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Homegrown’s 2020
shows move to 2021
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer Homegrown Theatre recently
rescheduled its planned 2020 productions
to 2021.
There are no dates set in stone at
the moment, but patrons and new audi-
ence members can follow the troupe on
Facebook or visit www.keizerhomegrown-
theatre.org.
KHT is also holding auditions for
a newly added show, Miscast, that will
replace the single show from the original
line-up that ran before the pandemic shut
down live performances.
Directed by Stacia Purdie Rice, Miscast
is a collection of scenes from well-known
numbers from musicals but ... miscast.
Think gender bent and others variations
on classics.
Hopefuls can email a video submission
to Purdie Rice or schedule an audition
time, live auditions will need to provide
their own accompaniments. Auditions and
video due date are both April 3. Questions
and video submissions can be sent to sta-
cia_purdie@hotmail.com.
KHT cast and crew are planning a
filmed production of Dating: Adults
Embracing Failure by Josh Lanzet and
Lindy Voeltner. In a series of comedic
vignettes, couples navigate the triumphs
and tribulations of dating via the internet.
By selecting real-life couples to act
out stand-alone scenes, KHT is limiting
the rehearsals to the director and two
actors. The play will be filmed start-to-fin-
ish using two cameras with the premiere
date and ticketing information are to be
announced.
The couples taking the stage are:
Jessica and Tom Cavanaugh; Deborah
and Paul Nelson; Katherine and Matthew
Otten; Loriann and Eric Schmidt; and
Shilah and Sam Tibbits.
The shows that have been
rescheduled
include
Steel
Magnolias, The Revolutionists,
The Book of Will, Bad Seed and
Every Christmas Story Ever Told
(And Then Some More!).
Steel
Magnolias,
writ-
ten by Robert Haring, takes
place in the fictional north-
western Louisiana parish of
Chinquapin at an in-home beauty
parlor where the women regularly
gather. It’s an exploration of the
enduring friendship despite conflict and
loss.
In The Revolutionists, written by Laura
Gunderson, four revolutionary women
lose their heads in a comedy set in 1793
Paris. The play deconstructs violence and
legacy, art and activism, feminism and
terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters,
and how we actually go about changing
the world.
Bad Seed, written by Maxwell Anderson
and based on a novel by William March,
takes place in the small Southern town
where a boy drowns during a picnic set-
ting. Rhoda is a charming sweetheart,
but her mother suspects it is a cover for
something more sinister and the boy
who drowned won the penmanship award
Rhoda felt she deserved.
A rip-off of Hamlet hits the Globe
Theatre setting in motion the story of
The Book of Will, written by Tim Ocel.
Members of Shakespeare’s acting troupe,
the King’s Men, are incensed. To try to put
an end to the plagiarism and save Will’s
works for the ages, they hatch a plan to put
it all down on paper, setting them off on a
mad chase to find all the bits and pieces to
create the First Folio.
In Every Christmas Story Ever Told, by
Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald, John
K. Alvarez and Will Knapp, three actors
decide to perform all the Christmas sto-
ries and Christmas traditions from around
the world instead of Charles Dickens’ holi-
day classic for the umpteenth time.
Tulip Festival returns
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the
cancellation of the annual Wooden Shoe
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Tulip Festival, but it open again for visitors
as of March 19.
Passes for the 2020 season will be hon-
ored, but ticket prices have risen from
pre-pandemic times. Tickets are only avail-
able online and are for reserved time peri-
ods. Visit www.woodenshoe.com to make
arrangements for your visit.
Hours are Monday through Friday 9
a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Sunrise entry is 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.
Hours are subject to change.
COVID-19 safety precautions will be in
place to maintain the safety of all staff and
visitors.
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