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Fundraising Dinner –September 15, 2023

Dream with Us!

What might our Stage look like at the Wieting after renovation?

The Catskill Community Players and The Wieting Theatre Board Invite YOU to a…

Fabulous Fundraising Dinner Celebration!

The Catskill Community Players and The Wieting Theatre invite YOU…

To a Fabulous Fundraising Dinner Celebration…

At the Historic Wieting Theatre SECRET Ballroom

LIVE MUSIC! BUFFET DINNER! A WONDERFUL CAUSE AND A GREAT TIME FOR ALL!!

NO ADMISSION FEE!

WHERE: the Historic Wieting Theatre’s SECRET Banquet Room, 168 Main St., Worcester, NY

LIVE MUSIC! BUFFET DINNER! A WONDERFUL CAUSE AND A GREAT TIME FOR ALL!!

On Friday September 15, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. and on through the evening, come join us at the historic Wieting Theatre at 168 Main Street in Worcester New York, to have fun, to eat delicious food, and to enjoy the great live music of TP and The Hunt Club. Admire the beautiful theatre and learn about the ongoing efforts to restore it to performance glory, and support that effort with a donation that will go to both the Wieting Theater and to the Catskill Community Players– the wonderful local theater group that has been entertaining us for forty five years with lively, high quality plays and performances right here in Otsego and Delaware Counties, often live on stage right at the Wieting Theater!

There is NO ADMISSION PRICE! Just come and have a good time. Bring your families, bring your friends. You’ll be invited to make a donation right there at the theater, which will be split between these two great community organizations to help them continue to bring excellent live theater and worthwhile community activities for the whole area to enjoy for years to come. No donation is too small! and no donation is too large! There will be a silent auction too, all the proceeds of which will go to the same good cause, so you might find a wonderful souvenir of the evening to bid on and take home with you! Please register at this EventBrite link to help us with the planning. It’ll be so much fun to have you with us.

LIVE MUSIC will be provided for your listening and dancing pleasure! We’re delighted to have performing live at the theater the fabulous local combo TP and The Hunt Club. TP & The Hunt Club brings pianist Rob Hunt to the jazz trio Triple Play. Featuring Joe Siracusa on guitar, Joe Tokarowski on drums and bassist Angus Mackie, The quartet plays their take on the Great American Song Book with a blend of Latin, swing and pop standards, sure to make your evening charmed and memorable.

This is your chance to see the fabulous little gem of a theater that’s been a fixture of downtown Worcester since the days of vaudeville; to meet many of the wonderful actors who have performed on the Wieting stage; to listen as the theater restoration project is described and to enjoy the friendly conversation, great live music and delicious food. Stroll through this historic building! It’s just a twenty minute drive on I-88 from downtown Oneonta! Be there or be square!!

BUFFET DINNER. . .

Bring your appetite! Members of the Catskill Community Players and the Wieting Theatre Board are going to prepare and bring delicious potluck dishes, and we’re also lucky to be having the wonderful support of a longtime local booster of the Wieting Theatre — Jack’s Pub and Restaurant — who will be providing a real spread of hearty casseroles and yummy lasagnas. Thanks, Jack’s!!

RSVP at the EventBrite Event Page!

If you’d like to attend the event please register at the Ticket Link so we count you in for planning purposes.There will also be an opportunity to donate at the event, so bring your checkbook!

Want to donate but can’t be there at the event? You may donate directly here through our donation button! or send a check to the CCP address listed below.

You can also donate by mail at the following address:

Catskill Community Players

Rebecca Maeder Chien, Treasurer

PO Box 308

Delhi, NY 13753

Your donations will ensure the Wieting Theatre and the Catskill Community Players continued commitment to high quality community theater and events!

the historic Wieting Theatre

Learn More about the Historic Wieting Theatre here. . .

The Cast of “Office Hours”, a comedy by Norm Foster, May 21, 2023.

Catskill Community Players productions are made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.

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Auditions — THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY

Open Auditions For November 3, 4, 5 Comedy!

