proudly announces the cast for Godspell

• Gary Davis, Director
• Denis Pessar, Co-Director & Musical Director
• Kaylin Davis, Choreographer
• Lisa Davis, Stage Manager

Godspell is based on the gospel according to St. Matthew. The message of the parables are portrayed through song, dance, and improvisation.

Performances are April 6-22, 2012
Friday & Saturdays at 7:00pm
Sunday matinees at 2:00pm

Please contact us at (615) 904-2787 for more information.

Cast List Announced:

Sally Bowles – Rachel Chase

Cliff – Jordan Crenshaw

Shultz – Chris McLaurin

Schneider – Katie Booth

Ernst – Ted Verbeten

Kost – Sherry Sunday-Booth

Emcee – Anthony Franco

German Soilders -

Jason Hillard, Philip Boston, Josh Ball, and Ben George.

Kit Kat Girls -

Julie Wilcox, April Crenshaw, Emily L. Davis, Sydney Hicks, Debbie Phillips, and Kristen Heering

Woman Ensemble -

Alaina Hinson, Kevana West, Bekah Thoe

Men Ensemble -

Jason Hillard, Josh Ball, Ben George, Jeffrey Laporte, Adam Laporte, Logan

Character list

• The Emcee – The Emcee of the Kit Kat Klub, a leering, ghoulish, flamboyant, figure
• Sally Bowles – The headlining British singer at the Kit Kat Klub
• Clifford Bradshaw – An American writer traveling through Berlin
• Fräulein Schneider – An older woman who runs the boarding house that Cliff and Sally live in
• Herr Schultz – An elderly Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider
• Ernst Ludwig – A German man who befriends Cliff when he arrives in Berlin
• Fräulein Kost – A prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider’s boarding house
• Rosie, LuLu, Frenchy, Texas, Fritzy, and Helga – Girls who perform alongside Sally at the Kit Kat Klub
• Bobby, Victor, Hans, and Herman – The Cabaret boys of the Kit Kat Klub (Bobby and Victor are twins)
• The Nazi Youth – A young boy in the Nazi’s
• Sailors #1 and #2 – Fraulein Kost’s sailors
• Nazi Guard – Ernst’s bodyguard at the Kit Kat Klub

Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions.

It is based on John Van Druten‘s 1951 play I Am a Camera, which in turn was adapted from the novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power, it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around the 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the young American writer Cliff Bradshaw.

A sub-plot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub which serves as a constant metaphor for the tenuous and threatening state of late Weimar Germany throughout the show.

The Center for the Arts is located at 110 W. College Street, one block off the historic Murfreesboro square. For more information, visit our website at www.boroarts.org, or call us at 615-904-2787.

In just three years, The Backstage Bash benefiting The Center for the Arts has become one of the community’s most popular events. The third annual block party swings into action on Saturday, March 17^th, 2012 on College Street in front of The Center for the Arts with a soundtrack provided by Music City Swing.

The Bash, a distinctive fun event, is the Center for the Arts’ primary fundraiser. Don your spats and tails or bedazzle your jeans for a fun night of dancing in the streets.

The Raffle

Nissan of Murfreesboro continues its support of the Bash by donating a 2011 Nissan Rogue to be raffled at the event.

Raffle tickets are only $50 each and can be purchased at The Center for the Arts,  supporting businesses throughout Rutherford County and anywhere the Backstage Bash car can be found.

www.BackstageBash.org

Haute Metal

For Immediate Release

The Center for the Arts is pleased to announce Haute Metal opening in our gallery January 7, 2012 and showing until February 2.    The show combines and contrasts a series of masculine, oftentimes weathered  assemblage and sculpture made from rusted, aged and discarded materials with an array of glitzy, over-the-top mixed media collage based on the perceptions and ideologies of human beauty.  The show is comprised of the recent works of two artists, Whitney Keels and Gerry McMahon.

