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All performances are held at the Carrollwood Players Playhouse 4335 Gunn Highway, (Plantation Plaza, between Mullis City Way and Casey Rd.) Tampa, FL.
Please call the Theater at 813-265-4000 for reservations & information.

Reservation and Seating Policies

Reservations made on the phone line within 3 hours of a performance cannot be guaranteed. As you know, our theatre is managed by a group of volunteers, so there is no one available to frequently listen to phone messages or check reservations made on the website. Therefore, it is recommended that you make reservations in advance of the performance date you wish to attend. Otherwise, you may come by the theatre one hour before show time to determine if seats are available.
The House Manager for each production determines the seating arrangements for each performance. Some house managers choose to assign specific seats to all attendees. Others do not. Only season ticket holders and pre-paid groups of 10 or more are guaranteed an assigned seat with their reservation, providing it is made in advance of the performance date. Assigned seating is determined by the order in which reservations are received. Those seats are assigned to the first season ticket holder that makes a reservation for that performance. Depending on the number of season ticket holders attending a particular performance, requests for specific seats may not be available. The House Manager will assign the next closest available seat.
Volunteer Opportunities!

Backstage and front of house personnel are ALWAYS welcome, from ticket takers to set painters to stage crew, costumes, props, and lighting people. You may come to auditions or leave a message on the theater phone with your name, contact phone number, and interest.

Volunteer opportunities also include producer, stage manager, box office, concessions and usher.
(The Carrollwood Players, Inc. is a not-for-profit Florida corporation organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.)
For Carrollwood Players Season Subscription & Membership information:
http://www.carrollwoodplayers.com (or .org or .net)
OUR 2008 - 2009 SEASON!
Move down for audition information.
Check out the BAT BOY review in Creative Loafing
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/05/01/bat-bo y-the-musical/
JUL 10 thru AUG 1, 2009
SORDID LIVES (THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT) "A black comedy about white trash" by Del Shores is a story about a Gay actor who is having a session with his 27th therapist who relays that his grandmother has died and he refuses to go to the funeral. Poor Grandma Peggy… dead after tripping over her lover’s wooden legs in a seedy motel in Winters, Texas. Which is a blessing, because if she could see what’s going on at her funeral, it would kill her. Her sister’s quitting smoking, her daughters are feuding over her mink stole, her neighbor’s on a crime spree, her son’s dressed up like Tammy Wynette, and her grandson’s coming out of the closet with a vengeance. Big hair, big hearts, and big laughs abound in this Southern-fried black comedy about white trash from the writer, producer of the hit TV series QUEER AS FOLK.
Director: Mike Holden
Producer: Ann Lehman
Stage Manager: Beth Tepe
A video from the series on LOGO
A video from the movie

Cast:
Ty Williamson: Jared Porter
The handsome son of Latrelle, Ty is a closeted 20-something Gay man who left behind the small Southern Baptist town in Texas and moved to Hollywood to become an actor.

Latrelle Williamson: Jeaux Remick-Brown
Ty's mother, who is primarily concerned with keeping up appearances. Latrelle wants to persuade her sister LaVonda and Aunt Sissy not to bury her mother, Peggy in a mink stole in Texas during the summer.

Sissy Hickey: Rebecca Doyal-Wallis
Peggy's much younger sister, and aunt to Brother Boy, LaVonda and Litrelle. Sissy just wants to stop smoking.

Noleta Nethercott: Tiger Von Pagel
Sissy's next-door neighbor, the distraught wife of G.W. Nethercott and best friend to LaVonda.

La Vonda Dupree: Amy Ragg
Peggy's eldest daughter, a free spirit who is also Noleta's best friend.

G.W. Nethercott: Owen Robertson
Noleta's unfaithful husband, who feels responsible for Peggy's death.

Wardell "Bubba" Owens: Eric Misener
G.W.'s friend and the object of Brother Boy's affection.

Odell Owens: Miguel Rodriguez
Wardell's brother who is scarred for life by a pig-bloating incident.

Dr. Eve Bolinger: Trish Farber
"Doctor Evil" wants to de-homosexualize Brother Boy so she can write a book, appear on the Oprah television show and quit her psychiatrist job at the mental institution.

Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram: Jeff Roush
A fan of Tammy Wynette, "Brother Boy" has been institutionalized for 23 years by his parents for being a cross-dressing homosexual.

Juanita Bartlett: Penni Willen
an odd bar fly, drunk during the entire show...

