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IRVING BERLIN'S ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

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Fauquier Community Theatre’s 47^th Anniversary Season opens with the musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun

Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun (Stone Version) opens on the FCT stage on September 13 and runs for nine performances through September 29. The musical with a cast of 30 actors is directed by Jeff Walker with music director Doray Walker.

Jeff Walker says, “This story of the “real” love story between sharpshooter Annie and her beau and sometimes rival Frank Butler is now told through the lens of the Wild West Show they headlined all those years ago. I am honored to help bring this American Musical Comedy to life on our FCT stage."

The show has big musical song and dance numbers. Choreographer Marie-Louise Lyon and the talented cast bring out all the bells and whistles in this big Broadway musical! There are eight musicians who play the musical score under the baton of Annette Fakoury. The score features some of Irving Berlin's most beloved songs, including "There's No Business Like Show Business," "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun," "Doin' What Comes Naturally" and "Anything You Can Do."

Annie Get Your Gun is the fictionalized story of Annie Oakley, one of the world’s most famous sharpshooters. Written by Irving Berlin and Herbert and Dorothy Fields, and revised by Peter Stone, the musical comedy celebrates Annie Oakley's stormy, competitive relationship with Frank Butler, a dashing vaudeville marksman, as they tour the country as the stars of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.”

Actress Elizabeth Steimel (pictured on the playbill) says she is “ecstatic to be playing the iconic role of Annie Oakley in this show.” This is Elizabeth's 46th show of her acting career and her 8th show with Fauquier Community Theatre.

Hunter Elliot (pictured on the playbill) in the role of Frank Butler says he “is excited to be making his Fauquier Community Theatre debut and returning to the world of theatre again.”

Gary Adams (pictured below) is “thankful to have the chance to portray America’s first superstar Buffalo Bill Cody.”

Set design is by Peter Marsh and the producer that ties everything together is Don Richardson. The playbill that includes the entire cast and production crew, can be found under the Playbills menu tab on the FCT website at www.FCTstage.org. Printed copies will also be available for audience members.

The production is by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals. Photo credits: Stephen Rummel Photography.

Performances for Annie Get Your Gun will take place on Fridays and weekends from Friday, September 13, 2024 - Sunday, September 29, 2024. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinees are at 2 pm. Tickets are on sale at www.FCTstage.org. Choose your favorite seating choices today!

SCROOGE! THE MUSICAL

A HOLIDAY FAVORITE!

NINE PERFORMANCES - DECEMBER 6 - 15

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SCROOGE! THE MUSICAL

FOR ALL AGES TO ENJOY!

Fauquier Community Theatre presents Scrooge! The Musical as the holiday production for FCT's 47th anniversary season!

Actors and audiences are sure to love this musical based on the classic Charles Dickens tale of A Christmas Carol. Book, Music, and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, the award-winning British composer, lyricist, and playwright.

The production is by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals. The musical is directed by Jack Tessier with music director Anthony Smitha. Choreography is by Gabrielle Tessier. The full cast and production team list is posted on the FCT website home page: www.FCTstage.org.

Nine performances of Scrooge! The Musical will take place between December 6 and December 15, 2024. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 7:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday matinees are at 2 pm.

All performances take place at the Vint Hill Theater on the Green located at 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA.

All tickets are for reserved seating and available online now at www.FCTstage.org. Choose your favorite seating options today!

A special thank you to the local community production sponsor: Brookside and Old Town Neighbors Magazine.

NEW! AUDITIONS!

A COMEDY!

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

Audition Dates:

Thursday, October 24 from 7 pm - 9:30 pm

Saturday, October 26 from 10 am - 12:30 pm

Synopsis: From Dramatists Play Service

From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes the smash hit farce!

Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920's whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.

Roles: All roles are for ages 18 and over.

6 Men

2 Women

4 Men or women

Note to potential actors: This play is a very physical show where you may need to fall, lift other actors, stretch, jump and hang on items. You may also need to do some improv.

During auditions you will need to stay the entire time. Also, you do not need to prepare anything in advance.

For more information and to register for an audition, visit www.FCTstage.org

and click on the Auditions menu tab. Auditions will take place at the Vint Hill Theater on the Green located at 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, Virginia.

Auditioning for all roles is open to the public. All roles are as volunteers with no monetary compensation.

FCT's production of the comedy The Play That Goes Wrong is directed by Scott Olson and produced by Maggie Swan.

Rehearsals to begin the first week of November.

Holiday Rehearsal Breaks:

November 27 - December 1

December 23 - January 2

Nine performances of The Play That Goes Wrong will take place from January 31 - February 16, 2025. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinees are at 2 pm.

All performances take place at the Vint Hill Theater on the Green located at 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA.

All tickets are for reserved seating and available online now at www.FCTstage.org. Choose your favorite seating options today!

Presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service under license from Mischief Worldwide Ltd.

NEW! AUDITIONS!

INHERIT THE WIND

SAVE THE DATES!

Cast size – 21 men, six women, two boys, one girl.

This is the play that has as its genesis in the events of the famous Scopes trial. One of the most outstanding dramas of our time.

Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Directed by Leslie Anne Ross. This production is by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.

“A masterpiece. This is the test: to see a play once, twice, three times. And each time to leave the theatre as deeply moved, as enlightened, as lifted up, as magnificently entertained. And as convinced that it is one of the truly great American dramas of this century.” —Scripps-Howard.

More information will be posted soon under the Audition menu tab on FCT's website: www.FCTstage.org.

Fauquier Community Theatre Presents the

2024 - 2025 Season

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An exciting season with something for everyone!