In This Issue...

Summer Season Slams Stage 1-3

Donor Appreciation Picnic in July! 2

Auditions for October Farce 3

Membership Form 4

Scenes From... 5

Six Counts Looking Fresh 6

Calendar of Events 7

Coming up in July Hawkeye

Community Theatre will be presenting

“Cheating Cheaters” by John Patrick, produced by special arrangement with

Dramatists Play Service. Audiences

will take a visit to the New York City apartment of two “angelic” sisters

Angelica and Theresa played by

Nicole McFarland and Barb Corey

respectively. Tragedy has struck their family causing them to become

guardians of their young niece Tania,

played by Amanda Von Dolteren. Tania has dreams of becoming a

Of Special Note...

July & August Shows

heat up summer!

Auditions for Annual

Dessert Theatre!

For folks seeking a to discover the

joys of marital bliss, you should try

elsewhere. If however you want to see a funny look into the other side of

that coin—well jump right into “Gun

-Shy” by Richard Dresser.

David Stokesbary directs this show

which opens August 14th and (cont)

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famous artist and in order to make

those dreams come true, her aunts have sent her to Europe to study.

Unfortunately for the sisters, art

school is no cheap endeavor. Angelica and Theresa decide to take

on a new role as “sisters of charity”

and beg on the street to support Tania and themselves financially.

Things have been going wonderfully

until a young man drops in on them unexpectedly. Ben, played by Joe

Sutter, proclaims that he is a medical

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CHEATING CHEATERS (cont from cover)

student on a capital campaign of his own to raise money to pay back all

the student loans that have come

along with school. The sisters receive

another surprise when Theresa is caught “begging” by a nosey cop

named Bozo, played by Dave

Pettinger. When Bozo takes Theresa home to get her

things he finds that this could

be a great opportunity for him to swindle some cash

from these unsuspecting

ladies. Angelica, the brains of

the operation, is on to him and decides to bring Bozo in

on the charade the three have

created and expand their abilities to collect money. All

is well in their world again

until, who should appear, but darling Tania with news of her own. Is the

game up or will the “cheating

cheaters” keep the action going

unbeknownst to seemingly sweet and innocent Tania?

“Cheating Cheaters” is under the direction of Ashley Garst and Katie

Hazel. Performances will run July

10th through the 14th at 7 pm with a

matinee on Sunday, July 15 th beginning at 2 pm.

Cast List Angelica – Nicole McFarland

Theresa – Barb Corey

Tania – Amanda Von Dolteren

Ben – Joe Sutter Bozo – Dave Pettinger

all members (one meal per July S h o w t i c k e t c o v e r e d b y

membership), and only $5.00 for non

-members or for extra meals wanted

by those accompanying July Show ticket holders.

The Iowa Pork Producers will be grilling pork burgers for each meal.

Along with the pork burger each

meal will include potato salad, Cole slaw,

lemonade, watermelon

and brownie ice-cream

sundaes.

The Saturday start time

for the July 14th Show, “Cheating Cheaters”

In appreciation for all members of

and donors to Hawkeye Community

Theatre, the organization is having a new spin on the mid-summer show

in 2012 – a thank you picnic.

Before the Saturday, July 14th

production of “Cheating Cheaters”

in and around the theatre will be

transformed into a good old fashioned

picnic area, complete

with gazebos and awnings for shade, a

grilling area and

plenty of great food.

The event is free to

will begin at 7:00, so the food serving will be between 5:30 and

6:30 that evening on a first come,

first served basis. Get there early for

a nice place to relax and enjoy the summer cuisine and chatting with

your friends, topped off with a great

comedy by John Patrick.

In the event that the weather is wet,

scorching or otherwise not agreeable to an outdoor festivity – it will be

indoors in the Hawkeye Theatre

lower level – dry and in the air

conditioning. Either way it will be a fun and economical way to spend a

summer’s eve in July. See you at the

show!

Member Appreciation Picnic in July!

Editor, Just Some Volunteer With a staff of ten digits

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runs for six shows until a matinee on Sunday, August 21st.

Characters in this funny show are:

Evie - female, 40s;

Carter - male, late 30s;

Caitlin - female, 20s, Duncan - male, 40s;

Waiter, Ramon,

Neil, Nurse, paramedic - male, 30s.

Duncan and Evie were married for

15 years. They are now happily di-

vorced. Well, maybe not happily, but they are trying to find that elusive

quantity in new relationships. Evie is

seeing Carter, a slightly younger cof-fee salesman, and in him she’s trying

to nurture renewed happiness, even if

it kills him.

