1 00:00:07,59 --> 00:00:12,52 And welcome to another edition of get in contact I know peg Stevens My first guest 2 00:00:12,53 --> 00:00:13,69 today is here to tell us about 3 00:00:13,70 --> 00:00:17,68 a family's fall fund raising event that will benefit the partnership for the Arts 4 00:00:17,73 --> 00:00:21,78 and Humanities here with all the exciting details is the partnership executive 5 00:00:21,79 --> 00:00:26,90 director Joe Ingle Jill welcome back to the show thanks so much for having me I 6 00:00:26,91 --> 00:00:30,96 know that the partnership always puts on the best fund raising events what can we 7 00:00:30,97 --> 00:00:34,63 look forward to this fall oh my goodness we went back to sweetest 8 00:00:34,64 --> 00:00:39,06 a believable We haven't done that in several years just because it's difficult to 9 00:00:39,07 --> 00:00:43,02 get restaurants and on that day so October twenty first we're going to be at the 10 00:00:43,03 --> 00:00:47,09 Village Theater and instead of a concert like we normally do for 11 00:00:47,10 --> 00:00:51,08 a fall fundraiser we're actually doing dueling pianos so we're going to get the 12 00:00:51,09 --> 00:00:56,77 crowd involved it's going to be so much fun sing along and I've only done that once 13 00:00:56,78 --> 00:01:02,68 before so I can't wait. Well it sounds incredible because the featured artist this 14 00:01:02,69 --> 00:01:09,13 time around so Midwest tooling pianos they are just you know recognizable from all 15 00:01:09,17 --> 00:01:14,46 over Michigan and even outside of Michigan and so we're really excited that we were 16 00:01:14,47 --> 00:01:20,57 able to book them for fall fundraiser and they perform at places like Carl's cabin 17 00:01:20,92 --> 00:01:26,25 in have participated with lots of people in the area too that are very familiar 18 00:01:26,26 --> 00:01:30,89 Toll Brothers has used them for events so they just do an outstanding job can't 19 00:01:30,90 --> 00:01:35,47 wait and this is taking place at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill it is it is so 20 00:01:35,48 --> 00:01:36,43 it's great you know it's 21 00:01:36,44 --> 00:01:41,26 a four hundred seat theater every seat is is terrific so we love going there for 22 00:01:41,27 --> 00:01:45,25 all of our fundraisers in that why you know there are to be doing dueling pianos on 23 00:01:45,26 --> 00:01:50,11 stage so people will be able to sit and bring their beverages into the theater and 24 00:01:50,12 --> 00:01:52,18 just sing along and have 25 00:01:52,19 --> 00:01:56,47 a great time and have fun to write for those folks at home who don't know what date 26 00:01:56,47 --> 00:02:01,16 . To give us the date and time yes. October twenty first it's 27 00:02:01,17 --> 00:02:05,13 a Saturday there's no because it's football games at night so it's 28 00:02:05,14 --> 00:02:10,58 a great time to come out with your sweetheart and enjoy the Michigan holiday we do 29 00:02:10,59 --> 00:02:14,84 we always do trying to a reception the hour before so we have 30 00:02:14,85 --> 00:02:21,07 a seven o'clock reception and then eight o'clock show for two hours so it's three 31 00:02:21,08 --> 00:02:23,81 hours that's twenty five dollar ticket and that includes 32 00:02:23,82 --> 00:02:27,39 a reception and the performance so it's a great opportunity 33 00:02:27,40 --> 00:02:28,83 a great date night and what sounds like 34 00:02:28,84 --> 00:02:33,09 a lot of fun to walk us through the reception what can folks expect definitely So 35 00:02:33,10 --> 00:02:36,86 what we do typically for the reception is we have local restaurants that actually 36 00:02:36,87 --> 00:02:41,94 donate all of the food for that event and it's tough on its way to stay because 37 00:02:41,95 --> 00:02:44,75 people need to be out in the restaurants so this year we did 38 00:02:44,76 --> 00:02:50,87 a little twist we decided to do pizza and some craft beers so that seems to be 39 00:02:50,88 --> 00:02:56,73 a big hit lately so we have three local area pizzerias that are all donating pizza 40 00:02:57,68 --> 00:03:04,62 Rosa's restaurant Palermo's pizzeria and also Tony Sako those so the three of them 41 00:03:04,63 --> 00:03:08,62 and you know it's not full meals by any means but everyone's going to get just 42 00:03:08,63 --> 00:03:13,17 a sample slice from each of those three restaurants and then we'll have 43 