Bitsy Mae Harling: Diane Panaccio
A local Lesbian singer with "a reputation".
Reverend Barnes: Jim Whicker
The Reverend at Peggy's funeral

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Some rehearsal and performance photos were taken by James Cass of Picture This of Palma Ciea. www.pthis.com and by Frank Weiss of Knarf This!
Carrollwood Players Theatre By Young People present
Cinderella: A British Pantomime AUG 14 thru 29th, 2009

This play is not part of our regular season. Tickets for this production will be $12.00 & $15.00.
A overworked woman who desperately wants to go to a ball given by a handsome prince. Her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. A fairy godmother. Yes, you're watching Cinderella, but the production has a special twist—this is a British pantomime version of the classic fairy tale. In the UK, pantomime (more commonly known as 'panto'), refers to a traditional fairy tale, complete with songs, dances, jokes, exaggerated characters, and lots of audience participation.
Cinderella is warm entertainment. It will be enjoyed by all members of the family. If you don't have any children of your own, the child in you will spark to this opportunity to enjoy a true British panto.

Cinderella: Lori Velazquez
Prince: Emily Wilson
Wally: Bob Moran
Evadne: Graham Morris (2nd & 3rd Weekend)
Evadne: Brandon Rathbone (1st Weekend)
Mavis: Jeffrey Sicard
Dandini: Juliette Sicard
Buttons: Zarek Kent
Scruff: Sebastian Hagelstein
Postman/Queen: Kate Lugris
Good Fairy: Michelle Kienzle
Ring Master/M.C. at Palace: Mike
Good Fairy's Mother: Chris Pomerantz
Bruno: Avalon Mallory
Max: Pat Connolly
Gertrude: Helene Brennan
Bertie: Jim Brennan
Children's Chorus: Kaylyn Rice, Jordyn Maddison, Mikayla Maddison, Laura De Sousa,
Adult Chorus: Chandria Belaido, Alysha Rice, Courtney Wilhelmi, Rennia Rodney, Sahara Marshall, Brooke Roberts

Director: Carlyn Postle
Ass't Director: Ron Lugris
Musical Director: Jared Porter
Choreographer: B.J. Boytek
Announcing our 2009-2010 Season!
WAIT UNTIL DARK by Frederick Knott, SEP 11 - OCT 3, 2009
This classic suspense thriller of stage and screen follows Susy Hendrix, recently blinded in an accident, who is terrorized in her apartment by three con-men looking for a deceptively valuable doll. Susy finds herself trapped in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with only a young girl and the gathering darkness as her allies in this frighteningly gripping mystery.

Cast:
Ereka Passarella - Susy
Jared Porter - Sam
John Chaplin - Roat
Victoria Beaudoin - Gloria
Rob Tilley - Mike
Stephen Antonelli - Carlino
James Cass & Paulo Portocarrero - Policemen

Director: Frank Stinehour
Producer: James Cass
The Musical WORKING by Stephen Schwartz & Nina Faso, OCT 16 - NOV 7, 2009
Based on the best-selling book of interviews with American workers by Studs Terkel, Working explores the American workday from the Monday morning blues to the second shift blahs using the original words of some uncommon common men and women. Twenty-six workers, including a parking lot attendant, corporate executive, newsboy, schoolteacher, gas man, housewife, fireman, waitress, millworker, sailor, etc., sing and talk about their jobs, defining not only their daily round, but their hopes and aspirations as well.

