Shine your light on the Players
The Players are raising funds to purchase theater lighting. Lighting rentals represent one of our largest production costs. Purchasing our own lighting equipment at a cost of $8,000 will save approximately $1,000 per show. At three shows per season, they pay for them selves in just over two years! Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution. For more information contact Juls Rozhon at jrozhon@essexplayers.com
Donations can be made to:
Essex Community Players - Light Campaign
P.O. Box 161
Essex Jct., VT 05453
Reunions for Cast & Crew of Previous Shows!
As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, Essex Community Players would like to invite you to a cast and crew reunion for the show in which you participated. We are setting up reunions throughout our performance schedule this year and will be posting on our website when your reunion will be – stay in touch with this website for additional reunion dates and shows. We will be hosting a little party in your honor so that you can get caught up with all you friends!
If you were in a show from ECP’s start in 1957 to about 1997 (the 1st 40years!) you could also help us out by letting us know how to contact you! Please give a call, drop a letter or email us with your contact information!!
The Odd Couple auditions set for June 19 to 22.
The Neil Simon comedy made famous by the movie and television series was first a stage production. Essex Community Players are proud to present the male & female versions of the show to audiences September 11 through the 28. Director Vivian Jordan will be selecting cast for both versions of the show at the auditions on June 19, 20 and 22 at Essex Memorial Hall. There are 16 roles available, 8 male and 8 female. More
The Odd Couple
t’s a summer night and the weekly poker game is in progress at the unkempt apartment of Oscar Madison, a divorced sportswriter. Four cronies sit at the table, playing cards and exchanging wisecracks, while Oscar serves warm beer and inedible sandwiches. One of the regulars, Felix, is uncharacteristically late and the men become concerned. Felix eventually arrives in a semi-suicidal state and announces his wife is divorcing him. Oscar insists that Felix move in with him. They are, however, exact opposites and soon are driving each other crazy. A potentially passionate evening with Oscar's neighbors, the Pigeon sisters, is cut short when Felix, lonely for his wife, children and apartment furnishings, reduces the women to tears. Pushed to the brink, Oscar charges around the apartment making as big a mess as possible and orders Felix out. At the following evening's poker game, a newly self-confident Felix arrives to collect his belongings and announces he's moving in with the Pigeon sisters.
Photos by Adam Silverman,
Ron Ewalt and Art Kilmer