[Capdist-announce] Ghent Playhouse announces 38th season

[Judy Staber]

The Ghent Playhouse
6 Town Hall Place, Off Route 66
Ghent, NY 12075
 
June 26, 2012
 
FOR RELEASE
 
THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES ITS 38TH SEASON OF PLAYS AND MUSICALS                  OCTOBER 2012- JUNE 2013
 
The Ghent Playhouse, Columbia County New York’s community theatre announces its 38th season of five plays and musicals: October 2012 – June 2013.
 
THE COUNTESS
by Gregory Murphy
Dates:  October 12-28, 2012
 
A Victorian Age psychological thriller of obsession, beauty and madness.  This chronicle of the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, the English art critic John Ruskin and his wife, Effie, paints a true picture of the cruelty and scandal that devoured their lives.
Directed by Kate Gulliver
 
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN – Our 13th Annual Panto
By Judy Staber and the PantoLoons
Dates: November 23 – December 9, 2012
 
Robin Hood and his men have returned to rob the rich and give back to the poor. Robin and friends rescue Maid Marion and Maude Lynn from the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham and his evil sidekicks with the help of a mysterious hermit.
Directed by Tom Detwiler
 
ALMOST, MAINE
by John Cariani
Dates:  January 18 – February 3, 2013
 
Finding love on a midwinter's night in Almost, Maine is about as likely as seeing the Aurora Borealis.   But when electrons and atoms collide with fate the comic, unexpected results are guaranteed to light up the sky.
Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher
 
 
LETTICE AND LOVAGE
by Peter Shaffer
Dates:  March 15-31, 2013
 
Enlarge! Enliven! Enlighten!
As docent at Fustian Hall, "the dullest house in England", Lettice Duffet employs "the 3 Es" to give visitors the memorable tour they deserve.  But when fiction and fact collide, heads will roll!
Directed by Tom Detwiler
 
THE 25th ANNUAL
PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Music and lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin                                                                                      Dates:  May 17 – June 2, 2013

Can you spell "hilarious?"  The 6 kids vying for the spelling bee trophy sure can!  Who knew that the angst-filled, stress-driven, winner-take-all world of a Junior High spelling competition could be this much fun?
Directed by Rachael Sheffer
 
The Ghent Playhouse is located at 6 Town Hall Place, right off Route 66.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
and each show runs for three weekends.  For more information about The Ghent Playhouse please visit www.ghentplayhouse.org.
Judy Staber
Old Chatham, NY 12136-0072
518-794-9091
pantoloon at fairpoint.net 
www.jstaber.com/

SILVERLANDS Growing Up at the Actors' Orphanage
Available through website, Amazon (print and kindle) and independent bookstores.

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