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Current Production
Fall Play: The Dining Room, by A.R. Gurney
Nov 25-29 -- Check out the group discounts, described at "Tickets".
Tickets on sale November 3 at Business Strategies
Curtain time 7:30pm Wed 25 to Saturday 28, and 2:00pm matinee Sunday 29.
Directed by Suzanne Irving, this play contains 18 vignettes about people from the 1930s to modern day. All the people have in common, is that they are seen in a dining room. The set is deliberately vague and minimal, so that the action, costumes, and mannerisms carry the audience from one era to the next. The cast includes veterans Hugh Stewart, Dirk Visbach, and Sophie Hall, and welcomes Phil Irving, Lynn Jolicoeur, and Krysta Hinds.
Past patrons of KPI productions may remember the last time Suzanne directed a play by the same author, A.R. Gurney, with KPI's 2002 endearing and successful production of "Sylvia". That play focused on a dog (played with abondon by Brenda Reinkeluers) who affected the lives of a man in mid-life crisis (Tom Beach) and his upwardly aspiring wife (Diane Miller).
This time, Suzanne directs the cast of three men and three women into the 45 different roles within the multiple vignettes. Each actor and actress takes on various roles, marked only by simple costume changes and overt mannerisms. The part called "Man 1" for instance walks off stage right as a rowdy 12 year old boy at a kid's party, and immediately returns as an 80 year old grandfather, being pestered for money by his grandson. Although challenging for the cast, the audience gets many cues to help them keep up, including lighting effects which by turns show the french patio doors downstage and the evening glow through the side windows.
Rehearsals are in full swing as we count down the weeks to the fall performances. Please watch this space for futher updates.
Current Production
One-Act Play: Roommates at EODL One-Act Festival in Perth, Nov 13-15
Directed by Monica Cleland, with Cathie Raina and Barb McDerby.
For more information about the Festival in Perth, please contact the
Festival Secretary, or
click studiotheatreproductions.net
for more information, or call 613-267-7469.
Murder Mysteries
Mountaintopper Chocolate Factory Awards DinnerSandra Tobin wrote and directed this murder mystery, which is being performed at a private function Dec 13th. The Kemptville Players have a repertoire of this and other murder mystery plays, which can be performed at local restaurants. If you would like to book a show, please contact president@kemptvilleplayers.ca. [Note the bookings of Murder Mysteries is handled by another KPI member, but in order that we maintain a common email address from year to year, please contact the current president, who will pass you to the bookings member.]