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TCTC is pleased to announce selection of the troupe of young actors who will represent the theater in London and Paris in August 2011. Under the direction of Felicity Enas, the Troupe is rehearsing two pieces: Poe's Midnight Dreary and Babar.  Babar is in conjunction with an exhibit to be mounted by the Tyler Museum of Art, all in cooperation with Young Audiences of Northeast Texas. To book performances of Babar for your organization, contact Young Audiences at education@yanetexas.org.  To book performances of Poe, contact education@tylercivictheatre.com.
 
Ms. Enas and TCTC's education director, DeAnna Hargrove, will lead the Troupe. Its 2011 activities will include a workshop at the Globe Theatre in London, seeing plays in Paris and London's West End and at Stratford, and presenting Poe and Babar. These young actors follow in the footsteps of the 2007 London Troupe and the 2009 United Kingdom Troupe, which performed in London and Edinburgh.
 
The 2011 London/Paris Troupe includes Hannah Jacobson of Big Sandy, Lexie Rains of Flint, Ryan Castner and Justin Purser of Lindale, Katie Cargill and Ryan Cargill of Mineola, Brandon Jackson of New London, Hillary Umholtz of Overton, and Brianna Beard, LeeAnna Burgdorf, Kailey Cotter, Abigail Greene, Hannah Johnson, Zane Liston, Lisa Morgan, Hunter Regian, Kendall Rhodus, and Katie Simms, all of Tyler. 

Members of the 2009 U.K. Troupe (pictured above) beam after their most recent achievement: four certificates of "pass with distinction" (the highest level) for their group acting performances before Helen Williams, examiner (also pictured above, standing, center) from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Certificates may be viewed by clicking here.
 
Miss Williams spent three days at TCTC hearing candidates in group acting, solo acting, mime, devise, public speaker, and musical theater. Only the groups receive their rating immediately; the other candidates will learn of their results by mail from LAMDA's London offices. TCTC will schedule a presentation when it has received the results.

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TCTC is pleased to introduce members of its 2009 U.K. troupe: Shanna-Kaye Betts, Alan Cannon, Jared Clayton, Donna Cloos, Kat Cloos, Kenny Davis, Andrew Goodwin, Jesse Holt, Tara Moore, Audrie Nagel, Kaylee Nagel, Tim Priest, Grace Root, Hannah Root, Julia Runge, Austin Sheridan, Hayley Spires, Bret Thompson, and Elissa Thompson.  PHOTO BY M. S. PAUL

The Following Photos by Windy Cannon

At the Globe Workshop

At the Scottish Storyteling Centre

Cast at the Kings Head

Edinburgh Venue

Outside the Criterion Theatre

Performing at Kings Head

Scene from Adam & Eve at the Scottish Storytelling Centre

Scene from Boggs at Kings Head

Scene from Boggs at Scottish Storytelling Centre

Scene from Tom Sawyer at Scottish Storytelling Centre

Taiwanese Song Jiang Battle Array

Workshop at the Globe

The Troupe onstage at Edom Civic Center after their performance of The Mark Twain Show on January 24, 2009. Thanks to the Edom Civic Theatre for hosting the Troupe, as the Lake Country Playhouse in Mineola did previously. The Troupe's next appearances are on their home stage, the Rogers Children's Theatre, February 20 through March 1, and at the Cherokee Civic Theatre in Rusk on Saturday, May 9.   PHOTO BY S. PRIEST

photo by M.S. Paul

These young persons will present The Mark Twain Story in the Rogers as the third show of the 2008/2009 season and perform it during August 2009 in the King’s Head Theatre, London, and a venue in Edinburgh, Scotland.  The play is adapted by Kathryn Schultz Miller from the writings of the American sage Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain.  Added scenes will feature Roger Miller songs from his musical Big River, based on the adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Written in five stand-alone segments, The Mark Twain Show is available for touring.  To book all five segments or any one of them for your school, club, church, festival, or other event, please contact DeAnna Hargrove, the director, at education@tylercivictheatre.com.  The players are prepared to work on either a proscenium stage or in-the-round.  The next appearances of the full Troupe will be February 20-28 and March 1 in the Rogers Children's Theatre at TCTC, followed by a performance on Saturday, May 9, at the Cherokee Civic Theatre in Rusk.

Projects underway to benefit the Troupe:

Sale of A Taste of Theater: Stirring Performances, a cookbook with 425 recipes and artwork by James Wilkins and Charles Praytor

Click here to purchase your copy(ies)!

Sale of chance tickets for play-related prizes at performances in the Rogers Children's Theatre and Braithwaite Theatres

Past projects include a silent auction, a parking lot sale, and a Battle of the Bands.

Battle of the Bands

Benefiting the 2009 U.K. Troupe

Each of the following photos are available for purchase, from 4x5 to 16x20 high-quality prints --
To view and/or purchase, click here!

Shanna-Kaye Betts	Alan Cannon	Jared Clayton	Donna Cloos
Kat Cloos	Kenny Davis	Andrew Goodwin	Jesse Holt
Tara Moore	Audrie Nagel	Kaylee Nagel	Tim Priest
Grace Root	Hannah Root	Julia Runge	Austin Sheridan
Hayley Spires	Bret Thompson	Elissa Thompson

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