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The Pittsfield Players present

"All This and Moonlight"

You've heard the Rumors and now it's time for you to have All This and Moonlight. It is very rare that the Pittsfield Players will offer two comedies in one season but after this winter we felt you deserved it. This smartly written romantic comedy by Charles R. Johnson is a hilarious tribute to "the one;" that one love of your life that you never truly get over. In Ned Edward's case, not only can he not get over Ellie, but he just happens to see her everywhere he goes, namely because he brings her with him wherever he goes. Ned Edwards, played by Doug Bechtel, is obsessed with Ellie, played by Meggin Dail, so obsessed that, while Ellie is three thousand miles away in movie land, Ned conjures her up in his mind to help through disastrous blind dates, midnight tremors and professional quandaries. While this is a problem in itself Ned finds himself in deeper trouble when this figment of his imagination takes on a life of her own to a point where Ned can't even control her.

Meanwhile, "the world is full of sick people," reports Andrea, one of Ned's many blind dates. Little does she realize that she, herself, is not being perceived as particularly normal. The typical Dinner and a movie scenario flops when Andrea, played by Tori Volpe, announces she doesn't eat, "dairy products, no poultry, no grains, nothing grown in the ground or directly on top of it..." and the list goes on. It seems Ned could almost get past her "hyper-sensitivity" if Ellie didn't interfere with a grocery list of her own of Andrea's shortcomings. Once Ned conjures up the love of his life it all goes downhill from there. But don't despair because along comes Alice.

Described by Rick, Ned's best friend, as "very exotic," Alice tries desperately to attract Ned's attention. Alice, played by Kat Abdelwahid, is the smart, sophisticated type who doesn't mind showing off a little. Yet again, a little gets to be too much for Ellie, who can't help chiming into the conversation any chance she gets. This time Ned tries much harder to ward off fatal memories and whisks Alice away to the dance floor. If only it wasn't Ned and Ellie's favorite song that was playing, he may have gotten away with it.

Rick, played by Russ Trudel, is getting fed up with Ned; "You know, Ned Edwards, you are the most particular guy I know. I just don't get it. I mean, to not like a girl because she's got a beard...or if she spits when she talks...But Ned- to toss off a girl because she's on a diet or because she speaks a foreign language..."

Finally, there's Nora, played by Jessana Palm, a woman just dreamy enough to rival Ned's memories of Ellie. Nora even has the wit and wisdom to get Ned's jokes if she could only get him past, well, his past. So, what happens when real-life Nora comes out of the bedroom at four o'clock in the morning to find Ned kissing a pillow? Come find out for yourself as The Pittsfield Players present All This and Moonlight.

Ernie Bass directs All This and Moonlight and Tracy Remington produces while Lori Smock-Joyal mans the light booth.

The Pittsfield Players will present All This and Moonlight May 16, 17, 23 and 24. Tickets are available through the Pittsfield Players box office, phone number 435-8852 or now online at www.pittsfieldplayers.com - click on the "buy tickets" button.

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May 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 24th

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PITTSFIELD PLAYERS TO LAUNCH MAJOR FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR FIRE ALARM AND SPRINKLER SYSTEM AT THE SCENIC THEATRE

After several years of working with the Pittsfield Fire Department in an effort to bring the Scenic Theatre up to acceptable fire code levels, it has become clear to the Board of Directors that the Players need to begin a major fundraising drive to raise the money necessary to install an alarm and sprinkler system, or face closure in the future. The Board has formulated a pay-as-you go plan to install the necessary equipment in stages, raising the money for each stage of the installation as we go along. It is hoped the entire project will only take four years, but that will depend on the cost of the project and the success of our fundraising efforts.

The Board is currently soliciting bids from several alarm vendors, and will award a contract to one of them by the middle of this month. Preliminary bids set the cost of the alarm system between $9,000 and $10,000. That will be Phase One of the Scenic Sprinkler project. Phase Two, at a cost of approximately $10,300.00, will be rough piping of the first floor with sprinklers, with Phases Three to Five following afterward with installation of pumping equipment, second and third floor sprinklers, and site work to bring a new 6” water pipe into the back of the theater. The total cost of the project is estimated at close to $55,000.00.

The Board has appointed past President Maye Hart to spearhead this fundraising project. Over the next months, Maye will be gathering additional estimates and determining whether The Players qualify for any state or federal grants that may help to pay for the system. In addition, she will be heading up the fundraising efforts in the community. A special account will be set up to isolate funds donated for the sprinkler system to keep those donations separate from donations to our general fund.

In the past, both the members of the Pittsfield Players and patrons of the Scenic Theatre, as well as people in the Town of Pittsfield, have been extremely generous with donations for the restoration and renovation of The Scenic. If you wish to help the Players to save the Scenic Theatre from closure by contributing to the Sprinkler Fund, you can send your donation to The Pittsfield Players, P.O. Box 177, Pittsfield, NH 03263. Corporate donations to this project are also welcomed. Let’s join together to keep the Scenic open and running by one of the premiere community theater groups in the State of New Hampshire.

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