IMAGINE, DREAM, ESCAPE!
2009/2010 Season
a well-balanced season together requires careful consideration. Elements to be factored in are: size of show, seasonality, balance of musicals to non-musicals and affordability to produce. In order to be successful, we have to create work that our audiences want to support. Given the economic slowdown, we are hoping to remind our audiences that theater can be a great antidote to these troubling times. Being able to sit in a theater and have a shared experience with hundreds of others allows us to be transported to various time periods and locations by simply raising the curtain. Our Imagine, Dream, Escape season will include an eclectic array of experiences that will help us both reflect on the world we live in and sometimes escape into a better one.
World Premiere
November 10-22, 2009
The season will begin with a world premiere play, Fanny Brice: The Real Funny Girl, that includes songs that will illuminate Fanny Brice’s career such as “Second Hand Rose” and “My Man.” Brice’s life was complicated and full of conflict, which is contrary to how she was portrayed by Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl. This retrospective on her life will be a more accurate representation of the life she really lived, including her tumultuous upbringing, her relationship with the gangster, Nicky Arnstein and her struggles with having to have the “funny girl” exterior despite her inner turmoil.
Next up will be what many critics feel is Neil Simon’s best play, Lost in Yonkers. This play received the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for “Best Play” and follows brothers, Jay and Arty, who are forced to live with their less-than-beloved grandmother while their widower father works on the road during World War II. While awaiting the return of their father, the boys wrestle to contain their fiery wit as a host of relatives (one more eccentric than the next) enter their lives. Join us for this highly entertaining and moving evening of theatre.
January 12-31, 2010
December 1-13, 2009
To bring in the New Year, we will be producing one of Broadway’s biggest hits and Tony Award winner, La Cage aux Folles, with book by Harvey Fierstein and score by Jerry Herman. This crowd-pleasing production will challenge audiences to defy their eyes as well as their views of what it means to be a “family.” Based on the 1973 French play by Jean Poiret and subsequent 1978 screen version (one of the most popular foreign films ever released in the U.S.), the musical focuses on the adventures and hilarity that ensue when a gay couple’s son brings home his fiancée’s ultra-conservative parents.
The growing pains of our nation is chronicled in this grand pageant of pre-World War I America, Tintypes. Like Ragtime, this nostalgic but thrillingly subversive revue takes us back to turn of the century America, when the innocent, slower-paced days of ice cream socials and hoop skirts are giving way to a bustling world of automobiles, electricity and the telephone, and where American optimism and ingenuity run high. Featuring classic songs from that time, such as “You’re A Grand Old Flag” and “Yankee Doodle Boy,” this musical will make you proud to be an American!
February 9-28, 2010
Anything Goes, the splashy musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, follows the madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Audiences are certain to get a kick out of this lighthearted gem of mistaken identities and misbegotten romance where Billy Crocker tries to woo the girl of his dreams. This musical’s smashing score introduced such songs as “Anything Goes,” “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You” and will have you singing and dancing along to this tuneful tap-dancing romp
March 9-28, 2010
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Second Semester classes are underway including: Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Acting with Marc Durso in the Uta Hagen Method, Acting and Scene Study with Lissa Birder, Musical Theatre, Acting for Film, Voice, and Audition Technique. In addition, students are currently in rehearsal for Les Miserables (School Edition) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Upcoming Student Performances
Les Miserables (School Edition)
Friday and Saturday, April 24 & 25 at 7:30pm Come step back in time to the history of the French Revolution and enjoy the show performed by high school COPA students and directed by Craig Wich with Musical Direction by Betty Saunders. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm
Directed by Lissa Birder and Betty Saunders. Come watch the young students present this musical with enthusiasm, energy and talent! Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.
For tickets and more information, visit www.jupitertheatre.org or call the box office at (561) 575-2223.
Summer at COPA!
Students of all ages can take classes in ballet, jazz or acting through months of June and July. Additionally, high school and college students may audition for West Side Story. The Tony Award-winning classic will be directed by Craig Wich and choreographed by Broadway’s Ron DeJesus. West Side Story will perform on the main stage, Friday and Saturday, June 26 & 27 at 7:30pm.
For younger students ages 7 – 13, Annie Get Your Gun will hold sign-ups also. Two different casts will present the show with a total of four performances onstage, with each cast presenting an afternoon matinee and an evening show. Performances will be Friday and Saturday, July 31 & August 1 at 2pm and 7:30pm.
Joe Piscopo in Concert
To Benefit The Conservatory of Performing Arts
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 7:30pm
Joe Piscopo, Saturday Night Live cast member from the ‘80’s, will be performing a tribute to Ole Blue Eyes (Frank Sinatra). This show, benefiting The Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA), will be filled with comedy, impersonations and music. Joe conquered another realm when he starred on Broadway as disc jockey Vince Fontaine in Grease! (ever the trouper, Joe insisted on performing opening night, despite conditions created by one of the worst blizzards in NYC history). And indeed, history was made as Grease! was the only Broadway show to open that night. Live performances have always been an important part of Joe’s career and he has long been one of America’s most popular comedy concert performers, filling arenas and casino showrooms from coast to coast and in Canada (including the prestigious Montreal Jazz Festival). Joe tours with his own original Big Band tribute to Frank Sinatra, as well as his multimedia comedy show.
