Hand-to-Mouth Players

Excellence to Artistic Directors Anne Rodgers Pearl and Gary Simon for their 19th Annual Playwright/Director's Workshop, Hand to Mouth Players

Excellence in Playwrighting Linda Britt for Thanksgiving

Excellence in Playwrighting to Rita Marcotte for Tea for Three

Excellence in Playwrighting to Joan Broadman for The Subject of Investigation

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Connie Dyckman as the Woman in Jump

Meritorious Achievement Acting to Kathleen Muldoon as Rickie in Separated at Birth

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to Kathleen Muldoon, Christine Orchid and Suzanne Ochs in Separated at Birth

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Jean Moss in Tea for Three

Selections from Hand-to-Mouth’s

19th Annual Playwright/Director’s Workshop

will be performed at the

Hendrick Hudson Free Library

Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY 10548

 Sat., Nov. 6^th 2010 @ 2 pm

FREE ADMISSION!

The Subject of Investigation; Written by Joan Broadman & Directed by Anne Rodgers Pearl, assisted by Christine Orchid will feature Jackie Graziano & Bruce Pearl. Thanksgiving; Written by Linda Britt and Directed by Susan Bond will feature Suzanne Ochs & Mark Firestone. Jump!; Written by George Bryjak & Directed by Joel Karpoff will feature Justin Krass, Connie Dyckman & Heather Campbell.

Congratulations to the cast and crew! Thanksgiving has been chosen & will represent HTM at the TANYS* 2010 Festival *Theater Association of New York State

The Hand to Mouth Players in conjunction with YCP TheaterWorks will present the zany farce, MOVE OVER, MRS. MARKHAM by Ray Cooney and John Chapman. The play was presented at the Van Cortlandtville School Theatre on Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 29, 30, Nov 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 8 pm and on Sundays, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7 2010 at 2 pm.

This comic British romp, directed by Kathy Colonna, is chock full of all the key elements of farce: misunderstandings, jumping to conclusions, secrets, mistaken identities and confusion. The play is set in a very elegant London flat whose owners, Mr. and Mrs. Markham are played by Dick Smith and Jacqueline Smith. He is a straight-laced publisher of children's books, whose office partner (Gary Simon) would like to borrow his apartment for the evening to 'entertain' his latest girlfriend.

At the same time Mrs. Markham has been persuaded by her friend (Evelyn Voura) to let her borrow the apartment so she can entertain her lover (Martin Posner). What nobody knows is that the Markham's interior designer, (Jerry Quinn) who has been decorating the apartment for the past three months has decided that this was the night he and the au pair (Stacy Salmeri) will try out the new designer bed! How's this for the start of chaos and bedlam? Let us not fail to mention some side-splitting laughs.

Rounding out the cast are Phyllis Kirigin who plays a writer of children's books seeking a new publisher who doesn't go in for sex and Michele Smail as the telephone operator with a particularly 'sexified' soothing voice.

Director Kathy Colonna, an HTM member since 1987, has directed Radio Plays, Steel Magnolias, Missing Molly, Run for Your Wife, Come Blow Your Horn, Mame, Peter Pan and several one-acts for HTM's award-winning Playwright-Director Workshop. She has performed in many HTM plays over the years as well.

The Hand-to-Mouth Players

19th Annual PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR'S WORKSHOP

Friday & Saturday, October 1st and 2nd @ 8:00
Sunday, October 3rd @ 2:00
2010

Five original One-act plays:

Jump written by George Bryjak and directed by Joel Karpoff

Separated at Birth written by Constance Humphrey Egan and directed by Jim Petrillo

The Subject of Investigation written by Joan Broadman and directed by Anne Rodgers Pearl

Tea for Three written by Rita Marcotte and directed by Marilyn Heberling

Thanksgiving written by Linda Britt and directed by Susan Bond

The entire production under the artistic direction of Anne Rodgers Pearl and Gary Simon

Featuring
Heather Campbell, Tom Campbell, Connie Dyckman, Mark Firestone, Jackie Graziano, Justin Krass, Jean Moss, Kathleen Muldoon, Suzanne Ochs, Christine Orchid, Bruce Pearl, Gary Simon

914-734-4336
www.htmplayers.com
Adults $15 / Seniors $12

Trinity-Boscobel United Methodist Church
275 Church St. Buchanan, NY 10511
for information & directions call 914-734-8486 or 914-528-8704
or e-mail gdoc5@aol.com

The Hand-to-Mouth Players & YCP Theaterworks

announce auditions for

MOVE OVER, MRS. MARKHAM

by Ray Cooney and John Chapman.

The auditions will be held at two locations: Reformed Church of Cortlandtown, 2124 Albany Post Rd, Montrose, NY on Sunday, August 29th 2010 at 2:00 pm and Tuesday, August 31st 2010 at 7:30 pm.  There will also be  one night of auditions at the Van Cortlandtville School Theater, Route 6, Mohegan Lake (opposite the Cortlandt Town Center Mall) on Thursday, September 2nd 2010 at 7:30pm.

In this wonderful British farce, Philip Markham, a publisher of children's books, is asked by his business partner, Henry Lodge, if he can borrow the flat for the evening to gallivant with his latest girlfriend. As Philip and his wife will be out, he reluctantly agrees. At the same time, Joanna Markham is being persuaded by Linda Lodge, to let her borrow the empty flat in order to entertain her lover. With some misgivings, Joanna agrees. What nobody knows is that the interior designer who has been decorating the flat for the past three months has decided that this is the night that he and the au pair will try out the new bed. When the Markham’s evening out is cancelled, it is too late to let any of the parties know, and three sets of hopeful lovers all converge on the bedroom at the same time. The situation is further complicated by the arrival of Olive Harriet Smythe, a straight-laced authoress of children's books.The frantic efforts of the Markhams to hide the amorous goings-on and, at the same time, sign up Miss Smythe, lead to a fun and hysterical evening.

Five women, ages 18 to 80, and four men, ages 20-60, are needed for the cast of this hilarious play.  Performances are scheduled for a late-October to mid-November run.  For further information, contact director Kathy Colonna at kathy.colonna@htmplayers.com or call 845-528-0232. www.HTMPlayers.com

Hand-to-Mouth Players

presents

Staged Vintage Radio Shows

Fri. & Sat.  May 14^th & 15^th 2010 @ 8pm
Sat. & Sun. May 15^th & 16^th 2010 @ 3pm

***   Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar  ***   The Bickersons   ***

***   The Strange Doctor Weird   ***   Challenge of the Yukon (Sergeant Preston)   ***

Directed by Kathy Colonna

Mark Firestone as wHTM’s Foley Artist

Featuring: Heather Campbell, Grace Coward, Jan Dyckman, Robert Geisman,

Grace Miranda, Jean Moss, Kathleen Muldoon, Gary Simon and Patrick Simon.

Trinity-Boscobel United Methodist Church, 275 Church St, Buchanan, NY

Adults – $15, Seniors – $12

The Hand to Mouth Players

announce auditions for a selection of

Staged Vintage Radio Plays

Men and women of all ages are needed.

Auditions will be held at the Trinity Boscobel United Methodist Church, 275 Church Street, Buchanan, NY.

Sunday 3/21/2010 at 3 pm, and Tuesday  3/23/2010 at 7:30 pm

Performance dates will be May 14, 15 and 16th 2010.

Contact director Kathy Colonna for more information at Kathy.Colonna@htmplayers.com