Thibodaux Playhouse Inc. will be holding Auditions for Greater Tuna on Monday, November 9th and Tuesday, November 10.

This will be the second show of the playhouse’s 50th Anniversary season and was previously performed at TPI in 1994.

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What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheels, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna, Texas’ third smallest town. Two actors, twenty characters and a barrel of laughs, ya’ll!

 

Hey All,
Auditions for our next show, “Greater Tuna” have been postponed until further notice. Please help spread the word, and keeping checking back here join us on Facebook for updated information.

Don’t forget, we still have 4 more performances of “Born Yesterday” this week: Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 PM and our final show on Sunday at 2PM.

Hope to see you all there!

Thanks!

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Laura Templet (Billie Dawn): Laura  is a recent graduate of Nicholls State University with a degree in English. With the Nicholls Players, Laura has been seen in seven productions including  Arsenic and Old Lace, The Glass Menagerie, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Laura’s community theatre credits include Seven Menus with the Sam & Jim Acing Co. and Lucky Stiff with the Thibodaux Playhouse. Her future goal is to obtain a MFA in acting. She would like to thank her family, friends, and her fantastic fiancée for their support throughout the years.

Damon Stentz (Harry Brock): Born Yesterday is Damon’s third performance with the Thibodaux Playhouse. He has also appeared in Don’t Drink the Water and Enchanted April. Besides personally enjoying acting, Damon enjoys doing his part in bringing the fine arts to this area. Damon is a local attorney and is married to Andrea Cheramie Stentz, who is also an attorney. They have two children: Dylan, 6, and Addison, 4.

Joey Pierce (Paul Verrall): Joey  is making the leap from the university and into the great unknown. A recent graduate of Nicholls State, Joey has been seen in productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie, and Arsenic and Old Lace. Joey has also participated in the local theatre community including productions of The Pajama Game and Lucky Stiff with the Thibodaux Playhouse. He would like to thank his family and his amazing fiancée for supporting him in his dreams.

Randy Mayeux(Ed Devery): Randy is ecstatic about this show, because for the first time he is on stage with a family member: his awesome sister, Ashley! Born Yesterday is his third show with Thibodaux Play House. Most recently he portrayed the klutz Axel Magee in Don’t Drink the Water. Now he will be playing the drunken lawyer Ed Devery. He was also seen in numerous shows with Nicholls’ Players and the Sam and Jim Acting Company.

Joel Champagne (Senator Norval Hedges): Joel is a long-time member of the Playhouse, also serving on the Board of Directors for many years, on stage, Producer and Corresponding Secretary and Social Director. He has been associated with many plays on the stage and backstage. Joel was in the cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Damn Yankees, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and he was the king in Mullet Songs. The Janus Award was presented to him for the 1997-1998 theater season.

Connie LeBouef (Mrs. Hedges): Connie is a native of Houma, LA. She returns to the Thibodaux Playhouse for her third performance having previously played “Sister Maria” in Bless Me Father. Connie is thrilled to once again be on stage. She sends her love to her most important fans, her children, Brannon and Stacey.

Treva Breaux (Eddie Brock): Treva is an 8th grader at ED White Catholic High School who has been performing for the last five years. Treva has been seen in over a dozen of shows with the Nicholls Players, Thibodaux Playhouse, and with our Children’s Musicals. This past summer he took on the role of “Toad” in the musical, The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad. Treva is extremely exited to be performing with his best friend Aiyana in this production. He is also a member of the EDW Drama Club, and the 8th grade football team. Treva would like to thank his family, friends, Dr. Stanley Coleman and Mr. Bill Winkley for everything they do.

Cheyenne Miller (Helen): Cheyenne is a junior at Thibodaux High School. This is her first performance with the Thibodaux Playhouse. She’s been in three other plays in school.

Aiyana Ambrose (Asst. Manager/Bootblack): Aiyana (14) is a 9th grader at Edward Douglas White Catholic High School. She is very excited to perform her first tribute to the Thibodaux Play House  Aiyana has starred in several plays such as How to Eat like a Child, The Jungle Book, The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad, and a college production Oedipus the King. Aiyana loves theater and wants to make it far with acting and with her best friend Treva Breaux. They aspire to make it to Broadway. Aiyana would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her for what she loves to do as well as Treva Breaux, her best friend and Dr. Stanley Coleman and Mr. Winkley for teaching her so many new things down the road.

