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Pensacola Junior College
Box Office:
850-484-1847
Mailing address: 1000 College Blvd.,
Pensacola FL 32504
www.pjc.edu/mt/
Rodney Whatley, Director of Theatre
rwhatley@pjc.edu
Stan Dean,
Lyceum Director
sdean@pjc.edu
PJC News!
The
Florida Community College Activities Association
selects 19
Pensacola Junior College students for its Music and Theatre
All-Academic Team.
The students are Andrew Bartlett,
Cassady Carter, Sarah Davis, Melanie
Haggard, Misty Hallman,
Joshua Kaye, Gregory Nicholas, Kathryn
Patterson, Carl Sears,
Kati Touchstone, Hannah Cobb, Catherine Florian,
Emily Hammon,
Kendra Lyons, Christina McCary, Will Thompson, Benjamin
Krock, Zachary Pingel and Joshua Zeller.
“They
were selected because they had a 3.30 or higher GPA and were
enrolled in at least 18 semester hours for the year,” says Don
Snowden, PJC department head of Music and Theatre.
For more
information, contact Snowden at 850-484-1802,
dsnowden@pjc.edu
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
Music & Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
2008 Summer High School Onstage Workshop (S.H.O.W.)
Directed by Rodney Whatley
Performances: August 1 - 3 and 8 - 10, 2008; Fridays &
Saturdays at 7:30pm and
Sundays at 2:30pm at the Ashmore Fine
Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the
Pensacola campus. $12 - All tickets.
Purchase tickets at the Lyceum Box Office in the Ashmore, 1000 College Blvd. For
more information, call 850-484-1847.
Synopsis: Go somewhere “Over the Rainbow” with Dorothy and
Toto to
meet Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion – and not to forget, the
Good Witch of the North. Say farewell to Munchkinland, and travel down
the
Yellow Brick Road to Emerald City and The Wizard of Oz. Look out for
that
nasty Wicked Witch of the West!
Musical
Urinetown
Music by Mark Hollman
Lyrics by Greg Kotis, Mark Hollman
Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, September 22 & 23 at 7:00pm.
Performances: November 14 - 16 and 21 - 23
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm; Sundays at 2:30pm.
Synopsis: In grim Gotham-like city of the future, a 20-year drought has
occurred. As a result, the government has banned private toiletries and the
citizens must use pay-to-pee toilets regulated by a monopolistic company, the
Urine Good Company, which charges exorbitant prices. Bobby Strong, the assistant
custodian at the poorest urinal in town, decides enough is enough. With the help
of the daughter of the CEO of the Urine Good Company, Hope Cladwell, Bobby ends
up leading a rebellion which frees the citizens.
For information on character descriptions go to
http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/View/1129 or
http://www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/shows/urinetown.html
2007 - 2008
Season
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
Music & Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
2008 Summer High School Onstage Workshop (S.H.O.W.)
Directed by Rodney Whatley
Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, June 23 & 24 at 8:00am - Noon
at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus.
Rehearsals begin Wednesday, June 25
Auditions are open to recent high school graduates and students in grades 9 - 12
for the 2008-2009 school year for Pensacola Junior Colleges Summer High School
Onstage Workshop.
All eligible age students who audition are included in the program; auditions
are merely to determine who plays what parts, says PJC Theatre Director Rodney
Whatley.
PJCs Summer Musical Theatre Program is an opportunity for students to
participate in many aspects of production - including singing, acting, dancing
and /or technical theatre.
For more information, contact Whatley at 850-484-1807 or
rwhatley@pjc.edu
Performances: August 1 - 3 and 8 - 10, 2008; Fridays &
Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:30pm. $12 - All tickets.
Synopsis: Dorothy finds herself in the land of the Munchkins,
and must journey to see the Wizard of Oz. Her path takes her past
fantastic places, and endears her to the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman,
and the Lion along the way. Each receives his dearest wish after
the long journey.
2008 - 2009
Season
Musical
Urinetown
Music by Mark Hollman
Lyrics by Greg Kotis, Mark Hollman
Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, September 22 & 23 at 7:00pm.
Performances: November 14 - 16 and 21 - 23
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm; Sundays at 2:30pm.
Synopsis: In grim Gotham-like city of the future, a 20-year drought has
occurred. As a result, the government has banned private toiletries and the
citizens must use pay-to-pee toilets regulated by a monopolistic company, the
Urine Good Company, which charges exorbitant prices. Bobby Strong, the assistant
custodian at the poorest urinal in town, decides enough is enough. With the help
of the daughter of the CEO of the Urine Good Company, Hope Cladwell, Bobby ends
up leading a rebellion which frees the citizens.
For information on character descriptions go to
http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/View/1129 or
http://www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/shows/urinetown.html
The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
Auditions: TBA
Performances: TBA
Synopsis: A priest is excommunicated because of a sex scandal involving
an under-aged girl. He then moves to Mexico and works as a tour guide in order
to escape from his sexual obsessions, but finds himself in trouble when a group
of young women take a tour of the small fishing village where he lives.
Rhinoceros
by Eugene Ionesco
Auditions: TBA
Performances: TBA
Synopsis: Berenger - an average citizen in a nameless French city - is
not interested in the fact that rhinoceros are on the loose. This causes him to
quarrel with his friend Jean and his attractive secretary Daisy outside a
grocer's shop. The argument continues with many local joining in - these include
the grocer and his wife, a waitress and a housewife, a cafe owner, an old
gentleman, a waitress and a logician. The group try to reason the events that
are happening around them. The results are understandably chaotic. In the local
government office where Berenger works he witnesses that the staff are gradually
turning into rhinoceros.
Eventually Berenger finds out that Daisy and he are the only human beings left.
To his surprise Daisy then too turns into a rhinoceros. Berenger concludes he
will then fight against all the rhinoceros...
TBA
for the
2008 Summer High School Onstage Workshop (S.H.O.W.)
Nothing at this time
Box Office: 850-484 -1847
Mailing address: 1000 College Blvd.,
Pensacola FL 32504
Rodney Whatley, Director of Theatre
(850) 484-1807
rwhatley@pjc.edu
Stan Dean, Lyceum
Director
(850) 484-1812
sdean@pjc.edu
LaVonne French, Dance
lfrench@pjc.edu
Ron Archer, Theatre Instructor
(850) 484-1800
rarcher@pjc.edu
Roy Bracken, Theatre Instructor
(850) 484-1809
RBracken@pjc.edu
Neil Howard, Theatre Instructor
(850) 484-1800
nhoward@pjc,edu
Bianca Siplin, Theatre Instructor
(850) 484-1800
bsiplin@pjc.edu
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