October 15 – 25, 2009
Thursdays & Fridays at 7:30pm
Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm and Sundays at 2pm
Love is Love is a new musical revue conceived and directed by Martin Charnin (co-creator: Annie) that follows the stories of twelve unique women as they grapple with the mysteries and complications of love. The musical numbers and monologues spotlight different aspects of love, addressing that elusive feeling in a completing manner — from the undeniable flutter of love at first sight to the responsibilities of keeping love alive.
The Three Little Pigs
Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 10am onstage at the Theatre!
Page to Stage
In conjunction with the Kids Korner Series, the Theatre offers ‘Page to Stage’ workshops to elementary schools based on the upcoming productions. The workshops include an introduction to acting skills and a scene from the story plot that is created by the students so they learn how a story in a book can also be told in a play format. The Theatre will bring costumes and scripts into the classroom and work with students in a 50-minute workshop. The cost is a $1.00 donation per student to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Workshops are conducted by Director of Education, Judy Gelman.
For more information, email Judy at jgelman@jupitertheatre.org or call (561) 575-2672, ext. 1
cast of The Three Little Pigs
Greatest Night on Earth Gala
The Gala Kick-Off Party was held at Catharina and Richard Schlangers’ home in November and the Sponsor Party was held at the home of Kathleen and Richard Derbes in early January.
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s “Greatest Night on Earth” Gala, held on January 15th at Admiral’s Cove Country Club, raised $375,000 to benefit the not-for-profit theatre.
The Theatre’s hit production, Barnum , inspired the theme for the evening. An over-the-top circus atmosphere with clowns, jugglers and stilt walkers greeted guests. The ballroom of Admiral’s Cove was transformed; a billowing tent incased tables wrapped in neon pinks, greens and blues topped with oversized centerpieces of popcorn, cotton candy and lions jumping through rings of fire.
Broadway producers and Theatre board members, Bonnie and John Osher , were honored with a special performance by the students of the Theatre’s Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA).
Roberta Golub , chairing this successful Gala for the second consecutive year along with a notable committee of forty, exceeded all expectations. Grand auction chairmen were Bel Miller and Leslie Sacks ; silent auction chairmen were Susan Johnson and Beth Neuhoff ; and decorations were coordinated by Leslie Sacks .
Kerry and Simone Vickar are welcomed by hosts, Catharina and Richard Schlanger
Bert & Sallie Korman, Brad Oscar, Peggy & Rick Katz at the Sponsor Party
Kathy Derbes, Ross & Susan Johnson, Priscilla Heublein, Roberta Golub, and Andrew Kato at the Sponsor Party
Beth Neuhoff, Andrew Kato and Susan Johnson dressed in theme for Barnum.
Greatest Night on Earth Silent Auction
Managing Director, Tricia Trimble with Gala Chairman, Roberta Golub
COPA students sold tickets for the Tiffany & Co. Mystery Blue Box and performed during the evening
Greatest Night on Earth, honoring Bonnie and John Osher
VIP Sponsors, Diane and Jim Perrella
Creator of the Gala invitation, Bel, with husband Peter Miller
Greatest Night on Earth, under the big top!
Grand Benfactors, Peggy and Rick Katz with Joan Mattison
Major Business Sponsor, Tiffany & Co.
Corporate Corner
Please thank our growing group of corporate sponsors. Local businesses provide financial support to the Theatre.
The John McDonald Company was the VIP Sponsor for the Theatre’s production of Barnum in January.
California Closets on Indiantown Road, was the VIP Sponsor for the Theatre’s production of Beehive in February.
Loggerhead Fitness (LF) is honored and delighted to be the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s wellness and fitness partner. Busy baby boomers and active seniors choose LF for their caring, professional staff, state of the art classes, training facility and clean environment. LF is a friendly community health club serving the Juno Beach, Jupiter and North Palm Beach areas of Palm Beach County. Come and see why they were voted the #1 Health Club for the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast two years in a row!
The Ritz Carlton Golf Club & Spa and Kretzer Piano sponsored the George Winston Solo Piano Concert in February.
Northern Trust sponsored Robert Dubac’s Male Intellect: The 2nd Coming in February.
Chick-fil-a at the Gardens Mall and The Palm Beach Post sponsored the Kids Korner production of The Three Little Pigs in February.
Thank you to the following businesses who support the Theatre by advertising in our Footlights!
