Author Archives: Chapel Street Players
(NewsJournal) Have fun with Chapel Street’s ‘Picnic,’ a peek into 1950s
William Inge’s “Picnic,” the February production at Chapel Street Players, is perhaps best known as the Broadway show that launched Paul Newman’s career in the early 1950s. It’s a story about loneliness, mostly, and love, and social expectations.
When “Picnic” debuted in 1953,
(Bsharp) Chapel Street Players presents a new twist on an old story in SCROOGE’S CHRISTMAS
Christmas almost seems incomplete without at least one viewing of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. There are myriad television and movie versions that fill up the channels during the next three weeks; however, for those of us who love live theater, I heartily recommend Chapel Street Players presentation of SCROOGE’S CHRISTMAS.
(NewsJournal) Chapel Street’s offbeat take on ‘Scrooge’
In his director’s note in the program for Chapel Street Players’ “Scrooge’s Christmas,” Timothy Sheridan talks about the perceived simplicity of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
“If it were that simple,” he writes, “I would not see the point in bringing their story to life.”
Sheridan’s interpretation of Ken Jones’ version of the classic story,
(Bsharp) Audience Member Expresses Thanks for AND MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITTLE
As an audience member who attended the performance of AND MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITLE last night, I just wanted to express my thanks to Chapel Street Players for providing audiences with this darkly funny look at sisters, their lives and their school system. I wondered why the play used the school system as its environment and so I Googled the author,
Let’s Play a Game
Attention: Special discount mystery game for our Annual Renee G. O’Leary FUNdraiser
This June our annual FUNdaiser will be Scott F. Mason’s “Who-Dame-Dunnit” and all tickets are $20.00. However, you can save $2 on your ticket price by collecting our own CSP clue cards during each of our four main stage shows in 2015-16.
Attention: 2016 ticket price increase
Chapel Street Players is proud of the fact that for the last ten years we have not had to raise our ticket or subscription prices. Unfortunately with energy, water, and other costs on the rise, and arts grants getting smaller, effective January 1, 2016 we will be raising ticket prices.
Dear Fans of Chapel Street Players:
It is hard to believe that we just celebrated our 80th anniversary and now it is time for our next season! Thanks to a successful two year capital campaign we were able to make much needed improvements to the theater and now have state of the art technology,
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
May 12 & 14 (Tue & Thu) @ 7pm
Directors, Kathleen Kimber & Christie Cerminaro, will be holding auditions on 5/12 & 5/14 at 7:00pm, with possible callbacks on 5/19 at 7:00pm.
5 women & 2 men, most age ranges are open and will be determined by casting options.
Dear CSP Volunteers
Thanks to everyone for making this a great 80th Season for Chapel Street Players. As a totally volunteer organization, everyone’s generosity of time, support, and hard work is what keeps our shows going on.
It is our tradition to host an Annual Summer Party where all participants from the season are invited to a food and drink event hosted by the board.