Meeting set to raise funds for Red Carpet Theater Ireland trip

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Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:46

Red Carpet Community Theatre’s JAG Director, Tiphani Currell-Haraughty, will be hosting a trip to Ireland during the 2013 summer vacation.

The eleven-day tour includes stops in Dublin, Galway, Killarney, Cork, Derry and Belfast. 

“I can’t wait to see the St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Cliffs of Moher, and see the Book of Kells at Trinity College in person,” said 13-year-old Brody Smith, a member of JAG.

If you are interested or just curious join us for a Fundraising meeting Sunday, February 26 at 2 pm at Red Carpet Community Theatre.  Anyone under the age of 18 must have an adult present.  The tour is open to anyone.  Attending the meeting does not require you to sign-up.  

For more information call (580) 225-1941 or go to www.eftours.com/enroll sign-in #: 1170426.

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Shortgrass Playhouse Inc. presents ‘Noises Off’

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Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:43

Shortgrass Playhouse, Inc. is proud to present the live performance of Noises Off, directed by Cherrel Davis.  Production dates are February 25-26 and March 3-4, 2012 at the Old City Hall Theatre in Hobart. Saturday performances are at 7 pm and Sunday matinees are set for 2 pm.  Adults tickets are $9.00, seniors $7.00, and students $5.00, which can be purchased at the door.

Noises Off is a 1982 play by English playwright Michael Frayn.  Called the funniest farce ever written, Noises Off presents a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On.  The concept for this “play within a play” was born in 1970, when Frayn was standing in the wings watching a theatrical performance. Doors slamming, backstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

The three acts of Noises Off expose different phases of the disastrous show, Nothing On.  Act One is about the dress rehearsal, and lampoons the common problems which typically occur during the rehearsal process: Forgetting your lines, second guessing your director, misplacing your props, missing your entrances, and falling in love with fellow cast members.

Act Two is about backstage antics, and takes place entirely backstage. The entire set is rotated to reveal the behind the scenes events. For anyone who has been backstage during a show - especially when something goes wrong, act two is bound to conjure a flood of hilarious memories. Despite the characters backstabbing one another, they somehow manage to get through their scene. But that’s not the case with the final act of the play. 

Act Three is when everything goes wrong!  In Act Three of Noises Off, the cast of Nothing On has been performing their show for nearly three months. They are seriously burnt out. By the play’s end, their show is a comical catastrophe -- and the audience is rolling in the aisles, loving every moment.

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Midyett named to Dean’s list

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Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:41

Jesse Midyett of Elk City was among more than 560 students at Eastern Oregon University named to the dean's list for the 2011 fall term. 

To qualify students must achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term.

Eastern Oregon University serves students and communities throughout Oregon with a special focus on rural, regional and distance learning. 

Programs are delivered on campus, online and onsite in La Grande and at 16 regional centers and include liberal arts, business, education and cooperative programs in agriculture, nursing and dental hygiene.

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Red Carpet Theater announces 2012 season

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Published on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:04

New year brings dramas, musicals, comedies

The 47th season membership drive has now been kicked-off by the Red Carpet Community Theatre.  In its traditional mission to bring theatre arts to Western Oklahoma for the young and young at heart we have selected four dynamic productions.  

We will open with Proof – a thought provoking, award-winning drama, deals with coping with death and mental illness.  Throughout, the play explores Catherine’s fear of following in her father’s footsteps, both mathematically and mentally and her desperate attempts to stay in control.  The show runs April 23 – 29, 2012.  

Join us with laughter and tears at the new musical Hats! The Musical.  Exploding with fun, Hats! is a new musical about a 49.999 year-old woman who reluctantly faces the inevitable BIG 5-0…until she meets several remarkable women who show her about fun, friendship and forgetting about things that simply don’t matter anymore.  It is a joyous, provocative, and hilarious evening for everyone who is 50, knows anyone who is 50 or plans to be 50. Show dates are June 24 – 30, 2012.

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Beckham/Roger Mills OREA News

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Published on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 13:11

The Beckham/Roger Mills Unit of OREA met for their regular meeting Friday, February 10, 11:30 am, Elks Lodge, Elk City with President Don Roberts presiding.  Loretha Roper led the Pledge of Allegiance; Don Roberts led in prayer.  

The program was Valentine Songs with Lori Daubenspeck, soloist, and Jerri Headrick, pianist..  Lori sang, “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Paper Moon”, “Baby Face”, “Adelaide’s Lament” from “Guys and Dolls”., and “Underneath the Bamboo Tree“.  

Jo Ann Seymour gave the devotion on “Friends and Friendship.”  For the text, she used Proverbs 17: 17.  You relate to an acquaintance, but being a  friend is harder.  A friend adds value to another’s life.  Being a true friend takes time.  Jo Ann said to be a learner.  Find someone wiser and more spiritually mature.  That usually means someone older.  Seymour talked about being the kind of neighbor so the neighbor will see God in you.  

Jo Ann told the group if you can’t name 6 people who would carry your casket, then it’s time to develop new friendships or be cremated.

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OHCE January Meeting

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Published on Friday, 20 January 2012 13:21

The Elk City Homemakers met Tuesday, January 17 in the home of Jennifer Sutherland.  The meeting was called to order by Joyce Mikles, president.  The OHCE creed was recited in unison by the members and the Flag Salute was led by Margaret Nichols.  The members answered roll call by telling their #1 Club Goal for 2012,  Those attending were:  Juanita Adams, Colene Barham, Mary Lou Britton, Lois Hubbard, Joyce Mikles, Virginia Reid, Barbara Thompson, Margaret Nichols, and the hostess, Jennifer.

It was reported that the children’s clothing collected by the members was taken to the Merritt Grade School and one of the Elk City Grade Schools.

Yearbooks for 2012 were reviewed and filled out.  Programs for the year were discussed and members were asked to volunteer to give one of the programs.

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