General Meeting:	Wednesday, May 19 at 8:00 PM
Hospitality:	Gretchen Luna is generously providing our goodies this month.
Workshop:	This month will feature Don Schlossman directing scenes from Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Director Rob Duval, Assistant Director Shari Barrett, and Producers Ed and De Cotter are working with a talented cast and crew on this fanciful Shakespearean comedy. They wish to extend their thanks to the following people who participated in Work Sunday:

Picnic: William Inge's timeless play is to be directed by Gail Bernardi and produced by Calia Mintzer and Margie Bates. It will open on July 9 and play through August 21. The cast will be announced at this month's meeting. Work Sunday is June 13. Mark your calendars now so you can come down and pitch in!

Murder on the Nile: This Agatha Christie classic will be directed by Sheridan Cole and produced by Lori Pereslete. It will run from September 10 through October 16. Auditions will be held on Saturday, July 10 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM and Monday, July 12 from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM. The action will take place on a Nile River cruise ship in the 1930's. The following is the cast of characters:

Please note that unlike the novel or movie, there is no Hercule Poirot character in the play.

New Plays: The board has approved Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys to be directed by Sheldon Metz for January/February 2005 AND George Furth's and Stephen Sondheim's musical, Company, to be directed by Aileen-Marie Scott for May/June 2005.

This and that (that shouldn't go unread): Hospitality Chairperson, Dagmar Schnauss, asks that you give her a call to sign up for house manager or hospitality. Please also be sure she has your address and phone number if you have not done hospitality before. Kentwood Players is now a member of the L.A. Theatre Alliance (Catherine Rahm is the contact person) and we appear on their web site. So that we can access this site from the lobby, there is a computer up and running. The eighth row of seats has been allocated for half price ticket sales through L.A. Theatre Alliance for A Midsummer Night's Dream. The theatre is once again popular with termites...plans for tenting the theatre are being proposed. Maria and her team are sorting costumes on some Mondays. If you are interested in helping, give her a call. We will once again participate in Westchester's 4th of July parade.

2004-2005 Board of Directors: The nominating committee's slate will be elected by acclamation since no nominations were made from the floor. Therefore, next year's Board of Directors will be:

 

Dinner Dance: This year's awards gala is quickly approaching. The Kentwood Players annual Masque Awards Dinner Dance will be held June 26, 2004 at the Elks Club, 8025 W. Manchester Blvd., Playa del Rey, 90293. Parking is behind the club and plentiful. Michelle Rosen will be our M.C., Sheldon Metz will chair the program, and Barbara Brophey will accompany our performers and be in charge of the trophies. Tom Brophey will do the invitations and programs, which will run ads for $25 and $50. If you have a business you want to advertise or want a printed greeting, get it ready and give it to Tom. Invitations will be going out in this month, so be sure and save the date.

Here, There, and Everywhere: Jaz Davison's 30th Anniversary Production of The Rocky Horror Show is getting rave reviews. It plays Fridays at 9:00 PM and Saturdays at 8:00 PM until May 29. Call and make your reservations now (323) 667-0955 and tell them Jaz sent you. Ed Cotter is directing David Mamet's Oleanna at the Little Fish Theatre in San Pedro. The plot involves a charge of sexual harassment that destroys lives, derails careers, and ultimately leads to a completely unexpected cataclysmic event. Dan Forrest and Marion Kerr costar. Ed has also added Tara Potthoff as stage manager. Oleanna recently had a brilliant revival in England...you don't have to travel that far to see it! Performances run through June 12. Elizabeth Bouton is playing Aldonza in Man of La Mancha at the Redondo Beach Playhouse from May 28 - June 13. For tickets and information call (310) 937-6606. Jim and Alice Lunsford just returned from a trip to India and Napal in March. They visited the Taj Mahal, the Ganges River, and temples. They saw beautiful saris, rode an elephant, and saw camels, Brahma bulls, elephants, and monkeys roaming the streets. And now that they're back, Alice has an art exhibit along with other Pacific Art Guild artists at the Inglewood Library (101 W. Manchester) running through the end of May. Hours are Monday - Thursday from 10:00 - 8:00, Friday - Saturday from 10:00 - 6:00, and Sunday from 1:00 - 5:00. Alice asks that you come by and see her watercolors and collages. Norma Binmore is repeating her award winning role in Moon Over Buffalo at the Westminster Community Theatre. It opens May 14 and plays through June 5 with performances Friday and Saturday nights and a Sunday matinee on May 23. General ticket prices are $15, seniors and students are $14. For reservations call (714) 527-5546. Vicki Miller is choreographing Anything Goes (June 11 through July 31) at Theatre Palisades with Lewis Houser directing. She'll play various roles three of the weekends. For reservations call (310) 454-1970. Jonathan Coogan is appearing in a one-man show, I'll Give You Something to Cry About, which he wrote with director Dan Frischman. He is performing at the Two Roads Theatre at 4348 Tujunga Ave. in Studio City. Performances begin with a gala (tickets $35) on May 28 and will run Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 (tickets $15) through June 26. For reservations call (818) 569-5640. Scott Renfro and Sheldon Metz worked on the set of Solid Gold Cadillac for Theatre 40, a production which includes Jeanne Spain and Dave Parke Jr. Bill Goldyn is bursting with good news. He was one of a very few educators selected to go to Vienna for four weeks this summer to study. But, even better than that, he has announced his engagement to Nancy. Congratulations Bill!!

Thoughts and Prayers: Jonas and Wilma Rimson send their thanks to everyone who has sent cards and good wishes to Jonas. Wilma hopes you will continue to do so.

Our prayers need to go out to Toni Lamonica who is in St. John's Hospital (Room 363, Bed #1) fighting a heroic battle against the final stages of cancer. Her friends and family are keeping a constant vigil by her bedside taking calls and keeping her company.

Celebrations: Happy May Birthday wishes to Larry Cosgrove (5/1), Phil Massi (5/3), Don Schlossman (5/5), Dagmar Schnauss (5/6), Toni DiModica (5/7), Melvin Miller (5/8), Toni Gonzalez (5/12), Pauline Harred (5/14), Elisabeth Minihan (5/15), Judy Polak (5/16), Treva Merritt (5/18), Billy Bartels (5/?), Mel Oshins (5/22), Hetty Sless (5/26), Tom Breedlove (5/26), Pamla Abramson (5/28), Gloria Rosen (5/30), Dorothea Kavanaugh (5/31), and Rocky Miller (5/31). Happy Anniversary to Charlotte and Arnold Schildkret (5/2), Arlene and Sheldon Cohen (5/14), and Rudi and Dorothea Toepfer (5/24).

Just for the record: If anyone had told me I would write 60 consecutive bulletins I never would have believed it. But here it is, five years since taking this board position and I am closing my 60th one...I will have stuffed, labeled, stamped and mailed approximately 9,600 newsletters! What's even harder to believe is during this same time frame I got married, had a baby, and changed my job title dramatically. And if these things have happened in my tenure, you can imagine the events that have occurred the lives of all the members of this theatre. Thank you for entrusting me to report them.
Signing off for now, Jenny