00:03:13,18 --> 00:03:19,16 a cash bar for the craft beer which we always have. On cash bar we always do but 44 00:03:19,17 --> 00:03:23,08 the craft beer or something new it's not something that the theater typically 45 00:03:23,09 --> 00:03:26,65 carries in so craft beers been just such 46 00:03:26,66 --> 00:03:31,85 a big hit lately that we opted to have the theater bring that in for that one night 47 00:03:31,86 --> 00:03:35,73 only so people are going to get to purchase full sized beers to take into the 48 00:03:35,74 --> 00:03:40,32 theater that night that they normally wouldn't have the opportunity to do so we're 49 00:03:40,33 --> 00:03:42,47 excited to do something different and I know there are 50 00:03:42,48 --> 00:03:47,64 a lot of craft delicious craft beers that are out there. They can Historical 51 00:03:47,65 --> 00:03:53,48 Society just an event on September ninth and it was called beer or beers pots and 52 00:03:53,49 --> 00:03:59,78 pans. I actually attended the event this year was 53 00:03:59,79 --> 00:04:02,97 a me. Using And so what we've kind of done is taken 54 00:04:02,98 --> 00:04:09,19 a look at their most popular beers that night and what the patrons really loved and 55 00:04:09,23 --> 00:04:14,69 that's what we're going off of to order for our night for duelling pianos so we'll 56 00:04:14,70 --> 00:04:14,85 have 57 00:04:14,86 --> 00:04:20,59 a great selection there for people to purchase Oh it sounds delicious. Now who is 58 00:04:20,60 --> 00:04:25,13 sponsoring this event that that's great you know we're so blas that we have so many 59 00:04:25,14 --> 00:04:28,81 different people in the community that sponsor balance but community Financial 60 00:04:28,82 --> 00:04:35,18 Credit Union and they they help sponsor typically one of our events every year so 61 00:04:35,19 --> 00:04:39,29 we're really excited and very thankful for them to be sponsoring this event that 62 00:04:39,30 --> 00:04:41,15 night Oh absolutely now it is 63 00:04:41,16 --> 00:04:45,80 a fundraising event it is where will the funds that eventually go it is so the 64 00:04:45,81 --> 00:04:47,21 partnership for arts and humanities were 65 00:04:47,22 --> 00:04:51,79 a five on C three right now what we're doing though is we are constructing 66 00:04:51,80 --> 00:04:55,99 a three million dollar visual arts center called the village arts factory in Cherry 67 00:04:56,00 --> 00:04:57,22 Hill Village It is 68 00:04:57,23 --> 00:05:02,13 a block west of the Village Theater and right now we're in the process of finishing 69 00:05:02,14 --> 00:05:07,49 up renovating the two national historic buildings on our property that were 70 00:05:07,50 --> 00:05:12,23 originally built by Henry Ford back in one thousand forty three so the funding that 71 00:05:12,24 --> 00:05:17,97 we raised from this fundraiser is going towards our project and the veterans 72 00:05:17,98 --> 00:05:22,41 dormitories actually going to be done next month we've got Ford Motor Company come 73 00:05:22,42 --> 00:05:26,00 out and there are about thirty volunteers they're going to paint the interior of 74 00:05:26,01 --> 00:05:31,20 the dormitory but the Ford factory we took off the mansard roof to take it back to 75 00:05:31,21 --> 00:05:35,74 its original architecture elevators going in electric we're going to put back in 76 00:05:35,75 --> 00:05:40,06 the full size windows so funding's going to probably go to the Ford factory which 77 00:05:40,10 --> 00:05:42,13 eventually is going to be 78 00:05:42,18 --> 00:05:48,00 a education ten that is going to teach skilled trades so we're really excited the 79 00:05:48,01 --> 00:05:53,59 proposal right now is to have education for students during the day and veterans in 80 00:05:53,60 --> 00:05:57,74 the evenings so hopefully we'll be able to announce the talent before the end of 81 00:05:57,75 --> 00:06:03,30 the year oh how excited I was. Great stuff Yes and lots of progress Oh my God. 82 00:06:05,47 --> 00:06:06,72 It's very exciting it's been 83 00:06:06,73 --> 00:06:10,69 a process we purchased this property back in two thousand and twelve we had to do 84 00:06:10,70 --> 00:06:13,71 planning for two years pre-construction for 85 00:06:13,72 --> 00:06:17,50 a year and then last year we started run of ations and it's 86 00:06:17,51 --> 00:06:20,79 a process it's not something but thankfully we've had 87 00:06:20,80 --> 00:06:23,31 a lot of businesses and then we most recently just got 88 00:06:23,32 --> 00:06:27,27 a ninety thousand dollars grant from the Michigan Council for arts and cultural 89 00:06:27,28 --> 00:06:33,09 affairs so we're very thankful again to so many people and we're looking forward to 90 00:06:33,10 --> 00:06:33,23 do 91 00:06:33,24 --> 00:06:38,13 a capital campaign with residents in the community next year oh wonderful Now when 92 00:06:38,14 --> 00:06:42,43 do you anticipate the timeline everything to be completed Oh gosh I was actually. 