Community Cinema: For Once in My Life

Join the West Point Community Theatre for "For Once in My Life," the fourth film in our new Community Cinema documentary series. The showing is FREE and open to the public. A discussion with the audience will be held immediately following the film. The event will take place on Thursday, January 20 at 7:30 p.m.

For Once in My Life is the story of a unique band of singers and musicians, and their journey to show the world the greatness – and killer soundtrack – within each of them. The 28 band members have a wide range of mental and physical disabilities, as well as musical abilities that extend into ranges of pure genius. In a cinema vérite style, the film explores the struggles and triumphs, and the healing power of music, as the band members' unique talents are nurtured to challenge the world's perceptions.

Community Cinema: Deep Down

Join the West Point Community Theatre for "Deep Down," the second film in our new Community Cinema documentary series. The showing is FREE and open to the public. A talk on energy and natural resources with audience discussion will be held immediately following the film.

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. When a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their community, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the world — who controls, consumes, and benefits from the planet's dwindling supply of natural resources? In a small town in dire economic straits and high unemployment, the coal company’s offer to buy land and provide jobs can be hard to resist. What can a community do when it must choose between its present and its future?

Last Weekend of Charley's Aunt!

In case you missed it last weekend, you still have two more chances to catch the West Point Community Theatre's hilarious fall comedy, "Charley's Aunt."

Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil. Cancelling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now?

Join the West Point Community Theatre for "Charley's Aunt" directed by Brandee Johnson and Jerry Hugo.

Remaining Performance Dates and Times Are:
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Friday, November 12...............7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 13...........7:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at all West Point Banks, Petro Mart, and online at www.WestPointCommunityTheatre.org

The characters and their respective actors are as follows:

Col. Sir Francis Chesney...........Vaughn Beed
Stephen Spettigue....................Barry Johnson
Jack Chesney............................Brian Kreikemeier
Charles Wykeham.....................James Schuetze
Lord Fancourt Babberley..........Chase Becker
Brassett...................................Dan Birchem
Donna Lucia D'Alvdorez...........Marlene Wiechman
Kitty Verdun............................Brittany Ramig
Amy Spettigue.........................Sarah Scherer
Ela Delahay..............................Tabetha Holman

Upcoming Events

It's flurry of activity at the West Point Community Theatre and we'd like to let you know about a few upcoming events!

On Wednesday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m., Nebraska Shakespeare will present Romeo & Juliet. This show will be free and open to the public. Lutist Jeffrey Bunce of Oakland will provide period music beginning at 7:00. Nebraska Shakespeare will also travel to the West Point schools earlier in the day and present workshops on acting and Shakespearean Theatre. This event is generously sponsored by the West Point Community Arts Council.

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Community Cinema comes to the West Point area with the premiere of Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian with a free screening on Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining, insightful, and often humorous look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema and examining the ways that the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding —and misunderstanding— of Natives. The Community Cinema screening of Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Nancy Gillis, of Cherokee/Muskogee/Choctaw heritage and executive director of the John G. Neihardt Center and Adjunct Professor of History at Wayne State College. Nancy will address key issues such as Native American Stereotypes.

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Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil. Cancelling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now?

Join the West Point Community Theatre for "Charley's Aunt" directed by Brandee Johnson and Jerry Hugo. Performance Dates and Times Are:

Friday, November 5.................7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 6.............7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 7...............2:00 p.m.
Friday, November 12...............7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 13...........7:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at all West Point Banks, Petro Mart, and online at www.WestPointCommunityTheatre.org





The characters and their respective actors are as follows:

Col. Sir Francis Chesney.............Vaughn Beed
Stephen Spettigue.......................Barry Johnson
Jack Chesney..............................Brian Kreikemeier
Charles Wykeham......................James Schuetze
Lord Fancourt Babberley...........Chase Becker
Brassett......................................Jerry Hugo
Donna Lucia D'Alvdorez...........Marlene Wiechman
Kitty Verdun..............................Brittany Ramig
Amy Spettigue...........................Sarah Scherer
Ela Delahay...............................Tabetha Holman

WPCT Float Wins Frist Prize at Cuming County Fair!

