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| The Farmington Town Players, 2015 cast |
by Elizabeth Van Gelder
It's 2015, and the Farmington Town Players are ringing in the New
Year with some new faces, a great new attitude and rehearsals for a
hilarious new play!
The Farmington Town Players is a group of local theater lovers, who
have been volunteering and performing in Farmington since 1985. The
group is comprised of some local veteran members, who have been
involved in the production, direction, and performance of a variety
of stage plays. The extensive list of performances over the last
three decades reveals a staggering variety, including classics like:
Your a Good Man Charlie Brown (1986), Our Town (1998, done in homage
to Farmington's bicentennial) and Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park
(2009), as well as holiday staples such as The Best Christmas Pageant
Ever (1996), The Gift of the Magi & Dicken's A Christmas Carol
(2002 & 2003, respectively). And while the group has also
presented a handful of melodramas and murder mysteries, we certainly
cannot forget the Player's overwhelming sense of humor and historical
success, in comedic shows such as I Want My Mummy (1999), Men Are
Dogs (2005), and Happily Ever, Once Upon (2007).
As we celebrate the Farmington Town Player's 30th anniversary, the
group is proud to welcome multiple new members into our thespian
family, and excited that rehearsals have begun on our newest
endeavor; a hands-down hilarious comedy titled "The Iliad,
The Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 minutes or Less"!
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| Debbi Van Gelder talks to the cast in preparation for a scene. |
The show is scheduled to hit the stage Friday April 10th &
Saturday April 11th, at 7:00pm. Price of admission is undetermined at
this time. Keep your eyes open for updates in the Puddledock Press,
on The Farmington Town Players public Facebook page and on the
Farmington News Facebook page. The Farmington Town Players can't wait
to see you at the Farmington Recreation Center this spring for their
30th Anniversary, and their 30th performance!
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| Director, Debbi Van Gelder, discusses the scene with actors. |
The
two act play is fast paced, satirized for your enjoyment, and
modernized to a great extent. It's both fun to watch and actually
does cover both of Homer's epic narratives, and all Greek mythology.
Mark your calendars for this one. You won' t want to miss it. This
play is fun for the entire family.
The versatile cast, pictured above, take on a wide variety of roles throughout the telling of these myths and stories.
- Jess Bowen: Helen of Troy, Persephone, Glaukos, Eurydice, and Circe
- Amy Drapeau: Aphrodite, Penelope, Noble Steed, and other sensational characters
- Stan Freeda: Hades, Hephaestus, Menelaus, Principal Thomas, Ajax, Minotaur, and Odysseus
- Samantha J. G. Goodwin: Athena, Mrs. Henderson, King Priam, Medea, and others
- Tami Larock: Demeter, Thetis, sleeping Trojan, Trojan commander, Galatea, Arachne, and Coach Tantalus
- Benjamin Menard: Tom, Epimetheus, Odysseus, Hector, Diomedes, Jason, Cyclops, Phaethon, and Exploitatis
- Joshua Menard: Prometheus, Apollo, Achilles, Orpheus, Perseus, Oedipus, and Telemachus
- Ruth Menard: Hestia, Iphigenia, Scylla, Ariadne, Medusa, Agenor
- Tracy Menard: Hera, Aeolus, Mother of Odysseus, and Queen of the Phaecians
- Anna O'Sullivan: Hermes, Nestor, Priam, Iris, Peleus, and Trojan Officer
- Fred Pitman: Zeus, Agamemnon, Atenor, Patroklos, Pygmalion, and Old Dog
- Elizabeth Van Gelder: Jane, Pandora, Semele, Oracle, Andromache, Thisbe, Tiresias, and Calypso
- Kevin Willey: Poseidon, Paris, Man, Hercules, Theseus, and Thor
Iliad, Odyssey and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less,
by Jay Hopkins, John Hunter, and Homer
On a simple stage, with the clock ticking in front of everyone's eyes, the cast speeds through all of Greek Mythology. Its funny, updated and made easy to understand. The Gods walk the Red Carpet. The Creation of Mankind is a botched subcontractors job. Man and Pandora try settling down despite an ominous wedding gift. Love stories are a dating show and the Greek Tragedies are sports highlights! And don't forget the two greatest stories ever told, The Iliad and The Odyssey. Kidnap Helen of Troy and you've got a 10 year slap-fight of epic proportions with pouty Achilles, war-hungry Agamemnon, and clever Odysseus, destined to wander the seas for 10 more years fighting giants, seductresses and the Gods themselves. All the silly decisions, the absurd destinies, and the goofy characters are presented lightning-bolt fast with hysterical results as the clock is stopped with only seconds to spare.
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