Ravenscroft Run Ends

Ravenscroft, a show that hardly anyone at our little theatre had head of, hit the Boards running on February 5th and never looked back!

Back in November auditions were held for the comedy and we were fortunate to have many audition for the 5 female roles and 1 male role. There were several new faces as well as familiar Harlequin theatre members that auditioned. It was a difficult casting task with so many great choices. But the cast was found and rehearsals began. Jim, Rob, Ellie, Dawnis, Deb, Ellen, Kelli and I laughed, played and rehearsed 3 nights a week, in between Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, work schedules and the scholastic extracurriculars of the 2 high schoolers! Whew! Costumes were researched and obtained, music researched and recorded, set designed and built, lights hung, props acquired, vases cast and before we knew it, opening night was upon us!

The cast and crew as well the audiences all had a great time and we received numerous compliments for the performance. Our first reviewer said nothing but good and the second reviewer was so far left field that he was as funny as our show! We had audience members from out of town, out of state, and those who had never been to the Coach House! We had sold out houses and even had to put up a few extra chairs on the final performance. It was wonderful to sit back and watch the actors perform and show off their talents. They grew with each performance. The audiences reacted with smiles, laughter, and gasps! Laughter is the best medicine! The show was successful in every way!

I want to thank all of the ushers, ticket desk workers, and ticket reservation line volunteers for pitching in. A big Thank you goes out to the cast and crew for all of the hard work and long hours. A GIANT Thank you to Jim, my assistant director, who put in even harder work and longer hours working on most every aspect of the show. I would also like to thank all of the Harlequin members who were able to come out and watch the show.

Ravenscroft might have started out as a show that hardly anyone at our theatre had heard of, but I think now it’s a show that many of us won't soon forget!