Unfortunately, because of cast illnesses and other issues, Brush Creek is delaying the opening of The Time Traveler until Friday, November 15. We will run as scheduled the final two weekends, with performances at 7 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 pm on Sundays. We will are still very excited about this show — and we hope you will take the time to fit it into your schedule. You will be glad you did!
Category Archives: 2013
“The Time Traveler” opens November 8th
Brush Creek Players bring a tale of time travel, suspense and romance to the stage with the opening of The Time Traveler on Friday, November 8. The annual teen/young adult show offers a fresh look at a timeless topic that has invited the attention of creative spirits from H.G. Wells to the team behind the BBC’s Doctor Who.
“The show is a touch of science fiction, a dollop of history, and a good bit of romance. At its heart, it is a love story that crosses the ages,” said Michael Wood, who directs the show he and his daughter Emily wrote. “The time traveler is a very serious-minded Englishwoman from the early 20st century who becomes the first to travel through the pages of history – she is joined on her travels by an exuberant 21st century American. And then she falls in love.”
Wood is directing his third teen and young adult show at Brush Creek. “This one offers some special challenges,” he said. “The last two years we put on a show that required only a single set. But when you travel from ancient Rome to Elizabethan England to the American Civil War, to name a few, both the set and the costumes demand a bit of extra creativity.”
The cast includes several young veterans of the Brush Creek stage. “I know we’ll have a great show,” Wood said. “I have watched some of these young people deliver on our stage in the children’s show again and again. And they are definitely up for the challenge!”
The show will open November 8 and run three weekends to close on November 24, with evening performances at 7 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as 2 pm matinees on Sundays.
Tickets are $10 general admission, with discounted tickets available for students ($8) and children under 12 ($7) and seniors 60 and older ($7). They can be purchased in advance at the following locations:
Books-N-Time Runaway Art & Craft Studio
210 N Water St. Suite B, Silverton 97381 311 Commercial Street NE, Salem 97301
(503) 874-4311 (503) 881-6270
For further information, contact Michael Wood at 503-508-3682. You also can find “Brush Creek Playhouse” on Facebook.
Cast of The Time Traveler (in order of historical appearance)
at Brush Creek Playhouse, November 2013
Julia Caesaris Maria, played by Taylor Fisher
Aurelia Cotta, played by Lily Ark
Cleopatra VII Ptolemy, played by Taylor Fisher
Arsinoe (Cleopatra’s servant), played by Lily Ark
William Shakespeare, played by Matthew Biggs
Corporal Orville Gibbons, U.S. Cavalry, played by Teddy Biggs
Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer, U.S. Cavalry, played by Matthew Biggs
Edward Andrews, played by Matthew Biggs
Mrs. Foster (his landlady and housekeeper), played by Sarah Allanach
Katharine Andrews (his young daughter), played by Lily Ark
Katharine Andrews (as an adult), played by Emily Wood
Gerhardt Schmidt, played by Teddy Biggs
Peter Kinder, played by Sebastian Ward
Jessie Collins, played by Kate Allanach
Andy Collins, played by Taylor Fisher
Alex Christopher, played by Sarah Allanach
Annual Melodrama at Brush Creek Playhouse Opens Friday, September 27
The School Marm’s Inn Trouble opens at Brush Creek Playhouse on Friday, September 27 for a three-weekend run. This lighthearted melodrama, written by D. Chappelle, presents an opportunity for cast and audience alike to boo the villain, cheer the hero, and root for heroine Molly Dewdrop as she seeks to make her way in the world.
The melodrama is the prequel to Brush Creek’s 2012 offerings, but Brush Creek veteran director Norman Gouveia, Jr. brings several new and surprising touches to this year’s production.
The show runs from September 27 through October 13, with evening shows at 7 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and a 2 pm matinee on Sundays. The playhouse is located at 11535 Silverton Road (the intersection of Silverton and Brush Creek Roads, between Salem and Silverton).
