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If you are within driving distance of Rockingham County, North Carolina this coming weekend then you should seriously consider buying a ticket (or more than one) for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I wasn’t able to be in this production ‘cuz of prior obligations, although I helped with set construction and that was the limit of my involvement with this show.

Well, I just got back from this afternoon’s performance and folks, NOTHING could have prepared me for the unrelenting spectacle that is what Rockingham County people have done with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s much-beloved take on the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. The Theatre Guild’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is bar none the glitziest and most over-the-top musical that I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing! The Guild could take ...

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This coming weekend the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s Childrens Theater will be presenting Monster in the Closet at Rockingham Community College’s Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium.

Directed by Tony Hummel, Monster in the Closet is the age-old story of that most primal of human fears: that deep within our closet there lurks some twisted fiend. Pity poor Emily then: it is not her imagination that there really is a monster abiding in the darkness, and her best friend saw it too. But beastie Murray has his own problems: he doesn’t want to scare the kids. This lovable slacker merely longs to play Emily’s new video game… no matter what his boss says.

Monster in the Closet plays this Friday, March 6th at 7:30 p.m., then on Saturday, March 7th at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 pm., and a final performance on Sunday, March 8th at 2:30 p.m. Visit the Theatre ...

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Last night at Woodmont United Methodist Church in Reidsville, we had the strike party for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist. Tony Hummel (who played Mr. Brownlow) brought his karaoke machine. And during the festivities I did something that I had been asked to do several times over the past few weeks, mostly from people who heard about what happened at the Children of Eden strike party in June.

So here it is: Yours Truly singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen…

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Yesterday afternoon was the final performance of the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist. Thankfully we had none of the “problems” that kept us from going through the entire show on Saturday night. There was still a whiff of the smoke lingering around the building, but that didn’t deter a strong audience from coming to enjoy the story of orphan Oliver Twist and his search for identity in 1840s London.

After the show ended and the audience had left, the entire cast and crew stuck around for another hour and struck the stage, tidied-up the rooms that we had been using in the Advanced Technologies Building at Rockingham Community College, and pretty much did our best to make sure that everything was cleaner than how we found it when we first started production back in October. After that, it was just a matter of ...

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UPDATE 11:50 p.m. EST: Well, this was certainly a night to remember…

Tonight’s performance of the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist came to an abrupt end when ...

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I think having all this past week off from rehearsals might have been a good thing, ‘cuz everything seemed to have really clicked well during last night’s show. We all got into it totally refreshed and ready to knock it out of the ballpark. Also, there was a substantially good audience, despite what apparently was pro wrestling at the National Guard Armory next door which had also drawn a large crowd.

Theatre Guild of Rockingham County’s production of Oliver Twist plays again tonight at 7:30 and then the final show tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, in the Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium at Rockingham Community College. Click here for more information....

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Last night’s show played to a fairly strong crowd and this afternoon we had a larger than expected audience that thrilled and laughed at the adventures of Oliver Twist, Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Nancy and the rest. My parents and aunt came to today’s performance, and the word from them was that they really enjoyed it.

So now we have the rest of the week off until this coming Friday night, when we do it all over again. Which, y’all are most certainly invited! The Theatre Guild of Rockingham County’s production of Oliver Twist runs for three more shows. Visit the Theatre Guild website for more information....

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The first performance went very well! So far as I can tell we got through the whole thing without a single problem. ‘Course, I’m knocking on wood as I say that ‘cuz we’ve got five more performances to get through. Afterward the entire cast and crew congregated at Thom Thom’s Pizza on Freeway Drive in Reidsville for an opening night party.

Oliver Twist plays again tonight at 7:30 at Rockingham Community College in Wentworth, North Carolina. Visit the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County website for more information....

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Okay, I’d better explain how this started…

All this week we’ve been doing dress and technical rehearsals for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist, which opens tonight. One of my fellow cast members, Sarah Al-Jouni, plays Miss Monks. And a few nights ago when I saw her in her full costume, well… she looked way too amazing to pass up the opportunity. I told her my idea on Wednesday evening and she thought it would be fun.

So during the intermission of last night’s rehearsal I went out to my car and came back with my Star Wars Force FX Lightsaber (the one that’s the Lightsaber Construction Set, which I did wind up buying :-). Before I left home I made the handle look like anything but a Jedi hilt, and switched the blade color to red. And then we took some pictures. And ...

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Wanna see what the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist is looking like? The show opens tomorrow night, so here are some photos to whet yer appetite…

Oliver (Nathan Tolodziecki) makes good on his plans to run away as a furious Mr. Bumble (Rob Compton) and Mrs. Corney (Donna Compton) chase after him, while Mr. and Mrs. Sowerberry (Chris Knight and Thresa Brown) and Charlotte (Jessica Wray) gawk in stunned disbelief at a traumatized Noah Claypole (Tyler Alverson)

The Artful Dodger (Jasper Thomas III) and Bet (Megan Watkins) demonstrate to Oliver how to play “the game” on a group of unwary window shoppers

Mr. Brownlow (Tony Hummel) persuades a London “bobby” (Mark Pegram) that there is no need to arrest Oliver

The sinister Miss Monks (Sarah Al-Jouni) seethes with rage as she watches Mr. Brownlow take Oliver into his care

Mr. Brownlow entertains dear friend Mrs.
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