Cast:
Jeanne Adams:
Amanda McKenny, Project Manager / Heather Lamb, Operator
Amanda Buck:
Roberta Victor, Hooker / Charlie Blossom / Millworker /Swing
Mike Buck:
Mike Dillard, Ironworker
CJ Celeiro:
Ralph Werner, Salesman / Migrant Worker / Man in Cubicle #2 / Swing
Julian Cunningham:
Al Calinda, Parking Lot Attendant / Dave, Trucker Dawn Dougherty
Delores Dante:
Waitress
Elizabeth Hooper:
Rose Hoffman, Schoolteacher/ Enid DuBois, Telephone Solicitor
John Hooper:
Rex Winship, Corporate Exec / Traffic Jam
Megan Hoxie:
Sharon Atkins, Receptionist / Girl in Cubicle / Traffic Jam / Dance Soloist
Brigid Jennings:
Grace Clements, Millworker / Woman in Cubicle / Operator Voice Over
Ann Lehman:
Kate Rushton, Housewife
Art McNeil:
Conrad Swibel, UPS Delivery Man / Traffic Jam
Felipe Olivero:
Roberto Nunez, Box-boy and Migrant Worker / Swing
Ereka Passarella:
Candy Cottingham, Socialite / Swing
Mallory Quinn:
Babe Secoli, Super Market Checker / Traffic Jam
Bob Rivelli:
Frank, Trucker / Traffic Jam
Marty Simon:
Mason Soloist / Traffic Jam
Frank Weiss:
Joe Zutty, Retired
Director: Kathy Buck
Musical Director: Mike Walker
Producer: Mike Buck
ONE ACT PLAY WEEKEND NOV 13 - 15
The Carrollwood Players Annual One-Act Weekend began in 1997 with six locally written submissions. Each succeeding year brought a steady increase in the number of participants, which reached 402 in 2006. The response is gratifying, but in order to offset the extensive administrative tasks involved in processing, evaluating, and selecting scripts it is necessary to require a donation of $10 to accompany each play. A single copy of scripts, typed in standard format, may be submitted by mail (no E-mail), postmarked no later than September 25th, 2009 to:
Carrollwood Players
c/o Frank Stinehour
3617 Tampa Circle East
Tampa, Fl 33629
All plays must be original (no adaptations), require minimal set, props, and costumes and not previously performed in the Tampa area. Include current street address, telephone number, and E-mail address for future contact. No more than 3 one-act plays of ten to fifteen minute duration (or less) will be evaluated from each playwright. Only a single play by a playwright will be selected for production..
All playwrights will be notified by E-mail within two weeks after the closing date as to whether their play has been selected. A financial prize will be extended to the playwright whose script is designated by attending audiences as the Favorite One-Act.
To avoid disappointment, please mail EARLY to ensure that your submission will be under consideration! If you have any questions, please call Carrollwood Players at 813-265-4000, and leave a message for Frank Stinehour, Producer.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE by James W Rodgers, NOV 27 - DEC 19, 2009
Based on the popular movie that included Jimmie Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life is the story of George Bailey, who has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all - and it's Christmas ! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all his good deeds over the years.George Bailey spends his entire life giving up his big dreams for the good of his town, Bedford Falls, as we see in flashback. But in the present, on Christmas Eve, he is broken and suicidal over the misplacing of an $8000 loan and the machinations of the evil millionaire, Mr. Potter. His guardian angel, Clarence, falls to Earth, literally, and shows him how his town, family, and friends would turn out if he had never been born.On Christmas eve, all of the citizens of the small town of Bedford Falls pray to the heavens to help George Bailey. It's then decided that Clarence, an angel who hasn't earned his wings, to help George. Before he does, he should know who George Bailey. George Bailey grew up in Bedford Falls, which is a small town, he dreams of somebody leaving it and making his mark on the world. His family's business is all what stands between the good citizens and Mr. Potter, a rich miser who takes sick pleasure in taking from everybody, without even caring how it affects them. George was all set to leave when his father died and George had to take care of the business. George would forever be stymied with his plans to leave and when he thinks that he is nothing but a failure, he decides to kill himself and that's when Clarence comes in and tries to convince him that he has made something with his life and that he had a "Wonderful Life".The most beloved movie of all-time comes alive onstage this holiday season. Treat yourselves and your loved ones to the magic of live theater with this classic story of love, hope, and family! A family-friendly production that will delight all.
Director: Tiger VonPagel
Producer: Jim Whicker
Cast: TBA
George Bailey:
Clarence Odbody:
Mr.Gower:
Young George:
Harry Bailey:
Mother Bailey:
Aunt Tilly:
Violet Peterson:
Bert:
Ernie:
Uncle Billy:
Mary Hatch/Mary Bailey:
Henry Potter:
Mr. Potter's Goon:
Mr. Potter's Secretary:
Mrs. Hatch:
Sam Wainwright:
Miss Andrews:
Mrs. Thompson:
Mr. Martini:
Mrs. Martini:
Miss Carter:
Newspaper Boy:
Pete Bailey:
Tommy Bailey:
Zuzu Bailey:
Mr. Welch:
Janie Bailey:
THE SENATOR WORE PANTYHOSE by Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore, JAN 8 - 30, 2010
A senator seeks to run a presidential campaign emphasizing his honesty and integrity, but his approach is garnering him no attention in the race. His campaign manager stages an adulterous scandal at an inn in Sluckup County, Pennsylvania to help his man jump in the polls. But the plan quickly backfires with the presence of a powerful televangelist and his wife, two criminals looking for hidden loot, an innkeeper eager to hawk his antique wares, an underage single mother, a snooping reporter desperate for a good scoop and the senator's wife.
Director: Mike Holden
Producer: Allen Levy
SECOND SUMMER by Gary Richards, FEB 12 - MAR 6, 2010
SECOND SUMMER is about a widower's peaceful Florida retirement which is interrupted by constant romantic advances from three very pushy and determined women.
Director: Ruth Levy
Producer: MaryAnn Bardi
MURDERED TO DEATH by Peter Gordon, MAR 19 - APR 11, 2010
This hilarious spoof of the best of Agatha Christie traditions is set in a country manor house in the 1930's, with an assembled cast of characters guaranteed to delight. The play introduces the inept and bungling Inspector Pratt, who battles against the odds to solve the murder of the house's owner. It soon becomes clear that the murderer isn't finished yet, but will the miscreant be unmasked before everyone else has met their doom, or will the audience die laughing first?
Director: Carlyn Postle
Producer: TBA
NORMAN, IS THAT YOU by Ron Clark & Sam Bobrick, APR 23 - MAY 15, 2010
A dry cleaner from Ohio arrives in New York to visit his adult son Norman after his wife runs off with his own brother. Instead of the solace he is expecting, he finds more turmoil when he discovers his son is living with a male partner. The irascible and stubborn father struggles comically with his denial of Norman's orientation and his begrudging respect for Garson, even seeking out a lady of the night to set Norman straight. In the end, this loving father comes face to face with his affection for his son and his wife, who shows up repentant in New York. Love and hilarity triumph.
Director: James Cass
Producer: Frank Stinehour
WHAT THE RABBI SAW by Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore, MAY 28 - JUN 19, 2010
This crazy slapstick farce takes pre wedding jitters to nightmare proportions. In a posh New York hotel just before Walter and Wendy are scheduled to say "I do", Walter's zipper becomes attached to his bride's sister's dress during a last minute act of infidelity. Meanwhile Wendy is having a fling with the best man. This finely tuned exercise in physical comedy zips from one hilarious situation as all try to hide their exploits and make it to the church on time. Full of silly, zany madcap antics at a rapid fire pace. Endless pratfalls, door ballets and bits of physical comedy have actors diving under beds and into suitcases, getting hit with silver platters, hiding under wedding gowns, slipping on ice cubes, dodging bullets, falling off buildings, and jumping in and out of closet doors which seem to have minds of their own.
Director: Mike Holden
Producer: TBA
MONKEY SOUP by Don Nigro JUL 2 - 24, 2010
Set on the stage of a New York theatre in the 1930s, this demented, madcap, no holds barred, galloping farce is a loving parody and homage to the sort of movie the Marx Brothers might have made after a hundred cups of coffee with their hair on fire. The language is rapid fire and the physical comedy is maniacal. Mrs. Lillian Quackenfurter, a once renowned actress, has written the worst play in the history of the theatre, Lady Furtwinger's Lover, which she hopes to star in to revive her career after a forty year hiatus, and has hired a person she believes to be the internationally renowned director, Dr Cornelius T. Fartwhistle, a rude, fast-talking con man who insults her constantly and makes hash of her play. He's actually a dentist named Hassenfusser who accidentally killed Fartwhistle with laughing gas while filling a cavity. The stage manager, Boccalucci, and his wild, girl-chasing, mute assistant, Goosey, who have worked with the real Fartwhistle in the past (and slept with his wife) blackmail Fartwhistle-Hassenfusser into letting them appear in the play, planning to disable the other actors by feeding them bad fish and putting vodka in the water cooler. Lucy the maid is determined to get through her exposition, despite the fact that she's forced to talk into a goose instead of a telephone, and is being constantly bombarded by bird carcasses. Edgar is insanely jealous over his blond bombshell wife Thelma, who is unconscious for much of the second act. Dick, the leading man, plays tennis and announces that he has three balls. Somebody has put tranquilizer darts in the prop gun. Non-stop lunacy.
The three male leads have already been cast. They are essentially the Marx Brothers by different names. They will be played by: Charley Belcher, Graham Morris, and Lenny Germinario.
Director: Miguel Rodriguez
Producer: Toni Germinario