Great American Comedy Festival Amateur Night Coming to West Point!

In need of a good laugh? Norfolk’s 2011 Viaero Great American Comedy Festival will offer the opportunity to laugh at and with comedian wannabes right here in West Point. The Comedy Festival has chosen the West Point Community Theatre as one of its four preliminary amateur comedian competition sites.

The date and time for the West Point competition is Saturday, March 26 at 8 p.m.

At the preliminary round, 10 amateurs will be given the opportunity to do a six-minute comedy routine and then audience members will vote on who they’d like to see advance to the finals of the amateur competition. The top two will advance to the finals held in Norfolk June 15-19. All comedy routines will be network TV clean.

January's Event Schedule

Well folks, January is shaping up to be a very busy month here at the West Point Community Theatre!

Theatre Membership
This is just a reminder that the bi-monthly general meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 26. We will have election of Board Members at this meeting. To be able to run for a Board position or to vote for Board members, YOU MUST BE A PAID MEMBER. Dues for the 2011 calendar year will remain the same---$10.00 for individuals and $15.00 for couples. Dues may be sent to West Point Community Theatre:

% Cindy Hugo
744 East Sheridan

West Pont, NE 68788

or they can be paid before the meeting that night. We encourage everyone to plan on attending the meeting to be brought up to date on the theatre's activities and plans. Become an active member of the theatre---all of you are important to our success! A reminder of the meeting will be sent out closer to the date.

Capital Campaign
We have been in the planning stages of our capital campaign for the past three months. We anticipate being able to present this to the public mid-January. Stay tuned for more details! And if you haven't caught it yet, news coverage is available here and here about our fundraising efforts in conjunction with the Nebraska DED grant we received.

Events for January 2011

January 7-8-9
HARRY POTTER and the
Deathly Hallows: Part 1

January 14-15-16
YOGI BEAR

January 20, 7:30 p.m.
Community Cinema & Discussion:
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE (free)

January 21-22-23
TRUE GRIT

January 26, 7:00 p.m.
GENERAL MEETING with Board election

January 28-29-30
LITTLE FOCKERS

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

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.

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).

Cast for Oliver announced!

The cast for the spring musical, Oliver has been announced! Characters and their respective cast members are listed below.

Oliver……………….... Robert Kienbaum

Mr. Bumble………...... Barry Johnson

Widow Corney……..... Marcia Beck

Noah Claypole…….... Spencer Leffler

Mr. Sowerberry…....... Mike Bailey

Mrs. Sowerberry…..... Sandra Peaslee

Charlotte…………...... Emilee Peterson

Artful Dodger……....... Karsten Schuetze

Fagin……...…….….… Mike Mack

Nancy……...……….... Brandee Johnson

Bet…………...……..... Brittany Ramig

Old Sally……...……... Donna Davis

Bill Sykes……...….…. Frank Vogt

Mrs. Bedwin…...….… Judi Wolken

Mr. Brownlow…....….. Dana Leffler

Dr. Grimwig……...….. Ryan Reeson

Woman…………….... Lynn Crawford

Night Watchman....… Vaughn Beed

Milk Maid……….....… Jill Redmond

Strawberry Seller....… Ann Marler

Rose Seller……....…. Patti Knobbe

Townsperson.......……Violet Kirk

Townsperson..…..…. James Schuetze

Fagin’s Kids
Adam Perry

Ronny Peterson

Gage Vance

Sam Ulrich

Greg Johnson

Jakob Andreasen

Tyson Snodgrass

Workhouse Kids

Melissa Hagedorn

Brooklyn Bailey

Maddie Erb

Nicole Fisher

Marci Franzluebbers

Extras

Austin Streeter

Chase Streeter

General Meeting & Upcoming Events

First of all, a huge thanks to everyone who attended "Arsenic and Old Lace" this past weekend! It was a huge success! Hopefully you had as much fun as the actors!

A regular meeting of the WPCT members will be held THIS Wednesday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Theatre. Everyone is welcome!

