Earth Day Fair 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Leavenworth Community Earth Day Fair! There was a huge turnout and I think everyone had a great time.  Here are some pictures from yesterday's fun:

This Weekend: The Cherry Orchard

Inside The Cherry Orchard

Upcoming production The Cherry Orchard, presented by the Wenatchee Valley College Drama Department and Icicle Arts, premiers Friday, April 16.  This was the last play written by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and originally premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre on January 17, 1904, just seven months before he passed away due to illness.

The Cherry Orchard, directed by Leavenworth resident and WVC drama faculty Jan Johnston, includes local college students and members of the community alike. Featured actor and Leavenworth resident Jeanine Salter, who has been extensively involved with Leavenworth Summer Theater (acting and directing) since 1997, will play Madame Ranevsky. Salter’s directing credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Showboat, The Sound of Music, Kiss Me Kate, A Christmas Carol, and most recently, The Pirates of Penzance.  A few of her stand-out performance roles with LST include: Golde (the Momma) in Fiddler on the Roof, Gretchen in The Student Prince, and the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol. Jeanine has also been active in other theaters here in the Upper Valley, performing in Apple Blossom Musicals as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Jack’s mom in Into the Woods, and most recently, Penny Sycamore in You Cant Take it With You with Music Theater of Wenatchee. Jeanine achieved her BFA in the professional actors training studio at the University of Illinois and performed in Chicago and Sacramento before making the Pacific Northwest her home.

Another Leavenworth resident, David Brameld, who also has experience in many Leavenworth Summer Theater productions including Kiss Me Kate and A Christmas Carol, will portray Leonid Gayef, the sister of Madame Ranevsky. These two characters are joint owners of the Ranevsky country estate and cherry orchard in Russia, which is the setting for the play.

Icicle Arts and WVC Drama Department present The Cherry Orchard, on April 23 and 24 at 8:00 p.m. at the Campus Theater at Wenatchee Valley College, 1300 Fifth Street. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors, and $10 for adults, available only at the door.   
-Jennifer Hutzel

Looking Good!

Our office renovation is almost complete!  The new room has been painted, along with the outside and surrounding walls.  The bathroom renovation, which involves new vanity and light fixtures is now in process. The sink has been installed and tested and one of the walls is now orange!

Icicle Arts & WVC Drama Dept Present "The Cherry Orchard"

Icicle Arts and Wenatchee Valley College’s Drama Department are pleased to present “The Cherry Orchard,” on April 16, 17, 23, and 24 at 8:00 p.m. Performances take place at the Campus Theater at Wenatchee Valley College, 1300 Fifth Street. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors, and $10 for adults, available only at the door.

Anton Chekov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” originally written as a comedy, deals with the serious themes of personal relationships as well as the changing class and economic structures in pre-revolution Russia. The wonderfully complex characters grapple with these issues to create a humorous yet haunting masterwork. Their struggle to save the cherry orchard from the axe will be a familiar one to residents in the Wenatchee Valley.

Icicle Arts and Wenatchee Valley College’s production of “The Cherry Orchard” is directed by Leavenworth resident and Wenatchee Valley College drama chair Jan Johnston. Before moving to Leavenworth in 2000, Johnston spent 30 years working in theater. She taught at Northwestern University of Louisiana, Southern Illinois University, and University of Washington, as well as working professionally as a costume designer and makeup artist. She has directed and designed costumes for Leavenworth Summer Theater, and will be directing their upcoming production of “The Sound of Music.” It has been a long-time goal of Johnston’s to present “The Cherry Orchard” to our community as the themes of this masterwork ring true to many of us in this economically-challenging time. With generous sponsorship from Icicle Arts and Wenatchee Valley College, this dream has become a reality.

Wenatchee Valley actors Jeanine and Kent Salter, Maren Cagle, David Harvill, David Brameld, Nellie Fishburn, Ken Sinko, Issac and Zeke Reister, Ted Fredericks, Mandi Wickline, Mary Resk, Maynard Johnson, and Bo Davis complete the all-star cast of this classic play.

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