You can now purchase your tickets online
at RogerRockas.com
Onstage now at Roger Rocka’s –
PAINT YOUR WAGON
Good Company Players’ production of Paint Your Wagon is off to a rollicking start! With an exuberant score by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, Paint Your Wagon takes you back to the rough and tumble days of the Gold Rush. Prospector Ben Rumson follows his ‘Wandrin’ Star’ out west with his daughter Jennifer. When she finds a lump of gold, a town springs up overnight, overflowing with quirky miners from all over the world. Ben hits paydirt, Jennifer finds love and with all-time great songs and lovable characters, Paint Your Wagon strikes the mother lode of musical comedy. Book online at rogerrockas.com or call the Box Office at 559-266-9494 or 800-371-4747. Rated G.
Paint Your Wagon enhanced by ASL Interpretation April 28
There will be an added dimension to the Good Company Players’ performance of the hit musical Paint Your Wagon at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater on Sunday evening, April 28. Two qualified, highly-skilled ASL interpreters from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center will be signing the performance for the audience.
If you’d like to be seated with the best view of the interpreters and the stage, be sure to let us know when you make your reservations. If you order online at www.RogerRockas.com, type “ASL” into the “Order Notes” at checkout. If you order through our box office at (559) 266-9494, just say you’d like the ASL seating.
Hurry for WAIT UNTIL DARK
at 2nd Space
The classic thriller Wait Until Dark has only 3 weeks left at GCP’s intimate 2nd Space Theatre. Made famous by the iconic 1967 movie with Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin, Wait Until Dark holds the audience spellbound as a blind young housewife desperately matches wits with two double-dealing con men and their murderous leader. Featuring one of the most frightening moments in theatrical history, this riveting play culminates in an electrifying and deadly confrontation that will have you on the edge of your seat. Rated PG. Final performance is Sunday, April 21st.
Good Company opens LOVE LETTERS
at its 2nd Space Theatre
On April 25th, the Pulitzer Prize winning Love Letters by A. R. Gurney will begin its run at GCP’s wonderfully intimate 2nd Space Theatre at 928 E. Olive. Performed by a rotating cast, this evocative play traces the relationship of Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III through 50 years of correspondence. As the 2nd grade classmates are separated by boarding school, college, war, marriage and politics, they are linked by a bond far stronger than distance and disagreement. Funny, poignant, and romantic, Melissa and Andrew’s story will be all the more fascinating as re-told by four different sets of actors throughout the run of the play. Box Office: 559-266-0660 or 800-371-4747. Rated PG-13.
2nd Space Auditions to be held
on April 13th at 10:00 am
Good Company Players will be casting One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and The Importance of Being Earnest at 2nd Space Theatre at 928 E. Olive, Fresno, CA 93728 on April 13, 2013:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is Dale Wasserman’s stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s renowned 1962 novel about a charming and rebellious rogue who fakes insanity so he can serve his prison sentence in a mental hospital instead of at hard labor. He realizes quickly that he has traded prison for a far more controlling institution. Intensely gripping and brimming with complex characters, Cuckoo’s Nest is every actor’s dream.
Oscar Wilde’s famously witty play, The Importance of Being Earnest, was written in 1895 and continues to delight audiences of every era. This “trivial comedy for serious people” is a light-hearted farce, complete with mistaken identities, domineering mamas and very silly young lovers. In short, it is comedy from the hand of a master, and a piece every actor should work on at least once.
Scripts are available for check-out at Good Company Players’ business office until the week of auditions. Call 559-266-0211 for more information, or go to www.gcplayers.com.
Mother’s Day approaches!
Moms should be treated like queens at least once a year – cooked for, entertained, and generally pampered. That’s where we come in. She’ll love Paint Your Wagon which has two performances scheduled on Mother’s Day or surprise her with Gift Certificates to Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater or GCP’s 2nd Space Theatre and she can choose any show she likes all year round! Available online at rogerrockas.com, at Roger Rocka’s Box Office or at any convenient outlet (Not Just Paper in Fig Garden Village, Sierra Nut House in Villagio Shopping Center, Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis, & Merle Norman Cosmetics at Bullard & West).
Celebrate with Good Company Players
at its 40th Anniversary Dinner & Concert
On Wednesday, June 26th GCP will begin it’s spectacular anniversary event at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater with an elegant meal created by the one-and-only Chef Eric DeGroot. Dinner will be followed by a dazzling concert at the Tower Theatre, featuring some of GCP’s finest past, present and future performers.
Slated to appear: Tami Cowger, Janet Glaudé, Greg Grannis, Sharon Leal, Louise Mandrell, Emily Pessano, Clytee Ramsey, Seth Scott & Joleen Siebert.