The West Point Community Theatre was awarded first prize in the 2010 Cuming County Fair for best theme float. This year’s theme was, “Yesterday’s Memories, Tomorrow’s Dreams.” Read the full story at the West Point News.

Tryouts Dates for Fall Production

Tryouts for the West Point Community Theatre's Fall comedy will be Tuesday, August 17 and Wednesday, August 18 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. on-stage at the Theatre.

Director for this production is Brandee Johnson with Jerry Hugo as Assistant Director.

We will present "Charley's Aunt" - a British comedy in three acts. 6 men and 4 women will be cast for the performance. Additional support members will be needed for set design and construction, costuming, advertising, work the performances, etc.

The play will be performed on:
Friday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 p.m.
Friday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday November 13 at 7:30 p.m.

July Update

It's been a while since we've updated you on what's happening at the theatre. Be assured, we've been quite busy any many exciting things are happening!

Our landscaping project is nearing completion. Nearly all of the planting are in and the entire area has been freshly sodded. Initial bandstand drawings are complete and we hope that construction will begin in the coming months.

Next week, we will begin the renovation of the concession stand. We will be having a demolition and clean up night at the theatre on Tuesday, July 27 at 5:30 p.m. We will start demolition of the concession stand. We will also have clean up outside around the building to spruce it up for the fair. We would appreciate all the help we can get.

If you want to have a full update on what's going on at the theatre, we encourage you to attend the bi-monthly general meeting of the Community Theatre, which will be held Wednesday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m.

Our children's acting workshop was a complete success! Both sessions were completely full. The kids worked very hard and put on an excellent performance last night.

Our summer melodrama, "I Only Have Fangs for You" was also quite successful and will debut once again during the Cuming County Fair August 14 & 15.

Plans are being made for our fall production, "Charlie's Aunt." Stay tuned for production details and tryouts.

Again, we certainly appreciate all of your support. We have some of the most dedicated patrons we could ever ask for. Again, thank you!


Upcoming Movies:

July 23-23-25
KARATE KID

July 30-31-Aug 1
TOY STORY 3

AUGUST 6-7-8
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

AUGUST 14 & 15
LIVE MELODRAMA: "I ONLY HAVE FANGS FOR YOU"

AUGUST 20-21-22
DESPICABLE ME

AUGUST 27-28-29
GROWN UPS

TRYOUTS this weekend!

TRYOUTS for the this summer's melodrama are this weekend!

May 21-22-23: Fri, Sat, Sun 6pm – 7pm at the theatre in the basement
(kitchen area).

We need 3 men, 3 women and possibly some non speaking extras.

The melodrama "I Only Have Fangs for You” will be presented Fri, Sat.,
Sun., July 2, 3, 4.... and Sat, and Sun, during the Cuming County Fair Aug. 14, 15 (times to be decided).

Hope to see you there!

Directors Needed!

Theatre Members,

We are looking to set up a Director's pool. Anyone interested in directing a production for West Point Community Theatre should contact Jerry Hugo at hugoditcher@gmail.com or at 402-372-5742. If no one is at that number, please leave a message and a phone number and your call will be returned.

A couple people have mentioned an interest in directing, so please verify your interest at this time. We do a musical in the spring, a melodrama for July 4th and a non-musical in November.

Thank you for your response!

God bless and have a great day!

Jerry

General Meeting Tonight!

Greetings theatre memebers, new and old!

There will be a general meeting of the West Point Community Theatre on THURSAY, MARCH 25 at 7:00 P.M. at the theatre. This was changed from the originally scheduled meeting on Wednesday, March 24 due to Lenten services. If you want to be a paid member of the theatre, the dues are $10.00 for a single membership and $15.00 for couples. These dues can be paid at the meeting or sent to Cindy Hugo at 744 East Sheridan, West Point.

First of all, congratulations to the directors, cast and crew and everyone involved in the production of OLIVER! for a spectacular show with over 1300 in attendance. Thank you!

