Community Theatre Arts Centre (1221 – 10th Ave SW, MEDICINE HAT)
This
facility is owned jointly by The Medicine Hat Musical
Theatre and The Medicine Hat Firehall Theatre Society.
The theatre, work shop and storage areas embody the Medicine
Hat community spirit, having been built with thousands of volunteer
hours.The facility is
maintained by volunteers.
Theatre
is to be enjoyed by all who enter the facility whether as a patron,
an actor or a crew member.
CTAC takes pride in this facility, its productions, and the
opportunities it offers.
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Book by Terrence McNally
Five unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York are miserable. They
have no cash and no prospects. One guy needs money to keep paying child
support, or he'll lose joint custody of his son. One guy is fat and
self-conscious. The former boss who teaches the guys to dance hasn't
told his wife that he's out of work. They're running out of options.
Meanwhile, they catch their wives and other women going crazy over the
Chippendale dancers who have come to perform in their city. The five
men then set out to make some quick cash showing off their ‘real man’
bodies by becoming a team of male strippers. In lieu of the sculpted
bodies the women have been drooling over, they'll do something that the
Chippendale's won't- -go all the way! As the guys work through their
fears, self-consciousness and anxieties, they find strength as a group
and overcome their inner demons.
__________________ "What have you done today to make you feel PROUD? (Proud, Heather Small)
Dec. 4 - 6, 11-13, 2009 The Gifts of the Magi (A Christmas Musical)
A Musical from the stories of O. Henry Book by Mark St. Germain, Music by Randy Courts Lyrics by Randy Courts & Mark St. Germain
Director: Tom Rooke
MEDICINE HAT Community Theatre Arts Centre (1221 - 10 Ave SW, Medicine Hat)
The Gifts of the Magi is a musical play based the stories of American author O. Henry. In this story Jim & Della, two young people very much in love but struggling through hard times in New York City in the early 1900’s, show what gift-giving is all about as they each make sacrifices to get the perfect Christmas gift for each other.
We are also introduced to a lovable rogue, Soapy Smith, who only wants to get in from the cold by getting himself arrested. But alas at Christmas time no one wants to arrest him.
Then there are the folks of New York City aptly played by only two actors representing City Him and City Her. The whole story unfolds through the narrator, an affable young newsboy called Willy. This is a musical that will warm anyone’s heart and is a perfect Christmas story for the whole family.
With permission from Dramatists Play Services, Inc
www.ctacmedhat.com
Edited by Tyler on 24 November 2009 at 9:37pm
__________________ "What have you done today to make you feel PROUD? (Proud, Heather Small)
by John Cameron Mitchell Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directors: Eden Unger & Margaret Brown Produced by Linda and Lawrence Gordon
MEDICINE HAT Community Theatre Arts Centre (1221 - 10 Ave SW, Medicine Hat)
Featuring: Nigel Doe (Hedwig); Mandy Theal Bortolussi (Yitzak); Matthew Sandford (Tommy); Carly Beth Turnbull (Hansel); Marty Schultz (Luther); John Beaven (Mother); & Jeffery Barrett (Angry Inch)
This groundbreaking Obi-Winning Off-Broadway smash also won multiple awards for its hit film adaptation. It tells the story of “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig Schmidt, a fourth-wall smashing East German Rock ’n’ Roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation, which has left her with just “an angry inch.” This outrageous and unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed by Hedwig (nee Hansel) in the form of a rock gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by the hard-rocking band “The Angry Inch.” Using songs and monologues, Hedwig tells her story, which began in the former East Berlin where as Hansel he meets Luther, an American GI who promises to take the young man to the States on the condition that he switch his sex. After the bungled operation, Luther abandons newly named Hedwig in a Kansas trailer park where she turns to music and meets geeky Tommy Speck, whom she takes under her wing and soon falls for. Tommy steals her songs, achieves rock star fame, and Hedwig is once again cast aside. She decides to demand redress and stalks Tommy’s world tour, performing in the T.G.I. Friday’s that are situated next door to his stadiums. Hedwig describes her life’s search for “The Origin of Love” and her other half. It’s a rocking ride, funny touching and ultimately inspiring to anyone who has felt life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile.
Tickets: Adults - $24, Students - $19 (student ID required at door) Mature audiences only
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