Tickets are $125 each for Dinner & Concert and $55 for Concert Only. Call Roger Rocka’s Box Office at 559-266-9494 to reserve. You won’t want to miss this incredible evening full of laughter, friendship and extraordinary talent!
Good Company Players
expands its Theatre Arts Classes
GCP has an excellent reputation for training aspiring performers. Many ‘GCPeeps’ have gone on to professional careers in theatre, music, dance, television or film. Performing in GCP productions provides excellent onstage experience but formal training is also vital and we are making it a priority to offer those training opportunities to our performing pool and the community at large. The following classes are now enrolling at Good Company Players’ Business Office (559-266-0211):
Jazz & Ballet Combo Class
(All ages 8 & over)
Meets Saturdays, 4/6 – 6/1 (no class 4/20). Instructor Chelsea Harper will teach jazz and ballet combinations designed to build your musical theatre and audition skills, increase your strength and flexibility and release those happiness endorphins! Classes will be held at Good Company Players’ Annex at 1230 N. Wishon (adjacent to the north side of Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater. (** There will be an alternate location for class on 5/4**).
Times: 3:15 – 4:00 Beginning
4:15 – 5:00 Intermediate
Fee: $120 (Company Members $80)
All-Kids Production of Fiddler On The Roof
(Ages 7-17): June 3- July 9
One of the best musicals ever written, this wonderful story of family love and strength in the face of adversity is the perfect theatre experience for young people. Full of great songs and charming characters, there are many delightful roles for young actors to explore. Everyone who registers is in the cast. Class meets June 3 – July 9, weekdays from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. with performances on July 8th & 9th. A placement audition will be held on May 18. Fee: $265
Tap Classes
(Open to ages 8 and up)
Meets 8 consecutive Saturdays from June 8 – July 27, 2013. Back by popular demand, these fun-filled, challenging sessions will be taught by Seth Scott, tapper extraordinaire! Learn the fundamentals of tap or quickly hone your existing skills. Classes will meet at Good Company Players’ Annex at 1230 N. Wishon (adjacent to the north side of Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater).
Times: 3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Beginning Tap:
4:05 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Intermediate Tap:
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m Advanced Tap:
Fee: $120 (Company Members $80)
Theatre Skills Workshop
(Ages 7-17): July 29 – August 9
A 2-week intensive which meets Mondays thru Fridays from 9 am to noon with a final performance at 12:15 on Aug. 9th. This workshop provides training in dance, singing and acting. Students prepare and perform scenes and musical numbers from upcoming GCP shows, especially those that have roles for young people. Teamwork, confidence, self-discipline, focus and concentration are among the vital skills the workshop instructors emphasize.
Location: Good Company Players’ Annex & Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater
(1230 & 1226 N. Wishon, Fresno, CA 93728)
Fee: $160 (Company Members $110)
Keep checking gcplayers.com for pending acting, improv and dance classes.
Calling all current and former
Junior Company members!
Auditions will be held April 20th from 3:30 to 6:30pm in Good Company Players’ Rehearsal Hall at 1028 N. Fulton for “Toward The Future, From The Past” a full-length show featuring Junior Company members and alumni. Video submissions are also accepted (deadline April 26th by noon). Sponsored by the Junior Company Foundation, this fund-raiser will be directed, choreographed, vocal coached and performed entirely by past and present Juniors! Audition to be part of the cast, submit your own featured ‘act’, or sign up for crew. The Foundation also wishes the band to be comprised of Junior GCPeeps, so sign up as soon as possible!
- Show date is Wednesday August 14th.
- Rehearsals will begin the end of May through show date
- Anyone who has ever been a Junior can audition
- Casting will be announced by May 1st, 2013
- Who does this support? The Junior Company Foundation is a non-profit which provides support to keep the Juniors on-stage especially during this struggling economy, provides further education and training opportunities, and provides scholarships. To learn more visit: https://www.facebook.com/JuniorCompanyFoundation
- Questions? Write on our facebook wall or email: jrcompanyfoundation@gmail.com
Tickets and information
Good Company Players at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater & 2nd Space Theatre
BOX OFFICE (559) 266-9494 or 1-800-371-4747
info@gcplayers.com * tickets@rogerrockas.com
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April 2013 Events Calendar
Wednesday- April 3, 2013–
*Broadway in Fresno- Shrek the Musical, 7:30P, William Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 800-745-3000
Thursday- April 4, 2013–
*Art Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, Tower District & Downtown
Friday- April 5, 2013–
*I Am My Own Wife, 8:00P, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, 559-289-6622
*First Friday Art Hop, 5:00P, Downtown Mariposa, Mariposa, 559-760-9690
Saturday- April 6, 2013–
*Good Company Players presents Jazz and Combo Classes (Beginning and Intermediate), Contact The Good Company Players’ Business office at 559-266-0211 to sign up or for more information.
