The Burlington Free Press is already talking about Little City’s reverse-gender production of Dracula. Below is a cover story from the Weekend section.

20 things to do for $20 or less
Dracula is #13!

Rehearsals are racing along. Watch Natalie Jones and Chris Swasey in the big confrontation between Dracula and William. Does anybody else like seeing nice boys get bitten?

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March 26-28th, April 2-4 8pm at the Vergennes Opera House

Little City Players are proud to present “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue at the Vergennes Opera House. This fun and inspired comedy demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English. The show runs October 16-18th at 8pm and October 18-19th at 2pm. Tickets are $12 for adults; $10 for children/seniors. The show is not recommended for young children. Tickets are available through FlynnTix, www.flynntix.org; (802) 863-5966 or at Classic Stitching in Vergennes.

“The Foreigner” is a winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production. An inspired comic romp, equal in inventive hilarity to the author’s classic comedy The Nerd, it is based on what the NY Post describes as a “devilishly clever idea.” “I laughed start to finish at one comic surprise after another.” —The New Yorker. “…a constant invitation to relax and laugh at the foolishness of life…” —Village Voice.

The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time Froggy has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So Froggy, before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a sinister, two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that the minister’s pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn’t understand a word being said. That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the “bad guys,” and the “good guys” emerge triumphant.

The play stars Jay Stetzel as Charlie Baker, Jyoti Daniere as Catherine Simms, Melanie Bone as Betty Meeks, Melinda Hayes as Froggy LeSeuer, Hannah Weisman as Ellie Simms, Patrick Houle as Rev. David Marshall Lee, and Brian Torstenson as Owen Musser.

Established in 2006, Little City Players is a community theatre group based in Vergennes, VT. We work to promote arts in our community and serve as an outlet for members to have fun while gaining experience in the theatre.

Come audition for LCP’s fall production of The Foreigner by Larry Shue, directed by Glen Eastman.

Auditions will be held at the Vergennes Opera House from 7 to 9 p.m. on August 4 and 5. Audition sides are available below. Performances will be Oct. 9-11 and 16-18 at the Opera House.

Download audition sides here.

THE STORY: The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time “Froggy” has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So “Froggy,” before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a sinister, two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that the minister’s pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn’t understand a word being said. That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the “bad guys,” and the “good guys” emerge triumphant.

THE CAST:
Froggy LeSeur-30-55. ..SUPPORTING. ..a chubby Englishman who loves adventure

Charlie Baker-26-55. ..LEAD… a thin, shy Englishman whose wife has 6 months to live and made him go on this fishing trip with Froggy

Betty Meeks-45-80. ..SUPPORTING. ..a widow who owns a fishing lodge in Tilghman County Georgia. She is sweet, naive, and intrigued by all things foreign.

Catherine Simms-18-30. ..SUPPORTING. ..she is the beautiful, pregnant lady, engaged to David.

Ellard Simms-15-25. ..SUPPORTING. ..Catherine’ s not so bright little brother

Owen Musser-25-55. ..SUPPORTING. ..the mean, suspicious, and slimey Tilghman County property inspector.

Rev. David Marshall Lee-22-35… SUPPORTING. ..a sinister, two-faced man, who is recently engaged to Catherine.

Email info@littlecityplayers.org for more information.

Don’t miss LCP’s production of “Really Rosie” running May 1st-4th at the Vergennes Opera House. Written by Maurice Sendak with music by Carole King, this family-friendly show brings Sendak’s marvelous storybook characters to life.  Rosie, a young Brooklyn girl with a wild imagination, rescues her friends from boredom on a hot summer day.  Children and adults alike will enjoy spending an hour with Rosie as she wrangles her friends into pretending to make the movie of her dramatic life.The show runs Thursday, May 1 & Friday, May 2 at 7:00 pm.  Saturday, May 3 at 2:00 & 7:00 pm.  Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 pm.  Tickets $12; $8 ages 9 and under. Available through the Flynn Theater Box office, www.flynntix.org, at Classic Stitching in Vergennes, or at the door.

Auditions for our upcoming musical “Really Rosie” - Book and lyrics by Maurice Sendak, music by Carol King. We will cast young-at-heart adults in children’s roles. Please come prepared to sing a children’s song of your choice, read, and dance.January 28th and 29th, 2008 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm at the Vergennes Opera House.

See our calendar for more details.