WELCOME to all the new members of the theatre (all of you who were in, or involved in anyway with OLIVER). In case you weren't told, once in a play you are automatically included in our theatre group. We hope you will continue to be an active, intregal part of our group.

We will share with you all the exciting things we have coming up the rest of the year. We have been talking with a group of ladies that are going to be in a dance competition in Norfolk on April 17 for a promotion, "Dance for Tourism". They would like us to get involved with them for an afternoon of promoting our theatre in NE Nebraska with the dancing competition to follow in the evening. They have chosen us to work with, which is a requirement of the competition. And if they win they will donate the $400.00 prize money to the theatre. We will explain everything at the meeting and a decision must be made that night.

There will be lots to talk about so bring yourself, a friend and your ideas to help keep us on track with our lofty ideas.

SEE YOU THURSDAY NIGHT and GOD BLESS,

Jerry Hugo

You Can Still Catch OLIVER!

If you missed the musical OLIVER! last weekend, you're in luck as we still have two more performances this weekend!

Show times are:

Friday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.

Social will be held one hour prior to each show. Tickets are $10 and available at all West Point Banks, PetroMart in West Point, and online.

Be sure to read this article that appeared recently in the Fremont Tribune about our production of OLIVER!

West Point State Speech Qualifiers to Perform at the Theatre

The state speech qualifiers from West Point Central Catholic and West Point Public will be performing their speeches for the public on Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m. at the West Point Community Theater.

There will be quite a variety of speeches performed--an entertainment, a duet, a poetry, a humorous, an OID, an informative, a persuasive. It will probably take about an hour and a half at the most. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students. However, booster club passes will be honored at this event.

Eleven competitors in nine speech events from West Point’s high schools qualified for state competition to be held in Kearney next week. The following state qualifiers will perform on Sunday: Devon Birchem (entertainment public speaking, duet acting), Jennifer Garber (oral interpretation of serious prose), John Kingsley (oral interpretation of drama), Kirsten Klitz (duet acting), Danielle Kreikemeier (oral interpretation of drama), Kylie Kreikemeier (informative public speaking, persuasive public speaking), Spencer Leffler (oral interpretation of humorous prose), Claudia Magana (oral interpretation of drama), Dave Moore (extemporaneous public speaking, oral interpretation of drama), Morgan Nelson (oral interpretation of drama), and Megan Perry (oral interpretation of poetry).

General Meeting this Wednesday

The West Point Community Theatre General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Theatre. We will have a lot to talk about!

During this meeting we will also hold our annual elections. We have new bylaws drawn up and these will be discussed at the meeting. In order to bring our current Board into conformity with these new bylaws, we will nominate a minimum of 12 candidates for the 12 Board positions. After the Board has been elected, the officers will be elected from the Board members. Along with incumbents running for reelection, we will ask for nominations from the floor at the meeting. If you have any questions, want to nominate someone, or can’t attend the meeting, please call president, Jerry Hugo at 380-9813.

Reports will be given from the Cinema Committee. We always have encouraging and exciting news on that front!

The Building Committee is getting closer to a plan for the renovations and additions we desperately need. We will have preliminary drawings available for review! We can now begin to put price tags on projects and start to raise funds. This will involve some serious challenges and money, so stay on board for the run to make this a premier attraction!

Bill Stokely and Marlene Weichman and crew have been hard at work in preparation for the March production of “OLIVER!” We will receive an update on their progress.

Our acceptance to the State and National Register of Historic Places is very exciting news for us. Thanks to our historian Chase Becker for all of his work.

Membership dues will be accepted for the 2010-year at this meeting. We will discuss reasons for a paid membership at this time. Dues remain at $10 for a single membership and $15 for couples.

We will have discussion on many other topics. Please bring your ideas for our projects. As you can see, we have a lot going on and hopefully we’ll see all of you at the meeting and again, if there are any questions or bits of advise, please feel free to call Jerry Hugo at 402-380-9813

Because of the weather, we are holding over
THE BLIND SIDE and will have an extra showing
MONDAY night January 11th at 7:30pm!
This is in addition to our regular schedule is still in place: Friday night 7:30, Saturday night 7:30, and Sunday 2pm and 7:30pm.