The Catskill Community Players announce
auditions for
“The Savannah Sipping Society”
a Comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten

Directed by Lissa Sidoli

The Catskill Community Players announce auditions for their Fall Comedy, “The Savannah Sipping Society”, a comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, and directed by Lissa Sidoli. Roles are available for four women, ages 50-70, at all levels of acting experience.

Auditions will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St. (use Church Street entrance) on Sunday, August 13, @ 3:00PM, and Tuesday August 15, @ 6:30PM. Those who wish to audition should bring a schedule of conflicts from August 21 through November 5 for rehearsal planning purposes. Those auditioning will be asked to read pages from the script, which will be provided. If you would like to preview a script, contact the director, Lissa Sidoli, at sidoli19@yahoo.com. The play will be presented on November 3rd and 4th at 7:30 p.m., and November 5th at 2:00 p.m., with a possible additional matinée on November 4th at 2:00 p.m., at the historic Wieting Theatre in Worcester, NY.

Play Description:
In this delightful Jones, Hope, & Wooten comedy, 4 unique women all needing to escape day-to-day routine are brought together by Fate at a yoga class and an impromptu happy hour. Each is confronting her own individual, unexpected, and unsettling life event leaving each lost and uncertain. Over the course of six months, filled with laughter, hilarious misadventures, and occasional liquid refreshment, these middle-aged women successfully bond and find the confidence to restart their lives.

Character Descriptions:

Randa: -perfectionist/workaholic struggles to cope with surprise career derailment

Dot: -must restart new life from scratch after beloved husband’s death and at a loss as to how to begin

Marlafaye: -earthy, boisterous; leaves Texas after cheating husband leaves her for his 23 year old dental hygienist to start over in Savannah, but how?

Jinx: -spunky ball of fire offers services as a much needed life coach full of ambition but little experience.

For more info on The Catskill Community Players, a 48 year old company, go to www.catskillplayers.org, AND find Catskill Community Players on Facebook.

“Like Us” & “Follow” to get updates!

CCP events are made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a program of the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.

CCP is a recipient of a Community Events Grant administered by the Otsego County Government.

If you can volunteer to help us in any way on the production we need you! (Stage Managing, Costuming, Lighting, Ushering, Sets, Painting, Props, etc.) please reply to this email or call/text Diana Friedell if you would like to participate. dianafriedell@gmail.com; Phone: ‭(607) 433-2089‬.

AUDITIONS:

WHEN:
Sunday, August 13th
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
AND
Tuesday, August 15th
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

WHERE:
First United Methodist Church
Fellowship Room
(Located on the corner of Chestnut and Church Streets. Enter through the Church Street door on the left side of the building.)

or by Special Arrangement w/Director Lissa Sidoli

BRING: Your Calendar so you can note your conflicts- any times you are NOT available to rehearse for rehearsal planning purposes. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Performance Dates:
Friday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30 pm
(possibly) Saturday, November 5, 2023 at 2 pm
Saturday, November 5, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 2 pm

All performances are at the Wieting Theater in Worcester, NY. Rehearsals will be both in Oneonta and in Worcester.

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Catskill Community Players announce cast of OFFICE HOURS


The Catskill Community Players’ next production, Office Hours, will be staged at the Worcester Theater May 19, 20, & 21. This fast-paced comedy by Norm Foster is directed by Nancy Bondurant-Couch.

The cast includes Michael Breglia, Ben Friedell, Diana Friedell, Maria Johnson, Lee Lattimer, Caitlin Liberati, Rebecca Maeder-Chien, Ben Magill, Andy Puritz, Charlie Reiman, Diane Stammel, and Laurie Wehmeyer.

Image of a postcard that reads "Catskill Community Players Present 'Office Hours', a comedy by Norm Foster, directed by Nancy Bondurant Couch. May 19th & 20th at 7:30 p.m., May 20th & 21st at 2:00 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 168 Main Street, Worcester, NY. 'Keep your schedule open, and your therapist on speed dial.' Tickets available at catskillplayers.org."

For more information and tickets, visit the CCP website: http://catskillplayers.org or the Catskill Community Players Facebook page.

