April 2-4, 2009 Cox Building Playhouse, PLANO

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1 presents Fourteen of the best 10-minute plays from the past twelve one day only 24-hour play festivals! April 2-4, 2009 Cox Building Playhouse, PLANO

2 Rover Dramawerks Season Sponsors Plano Arts & Cultural Endowment, Inc. Rover Dramawerks Donors Crusader - $10,000 and above Anonymous City of Plano Haggard Property Group Plano Arts & Cultural Endowment Trailblazer - $5000 to $9999 Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon & Roberts, P.C. Caitlin Schraufnagel Pioneer - $2500 to $4999 Anonymous Jason & Carol Rice The Rover Board of Directors Jenifer Balch, President Ron Eubanks, VP of Business Management Jason Rice, VP of Production Charisse McLorren, Treasurer Carol M. Rice, Artistic Director Alejandro de la Costa Lisa Devine Terrie W. Justus Martha Kosel Michael Rathbun Barry Schneider Rick Tuman Wouldn t you like to join us? We re looking for a few good board members! Rover is a proud member of: TEXAS NONPROFITTHEATRES Society for Theatrical Artists' Guidance and Enhancement Explorer - $1000 to $2499 Jenifer Balch Bankruptcy Services, Inc. City of Richardson Curran Tomko Tarski LLP Premier Wines Texas Commission on the Arts Adventurer - $500 to $999 Anonymous Tim & Jane Birkhead Einstein Bros. Bagels Ron Eubanks Margo Lynn Hablutzel Guide - $200 to $499 Albertson s AlphaGraphics Burke Asher BJ s Restaurant Rebecca Bremer Booth Lea Courington Home Depot Chris & Martha Kosel Charisse McLorren Mary Millholland James & Patricia Mitchell Tom Thumb John & Lee Ida Wacker Outrider - $100 to $199 Bud & Bonnie Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Keith Blandford CiCi s Pizza Dan & Claudia Gray Tracy Hurd Laurie Johnson Trish Jones Gerald & Gladys Justus Kirk & Leslie Justus Kroger Brian McCall Denise Merkle Mark Oristano Joe Parkinson Lynne Richardson Genevieve Rice David & Lisa Rosenstein Matthew & Paula Rosenstein Celeste Rosenthal Mark-Brian Sonna Tru-Blast Corporation Wal-Mart WellPoint Foundation Richard Wills Scout - $50 to $99 Anonymous Linda Bross Laura Y. Burford Central Market John & Twylia Church Nancy Corley & Barry Schneider Debra Davis Matthew J. Edwards Goodsearch.com Victoria Irvine Charlotte Kolls Debbie Marshall Graciela Montani Bill Mercer Dana Riley Marc Rouse John & Betty Silander Bill & Shirley Wasserman Kim Wickware Jill & Scott Wilkinson First Watch - $20 to $49 Amazon.com Anonymous (3) Alejandro de la Costa ebay Kegs & Barrels Krispy Kreme Donuts Edith Dulles Lawlis Lenny s Subs Sasha McGonnell Donald McLaughlin Plano Community Charity Kelley E. Skidmore Rick Tuman Verizon This list represents donations received since January of If we have failed to include you, please accept our sincere apology and let us know so we can rectify the situation. Thank you ALL for your generous support!

