STARRING

Riley Adams & Mary Charles Johnson

Danny Roush & Emily Kirkland

October 28th & 29th at 7pm

October 30th at 3pm

Warrenton Cultural Center

Directed & Staged by Cindy Rivers

Ray Bradbury’s

Previous ACTs

ACT XVII Laugh In

ACT XVI Mary Poppins

ACT XV As You Like It

ACT XIV Little Women

ACT XIII Mulan

ACT XII Taming of the Shrew

ACT XI Laugh Your Head Off

ACT X The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

ACT IX Annie

ACT VIII Twelfth Night

ACT VII A Night @ The C.C.

ACT VI And Then There Were None

ACT V Godspell

ACT IV Comedy Through the Ages

ACT III Romeo & Juliet

ACT II Murder by the Book

ACT I Big Bad

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Thank you for giving us a home

Thank you, Kim & CC

for loaning us the beau�ful wrought iron pieces…

Carousel, fences, archways

Ask us about purchasing them!

Pick up a�er final show.

I’d like to say a special thanks to Jessica Fowler for helping with the sets pain�ng.

Please,

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CONCESSIONS

Open before show & during intermission

RESTROOMS ARE LOCATED NEAR CONCESSIONS

Thanks to our TRADE-OUT sponsors…

Aarons

Family Dollar

Hampton Inn

IGA Thomson

McDuffie Box Company

Subway

Walgreens

Walmart

Thanks to our other sponsors…

Cricket Wireless

Farmers State Bank

McMichael Land & Timber

Queensboro Na(onal Bank & Trust

Regional Open MRI

State Bank & Trust

Thomson Chrysler-Dodge

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Watson and Knox Inc.

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McDuffie Feed & Seed

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SETS

CONSTRUCTION Director, ACT XVIII Cast, Crew, Kim & Chris Kirkland

MATERIALS Purchases

Re-uses

Donations...Thank you McDuffie Box Company

Loans...Thank you Andersons Market

COSTUMES

Sarah Letteer, Manager

Kaity Wilkerson, Assistant

SOURCES ACT Wardrobe, Parents & ACTors

HAIR & MAKE-UP

Lauren Bentley, Manager

Shannon Bentley, Assistant

ENGINEERING

LIGHTING & TECH Jeffrey Fowler

Kaity Wilkerson, Assistant

SOUND Cindy Rivers, Jeffrey Fowler

MUSIC CREDS

Punk Rock

Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Paramore,

Arctic Monkeys, Skillet, Britt Nicole, The Claypool Lennon Delirium,

The White Stripes, Linkin Park, The Fratellis

No Fear

Shakespeare We use the No Fear Shakespeare scripts so that the bard’s language is easier to understand. The original text,

which we perform, is on the le, hand pages, and a more common interpretaon is on the right. The right hand

pages are used for studying only.

Here’s a look at our previous Shakespearean ACT plays:

Taming of the Shrew was the BIG winner at our Pyramids awards this past summer…

Twel0h Night was also in the running for Best Play. TotS ended the evening with four awards:

Best Play, Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead, Best Shakespeare

We hope to see you at the next audi�ons Jan. 23, 2017 for Much Ado About Nothing

SCENE it…

Act I

Scene 1….Crying Lightning

Scene 2….Jim’s Favorite Tree

Scene 3….Darkness Descends on Green Town

Scene 4….Hallowed Home

Scene 5….Cold Hands, Warm Blood

Scene 6….Old Man

Scene 7….Tempting the Storm

Scene 8….Most Beautiful Woman in the World

Scene 9….The Pretty Visitors

Scene 10…Reflections of Fear

Scene 11…Curiosity Could Get You Killed

Scene 12…Round & Round

Scene 13...Don’t Look Him in the Eyes

Scene 14...Round & Round Again

Scene 15...Electrifying

Act II

Scene 1...Good & Happy

Scene 2...Spider Shadows & Silver Trails

Scene 3...Nightmares

Scene 4...Look Her in the Eyes

Scene 5...Dark Freaks

Scene 6...Discovery

Scene 7...Thread the Needle, Stop the Heart

Scene 8,,,Red Light, White Light

Prologue “The Messenger” by Linkin Park

Curtain Call “Victorious” by Panic! at the Disco

MEET THE DIRECTOR

Cindy Rivers began ACT in 2006 to give kids 8-19 a chance to participate in theatrical productions by either acting on stage, working the crew or helping with

other facets of theatre.

I chose this play for two reasons: 1) I wanted to produce a play at Halloween, and

since “Nightmare Before Christmas” has not yet been made available to perform as

a stage play, then “Something Wicked…” will “do nicely”. 2) I feel the message of

this play is a good one...Love conquers all.