Asian Fin
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
The Bistro Core Elements
Aaron Spector, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC
Charley’s Crab / The Crab House
Grande’s Bella Cucina
Homecare America
Sinclairs Ocean Grill at the Jupiter Beach Resort
Karpus Investment Management
Krezter Piano
Publix
Solu, Asian-infused Caribbean Grill
Scripps Commercial Printing donates the printing of the Theatre’s newsletter, The Rave Review
Richard Steckler DDS, PA
Tierra Del Sol
Bob Turton from the cast of Noises Off works out at Loggerhead Fitness
Second Semester classes are underway including: Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Acting with Marc Durso in the Uta Hagen Method, Acting and Scene Study with Lissa Birder, Musical Theatre, Acting for Film, Voice, and Audition Technique. In addition, students are currently in rehearsal for Les Miserables (School Edition) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Upcoming Student Performances
Les Miserables (School Edition)
Friday and Saturday, April 24 & 25 at 7:30pm
Come step back in time to the history of the French Revolution and enjoy the show performed by high school COPA students and directed by Craig Wich with Musical Direction by Betty Saunders. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm
Directed by Lissa Birder and Betty Saunders. Come watch the young students present this musical with enthusiasm, energy and talent! Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.
For tickets and more information, visit www.jupitertheatre.org or call the box office at (561) 575-2223.
Summer at COPA!
Students of all ages can take classes in ballet, jazz or acting through months of June and July. Additionally, high school and college students may audition for West Side Story. The Tony Award-winning classic will be directed by Craig Wich and choreographed by Broadway’s Ron DeJesus. West Side Story will perform on the main stage, Friday and Saturday, June 26 & 27 at 7:30pm.
For younger students ages 7 – 13, Annie Get Your Gun will hold sign-ups also. Two different casts will present the show with a total of four performances onstage, with each cast presenting an afternoon matinee and an evening show. Performances will be Friday and Saturday, July 31 & August 1 at 2pm and 7:30pm.
SPOTLIGHT
St ar Volunteer: Eileen Weismann
Eileen Weissman sponsored the
Eileen, not only volunteers for the box office but oversaw the Palm Beach Idols 2008 and will do so again this year. She was also the Assistant Stage Manager for Wonderland and assisted Rachel Blavatnik with the apartment rentals and airport transportation. Eileen is a board member of the Theatre’s Guild and a significant donor. Putting in an average of fifteen hours each week, Eileen volunteers even more prior to each show during season.
When asked why she does it, Eileen smiles and says “It gets me involved in all areas of the Theatre, including backstage and the logistics of caring for the cast each show. It’s so cool to see things from a behind-the-scenes perspective!”
GUILD GUILD
Carol Wright, Myra Hoffstein, and Paulette Latrecchia
Volunteers Volunteers
No theatre is more appreciative and proud of their volunteers as the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. In just one season, the ushers alone have given the Theatre over 6,840 hours that would result in paid wages of more than $46,000. This amount does not count for the volunteer hours of the box office crew, bartenders, weekly assistance in COPA, Development, Marketing, Backstage, the Volunteer Department and at events such as ArtiGras or even the champagne ladies and poster distributors! These wonderful people provide not only their time and dedication to the Theatre, but create a heavy savings for the Theatre.
Anna Berardi-Grant Director of Volunteers
The Wildly Elegant Fashion Show and Luncheon
This sold-out benefit for the Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA), raised $24,000 in November and was chaired by the fabulous trio of Myra Hoffstein, Paulette Latrecchia and Carol Wright.
A Tribute to the Legends Show
Fundraiser also benefited the Conservatory of Performing Arts, and featured Cher and Barbara Streisand impersonators on Wednesday, March 4, 2009.
U PCOMING G UILD EVENTS INCLUDE :
Casino Night Fundraiser on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 6pm at the Jupiter Community Center. A donation of $50 includes gambling chips and hors-d’oeuvres. Cash bar. Tickets can be purchased through Jim D’Amelio at (561) 747-1962 , Paulette Latrecchia at (561) 512-7029 or Eileen Weissmann at (561) 743-7196 .
MJT Employee News MJT Employee News
Bobby Brinson, Technical Director - Bobby started working in theatre at the Bailey Concert Hall in Davie. Recent credits as a Deck Manager at Broward Stagedoor Theatre include: West Side Story, Guys & Dolls and Jekyll and Hyde. Credits as a Master Electrician include: Spiegel World’s Absinthe in Miami and Dallas and Sweeny Todd at Coral Springs Center of the Arts. Having worked at numerous road houses, doing everything from Assistant Audio, Lighting Designer and Assistant Technical Director, Bobby has earned a reputation for being a jack of all trades.
“Bobby can find solutions to the most complex technical issues. For Barnum, he found a way to rig several circus tricks so that they could be performed literally over the audience!” says Artistic Director, Andrew Kato.
Marie Dreher, Director of Finance - Marie has over 25 years experience as a CPA and has held senior executive positions, focusing on corporate and operational finances for manufacturing and service companies. She led the strategic planning and corporate development efforts for two Fortune 500 Companies and spent her early career working for Ernst & Young. Marie got her BA degree from Montclair State University. A relative newcomer to South Florida, she resides with her husband in Ocean Ridge.
“Marie’s stellar credentials and reputation bring financial and corporate discipline to our not-for-profit world,” says Managing Director, Tricia Trimble.
silver Maltz Jupiter Theatre letters placed in the box office.
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