Duncan, on the other hand, had a

GUN-SHY (cont from cover)

head start and had already initiated a relationship with the pretty, young

and nearly anorexic, Caitlin. He see

her as his second chance at real hap-

piness, but she prefers the exhilara-tion of when they were sneaking

around behind Evie’s back. The one

remaining connection that Duncan and Evie cannot sever is their 13 year

old son and they, and their new at-

tachments, are brought together to come to an adult resolution as to how

to co-exist, separately. Richard

Dresser’s comedy depicts with a

sharp tongue, the realities and foibles of a good divorce gone bad.

All we know is that once you leave this show you’ll realize how good

you’ve got it, or at least, if your

thinking of a break up, you might be a little Gun-Shy.

Suzanne: Judy’s right arm girl, a gofer; High school/college female.

Officer Blair: A rather dim police

officer; Adult either.

Marian Thorncraft is looking forward

to her honeymoon with new hubby,

Tyler. She pictures someplace romantic, secluded and cozy. No

sooner have her feet touched the

ground after being carried over the threshold than she discovers her love

nest is really a one-time mortuary!

Auditions for October Farce

Auditions for the Annual Dessert T h ea t r e , “ H o ne y mo o n a t

Graveside Manor” a ghostly farce

written by Pat Cook, will be held on

August 20th and 21st between 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Hawkeye Theatre.

The cast calls for 6-7 female and 3-

4 male actors in the following mix: Myron Thorncraft: A dithering

spilt personality recently escaped

from a mental institution; Adult male. The Woman: A ghost; Adult

female. Tyler Thorncraft: A writer

of horror novels on his honeymoon:

Adult male. Marian Thorncraft: Tyler’s new bride; Adult female.

Sophie: A wise cracking cleaning

lady; Adult female. Madge

Perkins: Chic publishing editor;

Adult female. Durward: Student,

not the brightest; High school/college male. Judy: Know-it-all

student; High school/college female.

Graveside Manor, as the locals call it, has been abandoned for years,

mainly due to the rumors of it being

haunted.

Michael Shoopman will cast and

direct the show which opens in mid-

October, just in time to kick in the Halloween season. Get to these

auditions or pay the price of severe

regret. It’s an opportunity to join a lunatic society for a couple of

months; you’ll never be the same.

Release waivers will be available at

the door. Actor requirements are a strong persona, physical willingness

to be thumped about, ability to listen

to and take direction, and finally a promise of first born to attend

practices on time, as scheduled.

Contrary to Shoopman’s norm, the script - amazingly - has no specific

accents. Yet.

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What an

entertainment

bargain!

Please mail to: Hawkeye Community Theatre, Box 32, Fort Dodge, IA 50501-0032

If you are interested in participating actively in HCT please check one or more of the following

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NOTE: Single ticket prices: Summer Shows & Dessert Theatre $10. Dinner Theatre is extra for meal.

Your Gift Supports Quality Theatrical Productions

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Hawkeye Community Theatre Memberships

Listed below are the six levels of memberships. Hawkeye Community Theatre (HCT) is a non-profit organization, so your

contribution may be tax deductible. Not only do you make a contribution, but you get a bargain in entertainment.

Please fill out the form below and mail it to us. If you have friends or family who would like to join HCT also, send their name(s)

address and type(s) of membership(s) and their donation(s) to the same address. REMEMBER: HCT memberships make great gifts!

Hawkeye is made of people in your community — volunteers giving of their time and talent with one purpose — to keep the art alive in our community. Please join and help this art form live on. Someday a child yet to be born will breathlessly await their cue to walk

out on to the stage for the first time, and experience a feeling like no other — all because of you and people like you, who made it

possible. Hawkeye Community Theatre...the legacy lives on...

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work with directors

like Shoopman,

Bluml, Garst,

Hazel and

Stokesbary?

WHERE can you go

as an actor to audition

WHO is looking

fresh six times a year?

WHAT is like

Broadway without the

travel expense?

WHEN can you

Six Counts Looking Fresh

and really stretch

your wings in a semi-

professional format?

WHY miss the

experience of tacking

this on your resume?

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July Show opens July10th –AND—August Show opens August 14th!

Auditions! Annual Dessert Theatre on August 20th & 21st

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7:00 pm

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Auditions

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Auditions

6:00 pm

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Hawkeye Community Theatre Box 32 — 521 North 12 Street

Fort Dodge, IA 50501-0032

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521 North 12th Street

Fort Dodge, IA 50501

Phone: 1.515.576.6061

E-mail: info@hawkeyetheatre.com

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