General Meeting:	Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 8:00 PM
Hospitality:	This month's goodies provided by the board of directors (feel free to contribute a favorite finger-food to the feast!).
Workshop:	This month we'll celebrate the holidays upstairs after the business meeting.

Father of the Bride: This comedy written by Caroline Francke is directed by Kirk Larson and produced by Alison Mattiza and Jon Sparks. If you receive this bulletin on Friday the 13th you just have time to catch the closing on December 14th! Maria Cohen, costumer for Father of the Bride extends special thanks to Sharon Harris who helped, but didn't get her name in the program.

Rain: This drama written by John Colton and Clemence Randolph is being directed by Sheldon Metz and produced by Calia Mintzer and Frank Roys. It will open January 10, 2003 and continue through February 15, 2003. Work Sunday is December 15 beginning at 10:00 AM. The following is the cast of Rain:

Sadie Thompson -	Kathleen Chapin		Rev. Davidson -	Dan Forrest
Mrs. Davidson -	Susan Stangl		Dr. McPhail -	Don Schlossman
Mrs. McPhail -	Linda Parke		Tim O'Hara -	Chris Dunn
Joe Horn -	Max Heldring Stormes		Mrs. Horn -	Lizzie Luna
Bates -	Frank Olivadoti		Griggs -	Michael Hampton
Hodgson -	Andrew Fitzsimmons		Islanders -	Courtney Silver Karen Paolini

The Matchmaker: This farce, which later became the musical "Hello Dolly", is the delightful tale of a merchant who employs a matchmaker to find him a new wife. This delightfully shrewd matchmaker subsequently involves his two clerks, his potential wife-to-be and her assistant, his niece and her intended, his new assistant, a cabman, his former wife's friend, and two unfortunate waiters at an expensive restaurant in a hilarious twist of complications where, in the end, everyone is straightened out romantically and fulfills their ultimate goal, to experience an adventure! It will be directed by Bill Goldyn and produced by Dave and Linda Parke, running from March 7, 2003 - April 19, 2003. Auditions will be held on Saturday, January 11, from 10:00AM - 3:00PM and Sunday, January 12, from 6:00PM - 9:00PM at the theatre. The following is the cast of characters:

Dolly Levi - late 50's - elegant, generous, shrewd, an assumption of worldly cynicism concealing a tireless and amused enjoyment of life. Her behavior suggests a deceptive geniality, but her inner generosity and willingness to help make others happy is not fake.
Horace Vandergelder - 60 - choleric, vain and sly. A widower whose two goals are to get remarried and "rid the world of fools," which, to him, includes just about everyone who is not him. He manipulates in a world of his own creation and temperament.
Cornelius Hackl - 33 - hard-working, dependable, getting on in his years and realizing that it is time for him to live and seek out an adventure rather than continue to be trapped in Vandergelder's world.
Barnaby Tucker - 17 - round-faced, wide-eyed innocence. A cautious, yet curious teenager, looking to please others.
Irene Malloy - mid-late 30's - business-like, eager to get married and become rich and treated like a lady. Enjoys being pampered, but maintains her own manipulative skills and independence.
Minnie Fay - late teens - Ms. Malloy's assistant. An adventuresome spirit, an excellent helper to her employer both in selling and in scheming. She does, however, become easily confused.
Ambrose Kemper - 30 - an almost Bohemian belief in love and freedom. An artist bound to win the hand of Vandergelder's niece.
Ermengarde - 24 - sentimental, pretty, young, clearly a catch but under the obvious guard of her overprotective uncle. She loves Ambrose but is often forced to yield to Vandergelder's decisions.
Malachi Stack - 50 - seemingly innocent, yet full of secrets and his own fraudulent ways. Sardonic and a pretense of humility.
A Cabman - indiscriminate age - a delightful, smaller role for an actor with huge presence and little time! He is strong, forceful, and clearly one that no one questions.
Joe Scanlon - 50 - Vandergelder's barber. A hard-working, focused employee. Meticulous about his work, to the detriment of his own appearance. He does not like to be interrupted while shaving a client!
Rudolf and August - waiters in an expensive restaurant. A comic duo, with about ten years separating them. Both are industrious and maintain an air of pomposity.
Flora Van Huysen - 50's - Florid, stout, sentimental. In love with love and insistent upon bringing those who are in love together. A close friend of Vandergelder's first wife and thus knows his ways.
Gertrude - 70's - Vandergelder's housekeeper; another smaller, but humorous, role. She is hard of hearing, half-blind, and very pleased with herself and her work.
Van Huysen's Cook - 60's - dependable, caring individual. She is not one to be reckoned with and has the commanding voice and/or physical build to "motivate" those to do as Van Huysen's requests.
Some parts may be double-cast.