Jason Galjour (Bellhop/Barber): Jason Galjour is from Metairie but has lived in the Houma-Thibodaux area for the better part of the last seven years. He is a loving father to six year old Isabella, and works as a State Probation and Parole Officer. This is his first time doing community theater.

Ashley Mayeux (Bellhop/Manicurist): This will be Ashley’s first and hopefully not last time on stage for theatre. For the past 7 years she has been dancing her heart out with Stacy’s Dance Studio and has wanted to try acting for quite some time now. She is very excited to be doing Born Yesterday because she will be gracing the stage with her loving brother, Randy. They have been acting crazy their entire lives and finally gets to perform for a paying audience.

Visit: www.houmatoday.com/article/20090904/ARTICLES/909029940/1008?Title=Community-theater-making-final-preparations-for-50th-anniversary-celebration or check out The Daily Comet / Houma Courior’s Big Fun on the Bayou from September 4th for more on the Thibodaux Playhouse’s 50th Anniversary.

Thibodaux Playhouse is celebrating its Golden Anniversary this season with a revival four of its best shows!

To kick off the season, Thibodaux Playhouse announces Auditions for the first show of the 2009-2010 season: Born Yesterday.

This famous comedy enjoyed one of the longest runs in history. The action centers around the vulgar, egotistic junkman Harry Brock and his girlfriend, charming but dumb ex-chorus girl Billie. Paul Verrall, a young idealistic magazine reporter who has been investigating Brock’s illegal activities, agrees for a salary, to “educate” Billie, and in the end, they both turn their backs on Brock and strike out on their own.

AUDITIONS: Monday & Tuesday, July 20th & 21st at 7 PM at the Thibodaux Playhouse Rehearsal Hall 1120 Caroline Street in Thibodaux

Cast: 12-male, 4-female

We are also always looking for backstage help. If you are interested in working backstage (stage crew, costumes, makeup/hair) or on set construction, or lighting/sound, please stop in and let us know!

PERFORMANCES:Performances for Born Yesterday will be October 16 & 17 and 22-24, 2009 at 7:30 PM as well as a matinee performance on Sunday, October 25, 2009

Born Yesterdaywas previously performed by the Thibodaux Playhouse in 1960 & 1970.

Dan Ruiz Salvatura (Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe) was last seen as another man of the cloth, Father Flynn, in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt at Houma Little Theatre, for which he received the People’s Choice and Esther Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Visitors to the area’s newest theatre, Bayou Playhouse in Lockport, may also recognize Dan as Henri, the visiting French Cousin, from Anne Galjour’s Okra, directed by Perry Martin. A graduate of LSU with a BA in Theatre and an MFA in Directing from the University of Portland, Dan is currently a Talented Theatre teacher at Hahnville High School in St. Charles Parish. He also serves as the co-sponsor of the school’s Drama Club and Director of the International Thespian Society Troupe #7313.  He is happy to make his Thibodaux Playhouse debut with the delightful Sanders Family Singers.

Donovan Bourgeois (Burl Sanders) – returns to the stage after a long hiatus.  He is ecstatic to return to his role of Burl, for whom he portrayed in Smoke on the Mountain, the prequel to this show.  In the past, he has performed in many productions.  He formerly served on the Board of Directors, and served in the capacity of Treasurer of the board.  To help pay his bills in his real life, he is a Financial Controller for Odyssea Marine Inc.  He sends all his love to the girls in his life, Valerie, Erica, and Allie, for their patience and understanding during his absence over the past several weeks due to this production.  He dedicates this performance to the men and women of our armed services, who have served our country, from the days of Pearl Harbor through the current world conflicts.

Mary Lanier LeJeune (Vera Sanders) – Mary, a Morgan City native, was first introduced to Thibodaux Playhouse with the prequel to this show, Smoke on the Mountain.  Since then we have seen her in All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten , The 3-D Radio Show, The Fantastics, and The Pajama Game (Trooper Award).  Other recent productions Mary has been involved in are The Sound of Music, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and The Miracle Worker with the Teche Theatre in Franklin.  Mary is a NSU graduate with a BA in education and MEd in counselor education employed as a counselor for the St. Mary Parish school system and also works as an accompanist and piano teacher.  She’d like to thank her husband, Richard and her children, Sean and Bailey Grace for their love and support in this endeavor with a special thanks to Joyce Young for her encouragement to be a part of this show.