Keels and McMahon are both native to the middle Tennessee area, born in Mt. Juliet and Nashville respectively.  Both artists are also graduating seniors at Middle Tennessee State University, Keels receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and McMahon in Sculpture.  Keel’s work included in the show is predominately mixed media and collage.  The pieces focus on the lengths people go to gain acceptance from other individuals in the strife for physical perfection. Keel says “We are constantly inundated with magazines, television shows, and other media that glorify these ideals of perfection.”  Combining mixed media and collage in her work reflects the complexity of low self-esteem and self-deprecating behaviors. McMahon’s work, conversely, employs discarded, sometimes rotting wood and parts of old machines.  He says “a length of rope, some links of a rusty chain, and random old nuts and bolts provide me with not only the materials I need to work, but also the reason for my work.”  These small objects and parts are metaphors for parts of the individual self that are sometimes kept deep inside. “We all tend to hide our broken pieces so that we can blend into the preconceived perfections of our society.”

An opening reception will be held for the artists on Saturday January 7^th from 5 to 7 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public.   The show will be on display until the end of January. The Center for the Arts is located at 110 W. College, Murfreesboro, Tn.   Individual works can be accessed via the web at gmcmahon.carbonmade.com and whitneykeels.carbonmade.com.  For more information please call (615)904-2787, or email Thomas Green at Jettfeathers@gmail.com.

For the 2012 Season our shows will begin at 7pm instead of 7:30, please make a note. We wouldn’t want anyone to be late for a great night of entertainment.

Also,do to changing times and economy, we will be raising our individual ticket prices up $1 across the board.

Dramas and Comedies

$13.00 adults

$11.00 seniors (65 and older) & students (ages 12-18 or with valid student id), just added Military (active with ID)

$9.00 children under 12

Musicals

$15.00 adults

$13.00 seniors (65 and older) & students (ages 12-18 or with valid student id) , just added Military (active with ID)

$11.00 children under 12

The Center for the Arts Proudly announces our
2012 Broadway in the ‘Boro Center Stage Series

(Please take notice****Show times and ticket prices have changed)

Murfreesboro, TN—There are so many reasons why Middle Tennessee and Murfressboro are such great places to be and The Center for the Arts and its upcoming 2012 Broadway in the ‘Boro Series are among them. The Center’s upcoming season promises to be among its best as they invite you around the world, through time, fantasy and beyond with their 2012 line-up.

Among the season’s offerings of Broadway sensations are seven Tony Award® winning musicals, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, Beauty and the Beast Jr., Godspell, The Color Purple, Evita, and A Chorus Line. Also included in the season are two wonderful and popular dramas, Steel Magnolias and On Golden Pond. 13: The Musical, Willie Wonka Jr. and one of the Christmas Season’s most beloved stories,  complete this amazing season.

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“This, the Center’s 17th season, selections are strikingly varied,” said Tony Cimino, the Center’s Executive Director, “The plays we’ve chosen reflect the breadth of the theatrical world. They include comedies and dramas, casts of five to 35, straight plays and musicals, in settings as diverse as France, England and Germany, from Broadway to the old South. We believe these twelve plays come together to make one terrific season.”
Make plans now to attend these well-loved productions!

Hurry and order your season ticket subscriptions now to one of Middle Tennessee’s most beautiful and exciting community theaters, the Fabulous Center for the Arts!

For more information, please visit our website at www.boroarts.org, or call or visit The Center for the Arts: 615-904-2787, 110 W. College Street, one block off the historic Murfreesboro square.

The mission for The Center for the Arts is to enhance the quality of our community by providing a variety of arts and opportunities, which will educate and entertain people of all ethnicity, ages, and income levels. The Center for the Arts will advance art awareness through quality theatrical productions, musical performances, art exhibits, educational programs, life-long learning and community activities thus improving overall quality of life in our community. The Center for the Arts is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.

February……….Cabaret
March…………..Beauty and the Beast Jr.
April…………….Godspell
May……………..The Color Purple
June……………..Steel Magnolias
July……………..13
August…………Evita
September……Willy Wonka Jr.
October……….On Golden Pond
November …..A Chorus Line
December…….It’s A Wonderful Life

Our plan is to collect director applicants for each show and then determine who would be the best fit for the Director of that specific show; by doing so, we can also identify backup(s) in the event that a Director is unable to complete a show.

If you are interested please contact Tony Cimino or Tim Smith to discuss the application process.

615-904-2787
tony@boroarts.org
tim@boroarts.org

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