"Old Smokey"

The Drama Club's dry ice fogger machine "Old Smokey" will again be pressed into service for the Wizard of OZ. The Drama Club will use about 200 pounds of Dry Ice per production! Counting rehearsals that about 1600 pounds worth of dry ice. "Old Smokey" was named back in 1983 when it was purchased for the Drama Club's first production of the Wizard of OZ. It has been used in every production of the Wizard of Oz and numerous other productions.







Jason Pacella and David Chapman (covered in fog) add more dry ice to "Old Smokey".

"Toto Too!"

"Toto" Calli the 6 year old cairn terrier recently auditioned for her big break into show business. She passed with flying colors.

"That's a Horse of a Different Color!"

The Drama Club traveled to West Yarmouth to visit Paradise Stables to meet "Sonny" a Grey Dapple Percheron that we hope to use as The "horse of a different color" in their upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz opening March 28. Sonny is much larger than the last horse we had in the Wizard of OZ but nothing is "too big" for a Drama Club production!

ATTENTION ALL FLYING MONKEYS!!!!

All flying monkeys are required to attend rehearsal for Act One on Sunday MARCH 2 for a costume fitting.

RESERVATIONS for the WIZARD of OZ

The last time the Wizard of OZ was held we sold out 7 shows. Reservations are suggested!

CALL 508 771 6246.

Leave your name the number of tickets you want and for which night - also leave your phone number in case we are sold out we can contact you. Please leave all the information above.

WIZARD of OZ opens soon!

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Don't miss this laugh filled comedy directed by Ed O'Toole. Your sides will ache with laughter watching the the antics of Sir John Falstaff (Riley King) as she schemes to woo the fair Mistress Page.



“The Merry Wives of Windsor,” presented by Barnstable High School Drama Club; 7 p.m. Feb. 7-9 and 1 p.m. Feb. 10; Knight Hall at the school, 744 W. Main St., Hyannis; $8

DON'T MISS MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR!

“The Merry Wives of Windsor,” presented by Barnstable High School Drama Club; 7 p.m. Feb. 7-9 and 1 p.m. Feb. 10; Knight Hall at the school, 744 W. Main St., Hyannis; $8

Merry Wives of Windsor Opens Feb 7th

A ‘Merry’ view of Shakespeare
By Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll
February 01, 2008



Falstaff (Riley King) disguises himself as an elderly woman to escape from the angry husband of an adoring Mistress Ford (Stephanie Gianno) in the Barnstable High School Drama Club’s production of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”


Would most teenagers want to contemplate death and “the frightening existential nature of an uncaring universe” for three hours?

Not on your life. And that’s exactly why director Ed O’Toole bypasses tragedies like “King Lear” and goes for the laughs when he stages his annual Shakespeare plays at Barnstable High School.

The 2008 confection, celebrating the 10th year of Shakespeare shows, will be “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” which O’Toole says is “in many ways a farce.” His production will emphasize “broadly drawn characters, slapstick humor, a chase scene or two, slamming doors, etc.”

This isn’t anything new, he says: “It’s all there in the text.”

The story: Two clever wives “are pitted against their two scheming husbands as they fend off the advances of the egotistical fortune-hunting rogue Falstaff in a comedy of many errors, much slapstick and Shakespeare’s usual mix of young love, mistaken identity and mischievous fairies.”

His student cast performs seven shows over five days, including three shows for middle-school students, who are prepped by English teacher O’Toole’s students from Shakespeare class. The middle-schoolers may relate to the show more because this version of “Merry Wives” will be in modern dress. The set will be an apartment/condo building, and the show’s Garter Inn even gets a live band for entertainment.

If You Go

“The Merry Wives of Windsor,” presented by Barnstable High School Drama Club; 7 p.m. Feb. 7-9 and 1 p.m. Feb. 10; Knight Hall at the school, 744 W. Main St., Hyannis; $8