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Welcome to Maryland Ensemble Theatre for the holidays! This year, MET is offering 42 performances of three different holiday plays between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve! In addition to A Christmas Story, we have Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells on our Fun Company stage, and we have A Christmas Carol showing both at the Weinberg Center for the Arts and the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster. We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season at MET! Now in our 20th season, MET is here to bring an eclectic

offering of professional theatre through our ensemble. After a short winter break (well, we’ll be in rehearsals!), we’ll bring you Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman which opens in February followed by Rapture, Blister Burn by Gina Gionfiddo and the season rounds out with Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge! If you are a local, or just visiting, we hope you have a chance to explore our great hometown; there are over 40 restaurants within walking distance, plenty of places to shop, parking is cheap or free, and there are many, many options for nightlife after the show. If you are unfamiliar with MET, we have a resident ensemble of over 35 artists, a staff of 8, and 15 board members who dedicate massive energy as they pour their souls into every corner of our work. Our ensemble, board and staff are committed to interesting, entertaining, provocative and joyful theatre art. As an ensemble we work together to build theatre, which sparks audience dialogue, which builds community. We are so thankful that you have made the choice to spend some time with us; we hope you have a great time at MET!

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featuring Natalia Alvarado Kevin Cole Searlait Hoyt Sawyer Makl Jackson Peters-Mosere Daniel Puckett Beau Scott Lia Seltzer Tim Seltzer Wilson Seltzer Ysabel Seltzer Laura Stark Grace Thomas

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CastRalph as an adult ........................................................................................ Kevin ColeRalphie Parker ......................................................................................... Sawyer MaklMother .........................................................................................................Laura StarkThe Old Man...............................................................................................Tim SeltzerRandy ........................................................................................................ Searlait HoytMiss Shields ...................................................................................................Lia SeltzerFlick ............................................................................................................... Beau ScottSchwartz.................................................................................................Daniel PuckettEsther Jane Alberry .......................................................................... Natalia AlvaradoHelen Weathers .................................................................................... Grace ThomasScut Farkas ............................................................................................ Wilson SeltzerClara/Female Understudy .....................................................................Ysabel SeltzerGregg/Male Understudy ....................................................... Jackson Peters-Mosere

There will be one 15 minute intermission.

Meet the CastNatalia Alavarado (Esther Jane) has had roles in musicals like Singing in the Rain, Legally Blonde and The Music Man JR. She has had acting and improv

training at Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Natalia has also had two years of dance training and three years of choir training.

Kevin Cole (Ralph) is a Company Member here at the MET. Recent MET Credits: Great Again, Junie B. Jones, Good People, Twelfth Night,

the Laugh Station series, and Pickle My Monkey. Kevin also hosts The Last Hurrah in Stage 2 on the last Sunday of every month. You can learn more about him by visiting Kevindotcole.com

Searlait Hoyt (Randy) This is Searlait’s first mainstage production with MET. Previously, she appeared in Young Camelot and the Fight

for the Holy Grail (MET). She is a 4th grader at Urbana Elementary School and enjoys reading and writing.

Sawyer Makl (Ralphie), a fifth grader, is excited to play Ralphie in MET’s, A Christmas Story. Other Roles include Tom Sawyer, The Musical (Tom),

Beauty and the Beast (fish-seller), The Music Man (Winthrop), Gypsy (Newsboy), Godspell (ensemble), Lion King Jr. (Ed), High School Musical Jr. (science kid), and Annie Jr. (Drake).

Jackson Peters-Mosere (Gregg/Understudy) is an apprentice in the Advanced Theatre Program at TJ High School. He was seen in Young Camelot this summer with MET. He is excited to be

in A Christmas Story. Jackson studies acting and improvisation at The Ensemble School.

Daniel Puckett (Schwartz) is pleased to be appearing in his fifth MET production. Past performances also include work at Young Artists of America,

Way Off Broadway, and Thurmont Thespians. Daniel is a freshman at New Life Christian School.

It’s a bit intimidating, I must confess, to tackle a piece that is so iconic in our collective conscious. Like Ralphie, many in my generation reminisce fondly on childhood holidays, except in our case, watching A Christmas Story is very much a part of those reveries. The original film, which premiered in 1983 was based on the semi-autobiographical short stories of Jean Shepherd, a writer, storyteller and TV personality who also voiced the narration of grown up Ralphie in the film.

The holidays are in many ways my favorite time of the year. At MET, we love our tradition of performing A Christmas Carol to

the Frederick and Westminster communities and we’re thrilled this year to bring you another holiday classic.

I certainly don’t want to ask you to forget the film, but for at least the next two hours, allow us to take you on a new journey into Ralphie’s memories of a past Christmas in Hohman, Indiana – to a time when kids could be kids and when perhaps the only response to a 9 year old asking for a gun would be, “You’ll shoot your eye out!”

Gené Fouché Director

DireCtor’s Notes

Beau Scott (Flick) is a freshman at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School and has studied acting, improv and musical theatre at the MET Ensemble School. He

is thrilled to be making his MET main stage debut. Beau’s acting credits include: Gulliver’s Travels in Space, A Christmas Carol and Young Camelot.

