Starlit Tales The Official Newsletter for The Starlight Circle Players, Creations for Stage and Circle October/2008 Vol. 2 No. 12 Editor: Lezlie Kinyon http://www.starlightcircleplayers.com Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StarlightCirclePlayersAnnounce/?yguid=273113775  If you can't get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. - George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950 From Yer Editrix… TSCP is doing a Mummer’s play! Returning to our roots in folk-themed ritual theatre, just in time for the Holiday season, Amy Baldwin has written a charming adaptation of this ancient Holiday custom called "The Ring" . Father Christmas he opens the door, And the Holly knocks Oak the to the floor, But with Rosemary, The Quack cures him again, And there's really not very much more. In collaboration with Entanglement Sword and Mad Molly (as well as some stray Morris dancers), TSCP will perform around the Bay throughout December and early January, culminating at Pantheacon in February. Major roles are open as of this writing, contact Evelie and Lezlie at starlightcircleplayers_at_yahoo.com for a script synopsis and cast list. Sadly, we must also report that, after a near super human effort on the parts of Lauren Hotchkiss, Dick Bagwell and their very talented cast, they have made the extremely hard decision to cancel “A Question of Sanity” for the time being. Lauren assures us that "I'm keeping the latter around as I'm in the very early stages of negotiations with the [another troupe] about their taking it on as a production ..." I know that I speak for everyone in wishing everyone involved in AQOS the very best of luck This opens the summer and – possibly – autumn of 2009 for play submissions, please contact us for submission guidelines if you have an idea for a production you’d like to direct or a play that you have been burning to see “on the boards”. In other news, Evelie S. Posch is music director at Reclaiming’s 29th Annual Samhain Spiral Dance. If you haven’t attended this special event, make this year the one to attend! Lezlie (yer editrix) will be assisting in the evocations, Evelie S. Posch is music director, and other TSCPers and friends are singing in the chorus and playing in the band. This month’s issue is full of resources, silliness, TSCP news, and a very special essay about the tradition of mumming during the winter holidays and Mummer’s Plays by Amy Baldwin, the first of several essays on folk theatre and hoodening rituals (please contact yer editrix if you'd like to submit an essay for this series). Sona Samhain! Happy Halloween! Joyous Dia De Los Muertos! And… a lovely Sukkot to one and all. Remember: October 2 is national Name Your Car Day! Drive safe, and watch for the trick or treaters!  |
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