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MINDGAME…. 1MEMBERSHIP MEETINGSUMMER PRODUCTION: 1776

TICKET PRICES ............2STORY BEHIND THE PLAYRIGHTTHE DIRECTORGIFT CERTIFICATESBEHIND THE SCENES

SUMMER PRODUCTION – 1776..….. 3REFLECTION OF YEARS PAST

2008-2009 SEASON .….. 4

WHY BECOME A MEMBER…..5VOLUNTEER KUDOSBOARD OF DIRECTORSIN REMEMBRANCE

2008-2009 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION….6

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NotesLITTLE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA BEACHMAY 2008

MindgameShow Dates: May 16 – June 8, 2008

Friday and Saturdays 8 p.m.Sundays 3 p.m.

"When Mark Styler, a writer of glossy "true crime" paperbacks, tries toget an interview with Easterman, a notorious serial killer, he hasno idea what he's walking into. First he has to get past Dr. Farquhar,the quixotic head of Fairfields - the asylum where Easterman is kept.But soon he discovers that very little is quite what it seems. Who isthe mysterious Borson? Where did he get the meat in the fridge? Andwhy isn't the skeleton in the closet?"

Mindgame is an enigma- a “jet black” comedy, and a thriller. Seeingthe play is the only way to find all the clues, and you will find yourselflaughing all the way to the shocking conclusion.

Warning: This provocative play contains adult themes, violence andstrobe effects. Viewer discretion is advised.

SUMMER SHOW

Auditions: May 19 & 20

Performance: JULY 18 – AUGUST 10

AnnouncementGeneral Membership Meeting

June 221 PM

At the Theatre

Be involved! Attend and learn moreabout the inner workings of our

theatre. The election of new boardmembers will occur during this

meeting. Refreshments andentertainment provided.

“Things are not what they seem!” John Cauthen as Mark Styler,Christa Jones as Nurse Plimpton and Scott Rollins as Dr. Farquhar,star in the thriller, Mindgame. Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Poutasse.

TICKETPRICES

$15General Admission

$12Seniors, Students,Active Duty Military

$12 Sunday Matinee

$5 Children under 12

Group Pricingavailable for groups of

20 or more

LTVB offers gift certificates for $15. Ourgift certificates have no expiration dateand can be used for any production. Topurchase, send a check payable to"LTVB.” Please note attention to JimRussell and write “gift certificate” in thememo section. Send your payment to:

Little Theatre of Virginia BeachPost Office Box 1053

Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451

Behind the ScenesFood Lion Shop & Share Program – Little Theatre of

Virginia Beach welcomes your donation by using your Food Lion MVPcard. Just send your name, address, phone number with your 12 digit

MVP number (include small number before and after main number) tocontact@ltvb.com – attention Nancy Bloom, and we will do the rest, OR there is asignup sheet in the theatre lobby.

Props & Costume Department is always accepting donations of clothing,furniture, pictures and cash donations. Receipts are provided. Contact DonnaLawheed at contact@ltvb.com if you have questions or a donation.

Upcoming Board Position Elections: Interested in serving on the board ofthe Little Theatre of Virginia Beach? Elections will be held June 22. Please send aresume to the theatre if you are interested in serving on the board.

The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach is a non-profit organization assisted by grantsfrom City of Virginia Beach through the Arts and HumanitiesCommission and the Carol Chittum Foundation.

The Story Behind the Playwright

Anthony Horowitz grew up as an unhappy, overweight child from aprivileged family. His father was very secretive and mysterious, while heviewed his grandmother as such a mean spirited woman, he believed her to be anextremely evil person. Born in Stanmore, Middlesex, Anthony was sent to aboarding school at the age of eight, where the environment was so demeaning;and flogging was used as discipline. Dealing with the environment he wasexposed to, he made up a variety of stories centered around revenge includingthe character of Alex Rider, a fourteen-year-old spy from Britain.

Today Anthony is known as one of the busiest writers in England. The“Alex Rider” novels have become best sellers for children and on May 2, 2007,he won the Nielsen Author of the Year Award. Another series he has writtenare the Diamond Brothers. He has also written several television seriesincluding the series Foyle’s War that has aired in the United States. He wrotehis first and only West End play, Mindgame, the thriller set in a lunaticasylum.

