Are you mean like a minx? Are you lean like a lynx? Are you keen to be seen when smelling a rat? Today’s feline is quite electric, no? Purr!
Thank you so much for giving us a moment of your time! If you could tell us who you are and who you play that would be a great start!
Bambi Alcalde: I’m Bambi Alcalde and I play Electra!
Tell me about Electra.
When you fall on your head do you land on your feet? Are you tense when you sense there’s a storm in the air? Which Jellicle Cat will you meet today— not Macavity— he’s not there. Swish.
Thank you so much for giving us a moment of your time! If you could tell us who you are and who you play, we’ll get things underway!
Sam Ranocchia: I’m Sam Ranocchia and for this show I’m playing Victor.
But when the day’s hustle and bustle is done…then the Gumbie Cat’s work is but hardly begun! Are you ready to meet our resident Gumbie Cat? Meeow!
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time! Could you tell us who you are and who you’re playing in this production?
Amy Tucker: I’m Amy Tucker and I play Jennyanydots.
Ooh. Do tell about Miss Jennyanydots!
Amy: So Jennyanydots is also known as the Gumbie Cat.
A sensible, everyday name for a cat…depending on where in the world you are at…could be perhaps… Jubalong… Cattivo… and Sambal… or perhaps something a little more adult, and a little more tomcat like. Something with bravado but not too certain…meow?
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time! Can you tell us who you are and which cat you play?
Stanton Zacker: I’m Stanton Zacker and I play Alonzo.
Fancier but still sensible…a cat who sings about other cats…a cat who dances with other cats…can you guess which feline is featured today. Hiss!
Thank you for a few moments of your time! If you could tell us who you are and who you are playing, that would be just fine!
Erin McArthur: I’m Erin— there’s two of us— so I’m Erin McArthur. I play Demeter.
Tell me a little bit about Demeter.
Are you blind when you’re born? Can you see in the dark? Dare you look at a king? Would you sit on his throne? Leader of the pack…perhaps even the son of Old Deuteronomy? In charge of all the Jellicles…because Jellicles can and Jellicles do…MROW.
Thank you so much for a few moments of your time! Can you tell us who you are and who you are playing here in Cats?
And when you hear a dining room smash or up from the pantry there comes a loud crash.
Or down from the library there comes a loud ping from a vase that was commonly said to be Ming.
Then family will say: “Now which was which cat?” It wasn’t Mungojerrie (we saw him yesterday!) but rather Rumpleteazer! Meow. CRASH.
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time!
If the drawers are pulled out from the bedroom chests and you can’t find one of your winter vests! If after supper, one of the girls, suddenly misses her Woolworth pearls…the family will say “it’s that horrible cat!” But was it…Mungojerrie? Or…Rumpleteazer? Hmm.
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time! Please tell us who you play and who you are!
Benjamin Marsh: My name is Benjamin Marsh and I play Mungojerrie,
Jellicle Cats are roly-poly! They know how to dance a gavotte and a jig! Can you guess which prima ballerina cat we’re about to speak with? Meow!
Thank you for giving us a moment of your time; tell us who you are and who you play!
Katelyn O’Connor: I’m Katelyn O’Connor and I play Victoria.
Tell me a little bit about Victoria.
Katelyn: She’s kind of one of the young cats who is just getting into the group.
Jellicle Cats meet once a year at the Jellicle Ball where we all rejoice! A very special Jellicle Cat joins in the rank of these fantastically talented feline performers, giving us their take on being involved with Tidewater Players’ production of Cats. (For those of you frantically scanning your script trying to find Euterpeco… like Macavity, he’s not there. We’ve made this name up especially for the show’s Musical Director, as Euterpe is the Greek Muse of music.)
Thank you for giving us some of your time!
Jellicle Cats…they like to practice their air and graces! And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise! Be prepared to meet one of the dancer cats in this ‘Jellicles Can and Jellicles Do’ interview.
Thank you for giving us a few moments of your time— tell us who you are and who you’re playing in this production of Cats.