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LOVE OR BEST OFFER – March 16

WHEN: March 16, 7:00, show at 7:30

WHERE: CANO, 11 Ford Ave. Oneonta, NY

Catskill Community Players present a dramatic reading of Phil Olson’s new play “Love or Best Offer”, a comedy about the trials of online dating for the Over 50 generation. Directed by Lissa Sidoli, admission is free, donations are welcome. The L.A. author plans to be in attendance via ZOOM, and welcomes questions & comments. Attend in person (seating is limited) or via zoom. Get link when you register. Desserts, wine & beverages are available by donation. This is a fundraiser for CCP, bringing quality theater to the Otsego County community since 1974!

The show features actors Linda Reese, Kristin Sloth, Mark Murphy, and J Lentner.

Phil Olson has written 18 published plays that have had over 450 productions in seven countries. Twelve of his plays are published by Samuel French/Concord Theatricals. Mr. Olson will join us via Zoom from Los Angeles and welcomes audience feedback.

MORE INFO/To Register (seating is limited) . . .

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=rlugxclab&oeidk=a07ejoldptm89d59a2c

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AUDITIONS — ‘OFFICE HOURS’

The Catskill Community Players announce auditions for their spring comedy, “OFFICE HOURS”, written by Norm Foster.

Director Nancy Bondurant-Couch invites all those who are interested to give it a try. Flexible casting allows up to 16 roles with a variety of genders and ages (20s and up.)

Auditions will be held in the fellowship hall of the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Saturday, March 4 at 3:00

Sunday, March 5 at 3:00

Those who wish to audition may attend either of those dates.

Scripts will be provided at the Audition.  Nancy asks that you bring your calendar with you to audition, so you can submit your conflicts for creating a rehearsal schedule.

Performances will be held at

The Wieting Theatre

168 Main Street, Worcester, NY 12197

Friday, May 19 at 7:30 pm

• A possible matinee performance Saturday, May 20 at 2:00 pm

Saturday, May 20 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, May 21 at 2:00 pm

For further info please email Nancy Bondurant-Couch at nancybcouch@yahoo.com 

About the Play:

Office Hours is a full-length comedy by Norm Foster. Six separate stories are unfolding in six separate offices on one Friday afternoon. In true Norm Foster style, it makes us laugh at our humanity, cleverly linking a TV news producer, a pair of Canadian movie producers, a rather unsavory agent, an entertainment lawyer, a horse track owner. and a psychiatrist. This highly acclaimed theatrical comedy is a madcap race towards quitting time. It’s a wild ride with an ending that sends the audience into a collective howl.

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Fundraiser for the Wieting Theatre

Pictured: Lissa Sidoli, plays “Josephine” in “Dating at the Planetarium"
Lissa Sidoli, plays “Josephine” in “Dating at the Planetarium”

Come one, come all! The Catskill Community Players are proud to be hosting a fundraising event for the historic Wieting Theatre, located in Worcester, NY, to update, enhance, and replace production lighting and stage curtains. Your support is needed!

The event will be held on Wednesday, October 26 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the B Side Ballroom in Oneonta (1 Clinton Plaza Drive).

Patrons will enjoy dinner, dessert, and coffee, as well as a cash bar.

CCP cast members will be on hand to perform excerpts from the upcoming November production of Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies, directed by Nancy Bondurant-Couch, and premiering at the Wieting Theatre on November 4, 5, and 6.

Diana Friedell, CCP President, and Andy O’Dell, Wieting Theatre board President, will tell the story of the historic Wieting Theatre and its vital role in the community.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/430927314197

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EXHIBIT THIS! — November 4–6

Catskill Community Players

presents

“Exhibit This!” by Luigi Jannuzzi

Directed by Nancy Bondurant-Couch

Produced by Diana Friedell, Lissa Sidoli, and J Lentner

This delightful, unique comedy was chosen as #1 pick by New York Magazine, featuring 13 comedic short plays and monologues based on exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Mix in artists, security guards, critics, lovers, curators and one very special night of comic hilarity! Even the artwork speaks to the audience!

