August - The City of Fairfield Ohio

The Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra
presents
Random Acts of Music
Under the Direction of Paul John Stanbery
COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER • PERFORMING ARTS
Hometown Community Theater
Local Stage Productions by Local Folks!
Community Arts Center Theater • Tickets on sale September 1 • $12 ($10 Seniors & Students)
Mid-Life! The
Crisis Musical
BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BOB
WALTON AND JIM WALTON
This wacky musical takes a comic look at
Date Day Time
Oct 2* F 8 pm
Oct 3 Sa 8 pm
Oct 4 Su 2 pm
Oct 9* F 8 pm
Oct 10 Sa 2 pm
Oct 10 Sa 8 pm
Oct 11 Su 2 pm
*Kids Night Out
Available at
Community Arts
Center, see page 17
the “age old”
conditions and
situations faced
in MID-LIFE!
From reading
glasses and
mammograms to
weekend
warriors and
proctology
exams - all are
lampooned with
a Saturday Night
Live nonsensibility.
If
you bought some
Gingko-Biloba, but can’t remember
where you put it - then you’re ready for
MID-LIFE! Directed by Chris Beiser.
The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever
WRITTEN BY BARBARA ROBINSON
The Herdmans show up at the church
Christmas Pageant tryouts and everyone
is horrified. Why? Because they are
horrible
Date Day Time
Nov 13 F 8 pm
Nov 14 Sa 8 pm
Nov 15 Su 2 pm
Nov 20 F 8 pm
Nov 21 Sa 2 pm
Nov 21 Sa 8 pm
Nov 22 Su 2 pm
children – they
steal, burn down
buildings, and
terrorize the
neighborhood.
You won’t
believe the
mayhem – and
the fun – when
the Herdmans,
probably the
most
inventively awful kids in history, collide
with the Christmas story head-on. A
Footlighters holiday tradition and a
family production not to be missed!
Directed by John Vanderplough.
Random Acts of Music II
Under the baton of Paul John Stanbery, the concert features the Hamilton-Fairfield
Chamber Orchestra playing music of Poulenc, Barber and others.
Date Day Time Location Tickets (On sale August 17)
Sep 13 Su 4 pm Community Arts Center $10 All Seats
Random Acts of Music III
Director Paul John Stanbery returns to the Community Arts Center for another
performance. The concert features The Polished Brass Quintet playing music
especially composed for five spectacular brass instrumentalists and ranging from the
Renaissance through the 21st Century. A sonic explosion!
Date Day Time Location Tickets (On sale October 12)
Nov 8 Su 4 pm Community Arts Center $10 All Seats
I Hate Hamlet
WRITTEN BY PAUL RUDNICK
Successful television actor Andrew Rally
struggles with performing the dream role
of Hamlet, dealing with a chaste
girlfriend, and playing host to the ghost
of John Barrymore. Back from the dead
to help Andrew with the part, Barrymore
Date Day Time
Feb 19 F 8 pm
Feb 20 Sa 8 pm
Feb 21 Su 2 pm
Feb 26 F 8 pm
Feb 27 Sa 2 pm
Feb 27 Sa 8 pm
Feb 28 Su 2 pm
proves to be
very
convincing - at
womanizing
and
impromptu
swordfights -
all with
hilarious
results. But
when
Hollywood
calls with a new role in a television pilot,
Andrew faces a hard choice; fame or
fortune. Directed by Heidi Schiller.
The Grapes of Wrath
ADAPTED BY FRANK GALATI FROM
THE CLASSIC JOHN STEINBECK
NOVEL
Winner of the 1990 Tony Award for Best
Play. Renowned first as a novel, and then
as a prize-winning motion picture, the
story of the Joad family and their flight
from the dust bowl of Oklahoma is
Date Day Time
May 21 F 8 pm
May 22 Sa 8 pm
May 23 Su 2 pm
May 28 F 8 pm
May 29 Sa 2 pm
May 29 Sa 8 pm
May 30 Su 2 pm
familiar to all.
Desperately
proud, but
reduced to
poverty by the
loss of their
farm, the Joads
pile their few
possessions on a
battered old
truck and head
west for
California,
hoping to find work and a better life.
Directed by Coby Osborne.
A UGUST 2009 � N EWSLETTER
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