Paul Cook has appeared in various plays and musicals in Houma, Thibodaux and New Orleans – most recently in Thibodaux Playhouse’s “Don’t Drink The Water,” “Bless Me Father” and “Lucky Stiff.” He was also seen in Rivertown Repertory Theater’s “Arsenic and Old Lace” and he is a member of the Nicholls Players. He is currently a public relations senior at Nicholls State University, and the advertising manager of the Nicholls Worth student newspaper. He would like to thank Daniel and the boys for making his life complete and supporting him in both his education in school and the theater.

Toni Lynn Guidry (Denise Sanders): This is Toni’s fifth time acting on the Thibodaux Playhouse stage. Her previous roles include “Florence” (People’s Choice Award) in The Odd Couple-female version, “Annabel” (Best Lead Actress Award) in Lucky Stiff- the musical, ”Kathy” in The Last Five Years, and most recently “Lady Caroline” in Enchanted April. She has also acted, directed, produced, and stage managed at several other theaters including The Sam and Jim Acting Company, Nicholls Players, Bayou Playhouse, and Thibodaux Playhouse Dinner Theatre. She holds a BA Degree in Vocal Music from Nicholls State University.

Meredith Peltier (June Sanders): This is  Meredith’s second  time  working  with  the  Thibodaux Playhouse.  She was  previously  seen as  “Ermengarde” in  Hello Dolly.  She was  also  in  several Loyola  productions  including   Dentity Crisis  and  To the Chicago  Abyss. She  is  happy  to  be returning  to the Thibodaux stage.

Ethan Rodrigue (Dennis Sanders): Ethan is  a  senior  at  E.D.White  and  has  taken   two years  of classes as  a  musical  theater  student at  the New Orleans  Center  for  Creative  Arts.  He is president of both  the EDW  concert choir  and  Drama club  and  has  performed  with the  District  and  All  State  choirs.    His  most  recent  shows  include  Charlie Brown at  EDW  and  The  Sound  of  Music at  Le Petit  in  Houma.   Ethan  grew up doing  shows  with  the Thibodaux Playhouse Children’s  theater  and  is so excited  to  be  back on  this  stage.  He  would like  to thank  his family, especially  his  mother, for  their constant help and support.

THE THIBODAUX PLAYHOUSE, INC

ANNOUNCES

FINAL AUDITIONS FOR THE

CHILDREN’S SUMMER MUSICAL

THE MAD ADVENTURES OF MR. TOAD

Based on The Wind and the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Play by Vera Morris

Music and Lyrics by Scott DeTurk

Directed by Dr. Stanley Coleman

WHEN:                                     Monday and Tuesday, June 1st and 2nd, 2009

 

WHERE:                                   The Jean Lafitte Wetlands Cultural Center

                                                       Theatre,  314 St. Mary St., Thibodaux

 

WHAT TIME:                           10:00 a.m. till 2:30 p.m.

 

Rehearsals:                             Beginning June 1st, rehearsals will be held

                                                Monday through Friday, from 10:00 a.m. till

                                                2:30 p.m., except, Fridays, when we will finish

                                                rehearsals at 12:00 noon. They will be held at

                                                The Jean Lafitte Wetlands Cultural Center

                                                Theatre each day except Wednesday, when we

                                                will meet at the Thibodaux Playhouse Building,

                                                 “The Temple” at 1120 Caroline St., Thibodaux.

 

PERFORMANCES:                    June 24, 25, 26, at 7:00 p.m. and June 27th and 

                                                          28th at 2:00 p.m.

 

PLEASE NOTE:                      Please note: There will be a $75 fee this year for each

                                                    youth who wishes to participate. The fee covers

                                                registration, the theatre workshop, costume, make-up

                                                and a T-shirt.  The age range for participants is 8 years  

                                                of age and older, through high school. Checks should be

                                                made payable to the Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc., and we

                                                hope to have a few confidential scholarships available

                                                for any youth whose families cannot afford the fee.

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