FOUR PERFORMANCES

TWO MATINEES

Friday November 4, 7:30pm

Saturday November 5, 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Sunday November 6, 2:00pm

FEATURING:

Ben Friedell Diane Stammel Mark Murphy

Diana Friedell Carol Dean Maria Johnson

Gary Koutnik Ben Magill

Rebecca Maeder Chien Charlie Reiman Caitlin Liberati

Christine Juliano Lee Lattimer Abbey Koutnik

Andy Puritz Kath Roth Lissa Sidoli

Rosemary Summers Kathy Varadi

www.catskillplayers.org

The Catskill Community Players is a not-for-profit community theater group founded in 1974. Its purpose is to provide and promote high quality theater to communities everywhere in Upstate NY.     

The group has, most recently, been performing at the Wieting Theater in Worcester, NY. They have also performed at Delhi Tech’s Farrell Hall Little Theater,  Foothills Performing Arts Center, and at Stamford Central School. 

In September 2016, Catskill Community Players merged with Catskill Theatre Works, a beloved Delhi, NY based theater company under the direction of Alan Davino for 16 years.

The Players’ first production was in 1975 with Life with Father and over the years, they have put on 78 productions. Neil Simon’s Rumors in 2022 was CCP’s celebratory return from the pandemic pause.

So many dedicated directors, actors and production staff members have put in countless hours preparing for and presenting each of these productions. We love to make the audience laugh, cry, find joy and forget the world, even for a little while! Thank you for supporting community theater at its best. Your program ad, should you choose to place one, will be viewed by hundreds of your neighbors & clientele. “Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

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Auditions — ‘EXHIBIT THIS!’

Catskill Community Players

announce

AUDITIONS for:

“Exhibit This!”

a Comedy by Luigi Jannuzzi,

Directed by Nancy Bondurant-Couch

WHEN: PLEASE NOTE- TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS!!

Saturday, 8/20, 3pm at the Wieting Theatre, Worcester, NY

Sunday, 8/21, 3pm + Tuesday, 8/23, 5:30pm BOTH at the First United Methodist Church, Oneonta

This new comedic hit features SEVEN comedic plays and SIX monologues based on 50+ exhibits at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Paintings, sculptures, antiquities, & fertility gods emerge from their molds & frames. Mix in some artists, guards, critics, lovers, curators, and one very special night. In fact, even the artwork speaks to the audience!

• A great opportunity for those ready to “dip their toes” into acting!!

• Roles for a variety of genders and ages (teens and up) are available.

• Choose to work alone on a monologue, or in a scene with others!

• Scripts provided at the Audition

• Bring your Calendar for rehearsal planning

PERFORMANCES: Friday, Saturday 11/4 & 11/5 at 7:30; Sat. & Sunday 11/5 & 6, 2pm

at the Wieting Theatre in Worcester, NY

Questions? Nancy: nancybcouch@yahoo.com, Director

Diana: dianafriedell@gmail.com, 607-433-2089, Producer

“Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

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Catskill Community Players present “Rumors”, a comedy by Neil Simon

Catskill Players presents "Rumors" a comedy by Neil Simon

We’re Baaack! Join the laughter and celebration as the Catskill Community Players bring Neil Simon’s hilarious comedy, Rumors, to the Wieting Theatre.


About this event

UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE: Safety Measures for All Performances: Wearing masks is now required at all times inside the theater building, in order to protect our cast, crew, and audience members.

The Catskill Community Players, celebrating their 48th year, are proud to present Neil Simon’s fast-paced, side-splitting comedy RUMORS at the Wieting Theatre, 168 Main St. in Worcester, NY, April 29th, 30th, at 7:30 pm, and a 2pm Matinee on May 1st, 2022.

The Wieting Theatre is a historic gem-, built in 1910, the theatre was host to many vaudeville troupes, touring across the U.S. by train and stopping to perform at the Wieting. We often hear the phrase “ If only walls could talk, the stories we would hear”- and yet in this theater, the walls DO talk: Signatures of cast members from past shows from as far back as 1920 adorn the backstage walls.

Rumors Plot Summary: On a lovely night in June, at a large, tastefully-appointed townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of farce! Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room, and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken, and wife, Chris, must get “the story” straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and miscommunications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.