On Monday, November 23rd at 7:00 p.m., West Point Central Catholic High School will present their one-act play. The play is a half hour adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in a 1920's time setting. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for students (if you have a CC booster club pass--no charge).

On Thursday, December 3, we are bringing in Monroe Crossing, an excellent bluegrass group from Minneapolis, MN. This will be the first stop of their Christmas tour. Besides being an enjoyable evening for you, we hope it will be a big fundraiser for capital improvements. You may purchase your tickets online at our website, at the PetroMart in West Point, or at the Theatre Box Office during weekend movie hours. For the first time, we will be selling numbered seats, so for the best selection, get your tickets NOW for this one-time show!

Arsenic & Old Lace in the News!

The Fremont Tribune recently featured a wonderful article about our upcoming fall comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace. Be sure to read the full article HERE.

On the same note, the play is THIS WEEKEND! Be sure to get your tickets online HERE or at any West Point Bank

The Fall Comedy production of "Arsenic and Old Lace," directed by Debbie Ell.

The dates and times of the production will be:

Friday, November 13 @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 15 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.


Below is the list of characters and respective actors:

Abby Brewster..... Kristine Kienbaum
Martha Brewster...... Vicki Craig
Reverend Harper...... Chris Kuester
Teddy Brewster...... Jerry Hugo
Officer Brophy...... Aaron Hughes
Officer Klein...... Tim Ell
Elaine Harper...... Violet Kirk
Mortimer Brewster...... Kris St. James
Mr. Gibbs...... Paul Kreikemeier
Jonathan Brewster...... Dana Leffler
Dr. Herman Einstein...... Chase Becker
Officer O'Hara...... Eric Lauritzen
Lieutenant Rooney...... Randy Davis
Mr. Witherspoon...... Dan Birchem

Get your tickts for the fall comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace!

Hello Everyone!

The fall comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" is fast approaching! The cast is working hard and is prepared to put on an outstanding show!

The times and dates of the play are:

Friday, November 13 @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 15 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

A social will be held one hour prior to each show.

Tickets are available at the Theatre during movie hours and at all West Point Banks.

You can now ORDER TICKETS ONLINE at our website! It's fast, easy, and you can use a variety of payment options! Check it out!

Below is the list of characters and respective actors:

Abby Brewster..... Kristine Kienbaum
Martha Brewster...... Vicki Craig
Reverend Harper...... Chris Kuester
Teddy Brewster...... Jerry Hugo
Officer Brophy...... Aaron Hughes
Officer Klein...... Tim Ell
Elaine Harper...... Violet Kirk
Mortimer Brewster...... Kris St. James
Mr. Gibbs...... Paul Kreikemeier
Jonathan Brewster...... Dana Leffler
Dr. Herman Einstein...... Chase Becker
Officer O'Hara...... Eric Lauritzen
Lieutenant Rooney...... Randy Davis
Mr. Witherspoon...... Dan Birchem

Hope to see you at the show!

Summer Melodrama Announced!

The West Point Community Theatre will be doing a production of the melodrama "Rustlers Revenge" on July 3, 4, and 5.

Tryouts will be THURSDAY, MAY 21 and TUESDAY, MAY 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Theatre building. The cast will consist of 6 characters, 3 men and 3 women. Eric Lauritzen is directing. Those interested in stage crew, set construction, etc. are also encouraged to attend.

Musical this Weekend!

Just a quick reminder that the West Point Community Theatre's production of the musical, "Back to the 80s" is this weekend.

Performance Dates & Times:

Friday, April 17 - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 18 - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 19 - 2:00 p.m.

Friday, April 24 - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 25 - 8:00 p.m.

Social is one hour prior to curtain.

Tickets are available at all West Point banks or from any cast member. Tickets will also be available at the door, however the supply will likely be limited. Join us for a night of fun and music!

Remember, this will be the first time that the Theatre building will be open to the public since we began renovations in October. Be the first to see our progress and find out what else is in store for this historic downtown landmark!