93 00:06:44,75 --> 00:06:47,71 Historic Buildings The goal was for both of them to be done by the end of this year 94 00:06:47,72 --> 00:06:52,67 and that is still our goal perking lot for the historic buildings will be done in 95 00:06:52,68 --> 00:06:57,59 the spring and we'll start fund raising for our thirty two thousand square foot 96 00:06:57,60 --> 00:07:02,32 warehouse next year so that will be the final building and it won't be done until 97 00:07:02,33 --> 00:07:07,35 probably early two thousand and nineteen so we're we're doing our very best and the 98 00:07:07,36 --> 00:07:09,38 biggest thing that people can do is just sign up for 99 00:07:09,39 --> 00:07:14,46 a newsletter and sign up for social media and make sure that you stay connected 100 00:07:14,47 --> 00:07:18,86 involved so that you see your progress absolutely we're almost out of time but I 101 00:07:18,87 --> 00:07:22,00 feel like mine things recapped your fund raising event and tell folks where they 102 00:07:22,01 --> 00:07:27,71 can go to get ticket purrfect so duelling pianos I'm Sweetest Day Village Theater 103 00:07:27,72 --> 00:07:33,05 in Cherry Hill Village and it is Saturday October twenty first seven o'clock 104 00:07:33,06 --> 00:07:39,99 reception eight o'clock show so you can go to our website and be 105 00:07:40,00 --> 00:07:40,53 able to there's 106 00:07:40,54 --> 00:07:43,53 a link on there to get tickets or you can go directly to the Village Theater 107 00:07:43,54 --> 00:07:48,75 website and or call the Village Theater in you actually get to select your seat 108 00:07:48,76 --> 00:07:53,55 that night too so they get to select their seats and so it's not just for couples 109 00:07:53,56 --> 00:07:56,29 bring your friends so whether it's friends or couples it's 110 00:07:56,30 --> 00:08:01,19 a great night out lot of fun and we hope to see everybody there. Excellent Well 111 00:08:01,20 --> 00:08:04,80 Jill thank you so much for stopping by your long as the inside scoop on their farm 112 00:08:04,81 --> 00:08:09,92 on razor and this fabulous project Excellent thank you so much we will be right 113 00:08:09,93 --> 00:08:11,49 back with more and can contact. 114 00:08:33,63 --> 00:08:37,26 Him Keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road so that everyone can 115 00:08:37,27 --> 00:08:37,86 make it home. 116 00:08:45,44 --> 00:08:47,99 With the birthplace to celebrate 117 00:08:48,00 --> 00:08:54,45 a special somebody for. Offering a bloody of the party thing like 118 00:08:54,46 --> 00:09:00,37 a lot of stuff don't nobody this place for drugs such as college and drugs all 119 00:09:00,38 --> 00:09:00,71 equal 120 00:09:00,72 --> 00:09:07,41 a little prince said. It's fairly clear out the morning she calls the 121 00:09:07,42 --> 00:09:09,71 first thing for all of three. 122 00:09:47,78 --> 00:09:52,10 Welcome back they can contact Joining me now to tell us about another exciting 123 00:09:52,11 --> 00:09:56,38 season at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill is cantons performing arts coordinator 124 00:09:56,42 --> 00:10:00,32 joke of warre AK Joe welcome back to the show thanks thanks thanks thanks. Having 125 00:10:00,33 --> 00:10:04,74 me I understand you are putting the final the finishing touches on another exciting 126 00:10:04,75 --> 00:10:08,71 season your two thousand and seventeen two thousand and eighteen performance casual 127 00:10:08,94 --> 00:10:12,06 What types of shows can we look forward to this season what we have 128 00:10:12,07 --> 00:10:17,34 a whole variety of shows we're going to kick off our season actually in November 129 00:10:17,54 --> 00:10:20,56 with the underwater bubble show which is 130 00:10:20,57 --> 00:10:27,55 a really cool show that I think anyone can enjoy from ages eight to eighty it's 131 00:10:27,56 --> 00:10:33,08 a circus ole inspired show that has my main acrobatics and magic and most 132 00:10:33,09 --> 00:10:33,67 importantly 133 00:10:33,86 --> 00:10:38,92 a lot of bubbles and so it should be really cool high production values it's 134 00:10:38,93 --> 00:10:44,29 actually coming from from Europe and so we're really quite excited the whole the 135 00:10:44,30 --> 00:10:48,44 whole crew over at the theater is because they get to play with these guys in their 136 00:10:48,45 --> 00:10:53,07 bubble so should be really exciting and that's on November twenty fifth and then 137 00:10:53,52 --> 00:10:59,27 also be bringing back for New Year's Eve The Detroit circus so people can expect 138 00:10:59,48 --> 00:11:03,39 some more of the same that they've seen in the past and then really starting to 139 00:11:03,40 --> 00:11:09,12 dive into the details right now. Simon and Garfunkel we're bringing 140 00:11:09,13 --> 00:11:13,96 a tribute band called old friends and we're going to give as much of the feeling of 141 00:11:13,97 --> 00:11:19,26 that one thousand nine hundred one famous Central Park experience to two people 142 00:11:19,27 --> 00:11:23,29 that attend so we'll have some New York inspired food in the audience I'm planning 143 00:11:23,30 --> 00:11:28,31 on changing some of the Corps and then we'll try to set the atmosphere inside the 144 00:11:28,32 --> 00:11:34,11 theater is as best as we can as they actually replicate the playlist from that 145 00:11:34,12 --> 00:11:39,07 concert and that's on January twentieth how exciting that you really have something 146 00:11:39,08 --> 00:11:43,52 for everyone yes exactly that's the that was my whole intention with when I planned 147 00:11:43,53 --> 00:11:49,20 the season is I wanted something for everyone so thing for families something for 148 00:11:49,21 --> 00:11:54,00 people maybe a little bit older and just something that everyone can enjoy 149 00:11:54,85 --> 00:11:55,98 a hope to make the village state 150 00:11:55,99 --> 00:12:00,64 a really big piece of kit and community absolutely know I'm getting there. To be 151 00:12:00,65 --> 00:12:04,34 the under one water bubble show. Tell us 152 00:12:04,35 --> 00:12:07,47 a little bit about that particular production because it sounds so unique and it 153 00:12:07,48 --> 00:12:07,77 sounds like 154 00:12:07,78 --> 00:12:11,92 a wonderful experience that you don't normally get access to yeah you normally 155 00:12:11,93 --> 00:12:18,18 don't and so we were fortunate enough to be able to book this troupe 156 00:12:18,58 --> 00:12:24,01 and so the whole show is all about escaping from your your every day life in the 157 00:12:24,02 --> 00:12:28,63 stress of that and sometimes you have to drift away into this this magical world 158 00:12:28,64 --> 00:12:35,31 and let music and art take you away and they actually visit under sea but don't 159 00:12:35,32 --> 00:12:39,99 worry you don't need scuba gear or anything like that it's beautiful through 160 00:12:40,03 --> 00:12:44,57 through puppets in mind and the magic of theater and some beautiful music that's 161 00:12:44,58 --> 00:12:51,44 actually composed by. Some European artists that are very well known so when 162 00:12:51,48 --> 00:12:54,10 it actually is it is a great plot to it it was 163 00:12:54,11 --> 00:12:58,96 a plot if you're going to lie around us yes yes that involves someone trying to 164 00:12:58,97 --> 00:13:02,75 relieve themselves from stress and in journeys through the underwater with the 165 00:13:02,76 --> 00:13:08,09 bubbles through the show and the magic of life theater there are actual bubbles and 166 00:13:08,10 --> 00:13:13,32 all sorts of Yeah yeah and get in gimmicks and right so it really is 167 00:13:13,33 --> 00:13:17,08 a unique experience yet is and people are the question people are always asking 168 00:13:17,09 --> 00:13:20,61 like what are the bubbles made of and try to explain they're made of everything 169 00:13:20,62 --> 00:13:25,63 sometimes it's actual bubbles bubbles through different contraptions sometimes it's 170 00:13:25,64 --> 00:13:30,49 a natural ball with people playing and rolling in the balls and so there's all 171 00:13:30,50 --> 00:13:34,09 kinds of different types of bubbles so would be really need even does that to see 172 00:13:34,10 --> 00:13:38,34 what they do with the different types of bubbles