In This Issue...

Life at 50 examined in June at HCT 1-2

2012 is Looking GREAT! 2

I See Dead People... 2

Auditions! Auditions! 3

Membership Form 4

Scenes From... 5

Six Counts Looking Fresh 6

Calendar of Events 7

The June

2012 Show for

HCT is “The

Big Five Oh”

a comedy by

B r i a n

Mitchell.

This hilarious

comedy opens

on Tuesday,

June 5th at

7:00 pm, and

runs nightly

through June

9 t h , a nd

c o n c l u d e s

with a matinee on Sunday, June

10th at 2:00 pm.

Tickets are $10. Those with a

suitable membership have tickets

waiting for them at the box office

and are can use fast check-in.

Of Special Note...

June script written by

Iowa Native.

Auditions for July &

August Shows!

Whoever said life is better after

fifty had better be right! George

Thomas is turning fifty on

Saturday, and it has been a terrible

week. His dog is sick, his son is a

slacker, and his daughter wants to

marry a Republican.

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With a neurotic wife and a

widowed neighbor providing

more challenges than even

George can overcome, this may

be the worst week of his life.

Through these trying days,

George will discover the wonders

of family, the responsibilities of

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Life at 50 examined... (cont from cover)

parenthood, and the results of his

latest physical.

The Big Five-Oh is a hilarious,

sometimes touching account of a

grown man coming to terms with

his age, his relationship with his

son, and his future. It is the story

of a middle-aged man finally

growing up.

The cast:

Marie Thomas - Timi Jordison

Geo Thomas - Jim Von Dolteren

Eric Thomas - Ben Ahlers

Kathy Walters - Kim Dosland

Julie Thomas - Sherri Crowley

Douglas - Kevin Rogers

Sara Donavan - Madeline Ascherl

The production is directed by Jeff

Bluml and is produced by

Hawkeye Community Theatre

Corporation under authority of

Heuer Publishing, LLC.

Editor, Just Some Volunteer With a staff of ten digits

Greetings from your

Board of Directors! 2012 looks to be an exciting

year for Hawkeye Com-

munity Theatre. We have

some excellent shows in

the lineup this year, with some great

directors in charge. I’m confident that

they can cast them with very talented

actors, and thoroughly entertain us with

each and every show. If you haven’t

checked them out yet, go to our website

f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n –

www.hawkeyetheatre.com.

Our theatre building has undergone

some major upgrades in the past two

years. If you haven’t been there in

awhile, we invite you to come and see it. We have a new roof, new carpet,

new curtains, new sound system, and

the inside has been completely re-

painted. We have also taken out the old

inefficient boiler, and replaced it with

forced air furnaces to keep you more

comfortable while you are entertained.

We have more exciting plans in the

future, so keep coming back to the

shows and checking progress.

Having great shows and a remodeled

theatre is only part of the equation. We

also need the seats full of audience

members to enjoy the shows and thea-

tre. That is one of our major goals for this upcoming year, and you can help

us. Our theatre seems to be one of the

area’s best kept secrets, and we intend

to change that. If you have enjoyed a

show here, spread the word. Tell your

friends, neighbors, and relatives! If you

have had a less than enjoyable experi-

ence here, please tell the Board so that

we have the opportunity to make any

changes necessary.

Come join us for a show or a season,

and bring a group with you. We have

plenty of great seats available. See you

at the theatre!.

—Randy Kaiser, President

2012 is looking GREAT!

I See Dead People...

Fort Dodge’s Tenth Annual Oakland

Cemetery Walk will be held Saturday, June 9th, with a special indoor

performance on June 10th. During the 80

-minute walk/performance meet 9

historic, costumed “characters.”

On Saturday, guided walks begin every

10 minutes, from 1:00 – 3:00. Cars are

not allowed in the cemetery during the

walk - parking and shuttles are available

at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

located at 1436 21st Ave. North.

Sunday’s indoor performance will take place at the ICCC Bio-Sciences/Health

Auditorium, with the presentation

beginning at 3:00. Admission on either

day is $7 per person with children under

10 admitted free. Proceeds are used for

Oakland Cemetery preservation. The

event is sponsored by the Friends of

Oakland Cemetery (for more information contact the Parks, Forestry & Recreation

Dept. 576-7237).

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The Annual July Show will be the

classic comedy “Cheating Cheaters”

by John Patrick.