The Director -Ricky D’Alonzo

The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach is thrilled to have returningdirector, Ricky D’Alonzo, back once again directing the smash hit, Mindgame.His previous LTVB directing credits include Angel Street, Shadowlands, Lostin Yonkers, Red Herring, and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Others include TheLittle Foxes (LTN), Portal (Generic Dog Days Festival), As You Like It(Hampton Roads Shakespeare Festival) and Anton Chekhov’s The Bear (ODUSpring Performance Festival). Next season at LTVB, D’Alonzo is to direct themuch anticipated, Zombie Prom - his first crack at a musical. Ricky is an actorat Nauticus, and one of the most prolific ghost and local history storytellers inthe area. He would like to thank God. He also wants to thank his talented castand crew for their hard work and ability-most especially, stage manager TimHatt.

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2008-2009 Season TicketsNOW AVAILABLE

Coming Summer Newsletter

New design for the2008-2009 Season

As we celebrate 60 years, wereflect through the great years of1st class entertainment at the LittleTheatre of Virginia Beach andlook forward to the years to come.

Celebrating 60 Years!Little Theatre of Virginia Beach

The Broadway Hit

1948George Washington

Slept Here

The Musical 1776, the original Broadway production,opened on March 16, 1969. The Tony Award winning show ranfor 1217 performances, closing after a 3 year run, then beingrevived in 1997. 1776 was nominated for five Tony awards andwon three: Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (Richard HenryLee), and Best Direction of a Musical. LTVB is very excited to bringthis much anticipated production to the Hampton Roads area.

1776 is the story about the actual history and events atthe Continental Congress in Philadelphia leading up to thesigning of the Declaration of Independence. Actors will bring tolife many historical figures including John Adams, ThomasJefferson and Benjamin Franklin during this production. Thismusical comedy shows the serious political issues that were atstake during the birth of our nation.

Laughter on the 24th Floor by Neil SimonPerformances: September 12 – October 5

Auditions: July 21 & 22

A Broadway hit that is a homage to the author’s early days in show biz when he worked as a junior jokesmith for Sid /Caesar’s YourShow of Shows. He was stuck in a room with a bunch of the looniest comedy writers ever, who grew up to be the likes of Mel Brooks,Larry Gelbart and others. The play is a memoir told by Neil Simon’s alter ego, Lucas. As the writers try to top each otherwith gags while competing for the attention of head madman Max Prince (the Sid Caesar character), Max contends with the NBC brasswho fear his humor is too sophisticated for middle America.

Zombie PromMusic by Dana P. Rose. Book and Lyrics by John Dempsey. Based on story by John Dempsey and Hugh Murphy.

Performances: March 20 – April 11, 2009Auditions: January 19 & 20

Zombie Prom is an atomic-powered musical set in the 50’s Enrico Fermi High. Pretty senior, Toffee has fallen for the class bad boy.Family pressure forces her to end the romance, and he charges off on his motorcycle to the nuclear waste dump. He returns glowingand determined to reclaim Toffee’s heart. He still wants to graduate, but most of all he wants to take Toffee to the prom. The principalorders him to drop dead while a scandal reporter seizes on him as the freak du jour. History comes to his rescue while a tuneful selectionof original songs in the stype of 50’s hits keeps the action rocking across the stage. This is a modern day “Grease”!

Crimes of the Heart by Beth HenleyPerformances: January 16 - February 8, 2009

Auditions: November 17 & 18

The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the familypatriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, isunmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrewHazlehurst, is back after a failed signing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on boil afterhaving shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by theirpriggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tried to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not tofall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future.The telling is true and touching and consistently hilarious and will linger in the mind long after the end.

A Man for all Seasons by Robert BoltPerformances: November 14 – December 7

Auditions: September 15 & 16On Broadway, A Man for all Seasons garnished awards and critical praise.

When Henry fails to obtain from the pope a divorce from Catherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn, herebels by requiring his subjects to sign an Act of Supremacy making him both spiritual and temporal leader ofEngland. Sir Thomas More can not in conscience comply. Neither Thomas Cromwell, Cardinal Wolsey nor theKing himself, can get a commitment from him. He resists anything heroic, wanting only to maintain his integrityand belief in silence. But this is treason, and his silence costs him everything.

