The Tallahatchie River Players are proud to announce the casting of their Spring musical You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN opened on March 7, 1967 and played for 1,597 performances in New York at the theatre 80 St. Marks with Gary Burghoff in the title role. This version was revived briefly on Broadway in 1971 and played for 32 performances at the John Golden Theatre. A new revival version was presented on Broadway in 1999 and played for 149 performances at the Ambassador Theatre with award-winning performances by Roger Bart and Kristin Chenoweth as Snoopy and Sally.

The project is headed by Director John Peter Ford. Auditions will be held on Sunday January 6, 2013 at 2:00pm in the theater of the Magnolia Civic Center and Cine Theatre of New Albany, MS. All those wishing to audition will be asked to sing a few bars of a song or hymn that is familiar to them. They will also participate in a cold read. For more information about auditions you can contact the director at johnpeterf@gmail.com.

You are invited to the New Albany City Cemetery on Oct 13 located on Bankhead Street (near Hwy 15) for the Legends and Lore Cemetery Tour 2012! The first tour will start at 4:30pm and a new tour will start about every 20 minutes. The cost is $10 for one ticket or $15 for two. This is a walking tour. There will be a few seats at each stopping point for those that need them. There are three different guest tour guides Mattie Pennebaker, William Faulkner and Paul Rainey, they all come from different resting places to our cemetery. In addition to the residents and the guides, there will be other wandering souls to give a quick peek into their lives.

You are invited to a free presentation of the 2nd and 3rd place winners from 2011 play writing competition that will be presented by TRP Sept. 22 @ 2pm at the historic Cine’ theatre in downtown New Albany. This is FREE to the public.

The 2nd place winner will be presented as a full stage – full cast production. The 2011 2nd place winner was Carla Stanford for her play “My name is Regret”. John-Peter Ford is directing the troupe during this production.

The 3rd place winner will be presented as a stage reading. This is when the actors have script in hand and read the play from stage. There is acting involved by voice and body language. The 2011 3rd place winner was Jim Ferguson for his play “Sprog”. Evelyn Mason is directing the troupe during this stage reading.

You may be wondering why TRP is presenting last years winners. The reason is that the dead line for the competition is August 31 this year. The Literacy Council and TRP decided that it would be best to do this year’s 1st place winner (full production) and the 2nd place winner (stage reading) at next year’s 2013 Riverfest. This is hopefully the standard that will be used from this point forward. This will help the TRP get started casting and rehearsing earlier. So to fill the gap, last year’s winners were brought forward.

We hope you can come out and support this group of players!

“The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon & Mrs. Levine”

A Comedy         By Sam Bobrick & Julie Stein

TWO SHOWS ONLY!! In an exchange of hilarious letters between an overbearing mother and her adult son, he blames her for breaking up his marriage and ruining his life. She can’t understand why things so trivial should bother him. The angst, aggravation and madness of the love/hate relationship between Sheldon and his mother, Mrs. Levine, unforgettable characters who are thousands of miles apart and still way too close. “Funny, sparkling dialogue coming from hilarious, unique characters.” George Shapiro, Executive Producer, “Seinfeld.”                  “My sides still ache from reading SHELDON & MRS. LEVINE.” Jack Martin, Beverly Hills 213

These two funny characters are brought to life by our own Stephen Garrett and Cathy Garrett! ! !

COME SEE! TWO SHOWS ONLY! ! !  August 10 or 11^th at 7pm at the historic Cine’ theatre in downtownNew Albany located in theMagnoliaCivicCenter!

CallMain Streetfor tickets at 662-534-3438 or the box office will be open one hour before show time. DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE THIS FUNNY SHOW!!

May 18.2012 S.E.T. day at the park

I had a wonderful day today at the park with the local 5th graders playing the theatre game “SHOW ME YOUR EMOTIONS”.  I was a character Penelope Piper Pippens (how do you do!) and yes my hair was blue and purple, but wow, these kids were amazing. It was so much fun watching these kids act. The emotions game is used to help you think on your feet and to help you realize that when you show emotions you use your whole body, not just your face! You played the game by having everyone draw a card. Each card had an emotion and “touchword” (a touchword is the only spoken word you use, it is your script so to speak) It was so much fun and the kids liked it too (I know, bacause they told me so…lol.) This “game” challenges you to think on your feet and to be creative.

I only put one picture on here of today, because sad to say I didn’t get a pic of every group. I picked the one with the most “posers” in it. And a copy of me!

Thank you Dr. Linda Mitchell for allowing me and the TRP to be a part of this day. Evelyn M

Brantley Bryant – Chairman

Cathy Garret- Vice Chairman

Lamar Hines – Treasurer

Evelyn Mason – Secretary

John-Peter Ford

Barry Wise

Bill Hughes

Renee Reid – past Chairman

Phil Nanney – MCC Board Rep

A play by Beth Henley, a Mississippi Author

Crimes of the Heart Poster

March 1-3 at 7pm each night at the Cine on Bankhead Street. For Tickets call Main Street Association at 534-3438 or tickets will be available at the box office each night.

The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future—but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.

TRP Halloween Party

Housekeeping and a few Safety Rules: At this time, no snacks are planned although snacks and drinks with tops will be allowed in the auditorium. Please be respectful and clean up any messes you make so no one has to stay after and do it for you. There will not be anyone watching the lobby or the outside of the building so please keep up with your children and do not let them run off alone.