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May 18, 2022
We are sad to announce that we have had to cancel our production of Auntie Mame. During the first week of May, one of the actors became ill, and tested positive for Covid 19. We altered our rehearsal schedule and decided to try and compress 5 of our 6 planned performances into our final scheduled weekend. Unfortunately, another actor tested positive yesterday. We cannot put the other actors, or our audience, in harms way. We have no choice but to cancel, in the interest of public health. We hope to remount this production in December of 2022. Our decision will largely depend on how severe our financial losses are based on this necessary cancellation. We will keep you posted. Stay safe and stay healthy!
We are sad to announce that we have had to cancel our production of Auntie Mame. During the first week of May, one of the actors became ill, and tested positive for Covid 19. We altered our rehearsal schedule and decided to try and compress 5 of our 6 planned performances into our final scheduled weekend. Unfortunately, another actor tested positive yesterday. We cannot put the other actors, or our audience, in harms way. We have no choice but to cancel, in the interest of public health. We hope to remount this production in December of 2022. Our decision will largely depend on how severe our financial losses are based on this necessary cancellation. We will keep you posted. Stay safe and stay healthy!
Auntie Mame to Help Local Hospital
Local celebration urges us to ‘Live! Live! Live!’
Kingston, MA...Two local theatre companies are joining forces to bring Auntie Mame to the stage this May. Rogue Theatre Company and True Repertory Theatre will be co-producing this much loved, rarely done, classic comedy. Auntie Mame, which enjoyed a lengthy run on Broadway as both a play, and later a musical, as well as popular film versions of each, enjoys an almost cult like following. “Those that know the show, passionately love it,” says Rogue President, Victoria Bond, whose mother was such a fan. “My mother was waiting for me to play Auntie Mame, unfortunately, she passed away before we were able to do the show,” explains Bond. Her mother, who battled Frontotemporal Dementia, was a patient at the Senior Behavioral Health Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Hospital in Plymouth, who cared for her until her passing in January of 2020. $5.00 of every ticket will be donated to the unit that cared for her mother. “I will finally be playing Auntie Mame – it's my way of celebrating my mother and thanking the kind people at BID that cared for her.”
Donald Sheehan, the founder and artistic director of True Repertory Theatre says, “Our theatre companies are like-minded, in that we both try to give back to the community. We have our project 719 community outreach program that regularly tries to give back to the local community and we are happy to be a part of this unique collaboration.” Paul Noonan, an associate artistic director with True Rep remarked, “So many families have to confront cognitive failures and everyone in the cast is proud to be working on this project, to not only raise money for a local resource, but to help raise awareness of the issue.”
The story revolves around young Patrick Dennis who loses his father and goes to live with his eccentric Auntie Mame in New York City, where he becomes a part of her madcap life. The show will be directed by Donald Sheehan, who said of the production, “This is a fast-paced, funny show with a lot of characters and locations. It gives us an opportunity to be creative and I think audiences will love Auntie Mame.” Adds Victoria Bond, “She is someone who believes in loving life and living it to the fullest -- I can’t think of a better message right now. As Auntie Mame says, “Yes! Live! Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
The cast includes Victoria Bond (Plymouth), Payton St. James (Provincetown), Chris Bailey (Plymouth), Donald Sheehan (Pembroke), Paul Noonan (Taunton), Andy Riel (Plymouth), Meredith Johnson (North Attleboro), Scotty Kippenham (Rockland), Julie Butler (Pembroke), Mark Reed (Hull), Thomas McCoy (Marshfield), Olivia Foley (Quincy), and Anthea Dimond of Kingston will stage manage.
Auntie Mame will be presented at The Beal House, 222 Main St., in Kingston, on May 13, 14, 20, 21 at 8:00PM and May 15 and 22 at 3:00PM. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $22 for seniors and students and may be purchased at the door or through the True Rep website, www.truereptheatre.com.
Local celebration urges us to ‘Live! Live! Live!’
Kingston, MA...Two local theatre companies are joining forces to bring Auntie Mame to the stage this May. Rogue Theatre Company and True Repertory Theatre will be co-producing this much loved, rarely done, classic comedy. Auntie Mame, which enjoyed a lengthy run on Broadway as both a play, and later a musical, as well as popular film versions of each, enjoys an almost cult like following. “Those that know the show, passionately love it,” says Rogue President, Victoria Bond, whose mother was such a fan. “My mother was waiting for me to play Auntie Mame, unfortunately, she passed away before we were able to do the show,” explains Bond. Her mother, who battled Frontotemporal Dementia, was a patient at the Senior Behavioral Health Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Hospital in Plymouth, who cared for her until her passing in January of 2020. $5.00 of every ticket will be donated to the unit that cared for her mother. “I will finally be playing Auntie Mame – it's my way of celebrating my mother and thanking the kind people at BID that cared for her.”
Donald Sheehan, the founder and artistic director of True Repertory Theatre says, “Our theatre companies are like-minded, in that we both try to give back to the community. We have our project 719 community outreach program that regularly tries to give back to the local community and we are happy to be a part of this unique collaboration.” Paul Noonan, an associate artistic director with True Rep remarked, “So many families have to confront cognitive failures and everyone in the cast is proud to be working on this project, to not only raise money for a local resource, but to help raise awareness of the issue.”
The story revolves around young Patrick Dennis who loses his father and goes to live with his eccentric Auntie Mame in New York City, where he becomes a part of her madcap life. The show will be directed by Donald Sheehan, who said of the production, “This is a fast-paced, funny show with a lot of characters and locations. It gives us an opportunity to be creative and I think audiences will love Auntie Mame.” Adds Victoria Bond, “She is someone who believes in loving life and living it to the fullest -- I can’t think of a better message right now. As Auntie Mame says, “Yes! Live! Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
The cast includes Victoria Bond (Plymouth), Payton St. James (Provincetown), Chris Bailey (Plymouth), Donald Sheehan (Pembroke), Paul Noonan (Taunton), Andy Riel (Plymouth), Meredith Johnson (North Attleboro), Scotty Kippenham (Rockland), Julie Butler (Pembroke), Mark Reed (Hull), Thomas McCoy (Marshfield), Olivia Foley (Quincy), and Anthea Dimond of Kingston will stage manage.
Auntie Mame will be presented at The Beal House, 222 Main St., in Kingston, on May 13, 14, 20, 21 at 8:00PM and May 15 and 22 at 3:00PM. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $22 for seniors and students and may be purchased at the door or through the True Rep website, www.truereptheatre.com.