Samantha Jednorski: I’m Samantha Jednorski and I play Cassandra.
“Like the sunflower, I learn to turn my face to the dawn. I am waiting, for the day.” ~Sillabub.
“Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone, and the Lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone.” ~Growltiger’s Last Stand.
While the musical number may or may not be included in this current production of Cats (that’s all on ALW and the licensing folk) Griddlebone the Cat as well as Sillabub the cat are both cats who are still a part of Cats.
We can balance on bars…we can walk on a wire…the other half of the ‘psychic twins’ cats, is our dear, delightful Tantomile!
Thank you so very much for giving us a moment or two (or nine?) of your time! Tell us who you are and who you are playing!
Erin Acerno: My name is Erin Acerno and I play Tantomile.
Ooh. Tell me about Tantomile.
Erin: Well she’s a very naïve kitten.
Oratorical cats, Delphicoracle cats… okay, that last one might be some made up nonsense by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot, but nevertheless, it sounds like the oracles at Delphi, which is appropriate as we meet Coricopat— one half of the ‘psychic twin’ cats who are often doing lift and spin dance routines.
Thank you so much for giving us a few moments of your time! Tell us who you are and which cat you’re playing.
Well they’ve got dreams and you know they matter— they’re doing their own show and climbing that ladder— that show is finally here it’s on their stage. Two years in the makin’ with the Tidewater Players, it’s a Dolly Parton show and it’s got layers, the spring finale is here and it’s all the rage! Yes it’s 9 to 5; it’s all dancing and all singing— makes you feel alive— with toes tapping and joy ringing— through the audience— get your tickets or you’ll regret it!
If you’re looking for something to see in Havre de Grace’s theatre district one day— Shoop da-doo!
You might pass by this place on Union Street— downtown-da-doo!
And sometimes in that there opera house building— arts-da-doo!
You’ll find some crazy amazing theatre stuff happening inside— Tidewater Players-da-doo!
But don’t take my word for it— take the urchins’! Or take Seymour’s! They’ll tell you that Tidewater Players is putting on a pretty crazy,
Downtown…there’s no rules, you know. Downtown… you’ll have to see their show. Downtown… the urchins of Skid Row— this one’s about the-ee-eem. There on Skid Row. That’s right— Crystal, Ronette, and Chiffon— the urchins of Skid Row and in a sit-down TheatreBloom exclusive, we’re talking with Tigga Smaller, Isabel Bray, and Kalea Bray on what it’s like to play the ‘ensemble’ of an ensemble-less show.
Thank you all so very much for taking some time to sit and talk with me.
You’ve got his number now. You know just what he’s done. He’s got no place to hide. He’s got not place to run. You know is life of crime—I think it’s suppertime! Er— um— interview time. Yes, that’s right. DON’T feed the plants, as the story goes! We’ll interview them instead. In a TheatreBloom exclusive, in-person interview, we’ve sat down with Eric Bray, currently in the role of Audrey II at Tidewater Player’s production of Little Shop of Horrors.
Are you ready Havre de Grace? AYE-AYE, CAPTAIN! I can’t heeeaaar you! AYE-AYE CAPTAIN! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Appearing at Tidewater Players is he! If nautical nonsense be something you wish! Then get your tickets right now and have fun with the fish! At The SpongeBob Musical now appearing live, in-person on the Havre de Grace Opera House stage with Tidewater Players! Directed and Choreographed by Bambi Johnson with Musical Direction by Nathan Scavilla,
They are family! They got all their sisters— you’ll see! That’s
right, they’re back! All four original Wonderettes— Cindy Lou, Betty Jean,
Missy, and Suzie— are back and dreaming on, this time to celebrate their
favorite home-room teacher— Mrs. McPherson (watch out, audience!) and her
retirement party after 39 years as a Springfield High Chipmunk! Tidewater
Players knows how to put on a show when it comes to everyone’s favorite
foursome; their production of The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On is wholesome
family fun that features four talented individuals breathing new life and
dreams into many iconic tunes of the late 60’s and late 70’s!