I can't wait to see it you know I 173 00:13:38,35 --> 00:13:41,04 understand there are two shows that that particular are there's 174 00:13:41,05 --> 00:13:46,70 a two pm In the six pm and again for in terms of the plot and everything it really 175 00:13:46,71 --> 00:13:52,69 is for all ages yes it is absolutely for all ages What's the youngest child you are 176 00:13:52,70 --> 00:13:56,93 going to bring you might recommend probably around five or six would probably be. 177 00:13:57,97 --> 00:14:01,20 The youngest I would go just to make sure the. They can understand it and there 178 00:14:01,21 --> 00:14:01,71 will be 179 00:14:01,72 --> 00:14:07,24 a lot of things happening so nothing overstimulate anyone and so I would say probably 180 00:14:07,25 --> 00:14:12,00 about five or six OK all the way up to ninety nine and I really it's correct you 181 00:14:12,01 --> 00:14:16,52 know one of the shows that we look forward to sure after Simon and Garfunkel we 182 00:14:16,53 --> 00:14:19,99 also have Frank Ferrante who does 183 00:14:20,00 --> 00:14:24,63 a crowd show marks one man show he'll be coming into this with that show and that 184 00:14:24,64 --> 00:14:27,54 show has been featured on P.B.S. 185 00:14:27,55 --> 00:14:31,62 It's been performed in London and Chicago and New York so I'm really excited to 186 00:14:31,63 --> 00:14:34,78 have a high caliber one man show about 187 00:14:34,79 --> 00:14:40,60 a very funny authority figure coming into our into our space and then we also will 188 00:14:40,61 --> 00:14:45,42 have the second city returning this year on March thirty first and that show is 189 00:14:45,59 --> 00:14:48,64 look both ways before talking which is kind of 190 00:14:48,65 --> 00:14:53,34 a play about the where we're at our country and being careful about what you say 191 00:14:53,35 --> 00:14:59,41 and from who is to not to offend and so that should be very funny and then we also 192 00:14:59,42 --> 00:15:03,35 have a love fest the beloved Shall Not Be Named which is 193 00:15:03,42 --> 00:15:07,78 a cultural experience that explores other cultures particularly in Middle East 194 00:15:08,07 --> 00:15:10,00 through music and through dance it should be 195 00:15:10,01 --> 00:15:14,35 a really beautiful show and I think something kind of neat for people that you 196 00:15:14,36 --> 00:15:18,44 don't get to see every day anywhere else it sounds like you are bringing some 197 00:15:18,45 --> 00:15:21,63 really top notch acts to Cannes Yes thank you thank you very much for 198 00:15:21,64 --> 00:15:26,39 a very excited to do that and again something for everyone is really I think an 199 00:15:26,40 --> 00:15:31,39 important feature of the season and getting back to the Groucho Marx production I 200 00:15:31,40 --> 00:15:32,25 saw it on P.B.S. 201 00:15:32,30 --> 00:15:37,93 Loved it cannot wait to see it in person again what what ages do you think that 202 00:15:37,94 --> 00:15:43,07 particular production would be good for I think that production is really more for 203 00:15:43,67 --> 00:15:48,62 older audience so probably adults when bring children to that show probably not 204 00:15:48,63 --> 00:15:51,24 necessarily unless you have an eight year old that's 205 00:15:51,25 --> 00:15:55,11 a really big rupture marks fan which they could be out there. Because there's 206 00:15:55,12 --> 00:15:59,84 nothing inappropriate about it but I think really more of the appeals to older that 207 00:15:59,85 --> 00:16:05,07 would. Rafiq Absolutely because with the sharp wit. The take out of life in 208 00:16:05,65 --> 00:16:11,05 absolutely Now we're almost out of time so if folks want to get their tickets we're 209 00:16:11,06 --> 00:16:15,16 sure they go they should go to kick Village Theater dot org They can go there 210 00:16:15,17 --> 00:16:16,78 twenty four hours seven days 211 00:16:16,79 --> 00:16:21,21 a week or they can also visit the theater Monday through Friday ten am to two pm 212 00:16:21,43 --> 00:16:25,00 excellent So if they purchase tickets on line now they can either print out your at 213 00:16:25,01 --> 00:16:29,39 home or pick them up and they will call them up the walk yes excellent and then if 214 00:16:29,40 --> 00:16:33,12 they want to take a chance they can actually show up in an hour before us 215 00:16:33,13 --> 00:16:34,04 a production or for 216 00:16:34,05 --> 00:16:37,49 