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| We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams. ~Gypsy Proverb~ Copyright © 2009 Gypsy Theatre Company LLC. All rights reserved |
| FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - April 12, 2009 Cumming Playhouse Welcomes "Bad Year" By Jennifer Sami Danielle Bugay is an actress playing an actress playing a homicidal maniac in the upcoming Gypsy Theater production, “A Bad Year for Tomatoes.” The show opens Thursday at the Cumming Playhouse. “A Bad Year for Tomatoes” doesn’t have the same name recognition as the production company’s last show, “Steel Magnolias.” But the show's director and Gypsy artistic director, who only goes by Mercury, hopes the production quality of the last show resonated with Cumming audiences. “As time goes on, perhaps we’ll become a household name, and people will come see our shows simply because they know a Gypsy show is going to be a good one,” he said. The story follows Myra Marlowe, a famous actress settling down in a small country cabin to write her autobiography. To gain some privacy from her nosy neighbors, Marlowe decides to tell them about her crazy homicidal sister she keeps locked in an upstairs room. “But of course, things get worse as the good citizens of the small town find it in their Christian duty to save the poor demented sister,” Mercury said. “My favorite part of the show is watching all the actors bring these characters to life. All the hard work they’ve been doing is really paying off," he added. "I sit in the [theater] house and I laugh at them every night.” Bugay, who not only stars in the show, but is also the company's managing director, said she liked playing the dual role. “I enjoy playing the two characters and really enjoy that one character is more conservative and subdued, and the other character is just all out crazy funny,” she said. The performance is also special to Bugay because it is the first time she's been directed by Mercury, her husband, with whom she co-owns Gypsy Theatre. “This is actually the first time I have ever been directed by him. It has been a wonderful experience,” said Bugay. “He has an incredible eye for seeing things we can't see. He’ll change or tweak some things or give us a tidbit of advice and it just changes everything.” E-mail Jennifer Sami at jennifersami@forsythnews.com. Copyright, 2009, Forsyth County News. All Rights Reserved. To see the article, go to: http://www.forsythnews.com/news/article/2264/ For photos: http://www.forsythnews.com/news/article/larger/1448/ All photos By Emily Saunders, copyright 2009 |
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| TOWN LOAFER - April 1, 2009 Exhilarating entertainment comes alive! By Jessica Dabney The Cumming Playhouse, located at 101 School Street, is situated within the 1923 Cumming Public School, a structure named to the National Register in 2000. A property of The City of Cumming, it also houses The Historical Society of Forsyth County, The Col. Hiram Parks Bell Center for Southern History and Genealogical Research, and Tam's Backstage Restaurant. As a performing arts venue, The Cumming Playhouse provides quality entertainment throughout the season offering plays, musicals, concerts, and catered fine dining on select performances. A Bad Year for Tomatoes Gypsy Theatre Company presents A Bad Year for Tomatoes. Written by John Patrick and directed by Mercury, this rollicking riot play will keep you in stitches to its exhilarating end! Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny country hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long- time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy, Myra invents a mad, homicidal sister— who is kept locked in an upstairs room, but who occasionally escapes long enough to scare off uninvited visitors. The ruse works well, at first, but complications result when the local handyman develops affection for "Sister Sadie" (really Myra in a fright wig) and some of the more officious ladies decide it is their Christian duty to save the poor demented Sadie's soul. In desperation Myra announces that her imaginary sibling has suddenly gone off to Boston- which brings on the sheriff, and the suspicion of murder! Needless to say, all is straightened out in the end, but the uproarious doings will keep audiences laughing right up to the final curtain, and then some. Gypsy Theatre Company Gypsy Theater Company is dedicated to the cultivation of innovative and engaging theatre within our community. To keep theatre arts alive, they bring theatre into schools as part of the yearly curriculum by exposing children to all aspects of theatre. Show Dates April 16 - May 10 Thurs. - Sat. 8:00 pm Sunday 3:00 pm For more information: The Cumming Playhouse 770-781-9178 101 School Street Cumming, GA 30041 www.playhousecumming.com To go to the article, go to: http://townloafer.com/cumming/modules/news/article.php?storyid=673 |