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Note: Photos on these pages are courtesy of Juan Rodriguez-Torrent unless otherwise noted.

PTC T-Shirts are in! If you're a fan of Pomperaug Theater and would like to show it, you can get one of our T-Shirts to wear in public. Just click on the photo below to get an order form. Order forms can be brought to the school, and arrangements can be made for you to pick up your T-shirt by contacting Mr. Doniger at pdoniger@region15.org.

The shirts come in red with black lettering and black with red lettering and are available in small through 2X-large sizes.

PTC's 2011-12 season began with 5 performances in November of our Black Box production of Mr. Doniger's new play, Cassandra.

Left to right: Helenus (Dan Dressel) and Amalthea (Jessica Carpenter) look on as Cassandra (Angelica Aconfora) and Hecuba (Magghie Warner) argue; Tristan Mayes as Agamemnon;Cassandra confronts her brother Helenus; and Cassandra agonizes over her inability to control her fate (photos compliments of Lifetouch).

This play is a study of the character of Cassandra from the Trojan War myth and her particular dilemma.

Coming in the spring of 2012:

Life in The Bowery - or - The Liar's Doom

a comic "mellow drama" of the Gilded Age

by Tim Kelly

 

2010-11:Another Successful Season:

Our Spring Musical, Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (Enchanted Edition) was a big success, earning two Halo Awards: Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Nina Paganucci (as the Stepmother pictured here with her two stepdaughters Grace (Tessa Newell) and Joy (Samantha McCloghry):

and Sarah McVerry, Best Actress in a Musical, as Cinderella:

Music by: RICHARD ROGERS
Book & Lyrics by: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Adapted for the stage by Tom Briggs
From the Teleplay by Robert L. Freedman

Cinderella was presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals
www.rnh.com

PTC Hosts the 75th Annual CDA Festival:

On March 25th & 26th, we hosted the Connecticut Drama Association's annual theatre festival, which this year celebrated its 75th Anniversary. Around 300 students from 9 high schools throughout the state came to PHS to perform short plays, meet and greet fellow Thespians, participate in forums, and share a generally grand time. The big event ended with an awards ceremony. PTC, having performed Alan Haehnel's one-act version of A Most Curious Phenomenon, won several awards:

Honorable mentions in acting went to Angelica Aconfora, Colleen Gunning, Tristan Mayes, Tessa Newell, and Nina Paganucci. Sarah McVerry also won one of the four "Outstanding Acting" awards for her portrayal of the precocious Sarah Young.

Fall 2010:

Elves and Fairies, Dukes and Duchesses, Star-crossed Lovers (well almost), and Blue Collar Comedians – all in their best, boldest, bald-faced, bellicose bravado.

Pomperaug Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's comic masterpiece:

A Midsummer Night's Dream ...

was staged in the high school’s Black Box Theatre in Nov., 2010.

The students in the Pomperaug Theatre Company, under the direction of Mr. Paul E. Doniger, produce all the plays at Pomperaug High School, usually staging two different productions over the school year: A fall production in our Black Box Theatre and a spring production on the Main Stage in the auditorium. During odd numbered years, the spring production is a musical. Students may work as stagehands, designers, artisans, publicists, technicians, musicians, and actors. Students who participate in the Pomperaug Theatre Company receive elective credits towards graduation (one half credit per semester).

 

CALL FOR HELP:

Parents and other adults, you are needed!

Because our learning goals in the theatre program include working as part of a team in a real-world, theatrical experience, we need mentors and professionals with expertise. That means we want guidance from adults with skills like carpentry, sewing, management, publishing, printing, painting, design and execution of projects, and many others that may come up during the production, performance, and post-production aspects of our plays. If you're an adult with the time, skills, or interest in working with us (typically from 2:15 through 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon), please contact Mr. Doniger (pdoniger@region15.org) or call the Black Box Theatre (203-262-3247).