Work Sunday is February 16, 2003. Before you set your Valentine's Day (weekend) plans, please mark this date on your calendar so you can participate in the fun!

This and that (that shouldn't go unread): Bob Schnauss fixed the wiring so the house lights once again are working properly. Kirk Larson, Technical manager, purchased an amplifier for the keyboard. A committee comprised of Max Stormes, Maria Cohen, Julia Maggs, and Shellee James has been formed to organize a clean out of the garage and greenroom furniture. (This has been postponed until after the holidays.)
Arlene Cohen, Workshop and Scheduling chairperson, requests that rehearsal schedules be submitted to her at least two weeks prior to auditions. Also, any requests for use of the theatre should be submitted as far in advance as possible.
Beginning with "Rain", any members coming to see a production must bring their ticket book with them. No longer will a member be admitted without proof of membership. Should you forget your ticket, you will be asked to pay at the box office. Once membership is verified, your money will be refunded.

The January Board Meeting will be held at the theatre on Thursday, January 2, 2003.

Bylaws: A newly proposed version of Standing Rule 5. Other Duties and Rules will be prepared for a discussion and vote for the January meeting.

Here, There, and Everywhere: Stephen Alan Carver is directing David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" at the Palos Verdes Players Theatre in Torrance. The play runs through December 21. Jaz Davison's "As Ya Like It....Pardner" continues through December 29 Fridays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at high noon at the Knightsbridge Pasadena. Former member Chris Sands recently won the Ovation Award for lead actor in a musical for his roll in Pinafore. Sheridan Cole filmed her first commercial..."Archipelago" an on-line investment company that advertises on cable at 4:59 AM! Mary Steelsmith and Steve Lee have another production underway...their marriage! No date set yet, but they're aiming for summer '03. Jack and Jeannette Lyons just returned from a 22 state, 8000 mile cross-country driving trip. They saw friends and relatives, attended a wedding in Delaware, spent only 9 of their 33 day trip in sunshine, survived two snow storms, and fought 18 wheelers at 80 mph! They were happy to return to the warm, dry desert where they reside.

Get Well Wishes: Best wishes for speedy returns to good health are sent out to Sally Pierce and Toni La Monica. Please get well soon!

Celebrations: Happy December Birthday wishes to Kim Ash (12/2), Vicki Miller (12/3), Jennifer Porter (12/3), Juliette Pae Riedl (12/4), Dave Whale (12/4), Fatima Potthoff (12/7), Miriam Amster (12/8), De Cotter (12/10), Joyce Oshins (12/11), Doris Mazerov (12/13), Barbara Boone (12/16), Abbott Rosenberg (12/25), Tony Pereslete (12/26), Dave Parke Sr. (12/27), Gene Warech (12/27), and Calia Mintzer (12/31). Happy Anniversary to Pauline & Bill Harred (12/3), Joyce & Mel Oshins (12/10), Abbott & May Rosenberg (12/16), Linda & Dave Parke (12/27), Richard & Fatima Potthoff (12/27), and Michael & Maria Cohen (12/30).

Just for the record: If you have any information to go in next month's bulletin please get it to me as early as possible, preferably by e-mail N6KOA_J@JUNO.COM., but as always you can leave a phone message, (310)204-1838. Until next month,