MEET THE PRODUCTION CREW

Jeffrey Fowler (Technical Director, Associate Director) Check out our new lighting

system! Jeffrey is handling the light effects and sound. He was also the main fundraiser

for ACT. Thank you, Jeffrey!

Lauren Bentley (MakeUp Manager) Lauren has been working with ACT for the past

few productions as our make-up artist. She graduated from ACT after Romeo & Juliet

(ACT III)

Shannon Bentley (MakeUp Assistant) Shannon has been involved in ACT since its be-

ginning. Last spring, for Laugh-In, she worked behind the scenes, and she directed ACT,

sr this past summer.

Sarah Letteer (Costumes Manager) Sarah joined ACT in their second production,

“Murder by the Book”. She directed our first ACT, sr, and she has worked as our Costumes

Manager and Cue Master.

Kaity Wilkerson (Costumes Assistant) Kaity has been with ACT since “Twelfth Night” in

2011. Zaley and Lily connected with her right away, so she became the Backstage Man-

ager Assistant. Kaity also stepped in as cue master or in any role not covered during re-

hearsals.

Lizzie Wilkerson (Stage Manager) Lizzie joined ACT in 2011 and has mostly been on

crew. She is our main curtain master, and she will also be turning the clock :)

MEET ACT XVIII

Riley Brooke Adams (Will Halloway) NEW TO ACT! Riley enjoys singing, dancing,

acting, and plays softball. She is active at TES in choir and drama and hopes to gain

more experience through ACT.

This is her first main, and she hopes to make your entertainment great!

Morgan Bailey (Miss Foley) This is Morgan’s first full production with ACT. She debuted in

last summer’s ACT, sr: “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood”. “Hey y'all! Hope your

Halloween is as Spooky as it can be! My name is Morgan, and I enjoy spending time with

my wonderful Act peeps! It was my best friends who dragged me in here and introduced

me to this wonderful program. I enjoy books, Pinterest, and music... “

Trey Cason (Mr. Tetley & Cooger) This is Trey’s eighth ACT production. “I am a sophomore

at Thomson High School who loves to sing and act. Halloween is my favorite holiday, so

lets bring on the chills and thrills!”

Ashley Griffith (Jim’s mom & Carnival extra) NEW TO ACT! Ashley attends Thomson High

School.

Mary Charles Johnson (Jim Nightshade) Mary Charles is a homeschool student in the 6th

grade. She discovered her love for acting during Mary Poppins last fall. At any given time,

she can be found singing or reciting lines from her latest role or interest! She is an amazing

big sister to her one year old brother Tate! Halloween is one of her favorite holidays and

some of her best costumes include the Statue of Liberty, Dorothy and Madeline!

Emily Kirkland (Dust Witch) Emily joined ACT in 2012. Her goal is to be a music therapist,

and a quote she would like to share: “'Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability

to act despite fear.” :)

Sarah Letteer (Mrs. Halloway & Carnival extra, Costume Manager ) Sarah has been a

member of ACT since ACT II...9 years! “ACT has been a great experience for me and has

helped me grow as a person. It's definitely something I'll carry with me for the rest of my

life. :)”

Danny Roush (Dark) Danny has performed in many school and ACT performances. He

has been the bookkeeper in Beauty & the Beast, Phineas Trout in Willy Wonka, Skylights

in Peter Pan, Rapunzel's Prince in Into the Woods, and General Schmitz in Seusical for

school. He has also been Niam in Drama at the Diner, Bert in Mary Poppins, Dick Martin

in Laugh In, and the Town's Guy in The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood for Act.

Lily Sumerau (Robert/Young Cooger & Townfolk extra) Lily broke into ACT for Laugh-In

this past spring. Lily says she likes to tell stories about Purple Bananas. :)

Angela Wilkerson (Mr. Crosetti & Carnival extra) Angela (always Angie in my book)

joined us in 2011. She says, “Yes, I'm really 6'1", and no, I don't play basketball. “

Kaity Wilkerson (Carnival extra, Backstage & Costume Managers’ Assistant) Kaity

came on the ACT scene in 2011. Typical Kaity: “ I'm not wearing a costume, these are

just my clothes.”

Lizzie Wilkerson (Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Backstage Manager) Lizzie, aka

Bizzie, began her ACT career in 2011. She says, “I like ACT best when you can't see

me. (crew) “

Tori Wilkerson (Lightning Rod Salesman: Tom Fury & Carnival extra) Along with her

sisters, Tori joined ACT in 2011 for “Twelfth Night”. She tells us: “ Join the Dark Side....

We've got Hiccup and Toothless!! “

Zaley Williams (Little Girl/Young Miss Foley, Townfolk extra) NEW TO ACT! Zaley is

dedicating this performance to her deceased father Johnnie Williams Jr. She loves

drawing, acting (Warren County School’s Lion King 2016), gymnastics, karate, and mak-

ing new friends.