a production time the theater will the box office will open and you can purchase 217 00:16:37,50 --> 00:16:42,22 tickets to any shop. But we don't want to do that we want to make sure that they 218 00:16:42,23 --> 00:16:42,39 get 219 00:16:42,40 --> 00:16:45,73 a seat expression some of these have sold out in the past and they will this time 220 00:16:45,74 --> 00:16:52,15 around him yes. Real quick in terms of the variety of productions 221 00:16:52,75 --> 00:16:57,18 if folks for families what shows are the must see productions this season I think 222 00:16:57,19 --> 00:17:03,87 people would want to see the underwater bubble show Detroit circus we also have two 223 00:17:04,82 --> 00:17:10,35 Grammy nominated musicians coming in Brady Rymer will be here on February twenty 224 00:17:10,36 --> 00:17:15,37 fourth and then on May twelfth will have to both those gentlemen have been 225 00:17:15,41 --> 00:17:22,26 nominated for Grammy Awards and they will both be at the Kid Village here and I've 226 00:17:22,27 --> 00:17:26,39 checked out the videos and they are very talented performers get so excited in fact 227 00:17:26,40 --> 00:17:32,20 to coop art can be seen networks sprout and his show the sunny side up where he's 228 00:17:32,21 --> 00:17:36,31 a writer producer performer and it's quite incredible So it sounds like they're 229 00:17:36,32 --> 00:17:40,06 going to be some unique opportunities they can't until it's theater and they see 230 00:17:40,07 --> 00:17:44,00 things and once again for more information and to get tickets where should folks as 231 00:17:44,01 --> 00:17:48,15 a Kid Village Theater dot org excellent Joe thank you so much for stopping by and 232 00:17:48,16 --> 00:17:52,47 telling us about your upcoming season Thanks Fredricka. We will be right back with 233 00:17:52,48 --> 00:17:52,75 more of. 234 00:17:59,41 --> 00:18:04,34 The Canton has three of the top ten most dangerous intersections in Wayne County 235 00:18:05,20 --> 00:18:09,95 they're all located on Ford Road at Haggerty Lilly and can't center 236 00:18:10,60 --> 00:18:16,16 a majority of cat in car accidents are rear end accidents while driving Be sure to 237 00:18:16,17 --> 00:18:16,46 leave 238 00:18:16,47 --> 00:18:21,65 a safe driving distance between you and the vehicle in front of you the main purpose 239 00:18:21,66 --> 00:18:26,07 of his save driving distance is to give yourself time to react and break for 240 00:18:26,08 --> 00:18:31,27 a vehicle or object that suddenly stops in front of you keep your hands on the will 241 00:18:31,31 --> 00:18:34,46 and your eyes on the road so that everyone can make it home. 242 00:19:09,29 --> 00:19:11,25 Yes close the. 243 00:19:18,26 --> 00:19:19,50 Door right. 244 00:19:29,79 --> 00:19:33,55 Welcome back to get in contact my next guest is here to tell us about several 245 00:19:33,56 --> 00:19:36,86 upcoming spotlight player's productions that are scheduled to take place at the 246 00:19:36,87 --> 00:19:41,05 Village Theater at Cherry Hill here with all the exciting information is spotlight 247 00:19:41,06 --> 00:19:45,83 players producer Laura kits men Laura welcome back to the show thank you it's great 248 00:19:45,84 --> 00:19:50,18 to be here I understand that spotlight players are hard at work working on several 249 00:19:50,19 --> 00:19:52,98 upcoming productions but before we get to those why don't you give us 250 00:19:52,99 --> 00:19:57,64 a brief history about the spotlight players so spotlight players we are celebrating 251 00:19:57,65 --> 00:20:02,75 our seventy first season this year and we were originally called the Plymouth 252 00:20:02,76 --> 00:20:07,74 theater guild and we performed at the Northville regional psychiatric hospital up 253 00:20:07,75 --> 00:20:14,49 in North Phil and then in two thousand and four when the Village Theater opened 254 00:20:14,57 --> 00:20:15,13 we formed 255 00:20:15,14 --> 00:20:19,13 a partnership with the Village Theater and we have changed our name to spotlight 256 00:20:19,14 --> 00:20:24,14 players in two thousand and four and we've been there ever since Absolutely and 257 00:20:24,15 --> 00:20:28,53 a very successful they are very successful and I understand that there are several 258 00:20:28,67 --> 00:20:31,95 groups within the spotlight players could you tell us briefly about that yes there 259 00:20:31,96 --> 00:20:36,55 