Download sides here:

• alligatorpierrekathyjohnny.pdf
• chickensouprosie.pdf
• johnnykathy.pdf
• pierrerosie.pdf

Little City Players present Love, Sex and the IRS by William VanZandt and Jane Milmore, December 6-8 & 13-15, 2007 at 8:00pm, Vergennes Opera House. Jon and Leslie are two ordinary guys who are behind on their rent. Desperate to save money, Jon has been using his roommate’s ambiguous name to claim that they are married on their tax returns. Unfortunately, the IRS is now on to them and Jon convinces Leslie to pose as a woman to fool the agent coming over to expose them. Throw in the fact that Leslie is having an affair with Jon’s fiancée, Jon’s ultra conservative mother who drops in for a visit, a nosey landlord, a shifty character of mysterious origins, and Leslie’s hysterical girlfriend, and the end result is a non-stop comic farce.

For more information, visit www.vergennesoperahouse.org.

Tickets can be purchased from Flynntix, www.flynntix.org, (802) 863-5966 or at Classic Stitching in Vergennes

Little City Players celebrate works that pack humor, heart & humanity into small packages with their One-Act Extravaganza - a quartet of short plays featuring “The Actor’s Nightmare” by Christopher Durang, “WASP” by Steve Martin, “Brothers” by William Gadea and “The Devil’s Parole” by Eric Giancoli. Performances run April 12-14, 2007 at 8:00pm. Tickets are $10 general admission. Recommended 12 and older. Tickets can be purchased from Flynntix, www.flynntix.org, 863-5966; at Classic Stitching in Vergennes; or at the door.

This One-Act Extravaganza explores themes such as dreams, love, religion, and even headlessness, in broadly absurd comedic fashion! With each play coming in at 30 minutes or less, the directors and actors tackle a variety of wacky situations with aplomb. The production includes:

The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang (directed by Patrick Houle) taps into everyone’s fear of finding themselves in a situation they are not prepared for—and trying to keep their head on straight.

WASP by Steve Martin (directed by Jory Raphael) offers a satirical and darkly comedic look at a “typical” 1950s Protestant family.

Brothers by William Gadea (directed by Dora Greven) helps put a new twist on finding love and what those personal ads really tell us.

The Devil’s Parole by Eric Giancoli (directed by Glen Eastman) finds Lucifer “bedeviling” God while looking for a loophole for getting out of Hell.

Little City Players proudly hosted the Middlebury Community Players production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Based on the popular comic strip by Charles M. Schultz, this musical lets us see a day in the life of the long-suffering Charlie Brown and his less-than-supportive, but loyal friends. The spirit of the original production was brought to life through colorful costumes and fantastic scenery, while fans new and old delighted in hearing two new songs from this 1999 revival version. Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang helped Charlie Brown figure out how to fly a kite, catch a fly ball, and to discover what being a “good man” is all about.

June 16-18, 2006 (Friday & Saturday @ 8:00, Sunday @ 2:00 & 7:00) 
June 22-24, 2006 (Thursday & Friday @ 8:00, Saturday @ 2:00 & 8:00)

Vergennes Opera House
$15 General, $12 Student/Senior
(802) 877-6737
For more information about the show, visit theMiddlebury Community Players

Our inaugural production was March 16-18 & 23-25 at the Vergennes Opera House and was a huge success! Loosely based on the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925, Inherit the Wind immortalizes one of America’s first major media frenzies with intensity and passion. The crux of the drama revolves around Bertram Cates, a biology teacher in the small town of Hillsboro, who dares to teach the theory of evolution to his students despite a state law forbidding the teaching of anything other than creationism in public schools. In fact, the play was not intended to depict the trial accurately, but rather to decry the excesses of the Joseph McCarthy era in 1950s politics. LCP’s phenomenal cast featured Rob Demick, John Hasen, Joe Garofalo, Scott Remick, Glen Eastman, Hannah Weisman, Stephanie Gallas, Fred DeCarlo, Eileen Corcoran, Bobi Alper, Mark Ciociola, Dan Greller, Amber Hayes, Ted Housekeeper, Jaye Lindner, Laura Llanos, John Mitchell, Robin Roy, Rachel Ruggles, Jay Stetzel, Jamie Watkins and Ken Wolvington. Tickets for all Little City Players’ productions are $10 general admission and $8 for seniors and youth 12 years and under, and can be reserved through the Vergennes Opera House box office on their website or by calling 877-OPERA. Classic Stitching in Vergennes also serves as an official ticket outlet for our productions. Although tickets may be purchased at the door, advance reservations are strongly recommended… we completely sold out THREE of our SIX shows for Inherit the Wind!! We had to turn people away. Don’t be one of those people. Get your tickets early.