Expect Totem Pole to pull out all the stops for its 2010, anniversary season with a line-up of six shows never before seen on the Playhouse's stage. Artistic Director, Ray Ficca, reports that '2010 will be one of the biggest seasons we've done in a long time'.
Totem Pole Playhouse is proud to welcome back to the Playhouse, John Putch, to direct the hilarious Neil Simon comedy, 45 Seconds From Broadway, opening in June 2010. John Putch began his professional career at the age of five, performing in the Totem Pole Playhouse production of Showboat in 1966.
Totem Pole Playhouse Board of Directors announced a $ 1 million pledge at its kickoff celebration for a $ 2.5 million capital campaign April 22, 2010 at Hauser Estate Winery, Biglerville. The campaign, fully supported by the Board of Directors, called 'Recalling the Past, Embracing the Future' has already received $100,000 of the million dollar pledge which was used to install brand new seats in the auditorium and revamp both bathrooms on the East side of the Playhouse.
Totem Pole Playhouse received a $1 million pledge at its Capital Campaign kick off celebration on April 22 at Hauser Estate Winery in Biglerville. The donor, Charles Q. Smith, is a 60 year Totem Pole season ticket holder and former board member. The $2.5 million dollar Capital Campaign will support upgrades to the 40 year old theatre and one million of the campaign has been earmarked for the existing endowment.
Love and Romance are in the air. Jennifer Timberlake, William Diggle, Jarrod Zimmerman, Sarah Corey in I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change 2009 Music, Romance, Laughter, a World Premiere, more Laughter and Music.
Totem Pole Playhouse will celebrate 60 years of live professional theatre in 2010 with its boldest season in many years. Keeping with Artistic Director, Ray Ficca's, focus on newer works, the Playhouse will present six plays never before seen on stage in Caledonia. An Andrew Sisters musical, a world premiere and plenty of comedy are all in store for the Playhouse's milestone season-which gives an inescapable nod to the glory of the theatre and the history of our great nation.
A musical journey that started with Adam and Eve takes the stage at Totem Pole Playhouse for its season finale, August 11, 2009. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! premiered Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre in New York on August 1, 1996 and ran for 5,003 performances, making it the longest running Off-Broadway musical. Patriot Federal Credit Union is the guest sponsor.
A musical journey that started with Adam and Eve takes the stage at Totem Pole Playhouse for its season finale, August 11, 2009. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! premiered Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre in New York on August 1, 1996 and ran for 5,003 performances, making it the longest running Off-Broadway musical. Patriot Federal Credit Union is the guest sponsor.
The 2009 summer season at Totem Pole takes a delightful turn in its fifth offering. The best selling novel, Tuesdays With Morrie, takes to the stage at the Playhouse July 28th. The play is based on the true-life experiences of acclaimed author and sports columnist, Mitch Albom's weekly visits to his former college professor, Morrie Schwartz.
A musical journey that started with Adam and Eve takes the stage at Totem Pole Playhouse for its season finale, August 11, 2009. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! premiered Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre in New York on August 1, 1996 and ran for 5,003 performances, making it the longest running Off-Broadway musical. Patriot Federal Credit Union is the guest sponsor.
The 2009 summer season at Totem Pole takes a delightful turn in its fifth offering. The best selling novel, Tuesdays With Morrie, takes to the stage at the Playhouse July 28th. The play is based on the true-life experiences of acclaimed author and sports columnist, Mitch Albom's weekly visits to his former college professor, Morrie Schwartz.
The 2009 summer season at Totem Pole takes a delightful turn in its fifth offering. The best selling novel, Tuesdays With Morrie, takes to the stage at the Playhouse July 28th. The play is based on the true-life experiences of acclaimed author and sports columnist, Mitch Albom's weekly visits to his former college professor, Morrie Schwartz.
Did you know that BINGO is more popular than the combined attendance of all NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL hockey, NASCAR and thoroughbred racing? And, the movie industry sold over $7 billion in movie tickets last year... however; with more people attending Bingo Halls than movie theatres in the United States, Bingo generated $10 billion in annual revenue last year in North America alone.
Did you know that BINGO is more popular than the combined attendance of all NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL hockey, NASCAR and thoroughbred racing? And, the movie industry sold over $7 billion in movie tickets last year... however; with more people attending Bingo Halls than movie theatres in the United States, Bingo generated $10 billion in annual revenue last year in North America alone.
I Hate Hamlet, the hilarious Broadway comedy about the theatre and the difficulty of understanding Shakespeare, opens at Totem Pole Playhouse on June 30 with two gentlemen in two very familiar roles. Matthew Eisenberg, a Washington, DC based actor, plays a young television star, Andrew Rally, who is faced with the challenge of performing Shakespeare's most famous and most challenging role, Hamlet.
Totem Pole Playhouse is offering their version of the Stimulus Package to you for two tickets of I HATE HAMLET for a total of $33.00. A SAVINGS OF $20 Special offer good for Saturday, July 4th at 2:30 pm & 8:00 pm and Sunday, July 5th at 3:00 pm.
Like a ?shot heard around the world,? You Say Tomatoes by Bernard Slade, author of the Broadway smash Same Time, Next Year, opens at the Totem Pole Playhouse on June 16. Playhouse favorite Paris Peet and newcomer Caren Anton star in this hilarious romantic comedy about Giles St. James, a recluse British mystery writer and Libby Daniels, a punchy New York film producer. Giles' traditional British way of life is upended when Libby discovers his hidden home, aspiring to televise the mystery novels he wrote under a pen name. ?What I love about this play, apart fro the wonderful humor, is that the love story takes place between two folks who are not 20 some things-but more mature folks at a different point in their lives,? says Artistic Director, Ray Ficca. Long time friend of Ficca?s and former Producing Artistic Director, Carl Schurr, was recruited to direct the comedy. ?Bernard Slade has given new meaning to the expression: 'Opposites attract' and not only do they attract in You Say Tomatoes, they explode into a light-hearted and joyous evening of theatre,? says Schurr. Wil Love, Totem Pole's legendary funny man, and Jenna Sokolowski round out the cast of this sidesplitting war of words. You Say Tomatoes is sponsored by The Orchards Restaurant, Chambersburg.
I Hate Hamlet, the hilarious Broadway comedy about the theatre and the difficulty of understanding Shakespeare, opens at Totem Pole Playhouse on June 30 with two gentlemen in two very familiar roles. Matthew Eisenberg, a Washington, DC based actor, plays a young television star, Andrew Rally, who is faced with the challenge of performing Shakespeare's most famous and most challenging role, Hamlet.
Totem Pole Playhouse welcomes Helen Hayes Award Winning Actress, Jenna Sokolowski to its Resident Acting Company for the 2009 Season. Ms. Sokolowski is currently performing the role of Daisey Holiday in You Say Tomatoes, sponsored by The Orchards. She has played many of the great stages in Washington, DC including: The Kennedy Center, Ford's Theatre, The Shakespeare, Round House Theatre, and Signature Theatre, where she received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Resident Musical in 2007. Signature Theatre received the 2009 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.
Totem Pole's new romantic comedy, You Say Tomatoes is keeping the production crew at the playhouse very busy these days. This new play by Bernard Slade, author of Same Time, Next Year takes place in two different locations and requires two entirely different sets.
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