are three groups within spotlight players we have our spotlight youth players which 260 00:20:36,56 --> 00:20:42,88 are our kids twenty and under and they do children only shows and the 261 00:20:43,13 --> 00:20:50,11 other group is the spotlight players which is actors of all ages. The focus 262 00:20:50,12 --> 00:20:56,18 on the main stage shows with the spotlight players group and then the last group is 263 00:20:56,19 --> 00:21:01,30 our senior group of actors ages fifty and over there's called STILL GOT IT players 264 00:21:01,50 --> 00:21:06,56 and they focus mainly on comedies in the Biltmore studio excellent Yes Now I know 265 00:21:06,57 --> 00:21:11,75 there are some. Theatre lovers in our audience who have always maybe thought about 266 00:21:11,76 --> 00:21:15,38 getting involved how can they get involved with 267 00:21:15,39 --> 00:21:19,41 a spotlight where there are so many ways to get involved we are 268 00:21:19,42 --> 00:21:25,86 a nonprofit five A one c three charity organization but beyond that you know there 269 00:21:25,90 --> 00:21:28,72 in addition to acting and singing and dancing there are 270 00:21:28,73 --> 00:21:33,08 a lot of things behind the scenes that where you can get involved directing and 271 00:21:33,09 --> 00:21:38,95 producing and choreography music directing musician we have said builders and 272 00:21:39,68 --> 00:21:45,64 spotlight operators and fly rail operators there's so many places to get involved 273 00:21:45,86 --> 00:21:51,82 even beyond that there's places like on the board in marketing and storage unit and 274 00:21:51,82 --> 00:21:53,83 . Finance 275 00:21:54,10 --> 00:21:58,60 a lot of different areas where anybody can really become involved and help out with 276 00:21:58,61 --> 00:22:01,69 their organization sounds like a lot of wonderful opportunity all a lot 277 00:22:01,70 --> 00:22:05,54 a lot of opportunities for sure and if they want to take that next step but where 278 00:22:05,55 --> 00:22:11,63 should they go to get more information OK so you can contact us through our website 279 00:22:11,64 --> 00:22:15,91 you can contact any of the people on the board by just by clicking on our name now 280 00:22:15,92 --> 00:22:20,93 our space our website is spotlight players M I dot org You can also call our phone 281 00:22:20,94 --> 00:22:27,36 number seven three four four eight zero four nine four five you can e-mail me 282 00:22:27,37 --> 00:22:32,58 directly been at Spotlight players and I doubt org We also have appeal box it's 283 00:22:32,59 --> 00:22:36,45 right there on the website so there's three ways to contact us like you know let's 284 00:22:36,46 --> 00:22:41,04 get to your current season that is currently in production so our current 285 00:22:41,40 --> 00:22:44,21 production is men are dogs it's 286 00:22:44,25 --> 00:22:48,64 a very funny comedy it's going to be put on by our senior group has still got it 287 00:22:48,65 --> 00:22:54,63 players and they have been rehearsing in rehearsing and it is just coming along 288 00:22:54,64 --> 00:22:55,73 wonderfully It's 289 00:22:55,74 --> 00:23:00,99 a great opportunity to be involved in those rehearsals even though I've been 290 00:23:01,00 --> 00:23:06,17 attending them all along it's still extremely funny just to even sit through the 291 00:23:06,18 --> 00:23:10,79 rehearsals and enjoy. The rehearsals so I can't wait for audiences to have 292 00:23:10,80 --> 00:23:15,53 a chance to to come and laugh at the at the great story lines absolutely and it is 293 00:23:15,54 --> 00:23:20,31 a comedy one of the production dates and what is the plot like Oh so the plot OK so 294 00:23:20,32 --> 00:23:25,99 it is Dr Cecilia Monaghan that's that's the psych how the psychiatrist and she runs 295 00:23:25,99 --> 00:23:32,00 . A single women and divorced women's support group and she has some very 296 00:23:32,04 --> 00:23:38,66 unusual methods of running. A group therapy about 297 00:23:38,67 --> 00:23:39,39 a group surf there 298 00:23:39,40 --> 00:23:45,76 a P session and it it really is extremely funny and it's like 299 00:23:46,48 --> 00:23:52,15 one after another after another it's like rolling comedies so it's really for 300 00:23:52,16 --> 00:23:54,41 anyone that wants to come in and laugh it's going to be 301 00:23:54,42 --> 00:23:59,99 a great great evening or afternoon of shows when are those