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Announcing our 2012 - 2013 Season:

My Favorite Year

from the team that brought you: Seussical, Ragtime, and Once on this Island
Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens with book by Joseph Dougherty

Performance Dates

October 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 2012 @ 7:30pm
October 20, 27, 2012 @ 2:00pm

Audition Date

Mid-August (more information coming soon)

Rehearsal Outline

Rehearsals are held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons from 2:30 - 5:30pm beginning Monday, August 20th. Not all cast will be called fora ll rehearsals, but this is the general outline. A more detailed rehearsal schedule will be determined once casting has been solidified around conflicts and such.

Production Staff

Director - Jere Van Patten
Music Director - Cathy Hauan
Choreographer - To Be Announced

More Detailed Information

Synopsis
It’s 1954, and Benjy Stone, freshman writer on TV’s King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade, is assigned the daunting task of baby-sitting veteran Hollywood swashbuckler Alan Swann while he's doing a live guest appearance on the show. The effort to keep the reckless Swann off the booze and out of the papers during the rehearsal week nearly drives Benjy to the brink. But when he's given an unexpected glimpse into Swann's broken heart, Benjy begins to discover a thing or two about life and love. The show is filled with 13 juicy leading roles for comic actors as well as a large ensemble.

Registration
Auditions are open to high school juniors and seniors as well as incoming freshmen – as long as rehearsals don’t conflict with your class schedule (if enrolled in high school).  Once cast, all members must register for MUP270, the 2 credit performance class.  Scholarships are available depending upon need.

Character Breakdown

"ROOKIE" CARROCA - Belle's husband, Betty's step-father. A compact Filipino in his forties. He held the bantam weight title for well over six months.

ALAN SWANN - A handsome, albeit well-traveled, Hollywood leading man, a star for more than thirty years. Cut in the Errol Flynn mode with panache to spare.

ALICE MILLER - A writer on Comedy Cavalcade. Losi Lane with a better sense of humor. She has no problem going toe-to-toe with King...or anybody else for that matter.

AUNT SADIE - Benjy's aunt, Morty's wife. You would have absolutely no problem picking them out as a couple.

BELLE MAY STEINBERG CARROCA - Benjy's mother. A substantial beacon of Brooklyn society. Generous of nature and proportion. In her matronly forties, but a lady shouldn't be asked.

BENJY STONE - A young man in his mid-twenties. Eager, alert; the way we'd like to think we all were at twenty. Freshman writer on King Kaiser's Comedy Cavalcade.

ENSEMBLE - Chorus Girls, Male Dancers, Sketch Actors, Stage Hands, Floor Manager, Grips, Cameramen, Wardrobe People, Secretaries, Assorted Denizens of Manhattan, Tess's Classmates, Brooklyn Neighbors, and a Doorman.

HERB LEE - A writer on Comedy Cavalcade. Rumpled, silent but expressive. He communicates through Alice.

K.C. DOWNING - Assistant to the producer. A bright, attractive career girl...with a secret; she's the only straight man in a world of funny people. Pretty enough to be The Breck Girl.

KING KAISER - A big bear of a man in his thirties; physical, loud. He used to be a Catskill Comic, now he's the host of America's number one t.v. show.

LEO SILVER - The gray-haired, well-dressed, antacid chewing producer of the Comedy Cavalcade. Physically smaller than King, but the only one who can come close to controlling him.

SY BENSON - Head writer on the Comedy Cavalcade. Dyspeptic, bullying to all...except King.

TESS - Swann's estranged daughter. A very pretty, very Grace Kelly sort of sixteen-year-old. Quite a young lady.

UNCLE MORTY - Benjy's uncle (Belle's brother). Rather round, rather thick, rather bald, but the sort of uncle you run to when family gatherings get too dull.

 

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The Pirates of Penzance

Music by Arthur Sullivan, Libretto by W.S. Gilbert

Performance Dates

February 28, March 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 2013 @ 7:30pm
March 2, 9, 2013 @ 2:00pm

Audition Date

Mid-December (more information coming soon)

Rehearsal Outline

Rehearsals are held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons from 2:30 - 5:30pm beginning Wednesday, January 23rd. Not all cast will be called fora ll rehearsals, but this is the general outline. A more detailed rehearsal schedule will be determined once casting has been solidified around conflicts and such.

Production Staff

Director - Jere Van Patten
Music Director - Cathy Hauan
Choreographer - To Be Announced

 

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MCC’s Act I Musical Productions 2012 Summer Repertory Cast Lists

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown	Devren Freestone
Lucy	Kimi Cunningham
Linus	Justin Peterson
Sally	Mary Outcalt
Schroeder	To Be Announced
Violet	Viva Valdez
Snoopy	Chris Okawa
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Rona Lisa Peretti / Olive’s Mom	Melissa VanSlyke
Chip Tolentino / Olive’s Dad	John Moum
Logainne SchwarzandGrubeniere	Ariana Lucius
Leaf Coneybear	Chris Okawa
William Barfee	William Marquez
Marcy Park	Corrinne Clement
Olive Ostrovsky	Rhetta Mykeal & Brittany Howk
Vice Principal Douglas Panch	Krystopher VanSlyke
Mitch Mahoney / Carl Dad	Taylor Hudson
Dan Dad	Stefan Jorgensen
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!
Man 1	Jere Van Patten
Man 2	Thor Mikesell
Woman 1	Allyson Van Patten
Woman 2	Charisma Miller
The Last Five Years
Jamie	Tyler Maxson
Cathy	Linsey Maxson

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New MCC Band Website!!

*NEW* MCC BAND WEBSITE

For all things relating to MCC Bands & Orchestras
please contact Rob Hunter at (480) 461 - 7884 or click here to visit their website.

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Who to Contact

For academic advisement - please call the Music office for an appointment BEFORE registering for classes at 480-461-7575.

• Craig Peterson - peterson@mesacc.edu - Choral/Vocal S&D
• Glen Bennett - gmbennett@mesacc.edu - Vocal RM
• Sue Anne Lucius - lucius@mesacc.edu - Music Theatre S&D
• Rob Hunter - mesacollegeband@gmail.com - Instrumental S&D and RM
• Paul Brewer - mesaccjazz@gmail.com - Jazz S&D
• Keith Heffner - krheffner@mesacc.edu - Electronic Music/Pro Tools S&D
• Alexandra Perdue - musicbiz@mesacc.edu - Music Business S&D
• Danene Richardson - drichardson@mesacc.edu - Music Theory/Composition S&D

Choral, Music Theatre and Vocal Performance Majors as well as Non-Majors wishing to participate in performance ensembles are eligible for talent scholarships.

Click here for the Calendar of Events

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