A cast of local favorites await you in this hilarious telling of a celebration gone wrong. Maria Johnson and Ben Friedell are Ken and Chris Gorman, the first on the scene at the anniversary bash; J Lentner and Diane Stammel are the next to arrive, as Lenny and Claire Ganz; soon after that, Diana Friedell and Mark Murphy appear as Cookie and Ernie Cusack; rounding out the couples are Michael Tamburrino and Rhiannon LaCross as the young and ambitious Glenn and Cassie Cooper. Also joining the cast are Charlie Reiman and Abbey Koutnik as the officers Welch and Pudney, who show up wondering what’s true, and what’s not.

RUMORS is under the direction of Lissa Sidoli, with Diana Friedell producing, stage management by Deb Bruce, Diane Stammel in charge of costumes, and a set designed by Andy O’Dell and Charlie Reiman, with set painting & decoration by Abbey Koutnik.

UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE: Safety Measures for All Performances: Wearing masks is now required at all times inside the theater building, in order to protect our cast, crew, and audience members.

Please note that in order to protect our cast, crew, and audience members, these safety measures can change at any time.

Find out More about CCP at http://catskillplayers.org/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/catskillcommunityplayers. Purchase tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/catskill-players-presents-rumors-a-comedy-by-neil-simon-tickets-295909101087

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Ken Gorman, played by Dr. Ben Friedell, plotting with his wife Chris, played by Maria Johnson, what to do when they arrive for a fancy anniversary party and the hosts are not there!
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“Ernie” played by Mark Murphy, helps his wife “Cookie” (Diana Friedell) with her back spasm.
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Senator Glen Cooper (played by Michael Tamburrino) is having a little spat with his wife Cassie (played by Rhiannon LaCross).
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Lenny (played by J Lentner) arrives at the dinner party a little worse for wear after someone hit his BMW. Claire (Diane Stammel) tends to her swollen lip.

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Auditions — RUMORS

The Catskill Community Players host auditions for Rumors by Neil Simon, directed by Lissa Sidoli, and produced by Diana Friedell.

Auditions
Location: Foothills PAC (ATRIUM), 24 Market, Oneonta
Dates & Times: Wednesday, September 29, 5:30-7pm
Sunday, October 3, 3:00-4:30pm
And…….over Zoom by appointment
Thursday, September 30, 5:30-7

Performances will be held at the
Worcester Wieting Theater, Worcester, NY
April 29, 30, at 8 pm and May 1 at 2 pm (2022)

Seeking Actors for 4–6 female roles and 4–6 male roles, age range 30-70

Those who wish to audition should bring a schedule of conflicts from January 10 thru May 1 (2022) for rehearsal planning purposes. Those auditioning will be asked to read pages from the script, which will be provided.

Play Description:
“America’s premier comic playwright delighted audiences with this out-and-out funny offering.

Four couples are at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. The party never begins because the host has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound) and his wife is missing. His lawyer’s cover-up gets progressively more difficult to sustain as the other guests arrive and nobody can remember who has told what about whom. Doors slam and hilarity abounds as the couples get more and more crazed.”

Character breakdown
10 roles
4-6 men
4-6 women

CHRIS GORMAN – attractive woman, beautifully dressed, 30-60, lead role
KEN GORMAN – husband to Chris, lawyer, smartly dressed, 40-70, lead role

CLAIRE GANZ – attractive woman, evening gown, 30-60, supporting role
LENNIE GANZ – husband to Claire, tuxedo, 40-70, tax attorney, supporting role

COOKIE CUSACK – wife to Ernie, cooking show host, 30-60, bad back injury, supporting role
ERNIE CUSACK – husband to Cookie, psychotherapist, deferential, 40-70, supporting role

GLENN COOPER – handsome, 40-70, running for Senate, featured role
CASSIE COOPER – very attractive, 30-60, well-dressed, featured role

OFFICER WELCH – strong vigorous 30-50 male or female, featured role
OFFICER PUDNEY – younger 30-40, female, featured role

More information on the Catskill Community Players, this 46 year old theater company, which has recently merged with the Catskill Theatre Works of Delhi, can be seen at www.catskillplayers.org, or find Catskill Community Players on Facebook.

For more information, to review a script, or to schedule Zoom audition, please contact Lissa Sidoli at sidoli19@yahoo.com.