Brush Creek tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for students with ID, and $7 for children under 12 and seniors 60 and over. Tickets can be purchased at the door beginning 30 minutes before each production and are also available in advance at Brush Creek’s two ticket outlets: Books-N-Time, in downtown Silverton at 210 N. Water St. Suite B (503-874-4311), and Runaway Arts and Craft Studio, in downtown Salem at 311 NE Commercial (503-881-6270). More information is also available by contacting Michael Wood at 503-508-3682.
The School Marm is Brush Creek’s second-to-last show of the 2013 season, with the annual teen/young adult show, The Time Traveler, set to run in November.
Teen/Young Adult auditions for “The Time Traveler” Sept 22 & 24
We have open auditions for this year’s teen/young adult show coming on Sunday, September 22 and Tuesday, September 24. The Sunday auditions for “The Time Traveler” by Michael Wood and Emily Wood will be at the theater (Silverton and Brush Creek Roads) at 6 pm. The Tuesday auditions will be at Runaway Art and Craft Studio in downtown Salem (311 Commercial St NE) at 6 pm. We will be using cold readi…ngs.
The play is a bit science fiction, a bit mystery, and a bit of an old-fashioned heartrending romance. It should be great fun, and we encourage all those interested between the ages of 13 and their mid-20s to come give it a try. The production will begin rehearsing the following week, with performances in November. Please pass the information on to anyone who might be interested!
For more information, you can contact Director Michael Wood at mdwelpis@comcast.net or 503-508-3682
Schoolmarm’s Inn Trouble opens September 27th
Performances Sept. 27 – Oct 13
Friday & Saturday evenings at 7PM
Sunday afternoon matinees at 2 PM
Into the small western town of Frittergulch comes Gentle, Young schoolmarm Molly Dewdrop. She finds herself at the Frittergulch Inn, owned and operated by lovable Betty Baxter and Betty’s brother, handsome hero Biff. All is idyllic until Molly wins the British Isles Sweepstakes. With the money, she intends to build the finest school the prairie has ever seen. She fears the sudden fortune will force her dark secret into the light. Enter, from the darkest corner of Molly’s past, the villainous Blacky LaRoach.
Will Blacky ruin Molly’s chance for happiness with Biff? Or will he destroy the dreams of the people of Frittergulch, who only desire to have the finest school in the territory? Or, will Biff be able to stop him before it’s too late? Because the “School Marm’s Inn Trouble”!!!
Cast of Characters
Molly Dewdrop Kassandra Perkins
Biff Baxter Cody Worley
Betty Baxter Cynthia Evans
Hyram Slugabed Karyl Carlson, David Stockman, & Alex Asher
Blacky LaRoach Alex Asher
Mysterious Persons Karyl Carlson & David Stockman
Telegram Man David Stockman
Auditions for Schoolmarm’s Inn Danger: 8/4 at 1pm and 8/5 at 6:30pm
BRUSH CREEK PLAYERS will be holding open auditions for the annual melodrama, Schoolmarm’s Inn Danger.
The Production runs September 27 – October 13, 2013
Directed by Norman Gouveia
Auditions will be on Sunday August 4th at 1 PM and Monday August 5th at 6:30 PM.
Into the small western town of Frittergulch comes gentle, young schoolmarm Molly Dewdrop. She finds herself at the Frittergulch Inn, owned and operated by lovable Betty Baxter and Betty’s brother, handsome hero Biff. All is idyllic until Molly wins the British Isles Sweepstakes. With the money, she intends to build the finest school the prairie has ever seen. She fears the sudden fortune will force her dark secret into the light. Enter, from the darkest corner of Molly’s past, the villainous Blacky LaRoach. Will Blacky ruin Molly’s chance for happiness with Biff? Or will he destroy the dreams of the people of Frittergulch, who only desire to have the finest school in the territory? Or will Biff be able to stop him before it’s too late? Because the “School Marm’s Inn Trouble”!!! The cast calls for 2 women & 3 men. Ages – women, between late teens & middle 40’s (or so), men, the same.