shows taking place so it 302 00:24:00,00 --> 00:24:04,75 runs Nov third through fifth and Nov tenth through twelfth at the Biltmore studio 303 00:24:04,76 --> 00:24:09,56 in the Village Theater the Friday and Saturday performances are at seven thirty and 304 00:24:09,57 --> 00:24:14,10 Sunday performances are at two pm so great and the tickets are very reasonable Oh 305 00:24:14,11 --> 00:24:19,66 yeah I'm still skeptical so the tickets are at Canton village theatre org And 306 00:24:19,67 --> 00:24:24,21 they're only sixteen to eighteen dollars each you can also purchase them by calling 307 00:24:24,22 --> 00:24:31,01 the box office at seven three four three nine four five three zero zero you can 308 00:24:31,05 --> 00:24:37,62 also purchase them at the box office one hour before the show starts if there are 309 00:24:37,63 --> 00:24:42,77 still tickets available we've had sellouts last weekend we had sellouts and people 310 00:24:42,78 --> 00:24:46,68 had to be turned away so it's best if you would like to go to the show to go ahead 311 00:24:46,69 --> 00:24:50,66 and purchase your tickets on line absolutely So what else can we look forward to 312 00:24:51,07 --> 00:24:52,83 I'm So the next one that's in production 313 00:24:52,84 --> 00:24:59,23 a really cute show is A Christmas Story It's the classic traditional Red Rider B.B. 314 00:24:59,24 --> 00:25:01,80 Gun you'll shoot sure eye out it's going to be 315 00:25:01,81 --> 00:25:06,22 a really fun fun show it's already in rehearsal we have 316 00:25:06,23 --> 00:25:12,81 a fantastic. Last line lined up some really great young actors so yeah we have 317 00:25:12,82 --> 00:25:14,93 children and adults in that one so that's 318 00:25:14,94 --> 00:25:20,26 a main spotlight players show so the dates for the one that one is going to run Nov 319 00:25:20,27 --> 00:25:25,18 thirtieth through December third in the Biltmore studio at the Village Theater the 320 00:25:25,19 --> 00:25:29,97 Thursday Friday and Saturday performances are at seven thirty and Saturday and 321 00:25:29,98 --> 00:25:35,54 Sunday at two pm The tickets are going to be sixteen to eighteen dollars each and 322 00:25:35,55 --> 00:25:40,28 it's the same same process as before you can go to camp Village Theater dot org You 323 00:25:40,29 --> 00:25:44,47 can call the box office at seven three four three nine hundred fifty three hundred 324 00:25:44,56 --> 00:25:49,80 or you can purchase them one hour before showtime Oh great now we're almost out of 325 00:25:49,95 --> 00:25:53,54 time but is there anything that we should look forward to later on in the inner 326 00:25:53,58 --> 00:25:54,81 right so after 327 00:25:54,82 --> 00:26:00,56 a Christmas story we have the adventures of Dr Doolittle January second and fourth 328 00:26:00,87 --> 00:26:05,97 the performance states are March eighth through eleventh then the big main stage 329 00:26:05,98 --> 00:26:10,81 musical is going to be Annie. For that are February nineteenth and twentieth 330 00:26:10,85 --> 00:26:14,94 performance States April twenty seventh through twenty ninth May fourth through six 331 00:26:15,35 --> 00:26:21,52 and then has another still got it comedy called Heaven help me that auditions March 332 00:26:21,56 --> 00:26:25,56 twelfth and thirteenth with performance States May seventeenth through twentieth 333 00:26:25,82 --> 00:26:30,00 excellent So folks want more information to get tickets where should they go so our 334 00:26:30,01 --> 00:26:36,54 website is spotlight players org You can call us at seven three four four eight 335 00:26:36,55 --> 00:26:40,32 zero four nine four five or you can email me directly at L. 336 00:26:40,33 --> 00:26:44,44 Kitson at Spotlight players on my debt or oh great Laura thank you so much for 337 00:26:44,45 --> 00:26:48,77 stopping by telling us what's coming up for the spotlight players You're very 338 00:26:48,78 --> 00:26:55,67 welcome and real quick are men dogs. Yes. I don't think the show and find out. 339 00:26:57,46 --> 00:27:00,79 Thank you so much to Laura you're very welcome Well that's what I do it for this 340 00:27:00,80 --> 00:27:04,63 edition thank you so much for watching and we will see you next time and can 341 00:27:04,64 --> 00:27:05,15 contact. 342 00:27:10,66 --> 00:27:17,21 Thank. You 343 00:27:17,22 --> 00:27:21,60 we've. 344 00:27:33,89 --> 00:27:35,21 Read the at.