Program - Aberdeen Community Theatre
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THROUGH THE GENEROUS GIFTS OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, ACT HAS ESTABLISHED<br />
The <strong>Aberdeen</strong> CommuniTy TheATre<br />
memoriAl endowmenT<br />
for the future growth of theater arts in <strong>Aberdeen</strong>.<br />
In loving memory of:<br />
JOHN EVENS, deceased 1985<br />
GLADYS C. MALONEY, 1899 - 1987<br />
MATTHEW ALAN S. ROSIN, 1984 - 1987<br />
JOHN S. HALL, 1900 - 1990<br />
MYLES B. FRY, 1927 - 1993<br />
JANE REDMOND, 1946 - 1994<br />
ESTHER HUETTL GRAF, 1909 - 1995<br />
LELAND A. (LEE) WEISHAAR, 1942 - 1995<br />
H.I. KING, 1918 - 1996<br />
MARIAN J. RIX, 1950 - 1997<br />
HELEN GRAF STRAUSS, 1899 - 1998<br />
BETH E. WRAY, 1942 - 1998<br />
PHYLLIS A. MCCAFFERTY, 1937 - 1998<br />
CHRISTEN GRAEBER WINTER, 1956 - 1998<br />
MYREL EVENS, deceased 1998<br />
PAT STENERSON, 1934 - 1999<br />
LOIS RYMAN, 1935 - 1999<br />
August 1980 “Annie Get Your Gun” First production of <strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> then<br />
known as ACT2. Pictured above left: Kathy (Dohm) Jahnke as Annie. Pictured above: (from left) Chuck<br />
Erhardt, Merle Fristad, Jim Ewing and director, Sr. Pam Donelan<br />
August 2005 “Annie Get Your Gun” Pictured bottom left: Kati Bachmayer as Annie<br />
M.E. TED HUNSTAD, 1912 - 2001<br />
BERNICE A. BORCHARD, 1930 - 2002<br />
RICHARD NORQUIST, 1933 - 2003<br />
ROSEMARY WALKER, 1932 - 2003<br />
THOMAS FRANCIS KELLY, 1949 - 2004<br />
HOLLIS HURLBERT, 1947 - 2004<br />
JOE KELLY, 1918 - 2006<br />
HELEN WEIFENBACH-TRAVLAND, 1919 - 2006<br />
DONALD H. HALL, 1925 - 2008<br />
CHUCK MEWING, 1930 - 2008<br />
TYLER STUCK, 1980 - 2008<br />
MARLYCE (MATHIEU) EVANS, 1928 - 2009<br />
LYNN MARIE HANSON, 1963 - 2009<br />
MARIAN WEHDE, 1929 - 1991<br />
BETTY LOU ANDERSON, 1942 - 2010<br />
CURT R. EWINGER, 1952 - 2010<br />
<strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> depends upon donations. ACT accepts gifts, memorials and bequests of cash,<br />
stock or property. For more information, to contribute to an existing memorial or to add names to a memorial,<br />
call ACT at (605) 225-2228.<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Dr. Curt Wischmeier, President<br />
Dr. Warren Redmond, Vice-president<br />
Ann Rasmussen, Secretary<br />
Kathy Stuck, Treasurer<br />
Members at Large<br />
Linda Batteen, Barb Evans,<br />
Vicki Lust, Linda Peterson<br />
STAFF<br />
James L. Walker, Artistic/<br />
Managing Director<br />
Brian T. Schultz, Education/<br />
Technical Director<br />
Heidi Jenson, Technical Assistant<br />
Ronda Jo Anderson, Office Manager<br />
Andrea Wagner, Administrative<br />
Assistant<br />
SOUTH DAKOTA<br />
ARTS COUNCIL<br />
support is provided with funds from the State of South Dakota<br />
through the Department of Tourism and State Development and<br />
the National Endowment for the Arts<br />
Office of Arts • 800 Governors Drive • Pierre, SD 57501-2294<br />
www.sdarts.org • 605-773-3131 • In State 800-423-6665<br />
415 S. MAIN STREET<br />
400 CAPITOL BUILDING<br />
ABERDEEN, SD 57402-0490<br />
T: (605) 225-5420<br />
www.sbslaw.net<br />
FROM THE<br />
ARTISTIC/MANAGING DIRECTOR…<br />
Eleemosynary: (el ’mos’ ner e) adj.<br />
1) Of, relating to, or dependent on charity<br />
2) Contributed as an act of charity; gratuitous<br />
Dorothea, Artie and Echo, the three generations of women<br />
characters in this play, are a part of a dysfunctional family<br />
and yet each are dependent on the others.<br />
I liked the show from the first time I read it years ago,<br />
although I’m not entirely sure why. I guess I just loved<br />
the characters and their flaws. It is a well-written piece by<br />
Lee Blessing who has written several wonderful pieces for theater, “A Walk in the<br />
Woods,” “Fortinbras,” “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music” and “War of<br />
the Roses.”<br />
Once I knew what the word meant, I thought, ACT is completely eleemosynary. We<br />
are dependent on the gifts of others: volunteer actors’ and technicians’ time and<br />
talents; as well, as financial contributions from you, our patrons.<br />
Unlike the characters in this performance, the ACT family is not so dysfunctional -<br />
although we have our days. There is a certain amount of dysfunction in all our lives.<br />
The script is also not as linear as most plays we perform and can seem disjointed as<br />
it progresses. That’s why it is important to perform without an intermission. Don’t<br />
worry, it’s a short play.<br />
I hope you enjoy. Thanks for coming.<br />
Jim Walker<br />
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Donald H. Hall, 1925-2008<br />
Co-Founder of ACT<br />
Honoree of ACT’s Donald H. Hall Scholarship<br />
assisitng ACT volunteers attending NSU<br />
For more information or to contribute to this<br />
scholarship endownment fund, contact ACT at<br />
(605) 225-2228.<br />
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