3 Invest in Rover! As we continue our Season, Rover Dramawerks continues to experience incredible growth! We are in our ninth year of production, presenting six exciting full length mainstage shows and two One Day Only 24- hour play festivals, not to mention all of our classes (for kids and adults). However, with growth comes more expense, and we need your help. Ticket sales cover only a small part of the cost of a production. Won t you consider making a tax deductible donation to Rover Dramawerks? We will be forever in your debt. Rover is also looking for people who want to help get the word out about Rover to sponsors, philanthropists, and organizations throughout Plano and the surrounding communities. Please contact Artistic Director Carol M. Rice at carol@roverdramawerks.com for more information. (Feel free to send to Ms. Rice with kudos, questions, or concerns about anything Rover related, too!) Or if you just want to enjoy the show, that's great! We need and appreciate your support and hope to see you in our audience again soon. Be sure to buy your season tickets! Small, Simple Ways To Support Rover Use GoodSearch.com when surfing the web (instead of Google), and Rover gets about a penny per search! Use GoodSearch Shopping when you shop online, and Rover gets a percentage of your purchase! Get your Albertson s Community Partners Card at the box office and use it each time you shop! Or link your Tom Thumb Reward Card to Rover! Just fill out an application at the store's Courtesy Booth including our account number, 10965, and we ll get a percentage every time you buy groceries! Visit to see all the ways you can help in small ways like this. It all adds up! Or think big and make a tax deductible donation! Rover's Mission Searching for treasures, new and rediscovered, for theatre "off the beaten path." Rover Dramawerks produces lost or forgotten works of well-known authors, revives excellent scripts that have suffered from lack of exposure, and discovers unknown gems of the stage. Behind the Scenes Producer...Carol M. Rice Technical Director...Jason Rice Stage Manager...Richard Russell Board Operator...Gus Kopulos Stage Crew...Chandler Jones Please turn off all pagers, cellular phones, wristwatch alarms, and other noise-making devices. Thank you! Special Thanks The Best of One Day Only, Vol. 2 would not have been possible without the generous contributions of the following: ArtCentre of Plano Debbie Cheng City of Plano Joe Cucinotti Ron Eubanks Frito Lay Cherie Grindstaff Mike Hathaway Las Brisas Properties, Inc. MBS Productions Julie Osborne Plano Stages Staff Spaghetti Warehouse Texas Commission on the Arts Jenifer Balch City of Richardson Eric Crawford Curran Tomko Tarski, LLP Frisco Community Theatre David Gant Haggard Property Group, Ltd. Victoria Irvine Heather Jo Matthews Paul McKenzie Plano Arts & Cultural Endowment James Prince Stephen and Scott Rice Mary Matoula Webb The playwrights of these 14 plays, for giving Rover permission to revisit their works. The directors, actors, and technicians who have donated countless hours to this project. Our wonderful donors, season sponsors, and purchasers of program ads. Please visit those businesses whose ads you see here and let them know you appreciate their support of the arts! YOU, for being in our audience - with an extra special thanks to our growing number of season ticket holders! Produced by special arrangement with the playwrights.

4 Thursday and Saturday at 8:00 pm The Perfect House By Carol M. Rice Directed by Heather Hill Debbie...Lucy Bandoh Amanda...Aubrie Yaws Freddy...Tim Woodard Lindsay...Jan Toms Paula...Deborah Cheng No Secrets By Susan McMath Platt Directed by Reg Platt Kimberley Clark...Kelly Moore Clarkson Dirty Bess...Cherie Grindstaff Will Shakespeare...Rich Machado Trixie...Lauren Rutherford Innkeeper...Len Jenkins Guy...David Campbell Pa s Lucky Hat By Cambell Navarro Directed by Carol M. Rice Jackie Bell/Jake...Sasha Truman-McGonnell Pet/Morgan...Laurie Williamson Space Cowboy, Aunt Velma, and The Planet Macaroon By Christopher Stephen Soden Directed by Lisa Devine Narrator...Ted Lewis Peabody...Rich Machado Mother/Justin/Jasmine...Jan Toms Father/Duncan...Matt Gunther Aunt Velma...Sherri Small Truitt Fryzod...Eric Window Jennifer Jaundice...Heather Hill Intermission Did you know that it s not too late to buy Rover season tickets? Rover Dramawerks offers a six-ticket punch card that can be used at any of the remaining shows in this season! Bring a friend to three shows or see one show six times - it s up to you! Rover Summer Camps! Break a Leg! Half-Day Summer Camp Always wanted to be in a play and didn t know where to start? This twoweek morning camp concentrates on all the basic aspects of theatre. Students have the opportunity to refine their acting skills by exploring projection, characters development, and working with a script. They will learn techniques to sharpen impulse, imagination and teamwork through improvisation, vocal and movement exercises, memorization techniques, and more! Each class member performs a speaking role in a short play, as well as in several improvised skits written by the students themselves, and presented for an audience of family and friends at the end of the final class! Each student should bring a snack and drink each day. Student will be responsible for providing his/her own simple costume for the play. - $195 Session 1 - Monday though Friday, June 29 - July 10 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon (2 weeks) Session 2 - Monday through Friday, August :30 a.m. to 12:00 noon (2 weeks) Camps are for children 5-12 years old and take place at the ArtCentre of Plano, 1039 East 15 th Street in historic downtown Plano, just three blocks from Rover s performance space at the Cox Building Playhouse. Rover also offers camps and classes through Plano Leisure and Richardson Recreation Today MBS Productions presents Oedipus Rex by Sophocles a World Premiere Translation by Ian Johnston directed by Mark-Brian Sonna April 2-25, 2009 at the Stone Cottage Theatre in Addison Tickets are $ Purchase at:

5 Up Next For Rover... Days of Wine and Roses by J. P. Miller June 4-27, 2009 Cox Building Playhouse New Adult Classes! Authentic Movement for Musical Theatre Instructors: Lisa Devine and Patsy Sadowski Saturday, April 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Master Class) at the ArtCentre of Plano Ever wondered what to do with your hands and body while performing? Ever wonder how to fill a song with emotion and characterization and NOT be cheesy? This five-hour Master Class will fill you in on turning a song into a performance. Focus will be on your body language and matching it to the character. Each participant will have individual coaching with a Master Acting Coach and a Musical Theater Voice Specialist. The session will end with a showcase for an invited audience. (Each participant will need to bring one song selection to the session.) - $95 Acting the Masters Instructor: Mark-Brian Sonna Saturdays, May 2 June 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (8 weeks) at the ArtCentre of Plano This eight week course is designed for actors wishing to learn the various techniques of acting which will enable them to expand their abilities in performance. This intensive course will explore the psychology of each of the three most known methods by the acting masters Stanislavski, Meisner, and Uta Hagen. The course also explores the actor s preconceptions and misconceptions as to these acting techniques, and the methodology for developing characters based on each of these master's teachings. The class will include a physical and vocal warm up to help aid in developing the physicality of the actor. - $225 Conspiracy By Jason Rice Directed by Dawn M. Wittke Bob...James Prince Sharon...Kelly Moore Clarkson Brenda...Terrie Justus Alice...Robin Washburn Terrie...Deborah Cheng Four Chairs By Don McLaughlin Directed by Victoria Irvine William...Matt Gunther Jarrod...David Campbell Paul...Christopher Nash Orson...Ted Lewis Lauren...Laurie Williamson Cherry/Carmela/Vampira...Erica Hollings Linda/Sadie...Lauren Rutherford Larry...LonHendre Keggins Writer s Block By Matthew J. Edwards Directed by Rick Dalton Writer...Nic Pfost Woman One...Joslyn Justus Woman Two...Angel Smith Woman Three...Morgan Justiss Man/Voice...Michael McNiel Beautiful Fellow Writer...Jerilyn Harris Sign up today at

6 Friday at 8:00 pm & Saturday at 2:00 pm Stranger Than Fiction By J. Christopher Campbell Directed by Rick Dalton Joel...Nic Pfost Rhinoplasty Patient/Ethel Baumgarten/Wanda...Joslyn Justus Breast Augmentation Patient/Movie Patron #1/Cali/Voice...Jerilyn Harris Gender Reassignment Patient/Saul...Michael McNiel Mother/Gertrude...Morgan Justiss Father/Movie Patron #2/Sam...Reg Platt Doctor/Usher/Ms. Proctor...Angel Smith Mr. Little Miss Sunshine By Tommy Looney Directed by Victoria Irvine George...Christopher Nash Eleanor...Deborah Cheng Mandy...Lauren Rutherford Sandy...Annalisa Erder Francine...Lucy Bandoh Ms. Baker...Deborah Cheng Lola Banana...Robin Washburn INTERNATIONAL WINE SHOPPE IN DOWNTOWN PLANO 1016 E. 15th Street, Plano, Texas, We offer a variety of wines from all around the world in addition to a nice selection of beers. We also specialize in Texas souvenirs and gifts! Don't miss our popular Sunday afternoon wine tastings (call us to reserve). Take 10% off any one item with this ad! Misinterpretationalizations By Marc Benjamin Rouse Directed by Cherie Grindstaff Lanie Minor...Morgan Justiss Detective Wojohowski...Oren Sachs Agent Smith...LonHendre Keggins Agent White...Todd Brewster Structure By Patrick S. O Neil Directed by Heather Hill Hank...Christopher Nash Mary Ann...Lauren Rutherford Tom...Tim Woodard Tera...Erica Hollings Derek...Nic Pfost Studious Girl...Annalisa Erder Waitress...Robin Washburn Intermission

7 No Pain, No Drain By Matthew J. Edwards Directed by James Prince Jess...Erica Hollings Marie...Aubrie Yaws Brittany...Deborah Cheng Plumber...Eric Window Make Every Day Marvelous By J. Rod Pannek Directed by Lisa Devine Aaron...Rich Machado Mrs. Schellenberger...Sherri Small Truitt Rachel...Jan Toms Lindsay...Kelly Moore Clarkson Loretta...Sasha Truman-McGonnell Mr. Schellenberger...Matt Gunther Nurse...Sasha Truman-McGonnell Power Makes the World Go Around By Carol M. Rice Directed by Cherie Grindstaff Princess Amelia...Aubrie Yaws Prince Doug...Christopher Nash A Lackey...Todd Brewster Adolf...LonHendre Keggins Chris...Richard Russell Bob...Nic Pfost Liz...Annalisa Erder Ricky...Oren Sachs John...Eric Window Dan...David Campbell Erin...Lucy Bandoh

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