The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music
music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, book by Howard Lindsay
directed by John Rea

Synopsis:
Maria had longed to be a nun since she was a young girl, yet when she became old enough discovered that it wasn’t at all what she thought. Often in trouble and doing the wrong things, Maria is sent to the house of a retired naval captain, named Captain Von Trapp, to care for his children. Von Trapp was widowed several years before and was left to care for seven ‘rowdy’ children. The children have run off countless governesses. Maria soon learns that all these children need is a little love to change their attitudes. Maria teaches the children to sing, and through her, music is brought back into the hearts and home of the Von Trapp family. Unknowingly, Maria and Captain Von Trapp are falling helplessly in love, except there are two problems, the Captain is engaged, and Maria is a postulant!

in the Adrienne
The run is completely SOLD OUT!
Friday, December 2 at 7 PM
Saturday, December 3 at 7 PM
Sunday, December 4 at 3 PM

Friday, December 9 at 7 PM
Saturday, December 10 at 7 PM
Sunday, December 11 at 3 PM
Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Swing.
General Admission. Adults $15, Students $10

Comedy Shorts Film Project

Auditions for MacGuffin’s new Comedy Shorts film project on Monday, December 19 from 6-8 PM at 2030 Sansom Street, 2nd Floor (purple door) in Philadelphia.

We’re looking for actor/comedians between the ages of 11 and 18.  We’ll be filming original comedy sketches similar to Saturday Night Live and Monty Python. They will premiere at one of our upcoming Open Mic Nights this Spring. We will also put the sketches up on our website and YouTube.  You can be in one or a bunch of sketches depending on your schedule. Each sketch will require 2 rehearsals which start in January and 1 shoot date in February or the 1st week in March. We rehearse weekdays between 6-8 PM.

Auditioning actors will perform comedy improvs we’ll teach you and cold readings from the sketches. We are also looking for writers! If you have a skit or an idea for one, get it down on paper and bring it to the audition. Please email director, Lauren Rooney at laroons@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

The Trojan Women

The Trojan Women
by Euripides
Directed by Liz Fredette

Synopsis
Euripides’ play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining families are about to be taken away as slaves. However, it begins first with the gods Athena and Poseidon discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because they condoned Ajax the Lesser for raping Cassandra in Athena’s temple. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women. The Greek herald Talthybius arrives to tell the dethroned queen Hecuba what will befall her and her children. Hecuba will be taken away with the Greek general Odysseus, and her daughter Cassandra is slated to become the conquering general Agamemnon’s concubine. Cassandra, who has been driven partially mad due to a curse by which she can see the future but will never be believed when she warns others, is morbidly delighted by this news: she sees that when they arrive in Argos, her new master’s embittered wife Clytemnestra will kill both her and her new master. However, because of the curse, no one understands this response, and Cassandra is carried off. The widowed princess Andromache arrives, and Hecuba learns from her that her youngest daughter, Polyxena, has been killed as a sacrifice at the tomb of the Greek warrior Achilles. Andromache’s lot is to be the concubine of Achilles’ son Neoptolemus, and more horrible news for the royal family is yet to come: Talthybius reluctantly informs her that her young son, Astyanax, has been condemned to die. The Greek leaders are afraid that the boy will grow up to avenge his father Hector, and rather than take this chance, they plan to throw him off from the battlements of Troy to his death. Helen, though not one of the Trojan women, is supposed to suffer greatly as well: Menelaus arrives to take her back to Greece with him where a death sentence awaits her. Helen begs her husband to spare her life and he remains resolved to kill her. In the end, Talthybius returns carrying with him the body of little Astyanax on Hector’s shield. Andromache’s wish had been to bury her child herself, performing the proper rituals according to Trojan ways, but her ship had already departed. Talthybius gives the corpse to Hecuba, who prepares the body for burial before they are finally taken off with Odysseus. Throughout the play, many of the Trojan women lament the loss of the land that reared them. Hecuba in particular lets it be known that Troy had been her home for her entire life, only to see herself as an old grandmother watching the burning of Troy, the death of her husband, her children, and her grandchildren before she will be taken as a slave to Odysseus.

Auditions will be Wednesday, December 14 from 6-8 PM. Actors between the ages of 8 and 18 are welcome to audition. All actors should prepare a 1-2 minute monologue from a Greek play. Call Liz Fredette at 215-290-9505 for more information and ideas for monologues.

Performances at the Adrienne
April 27 & 28 at 7 PM
April 29 at 3 PM
Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door.
General Admission. Adults $10, Students $5

MacGuffin Open Mic Nights 2011-12

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