Melodrama Auditions – Schoolmarm’s Inn Danger
BRUSH CREEK PLAYERS will be holding open auditions for the annual Melodrama, Schoolmarm’s Inn Danger, directed by Norman Gouveia.
Sunday July 7th at 1PM and Monday July 8th at 6:30 PM
Production runs August 9 – 25
Into the small western town of Frittergulch comes gentle, young schoolmarm Molly Dewdrop. She finds herself at the Frittergulch Inn, owned and operated by lovable Betty Baxter and Betty’s brother, handsome hero Biff. All is idyllic until Molly wins the British Isles Sweepstakes. With the money, she intends to build the finest school the prairie has ever seen. She fears the sudden fortune will force her dark secret into the light. Enter, from the darkest corner of Molly’s past, the villainous Blacky LaRoach. Will Blacky ruin Molly’s chance for happiness with Biff? Or will he destroy the dreams of the people of Frittergulch, who only desire to have the finest school in the territory? Or will Biff be able to stop him before it’s too late? Because the “School Marm’s Inn Trouble”!!!
The cast calls for 2 women & 3 men. Ages – women, between late teens & middle 40’s (or so), men, the same.
My Three Angels Opens May 17, 2013
My Three Angels a play written by Samuel and Bella Spewak runs May 17 through June 2. Brush Creek Players presents a funny and engaging production directed by Norman Gouveia and produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
The scene is French Guiana, a region where on Christmas day the temperature has graciously dropped to 104 degrees. Three convicts are employed as roofers by a family whose roof is in desperate need of maintenance. On the way from France is an evil-minded cousin, to oust the father of the family from his business, and his cold-blooded nephew, who is jilting the father’s daughter for an heiress. The three convicts—two of them murderers, the third a swindler—take the visitors on. All three have warm hearts and are passionate believers in true justice. Possessing every criminal art and penal grace, they set matters right and in doing so redeem themselves as real life angels to the grateful family.”
Please join us in supporting the hard-working cast of characters putting on this Spring Production!
Open Auditions for My Three Angels
Brush Creek Players will be holding open auditions on April 1 and 2 for My Three Angels, a classic Broadway Comedy written by Samuel and Bella Spewack. The production will be directed by Norman Gouveia.
The play will be performed weekends from Friday, May 17 thru Sunday, June 2.
When: Monday, April 1, 6:30 pm Tuesday, April 1, 6:30pm
Where: Brush Creek Playhouse
11535 Silverton Road NE
Silverton, Oregon
Auditions will be cold readings from the script. All interested actors are encouraged to try out, with or without previous acting experience. For further information, contact Norman Gouveia at normanjr1@msn.com, visit BrushCreekPlayhouse.com, or find Brush Creek Playhouse on Facebook.
Norman describes the play – which includes parts for both males and females ranging from young adults to more mature character – as follows:
The scene is French Guiana, a region where on Christmas day the temperature has graciously dropped to 104 degrees. Three convicts are employed as roofers by a family whose roof is in desperate need of maintenance. On the way from France is an evil-minded cousin, to oust the father of the family from his business, and his cold-blooded nephew, who is jilting the father’s daughter for an heiress. The three convicts—two of them murderers, the third a swindler—take the visitors on. All three have warm hearts and are passionate believers in true justice. Possessing every criminal art and penal grace, they set matters right and in doing so redeem themselves as real life angels to the grateful family.
Children and Youth Play A Success
Thanks to Linda Zellner and the many other people, this year’s children and youth play was a success! Michael Wood wrote a fun play called “Jack and the Beanstalk.” One of the best benefits was making new friends and getting more young people excited about acting and the theater.
Please watch for an announcement for auditions for Norman’s play “My Three Angels.” It too looks to be another great production!
Thank you Linda for 18 years! or is it more? of inspiration, patience and sharing your passion for drama to all those impressionable small folks.
And a huge thank you to all the children and youth and their families. We have new outside lights. We heard lots of laughter and fabulous costumes and props and just one set. Wow that is a first for Michael. The time families make to help with these productions is what makes them possible! Yahoo to such great team work.