In This Issue...

Ten-Hut! 1-2

Save the Date! 2

What is Looping? 2

July Show an Award Winning Drama 3

August RomCom fun Vignettes 3

Scenes From... 5

Spotlight On... 6

Calendar of Events 7

The June 2014 Show for

HCT is A Few Good Men, a

drama by Aaron Sorkin.

The show, directed by Dylan

Drummond and Alyssa

Sparks runs June 3rd - 7th at

7:00pm nightly and June 8th

at 2:00pm.

This Broadway hit is about

the trial of two Marines for

complicity in the death of a

f e l l o w M a r i n e a t

Guantanamo Bay sizzles on

stage.

The Navy lawyer, a callow young

man more interested in softball

games than the case, expects a plea

bargain and a cover up of what

really happened. Prodded by a

female member of his defense

team, the lawyer eventually makes

a valiant effort to defend his clients

and, in so doing, puts the military

Of Special Note...

June Show a

powerhouse.

Teasers for July &

August Shows!

mentality and the Marine code of

honor on trial; through the

persona of Col Nathan R. Jessep.

This cast features some amazing

talent, with both season actors and

first time actors sharing the

Hawkeye stage.

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This production will offer tickets

to those who have served our

country in any capacity, at half

price.

The cast:

LANCE CPL HAROLD W. DAWSON -

ALEX MCKINNEY ----------------------------

PFC LOUDEN DOWNEY -

NICHOLAS MARTINSON ----------------------------

LT J.G. SAM WEINBERG -

BRENT NELSON ----------------------------

LT. J.G. DANIEL A. KAFFEE -

BRAD MCINTYRE ----------------------------

LT. CMDR. JOANNE GALLOWAY -

SUSAN HELLING ----------------------------

CAPT. ISAAC WHITAKER -

REX DAISY ----------------------------

CAPT. MATTHEW A. MARKINSON -

ROGER PORTER ----------------------------

PFC. WILLIAM T. SANTIAGO -

NICK DOSLAND ----------------------------

LT. COL. NATHAN R. JESSEP -

MICHAEL SHOOPMAN ----------------------------

LT. JONATHAN JAMES KENDRICK -

JEFFREY HALTER ----------------------------

LT. JACK ROSS - JIM LAUPP ----------------------------

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CPL. JEFFREY OWEN HOWARD -

DANIEL PEET ----------------------------

CAPT. JULIUS RANDOLPH -

STEVE KERSTEN ----------------------------

CMDR. WALTER STONE -

MIKE TERWILLEGER ----------------------------

JESSEP'S SECT & PROSECUTOR -

JOYCE BICKFORD ----------------------------

LAWYER #1 - AMANDA BREESER ----------------------------

ORDERLY, LAWYER 2 CPL. DUNN -

MAX WALLACE ----------------------------

MP -

PHIL BREESER ----------------------------

CPL. HAMMAKER, MP-

JOHN SANKEY

The show is produced by

Hawkeye Community Theatre

Corporation under authority of

and by special arrangement with

Samuel French, Inc. NYC, NY,

USA. This is a show you

definitely don't want to miss.

Editor, A Volunteer With a staff of ten digits

Hawkeye has been lucky enough to

bring looping to the theater. For

those of you who are unsure what

looping entails, here is a quick over-

view.

Looping is a simple technology that

allows hearing assistive devices to

serve as wireless loudspeakers, de-

livering clear, sharp, customized

sound right from inside the ears. It

can be adapted

to use in large

public spaces,

such as airports

and auditoriums.

But it can just as

easily be in-

stalled in

churches, drive-

up business win-

dows and even into a single room at

home so the TV or stereo sound

becomes a broadcast going directly

through the hearing assistive device.

The induction loop is to hearing

aids, what Wi-Fi is to laptops.

Should you need the assistance of

looping, there are a couple of ways

to get this assistance:

Most hearing aides have the ability

to be looped, so if you have hearing

aides, there should be a small button

that you can click to turn on the

looping in your own hearing aide.

Hawkeye has a limited supply of

headsets that can be used to hear the

actors better. All you have to do is

go to the membership table and ask

for a looping headset, they will sign

it out to you and you will hear the

actors like they were right next to

you!

What is Looping?

Save the Date!

Hawkeye Community Theatre

will once again be holding our

annual member appreciation

picnic during the July show. This

is the third annual event and will

take place on Saturday, July 12,

2014, at 5:30 pm on the theatre

lawn.

Members are entitled to as many

free meals as the amount of

tickets that they get for a show,

any additional meals cost $5.00.

You will get the chance to meet

and mingle with the current board

members and patrons. We hope to

see you there!

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The Annual July Show will be

the Rabbit Hole, a 2007 Pulitzer

Prize winner for drama, directed

by first-time director Adam Liker,

will show in early July.

Rabbit Hole is deeply humane,

occasionally funny and always

heartrending while giving us a

view of Becca and Howie

Corbett's life after a devastating

loss. Nat and Izzy, Becca's mother

July Show an Award Winning Drama

and sister, try to comfort the

family in their own ways, which

don't always work out.