Auditions for this fun romp will be

held at HCT on Tuesday, May 1st and Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at

6:30 each night.

July Classic Tryouts Set

That’s right kiddies—not

only can you celebrate May

Day, but you can also try

out for a part in this wildly funny comedy!

Co-Directors Katie Hazel and Ashley Garst will cast

from those who answer the

open call for two (2) Male and three (3) Female actors.

The roles available for this

production are:

Theresa - A nun, scatterbrained,

Angelica's sister; Angelica - A nun,

intelligent, sweet, Theresa's sister; Benjamin - A med student,

attractive, inventive; Bozo - Police

Officer, low IQ, kind of a jerk; and Tania - Art student, young, Theresa

& Angelica's niece.

15 years. They are now happily divorced. Well,

maybe not happily, but

they are trying to find

that elusive quantity in new relationships. Evie

is seeing Carter, a

slightly younger coffee salesman, and in him

she’s trying to nurture

renewed happiness, even if it kills him.

Duncan, on the other

hand, had a head start

and had already initiated a relationship

with the pretty, young

and nearly anorexic, Caitlin. He see her as

his second chance at real happiness,

but she prefers the exhilaration of when they were sneaking around

behind Evie’s back. The one

Auditions for August Comedy Released

For actors seeking a to discover the

joys of marital bliss, you should try

elsewhere. If however you want to

be part of a funny look into the other side of that coin—well jump right

into “Gun-Shy” by Richard Dresser.

David Stokesbary will cast and direct this show which opens in

August. Try outs are June 11th and

12th at 6:00pm until 7:30pm.

Cast needs are three (3) Males and

two (2) Females for the comedy.

Characters open for audition are Evie - female, 40s; Carter - male,

late 30s; Caitlin - female, 20s,

Duncan - male, 40s;Waiter,

Ramon, Neil, Nurse, paramedic -

male, 30s.

Duncan and Evie were married for

remaining connection that Duncan and Evie

cannot sever is their

13 year old son and

they, and their new attachments, are

brought together to

come to an adult resolution as to how

to co-exist, separately.

Richard Dresser’s comedy depicts with a

sharp tongue, the

realities and foibles of

a good divorce gone bad.

All we know is that once you leave this

show you’ll realize how good you’ve

got it, or at least, if your thinking of a break up, you might be a little Gun-

Shy.

In order to send their orphaned niece to a fancy art school in Europe two

sisters become "sisters" of charity

and begin begging on the street. One

afternoon they arrive home to find their "hard earned" savings being

stolen by a young man with "good

intentions." After hearing the sisters’ secret, their new cat burglar friend

joins in on the scheme just in time to

have the whole operation interrupted by a nosy cop. Things turn out to be

not-so-bad when the cop decides he’s

not above doing a bit of business on

the side. Things seem to be going well for all until the artsy niece

arrives home from Europe and they

must hide the truth from her only to find she is hiding a secret of her own.

Will the four cheating cheaters be

able to continue their charade or will they become the cheated?

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Hawkeye Community Theatre Memberships

Listed below are the six levels of memberships. Hawkeye Community Theatre (HCT) is a non-profit organization, so your

contribution may be tax deductible. Not only do you make a contribution, but you get a bargain in entertainment.

Please fill out the form below and mail it to us. If you have friends or family who would like to join HCT also, send their name(s)

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Hawkeye is made of people in your community — volunteers giving of their time and talent with one purpose — to keep the art alive in our community. Please join and help this art form live on. Someday a child yet to be born will breathlessly await their cue to walk

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work with directors

like Shoopman,

Bluml, Garst,

Hazel and

Stokesbary?

WHERE can you go

as an actor to audition

WHO is looking

fresh six times a year?

WHAT is like

Broadway without the

travel expense?

WHEN can you

Six Counts Looking Fresh

and really stretch

your wings in a semi-

professional format?

WHY miss the

experience of tacking

this on your resume?

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Auditions! July Show on May 1 & 2 –AND– August Show on June 11 & 12

“The Big Five Oh” by Brian Mitchell opens for six shows on June 5

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July Show

Auditions

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August Show

Auditions

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Auditions

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Auditions

6:00 pm

Hawkeye Community Theatre Box 32 — 521 North 12 Street

Fort Dodge, IA 50501-0032

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Fort Dodge, IA 50501

Phone: 1.515.576.6061

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