*Big Hat Days, 9:00A, Old Town Clovis, Clovis, 559-266-7363
*Auditions for Les Miserables, 2:00P, Reedley River City Theater Company, Reedley, 559-638-6500
Sunday- April 7, 2013–
*Craig VonBerg Trio, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596
Wednesday- April 10, 2013–
*Broadway in Fresno- Lord of the Dance, 7:30P, William Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, 800-745-3000
Thursday- April 11, 2013–
*Jazz Hop, 6:00P, Fresno Arts, Throughout Arthop locations
*Jim Schmidt Jazz, 7:00P, Patio Café, Fresno, 559-875-0659
Friday- April 12, 2013–
*Urinetown, 8:00P, Playhouse Merced, Merced, 559-725-8587
*Vicente Fernandez, 8:00P, Selland arena, Fresno, 559-445-8100
Saturday- April 13, 2013–
*Auditions for ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST & THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, 10:00A, Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre, 928 East Olive Ave, Fresno, 93728, 559-266-0211
*Join the club! 2013 marks Good Company Players’ 40th year of producing high quality theatre and nationally-recognized performers. The vision for the future has inspired the formation of an official Good Company Players’ Fan Club — we invite you to become a charter member. For more information contact: Good Company Players at 559-266-0211
*Tower Classic Car Show, 10:00A, Throughout The Tower District (Olive/Wishon), Fresno
*Breakfast with the Animals, 8:30A, Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Fresno, 559-498-5921
*Ozomatli with 40 Watt Hype, 8:00P, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050
*The Beetles 20th Anniversary, 9:00P, Starline, Fresno, 559-485-5356
Friday- April 19, 2013–
*Women Inspiring Girls Luncheon, Girl Scouts Central California South, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 North Wishon Ave, Fresno, 800-490-8653 http://www.girlscoutsccs.org/women-inspiring-girls-luncheon-2/
*Fresno State’s Vintage Days, 10:00A, Fresno State Campus, Fresno, 559-278-4240
*Fresno Filmworks Film Festival, Tower Theatre, Fresno, 559-485-9050
*Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, 8:00P, Broken Leg Theater, Fresno, 559-457-9613
*The Valentine, 8:00P, River City Theater Company, Reedley, 559-638-6500
*The Bully Plays, 6:00P, The Woods Theater, Fresno State, Fresno, 559-278-2586
*An Evening Under the Stars for the Arts, 6:00P, Selma Arts Center, Selma, 559-891-2200
Saturday- April 20, 2013–
*Junior Company Foundation Auditions for Summer Show- Towards the Future, From The Past – all info at https://www.facebook.com/JuniorCompanyFoundation
*Earth Day Fresno, 11:00A, Fresno County Courthouse Park, Fresno, 559-488-3529
*ApCal Blues Festival, 1:00P, ApCal Winery, Madera, 559-674-9463
*Spring- Jazz-A- Thon, 2:00P, The Painted Table, Fresno, 559-304-6924
*La Visionaria Guild of Children’s Hospital Central California Takes Over Fasi Crest Winery, 4:00P, Friant, 559-326-9292
*Trashique, 6:00P, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, 559-441-4221
Sunday- April 21, 2013–
*FINAL PERFORMANCE- WAIT UNTIL DARK- PG, 2nd Space Theatre, 928 E Olive, 559-266-0660, www.gcplayers.com
*Music of the Theatre, 3:00P, Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall, Fresno, 559-225-0225
*Mike Dana Jazz, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596
Thursday- April 25, 2013–
*OPENING NIGHT- LOVE LETTERS- PG13, 2nd Space Theatre, 928 E Olive, 559-266-0660, www.gcplayers.com, Childhood friends are separated for decades but 50 years of correspondence molds a second grade crush into something much deeper. Through June 16, 2013
*Marty Stuart, 7:00P, Hanford Fox Theater, Hanford, 559-584-7823
*Jeanette Harris, 8:00P, The Painted Table, Fresno, 559-485-9050
Sunday- April 28, 2013–
*A Special Signed Presentation of PAINT YOUR WAGON- G, 5:00P, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N Wishon, 559-266-9494, www.RogerRockas.com- At this performance, interpreters will sign the show in American Sign Language.
*David Aus Jazz, 6:00P, Tokyo Gardens, Fresno, 559-268-3596
Tuesday- April 30, 2013–
*Alicia O’Neil’ World Wind Audition Tour with Alan Rea, 5:45P, Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater, 1226 N. Wishon Ave, Fresno, 93728, Tickets are $27.00 per guest- dinner available, 559-266-9494
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