August 2009

HOT! HOT! HOT!

PROVINCETOWN THEATER  238 BRADFORD STREET

President’s Message  Chairman of the Board   Board Members  JUDITH PARTELOW, Newsletter Editor 
  Carnival Parade   Announcements
Playwrights' Lab   ART PERFORMANCE WITH ROBERT CARDINAL   Counter Productions 

Hello Owner/Members,          
Well, the summer at the theater has taken off with a blast. Counter Production’s Take Me Out is indeed a show not to be missed. Of course the reviews have been phenomenal so don’t miss a show that is sure to go down in Provincetown Theater history. It is on Wednesdays and Thursdays thru August 20th.

I finished a film over the winter called:

Meth & Murder in P-town: isn’t that what poetry is about?

I’ll be showing it as a fundraiser for the theater to buy projection equipment. The shows will be Wednesday, August 12th @ 5pm and 11pm; Sunday, August 16th @ 2pm with community discussion to follow; and Wednesday, August 26th @ 5pm and 11pm. Admission price is $13. The film is about the murder that occurred on Conwell Street in October of 2003.

We have two other very special fundraisers coming at the end of August. We are working out the final details. We will have everything arranged soon and will let you know what they are, but keep the dates of August 25 and August 30 free. You won’t want to miss what we have in store for you!

And in these tough times we do have usher positions available. You usher the show and you get to see it for free. So please call the office at 508.487.7487 ext 4..

We are pleased to report that The Provincetown Theater was the beneficiary of the Ruth E. Hiebert Charitable Foundation 2009 grant cycle, in the amount of $5000. Ruth Hiebert, the only child of the late Dr. Daniel Hiebert who served the medical needs of the community for many years, left her estate to benefit many of the local arts, environmental, cultural and scientific organizations that were her passion in life.

The grant we received will support our off-season operation. This is a time when we have much less income, and when our own productions are on the boards: the Fall and Spring Playwrights’ Festivals and the Winter Reading series, from our own Provincetown Theatre Company. We are committed to year-round programming. At the same time, we recognize economic realities, and so these programs are all very affordably priced. These funds will help keep the Theater brightly lit, and warm!

The support of the Hiebert Foundation recognizes the importance of the year-round cultural opportunities that the PTC presents, and allows us to continue to subsidize these productions. We are most grateful for their recognition and support, and we will be making application to them for ongoing funding in the next cycle, to continue our mission.

Chair of the Carnival Parade 2009 -Roger Chauvette

     
PTC Presence in the Carnival Parade?

As current Chair of the Carnival Parade 2009 that will roll down Commercial Street on Thursday, August 20th, I want to ask if there is any interest on the part of our membership to participate with an entry in the parade. The theme, as most may already know, is "Summer of Love: Peace, Love and Go-Go Boots." The entry could take the form of a large or small float, a self-propelled entry or a walking entry.

Why participate?
The police estimate that close to 100,000 people attended the parade last year. That's quite a captive audience. Gillette Stadium holds 68,000. Properly presented, our entry could draw the attention of a Cape Cod wide audience. How we present it can also help those who do not know us to come give us a try. How about an entry with a theme like "For the Love of the Theater" or "Every Summer is a Summer of Love For Us!" or something more clever.

As much as I would want to do it myself, I must see to the entire parade. Here's an opportunity for many of us to work together and have fun doing it. My goal is to make the parade an expression of pageantry and fun. Can we do it? No lines to memorize yet costumes for everyone. Could anything be more fun? Think Hippies, hair, Woodstock, bell-bottoms... or glitter, polyester, wide collars and Go-Go boots! Talk to Patrick L. at the theater. We need to begin right away!.

Fundraising Initiative

Look for healthy dark Belgian chocolate being sold at the bar before shows and during intermission.

Your purchase of  these chocolates will benefit your health and the theatre will receive a portion of the sale!
for more information go to:
www.judithhaschocolate.com

SAVE THE DATE – SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5th
4:00-6:00pm
ART PERFORMANCE WITH ROBERT CARDINAL
The Provincetown Theater Foundation / Provincetown Theatre Company is pleased
to announce the second annual, “Art Performance with Robert Cardinal” for
Saturday, September 5.

That afternoon, from 4:00-6:00, Mr. Cardinal, a renowned local artist and teacher,
will be accompanied on stage by the accomplished classical musicians, violinist
Cenovia Cummins and oboeist Marilyn Coyne, as he completes a full size painting
from the empty canvas to the finished work, in the course of a luscious late-summer late-afternoon.

Patrons will enjoy complementary appetizers from the Lobster Pot, wine selections
from Truro Vineyards, and beer styles produced by Cape Cod Beer, as the painter
illustrates his approaches to the creation of a work of art.

At the conclusion of this delightful demonstration, a raffle will select the recipient of
the just-completed painting, valued at over $10,000.

Ticket price $150. For those unable to attend, tickets for the large painting raffle only are $100.

This will probably be a sold-out event based on last year; early ticketing is advised.

Contact provincetowntheater.com for tickets, call 508-487-7487, or visit the box
office at the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford Street.

All proceeds go to the Provincetown Theater Foundation/ Provincetown Theatre Company.
http://www.provincetowntheater.org/
508-487-7487

INTRODUCING MEMBER OF THE BOARD : JUDITH PARTELOW, Newsletter Editor

An accomplished actress, director, producer and acting coach, Judith Partelow is also a published journalist, reviewer and poet who has called Cape Cod her home for over thirty years. She has performed in hundreds of productions during her acting career, but now appears only occasionally in theatre, film and television. She is a member of the actors’ unions: AEA, SAG and AFTRA. Her poetry has been published in A Sense of Place and World of Water, World of Sand (both anthologies of Cape women writers), as well as many other small international and national publications. She earned her BA in English and Secondary Education at Parsons College in Iowa, and has taught in various public and private schools and programs throughout the East. She has been a member of the drama faculties of the Cape Cod Conservatory, the Orleans Academy, as well as The Provincetown Theater. She continues to offer private acting classes for both children and adults. She works in the Philanthropy Department of Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod and is studying for a certificate in Thanatology through Mt. Ida College. She serves on the Ethics Committee at Hospice, is a representative for the Baha’i Faith on the Cape Cod Interfaith Coalition Leadership Council, , is a coordinating member of Cape Cod Time Bank, and has an independent business selling and educating about Xocai, the healthy chocolate. She lives in Harwich with her husband Jeff Spencer (also an actor, director and writer), and is the mother of three married children – Amanda Sevak, and Sam and Lucas Provost . She has a 13 year old grandson, three college-age grandchildren, and very delightful one year old twin granddaughters!

Counter Productions!

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, starring Ryan Landry as Oscar Wilde. opened July 24

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: DUE TO CASTING DIFFICULTIES, WE REGRET WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE OUR PRODUCTION OF CITY OF ANGELS We are very pleased to present in it's place the work that hits a special chord in all of our lives the musical WORKING Based on the book of the same name by Studs Terkel, it chronicles a day in the life of twenty-six average American workers

For more information about the work of this company and how to become involved, visit www.counter-productions.org or email susan@counter-productions.org.

Tim McCarthy, President
Brian O’Malley, Chairman of the Board
Joy McNulty, Vice President and Treasurer
Karen Billard, Grants and Website Coordinator
Robert Cardinal, Special Events
Luceil Carroll, Special Events
Allen Gallant, Sound Engineer
Judith Partelow, Newsletter Editor
Robert Seaver, Program Committee Co-Chair
Sewall Whittemore, Building Committee

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“If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps.”                        
                                                     James Thurber

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