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Community Theatre
2014 Season
The Secret Life of Girls
By: Linda Daugherty
Directed By: Cory Ott
Dates:
June 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2014
At Grace Lutheran Church, Wadsworth, Ohio
OCTA Performance: June 14th, 2014 (Hudson, Ohio)
State Conference Performance: August 31st, 2014 (Perrysburg, Ohio)
Synopsis:
"I'm going to tell you a secret—and I don't want you to tell. The secret is about me—about my life—how it will never be the same again." In this honest and unflinching dramatization of teen-girl angst, a window is opened into the tumultuous and destructive world of girls' bullying. Abby seeks to gain acceptance as the newest member of the school championship volleyball team. As she and her teammates struggle to find a friend, a place in the group and themselves, their jockeying for position is sometimes humorous and often heartbreaking. Invitations are extended or withheld, individual friendships sacrificed to collective judgments, and alliances formed and changed daily as they careen from exclusion to isolation to acceptance and back again.
SIDE NOTE: *THIS SHOW IS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES.*
Awards:
- Participation Award
- Excellence in Directing: Cory Ott
- Excellence in Set Design
- Excellence in Ensemble: The Cast
- Excellence in Acting as Abby: Kelsey Sandmann
- Excellence in Acting as Stephanie: Katie Ridler
- Excellence in Acting as Abby’s Mom: Autumn Ridler-Pippin
- Alternate Invitee to State Conference 2014
State Conference 2014 Awards:
- Merit in Costumes: Cory Ott and Cast
- Merit in Ensemble: Cast
Disney's 101 Dalmatians Kids
Music by Mel Leven and Randy Rogel and Richard Gibbs and Brian Smith and Martin Lee Fuller and Dan Root
Lyrics by Mel Leven and Randy Rogel and Richard Gibbs and Brian Smith and Martin Lee Fuller and Dan Root
Book adapted by Marcy Heisler
Additional lyrics by Marcy Heisler
Music adapted by Bryan Louiselle
Music arranged by Bryan Louiselle
Directed By: Cory Ott
Assistant Directed By: Kelsey Sandmann
Musical Directed By: Linda McNamara
Dates:
July 18th, 19th, and 20th, 2014
At The Wadsworth High School James R. McIlvaine Performing Arts Center
OCTA Jr. Performance: August 2nd, 2014 (Tiffin, Ohio)
Synopsis:
Artistically-inclined pet owners Robert and Anita live happily in London with Dalmatian parents Pongo and Perdita, stalwart dogs devoted to raising their puppies. Everything is quiet until the monstrous Cruella De Vil, Anita's former classmate, plots to steal the puppies for her new fur coat! Join all the dogs of London as they daringly rescue the puppies from Cruella and her bumbling henchmen.
Awards:
- Participation Award
- Merit in Musical Performance as Cruella: Jasmine Ridler
- Merit in Narrator Quartet: Skylar Barnett, Nataley Davis, Allison Schroeder, and Alaina Tennant
- Merit in Musical Direction: Linda McNamara
- Excellence in Directing: Cory Ott
- Excellence in Costumes
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. SchulzBook
Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Original Direction for this version by Michael Mayer
Originally Produced in New York by Arthur Whitelaw and Gene Persson
Co-Directed By: Linda McNamara & Pam Csaky
Choreographed By: Maria Puglisi
Dates:
October 11th and 12th, 2014
At O.J. Work Auditorium
Synopsis:
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown tells the story of an average day in the life of the famous comic strip child hero, Charlie Brown. Lucy is infatuated with Schroeder and takes great pleasure in tormenting Charlie Brown. Linus loves his blanket. Snoopy lives in his rich imagination. Charlie Brown is in love with a little, redheaded girl. Watch as the whole gang interacts, and perhaps, learns something right before your eyes!