down a path that espouses intelligent design. Claire’s spiritual slant attracts extra visitors but soon leads to legal action. A powerful exploration of the supernova that results when science, faith and politics collide. Featuring Casaundra Freeman, Tobin Hissong, Heather Mahoney, and Chris Purchis.
6pm
Fortune by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Maude, a lonely, surly, storefront psychic has accepted that love is not in the cards for her. She can see the future and knows this to be true. But when Jeremy, a despondent love-hungry accountant threatens to kill himself if she sees no love for him, she must wrestle with fate, and in changing his destiny, change her own. Featuring Katherine Banks and Aral Gribble.
8pm
Maytag Virgin by Audrey Cefaly
A classic Southern love story. Maytag Virgin follows Alabama school teacher Lizzy Nash and her new neighbor, Jack Key, over the year following the tragic death of Lizzy’s husband. The play explores the ideas of inertia and self-enlightenment, and the bridge between the two. Featuring John Lepard and Emily Sutton-Smith.

Hello,
I'm part of a theater group that is going a play running two weekends, Dec 6-8 and 13-15 (Friday and Saturdays at 7:00, Sundays at 2:00).  It's a short Christmas show (North Pole Radio Hour) and we were hoping to have enough cast to do a pre-show as well as the production.  We don't.  

SO, I'm looking for SATB quartets to help us carry the first half hour with Christmas songs (not carols).  If I can have one quartet at each performance, that would be ideal.  If you can help make a quartet (I'll put them all together, just let me know your interest) for a least one show (two would be GREAT) please let me know.  mailto:nancy.sisson@comcast.net  If you know anyone who can sing that can help in this, please forward this to them and copy me in the conversation.
Rehearsals would be one night, either Dec 10 or 11 (6:30-8:00ish).  I'll have music for you there.  Oh, you'll be singing acapella (thus I need people who know how to sing a part).  Double Oh - It's at the Mason Historical Society 200 E Oak St, Mason, MI 48854.  I have a minivan and can take some with me every night if needed.

Thank you for your consideration.  Have a beautiful Thanksgiving.
Nancy Sisson mailto:nancy.sisson@comcast.net
Generations Community Theater

Riverwalk advertiser the POTTERS GUILD is gearing up for their 50th Anniversary Sale which starts tomorrow November 21 at 5:30.  

GREATER LANSING POTTERS' GUILD 50th ANNIVERSARY SALE
Thirty artists from the Greater Lansing Potters' Guild invite one and all to their much-anticipated Fall Pottery Sale. Find a treasure trove of affordable gifts of food-and-dishwasher-safe dinnerware, unique jewelry, and beautiful decorative items to display in the home. Celebrating 50 years of creating fun and functional ceramics. 
Find us on Facebook and Instagram. http://glpg.org/sales   
New Pottery each day!  
No entry charge!
Location
All Saints Episcopal Church
800 Abbot Road
East Lansing, MI
 
Event Details
November 21,22,23, 2019
Thursday, November 21
5:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Friday, November 22
9:00 a.m. –9:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 23
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

ONE more show - 2pm tomorrow (today?) Sunday, November 3
APPLES IN WINTER

This one-woman, pie-making performance is a triumph for rarely seen actress Paige Tufford who is usually found behind the scenes at LCC and Renegade Theatre Festival. 

Wow. 

If you are a mother of sons you will cry. It’s a remarkable hour that deserves a full house. 

I know there are a lot of other thoughtful shows going on at the same time, but this one is “Thespie Worthy” in my opinion (though I’m not on the committee anymore and my opinion doesn’t count for real Thespies.) ONE MORE CHANCE. 

Check out Guest Reviewer Tom Klunzinger’s GLUT review http://www.greaterlansingtheatre.net/reviews/apples-in-winter

http://ixiontheatre.com

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apples-in-winter-by-jennifer-fawcett-tickets-73837186011?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

...or you can get tickets at the door at the Robin Theatre in Reo Town 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910 - 2pm Sunday November 3.