2008/9 Season:	Autumn	Winter	Spring
	"New Clothes for the Emperor" by Cynthia Mercati	"Red Hot Mamas" By David W. Christner	Festival Play T.B.A.
	directed by Dai Scott	directed by Bea Kirkwood-Hackett	TBA	TBA
	Dec. 4-6 and Dec.10-13, with matinees on both Saturdays. Tickets will be on sale Nov. 1 at The Guy Next Door, 3450 Okanagan St., Armstrong or call 250 546-0950.	Red Hot Mama's auditions will be held November 17 @ 7:00 p.m. in the theatre. There are roles for 4 men, 1 mid forties, 3 older, and 3 women, 1 mid-forties, 2 older. The play is about family and relationships, its a comedy with a message. Come out and audition! The show will run February 19, 20 and 21, 2009 and the following week 26, 27 and 28. No matinees unless very, very successfully attended. Bea Kirkwood-Hackett, Director Patti Sinclair, Producer

 
Our pre-Christmas show is "New Clothes for the Emperor"
 by Cynthia Mercati 

(with apologies to Hans Christian Andersen) and directed by Dai Scott.  
This is a hilarious take-off on the familiar tale of an Emperor who is so stuck on 
himself that he fails to see that he is being bamboozled by a pair of flim-flam artists.  
Our Emperor (Kim Sinclair) is joined on stage by the ditzy Empress (Laurisa DeFehr), 
a feminist-humanitarian daughter, Princess Chenille (Bree Trumbley) and 
a scheming Prime Minister De Gauche (Sean Bibby).  Rounding out the cast 
are the love-interest Captain Herringbone Faircloth (Cole Griffin), 
much put-upon maid, Gaberdine (Chelaine McInroy), 
the two tailors (David Domarchuk-White and Sandi Bertram) and a score of villagers.  
Add music and a lot of physical comedy, and....voila!  
a great play for the holiday season!
 
We are kept on track throughout the play by Narrator Megan Babee.

"New Clothes for the Emperor" will run Dec. 4-6 and Dec.10-13, 
with matinees on both Saturdays.  Tickets will be on sale Nov. 1 
at The Guy Next Door, 3450 Okanagan St., Armstrong or call 250 546-0950.
Tickets for "New Clothes for the Emperor" are coming on sale the week of Nov.3rd 
at "The Guy Next Door", 3450 Okanagan St., Armstrong, or call 250 546-0950.  
The show runs Dec.4,5,6 and10-13, with a matinee on both Saturdays.  
Adults - $12.50; children - $8.  Refreshments at Intermission are by donation, 
and the proceeds go towards a Christmas hamper of food and gifts for 
an Armstrong family (via the Boys and Girls Club/Food Bank).















Laurisa DeFehr 
as the Empress
Sean Bibby as 
P.M. De Gauche

Bree Ann Trumbley
 Princess Chenille
Dai Scott 
- Director

"Sisters"

Aileen Brand as Sister Agnes	Laurisa DeFehr as Sister Gabriel	Sean Bibby as Louis	Bree Ann Trumbley as Young Mary	Kaila Sinclair as Sister Mary	Cory MacIntosh as Joel Stein	Lois Archer-Duell - Director
All photos credited: Ed Cummings

Our winter production was a pantomime:

Rumplestiltskin

directed by Wayne Ashton

Rob Fraser as Prince Desmond Kacie LeBarron as Elanor	Kacie LeBarron as Elanor Tyler Anderson as The Dwarf King Rumpelstiltskin	and a Cast of hundreds	Rob Fraser and Otto Wicklstrom doing make-up	Susan Gagnon, Laurissa DeFehr, Nadine Wallesch waiting	Otto Wickstrom as Widow Hankie GeorgeYoung as King Borassic
All photos credited: Ed Cummings

Asparagus Community Theatre recognized with award

by Tyler Olsen, Morning Star Staff, Dec 15 2006

Two dozen people crowded into Armstrong council chambers Monday, but they weren't there to lynch the mayor or protest a bylaw.

Instead, the public gallery, typically barren, was packed for the announcement that the city had bestowed the City of Armstrong Recognition of Excellence Award on the Asparagus Community Theatre. "This award is our public way and tangible way of expressing your community's gratitude," said a jovial Mayor Jerry Oglow. He also singled out the theatre's impact on youth in the community.

"The Asparagus Community Theatre has built a well-known reputation for engaging the youth in theatre, for showcasing local and often hidden talent and for building an asset base of technical expertise."

"The deciding factor was that you have been encouraging the City of Armstrong to have a purposeful look at art and culture in the vibrant community that we are." Oglow then presented theatre president Dai Scott with a large plaque and individual members with custom pins made specially for recognition award winners. Scott said the volunteers were delighted to receive the unexpected award.

"It came out of the blue...They were excited. They thought it was really, really great."

"This is something the whole club can feel proud about," said Scott, adding the award is unique because it pays tribute to every single volunteer at the theatre.