Lia Seltzer (Miss Shields) is an actor, director, producer, MET company member and board member. MET credits: (Mainstage) Family Holiday,

Good People, In The Next Room, Twelfth Night, Eleemosynary, Finally Heard, The Eight Reindeer Monologues; (MET-X) Piper; (Fun Company) The Dinosaur Play.

Tim Seltzer (The Old Man) is an actor, director and MET company member. MET credits: (Mainstage) Family Holiday, Superior

Donuts, Frankenstein, In the Next Room, The Arrsonist, A Clockwork Orange, It’s a Wonderful Life: the Radio Play and 1984; (Fun Company) The Cat in the Hat; (MET-X) Piper, There’s No Place Like Home; (METLab) The God of This World.

Wilson Seltzer (Farkas) is a freshman at TJ High and an apprentice in the ATS Program. He is an All County tuba player and also plays the

drums and piano. Acting credits include: (TJHS) Distracted; (MET Mainstage)

Revolutionary Christmas, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, A Christmas Carol; (MET-X) Young Camelot, Piper, Occupy Sherwood, (NoDog) Doubt: A Parable.

Ysabel Seltzer (Clara/Understudy) is a 4th grader at New Midway Elementary School. She has been a student at The Ensemble School since

2014. MET credits include: (Fun Company) The Dinosaur Play; A Christmas Carol; (MET-X community collaborations) Young Camelot, Piper, Peter Pan and The Wizard of Odd.

Laura Stark (Mother) is a MET Company Member and a member of the Comedy Pigs. Performing credits include: Finally Heard, End Days, 25th

Annual... Spelling Bee, Into the Woods, Merrily We Roll Along, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma. She has performed with Gotham City, Washington Improvisational Theatre and The Comedy Pigs. She teaches MET’s Adult Improv Class.

Grace Thomas (Helen) is proud to make her MET mainstage debut! She attends Oakdale Middle where she belongs to their Chorus and Drama Club

as well. Grace has attended MET improv classes. Recent acting credits include: The Music Man (OMS), Once Upon...Mattress (OMS), and A Christmas Carol (MET at Weinberg Center for the Arts).

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Gené Fouché (Director) is an Associate Artistic Director with MET, where she also serves as Director of Education and is a company member. Other MET directing credits include: Superior Donuts, The 39 Steps, Killer Joe, Something Brilliant Will Come to Us, Skin Deep, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee among others. Gené is theatre faculty at McDaniel College.

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Bethanie Herman (Stage Manager) is a proud company member of MET! She is a grad student at CUA, earning her Masters in directing, and is also the MET Apprenticeship Program Manager. MET stage managing credits include: Good People, The Elephant Man, The Importance of Being Earnest, and It’s A Wonderful Life the Radio Play.

Lena Janes (Assistant Director) is a MET Senior Apprentice and a senior at TJ High School. Most recently, Lena co-directed Heathers the Musical with MET-X. In addition to directing, you might have seen her in Robin Hood: Occupy Sherwood, or running the light board for the MET season opener, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged. Happy holidays!

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Ken Poisson (Sound Designer) is a proud member of MET and is thrilled to be designing for another holiday production. Past designs at the MET include Family Holiday, Gift of the Magi, Revolutionary Christmas, Santaland Diaries, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Christmas Twist, All Lit Up, Ruthless: the Musical, and Betrayal.

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Rachel Smith (Properties) is usually found behind the scenes as a company member at MET, and this show is no exception! Previous props credits include Chapter Two with the Winchester Little Theater.

Morgan Southwell (Stage Crew) is a junior at Urbana High School and a member of the Advanced Theatre Studies program at TJ. She is also an apprentice here at the MET and was just recently a dresser for “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)”.

Matt Vance (Scenic Designer) is in his first season as a company member at MET. He received a BA in Art from Salisbury Univirsity. MET design credits include: The Cat in the Hat, Amazing Interactive Adventure 2, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Comedia Rapunzel and The Dinosaur Play. He also performs Improv as a member of the Comedy Pigs.

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It’s still the same Dr. Pitts...Just a new name!

Celebrating 24 years of service in the

Frederick community and 17 years as a proud

season sponsor of the MET!

Ballenger Creek Professional Center6550 Mercantile Drive East Suite 101 • Frederick, Maryland 21703

(301) 698-5208 • www.drpitts.com

Same outstanding careSame dedication to your comfort

Same kind and compassionate staff

2017-2018 SEASON

31 W PATRICK STREET FREDERICK MD 21701 • 301.694.4744 • MARYLANDENSEMBLE.ORGEvening Acting Classes for Ages 7 – Adult • Family Theatre Series • Improv Comedy • More!

Voted Frederick’s Best Theatre CompanyFrederick News Post 2015

DEC 1 – 23

FEB 16 – MAR 11

MAY 25 – JUN 17APR 6 – 29