Blithe Spirit by Noel CowardPerformances: May 15 – June 7, 2009

Auditions: March 23 & 24

Novelist Charles Condomine invites an eccentric lady medium into his placid country home in order to learn the language of theoccult. Little does Charles or his lovely second wife, Ruth, dream that the séance staged by the medium will summon back Charles’first wife, now “passed over” for seven years. Only Charles can see or hear her. A floating vase, handed to her out ofthin air, finally convinces Ruth that Charles is not losing his mind, that is first wife in indeed in the room. The first wife has a ghostlyplot in mind: if she can get Charles into an automobile accident and make a ghost of him, life in the spirit world will have more appealfor her. Mistakes occur, however, and it is Ruth who makes the fatal automobile ride and passes on only to returnwith the first wife to plague the utterly bewildered astral bigamist! A hilarious conclusion that is brilliant and clever.

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In Remembrance

Joshua Hastings – 1985 - 2008Acting was one of Joshua Hastings’ passions, and when he was cast as areporter in LTVB’s “The Front Page” the summer of 2005, it was a chanceto work alongside some of the most experienced and talented actors inHampton Roads. Joshua embraced the opportunity and was eager to

participate and learn; whether seeking guidance and direction on his characterization orsoliciting insider tips about the “business” of acting. Joshua lost his life on February 28, 2008,while selflessly trying to save his brother, Jason and Jason’s fiancé from a house fire. The LittleTheatre of Virginia Beach was honored to have Joshua perform on our stage and we extend oursympathies to the Hastings family.

Jacquelin Warren – 1915 – 2007Jacque Warren loved LTVB, even contributing to buy the property in 1971. Although she neverventured onstage, she provided invaluable service in other areas: Board member, organizingsocials, set design and most importantly, as a costumer. Jacque was intelligent, gracious, andhad a wonderful outgoing personality, which no doubt accounted for her success as a PsychiatricSocial Worker. She loved life and even in her eighties was still swimming in the Bay! She wasfrom a generation that possessed the qualities of loyalty, good manners and intelligence that israrely seen today and she will be greatly missed. A memorial service is planned in VirginiaBeach in the fall.

LTVB extends our condolences to the family of Peggy Lawrence. Peggy was a patron of ourtheatre. LTVB is appreciative of donations received in Peggy’s name.

Special thank you to Barbara Ashman for the 3 wooden chairs used on the set of Desire Under the Elms and toMary Lou Mahlman for the wash bowel and pitcher used as props in Desire Under the Elms.

Your season ticket purchase includes a “membership” in the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach. Butwhat does membership mean? As a not-for-profit corporation, the theatre is composed of its members anddepends on them for its survival. As an all-volunteer community theatre we have no paidstaff to do all of the work required to keep a busy theatre running. Our members work on ourproductions, serve on the Board of Directors, work as ushers and on other special committees.

Membership also has its benefits. Members receive in-depth information about the theatre witha subscription to our newsletter, Stage Notes. Members have the privilege of approving our annualbudget and electing new board members at the Annual Membership Meeting in the summer. There areseveral levels of membership that you can purchase, some of which give you recognition in the programfor each play. Even those who chose not to purchase a season ticket may buy a membership for just tendollars. Becoming a member is a great way to allow anyone to participate in a community theatre andbecome part of something great!

Memberships are now available for the 2008-2009 season. The application form is on the lastpage of the newsletter or may be obtained on the LTVB website.

2007-2008 Board of Directors

PresidentRobin Martineau

VP/ProductionRicky D’Alonzo

VP/BusinessShirley Hurd

TreasurerJim Russell

Recording SecretaryKathy Hinson

Corresponding SecretarySara Quilenderino

Play ReadingKay Burcher

Props CoordinatorDonna Lawheed

Set CoordinatorDennis Lawheed

Box OfficePaul Berryman

VolunteersJoan Patterson

CostumesVacant

Technical CoordinatorJeff Brangan

ProgramsRobin Chapman

MembershipVincent DeSanto

SocialsJames Jordan

Building & GroundsBill Vaughan

Publicity & WebsiteNancy Bloom

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