There’s a saying that they have up in Havre de Grace
That helps keep happy smiles on their face
“If you want a Christmas show filled with glee— make sure
that it’s sparkle-jolly-twinkle-jingle-y!”
And The Tidewater Players is sparkling, twinkling, jolly,
jingling their way across the stage of the Havre de Grace Opera House with
their seasonal production of Elf! Directed by Laurie Sentman Starkey,
with Musical Direction by Stephanie Carlock Cvach and Choreography by Carissa
Lagano,
Aaron
Sorkin’s A Few Good Men, directed by Todd Starkey, opens up to
one of our only moments watching Greg Stiffler give us a reason to care about
the tragedy the play is built around, by making him a vulnerable guy. A man is dead and Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson
(played by Lamar Leonard) and Pfc. Louden Downey (played by Jordan Baumiller)
stand accused of murder. Moises
Estrada’s lighting and sound design built atmosphere as Eva Grove’s costume
coordination lent an air of authenticity to these characters,
Freak,
slut, burn out, bug eyes, poser, lard ass, loser, short bus, bull dyke, stuck
up, hunchback, white trash! Names. Labels. Words used to describe people who
are different or don’t fit our image of what we consider the “norm.” Words that
one might associate with high school, but all to often are used far more common
in our everyday speech. In fact, if I am being honest, although I didn’t speak
the words,
High above the town, flying down, better catch it quick— it’s better than ole Saint Nick— and it may still be in other locales— but somewhere hovering over Tidewater Players…across the whole opera house stage and straight to you…comes A Christmas Story. That’s right, kids— and kids at heart— after waiting for ages in line at Higbee’s, you’ve asked Santa for that irresistible major-award of a musical, and he’s delivered— because what’s the harm in simply watching Ralphie Parker shoot his eye out with his Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time?
You’ll shoot your— wait. No. That’s later. Before you shoot your eye out with your Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time, have your turkey gobbled up by the Bumpuses hellhound dogs, and do the leg-lamp kick-line for your Major Award, settle into 1968 at the Harper’s Hardware Store annual Christmas Party! And guess what? There’s a wintery surprise— because this year?
Are you where you want to be and who you want to be and doing what you always said you would? Tidewater Players, the resident theatre company of Havre de Grace, is where they want to be and who they want to be and doing what they always said they would! Making a bold move by opening their 2018/2019 season with a politically charged production of Chess (the musical in concert), Tidewater Players stands to set the tone for their season with this shocking opening gambit.
I say this with humility in this— online open space! They’re your responsibility in— good ol’ Havre de Grace! If you want to see their show and all the feelings that they spill, in Havre de Grace Opera House that’s halfway down the hill, then for God sakes get thee to it! For Congress never will! Yes, yes, it’s not even July and the Tidewater Players are calling to order the second continental congress of America with their production of 1776.
It was the butler, in the drawing room, with the candlestick! Only, of course, it couldn’t be the butler because he never had a suspect card. In this zany original comedy, Without a Clue written by Mark Briner, six unsuspecting suspects are brought together for an evening of merriment, which quickly maligns itself to be an evening of mayhem and murder! It’s the usual suspects and a few wild cards getting the game underway,
Aha! Oui, oui, mah friends! The day we have waited for may be at hand! The Tidewater Players are producing Disney’s Beauty and The Beast. Ah…Beauty and The Beast. Think what that means! They’ll be singing again! They’ll be dancing again! They’ll be dressing up in glitter galore! They’ll be acting again! They’ll be living again! They’ll be entertaining audiences by the score! And The Tidewater Players,
Springfield
High
Is Just
Terrific!
GOOOOOO CHIPMUNKS!!
That’s right, seniors, class of 1958! Welcome to the most fun you’ll ever have at your Marvelous Dream Prom! (Hosted graciously by Tidewater Players this year!) It’s going to be a doozy of an evening that you won’t forget anytime soon! The Tidewater Players have been gracious enough to lend Springfield High and the Class of 1958 their beautiful,