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Upcoming Board Meetings - Usually the 2nd Tues. of every month at 7 pm at the Elm St Church Fellowship Hall, Southbridge.
All are invited to attend.
Gateway Players Theatre membership includes everyone interested in helping the organization grow and continue to be a vital part of the community. The monthly board meetings are open to all.
The organization's continued growth needs the ideas, suggestions and help of everyone interested in Gateway. Please plan to come.
GATEWAY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY BRAINSTORMING SESSION - MAY 14
A meeting to brainstorm our 50th anniversary celebration will be held Tuesday, May 14 at 7pm in Fellowship Hall of Elm Street Congregational Church. All are invited to attend this planning meeting to share ideas and suggestions.
It is truly remarkable for an all-volunteer organization to continue to serve the community for half a century. Even though members have come and gone, the mission to bring theater to the community and provide a learning experience for our youth continues after all these years.
Please share this meeting date to all who may be interested- or were members years ago. We welcome ideas from everyone.
BILL MASTRO MEMORIAL YOUTH SCHOLARSHOP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
Since 1998 Gateway Players has been awarding a scholarship to a college bound senior, active in Gateway, both on stage and behind the scenes.
Gateway awards the Bill Mastro Memorial Scholarship each year to a college bound senior as a way of encouraging the arts among our youth and rewarding Gateway
youth members for their hard work and support.
Applications are available by contacting Pat Haddock at anTpooh33@aol.com. The $500 scholarship is paid for 2nd semester of freshman year. The
application awards points for work at Gateway, community and school service and includes an essay. For more information, contact Pat.
SPRING YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCE
Have you ever thought about joining a community theater? How about directing or writing your own
show. Gateway Players is offering you the chance to try out directing, writing, and/or acting at our
upcoming youth workshops. You can attend one or all three of these workshops. They are designed for
youths ages 8-18. Descriptions for each of the workshops are below.
Cost per workshop is $10 when paid in advance by mailing a check to Gateway Players PO Box 171
Southbridge or by Venmo to @lou-ellen-corkum. If paying at the door (space available) the cost will be
$15. To sign up for this workshop, please go to the following link.
Actor’s Workshop- Saturday April 20 th 10am – noon
Pat Haddock and Lou-Ellen Corkum, Gateway Players directors, will lead this workshop. This will be for interested youths to learn various acting
techniques such as: auditioning, facial expression, memorization, stage positioning, and other general
acting techniques. At the end of this workshop participants will perform a selection from a chosen play.
MAY 17- AUDITIONS - YOUTH THEATER PERFORMANCE aka “8 days to curtain” OR “on the 8th day we created a fabulous show!”
In March and April we held workshops for youths interested in writing or directing their own
show. Now we are ready to put their talents to work, writing and/or directing a show written in 2
days! Of course each show needs actors so we will be holding auditions on May 17 th and the
writer and director will choose their cast. Sounds like fun?!
Based on the number of interested writers, we will know how many shows will be performed.
The theme for all shows will be announced at the auditions. Each show will be between 10 to
15 minutes in length.
The schedule for the performances will go like this:
Day 1: Friday, May 17 th 6-8pm – auditions for short shows to be written by our writers. This evening all
those interested in acting in one of our youth-written shows will audition in front of the writers and
directors. After the actors have left, the writers and directors along with their adult mentor will choose
who they would like to use in their individual productions.
Days 2 and 3: Saturday (May 18 th ) to Sunday (May 19 th) – writers will have these 2 days to write their show
and review it with their adult mentor. The Writer and Director and their show mentor will have Monday
and Tuesday (Days 4-5) to decide how they want to block their show and any props needed.
Day 6: Wednesday, May 22nd 6-8pm. This evening each show’s Director and Writer will be given a
rehearsal time, approximately 45 minutes, to work with their actors.
Day 7: Thursday, May 23rd 6-8pm– additional rehearsals times will be scheduled as needed.
Day 8: Friday, May 24th 7pm – Performance night! All short plays will be performed for our audience. For further information contact Lou-Ellen Corkum at lcorkum14@gmail.com
DISCOUNT CARD NOW AVAILABLE!!
Starting with our next production "Christmas Shorts", we will be offering Show Attendance Discount Cards. Attend 5 shows and you will receive 50%
off for an individual ticket at the next show you attend.
Announcing Gateway Players Theatre 2024 Season!!!“Death by Chocolate” February 23, 24. March 1, 2 & 3
Members of the newly renovated Meadowbrook Health Resort are dropping like flies, including famed chef Edith Chiles! On the eve of the grand re-opening,
this is not the best advertisement. It’s up to John Stone, the manager, to find the cause and the murderer.
Written by Paul Freed. Directed by Mikey Dearn. Adult Cast.
“Off She Goes” May 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11
After saying goodbye to her husband of 60 years, Nellie moves into an assisted living community - assuming she’ll just mark time until her own time comes.
But fate has other plans for her when she meets her new roommate, Selina - a fellow British war bride with whom she shares a surprising connection.
As Nellie flashes back to the pivotal moments of her life - the two women form a friendship and come to realize that while they may never have gone home again, maybe home has come back to them.
Written by Ed Humphries. Directed by Ed Humphries. Adult Cast.
“Spreading it Around” September 27, 28. October 4, 5 & 6
Angela Drayton, a wealthy widow living in an up-scale retirement community, is tired of handing out money to her unappreciative children. So she starts the “S.I.N. (Spending It Now) Foundation,” to give to those truly in need. This terrifies her greedy son, driving him to devise a plan to have her committed.
Written by Londos J. D’Arrigo. Directed by Sue Adams. Adult Cast. This program is supported by a grant from the Southbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
“Alice @ Wonderland” December 6, 7 & 8
What would happen if a 21st century Alice collided with Lewis Carroll’s legendary Wonderland? This modern retelling of the classic children’s story has all of the characters you know and love, including the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, and the Queen of Hearts. The story is laid out in traditional style, except that Alice is distinctly contemporary, complete with cell phone in hand. Full of references to text messaging and social media, the play imagines a present-day Alice encountering the Wonderland so many of us treasure.
Written by Jonathan Yukich. Directed by Lou-Ellen Corkum. Adult and Youth Cast. This program is supported by a grant from the Southbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Nice article about Gateway in Worcester Magazine
Read "The Show Goes On At Gateway Player Theatre" by Jonnie Coutu in the March 26, 2015 Worcester Magazine
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