Jason, a young man who just

wants the family to accept an

apology, shows up and throws the

whole family into a storm of

confusion.

The Cast

Becca- Alyssa Sparks

Howie- Alex McKinney

Nat- Karie Karr

Jason- Jake Duarte

Izzy- Amber Rouse

This show is a search for comfort

in the darkest places and for a

path that will lead the family back

into the light of day.

Almost, Maine, a play

written by John Cariani and

directed by Katie Wallin,

will take the stage in early

August.

In the town of Almost,

Maine, nothing is exactly

what it seems.

August RomCom a Fun Group of Vignettes

Between bruised knees, broken

hearts and falling in and out of

love, this show will have you

rolling on the floor laughing.

Almost, Maine is composed of 11

separate vignettes and the actors

will play multiple rolls over the

vignettes.

Show dates:

Aug 12-16, 2014 @ 7:00 PM

Aug 17, 2014 @ 2:00 PM

Show dates:

Jul 8-12, 2014 @ 7:00 PM

Jul 13, 2014 @ 2:00 PM

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Hawkeye Community 2014 Theatre Memberships

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

contribution is IRS 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)

address and type(s) of membership(s) and their donation(s) to the same address. REMEMBER: HCT memberships make great gifts!

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

out on to the stage for the first time, and experience a feeling like no other — all because of you and people like you, who made it

possible. Hawkeye Community Theatre...the legacy lives on...

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Hawkeye Community Theatre has

been blessed with three new board

members this year. To help you, the

patrons, get to know them, we will

spotlight a new board member for

each of the next three issues. This

months featured board member is

Adam Liker.

Adam is wrapping up his second year

as a Kindergarten through 8th grade

special education teacher for the Fort

Dodge Public Schools, stationed at

St. Edmond Catholic School. He is

also a tutor at the St. Edmond After

School program during the school

year. While not necessarily a

profession, but more of a “hobby”

job, he is a Zumba Fitness instructor.

He is also a choreographer, having

recently choreographed for Fame for

Take 2 Youth Theater last summer,

St. Edmond's musical, Music Man,

this spring and for Comedia's

musical Annie, this coming fall.

Adam’s parents are Gary and Brenda

Liker. His dad is a pastor of the

United Methodist Church and is

stationed at Hillcrest United

Spotlight On Board

Methodist Church in

Bloomington, MN. His

mom is a Director of

Nursing at Augustana

in Apple Valley, MN.

He has one younger

brother, Aaron, who

just graduated college.

Aaron is married to a

wonderful woman,

A b b y , w h o i s

continuing to work on

her college education.

Being a pastor's kid, Adam grew up

everywhere in Minnesota, where his

dad is stationed. He was born in

Duluth, MN, then moved to Kansas

City, MO. At the beginning of third

grade his family moved to Roseau,

MN which is 6 miles south of the

Canadian border and then they lived

in Ellendale, MN, before moving to

college in Orange City, IA. Adam

ended up here, in Fort Dodge,

because of his teaching job. He

interviewed for the job he is

currently at and within 24 hours he

was hired. He says it was a

whirlwind, but completely worth it!

enjoy watching comedies and

suspenseful dramas the most. They

have two favorite playwrights,

Alfred Hitchcock and Tennessee

Williams. Ellen

likes to be

involved in the

a c t i n g a t

Hawkeye, Curt

just enjoys

a t t e n d i n g

shows, and

their favorite

Spotlight on Members

As part of our newsletter, the

Hawkeye board of directors is going

to include a member profile in every

edition. This month’s

member profile is Curt

and Ellen Green from

Humboldt.

T h e y h a v e b e e n

Hawkeye Community

Theatre members since

2009. Curt and Ellen

show they have ever seen at

Hawkeye is last years On Golden

Pond. They do not have suggestions

for things they would like to see

improved at Hawkeye. Curt and

Ellen do have some suggestions for

future shows though, they would like

to see The Glass Menagerie, Dixie

Swim Club, Church Basement

Ladies, or Whose Afraid of Virginia

Woolf? brought to the stage. Thanks

for your continued patronage Curt

and Ellen!

Over the past year Adam

appeared in the March

show, Fools; the July

show, Opal’s Husband;

the October show, A Little

Murder Never Hurt

Anyone, and the December

show, Babes in Toyland.

He is taking on a new role

as director for the July

show, Rabbit Hole, which

he is beyond excited for!

He hopes to continue

building the theater. This would

include making the surrounding

communities more aware of the

theater and the season’s shows. He

would also like to continue to

entertain the patrons who come see

these shows. Adam most enjoys

watching the kind of shows that

make him think, the dramatic plays.

He does enjoy a good comedy too,

but dramas that make him think are

the ones that stick with him for years.

He is excited to be a part of the board

and hopes to bring something special

to Hawkeye. He cannot wait to see

what happens!

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Auditions! July Show on May 12 & 13 –AND– August Show on May 19 & 20

“A Few Good Men” by Aaron Sorkin opens for six shows on June 3

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Phone: 1.515.576.6061

E-mail: info@hawkeyetheatre.com

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