Pomperaug
Theatre Company
Coming
Soon:
Pomperaug Theatre Company will
be presenting a Black Box production of William Shakespeare's comic masterpiece:
A
Midsummer Night's Dream
Look for details
on this production in the fall of 2010!
Congratulations
to our two 2010, 7th annual Halo
Award winners, Lindsey Tuttle (seen here as Miss Lieghton in Once
In A Lifetime with Dan Dressel as Lawrence Vail): 
and Sarah
McVerry (seen here as Susan Walker in Once In A Lifetime with Tristan
Mayes as George Lewis): 
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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).
The
fall 2009 evening of one act plays breaks PHS records:
Our
evening of four American plays (dubbed, "Four by Four") played to
sold out houses in the black box last November for five of its six performances.
This spring, we brought one of these plays, Christopher Durang's The
Actor's Nighmare, to the annual CDA Festival
(held in Greenwich this year).
The big event
for the spring of 2010, Kaufman and Hart's riotous satire of early Hollywood,
Once in A Lifetime, Opens
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Mike
Calandro (Jerry), Nina Paganucci (May), and Tristan Mayes (George) in Once
In A Lifetime
Nina Paganucci
as May, Michael Calandro as Jerry, and Tristan Mayes as George, from Kaufman
& Hart's Once In A Lifetime, pose in front of an old time automobile
(property of Steven Winter of Prospect).
Fall
2008 production of Karen Sunde's Kabuki Lady Macbeth resounds with success:
The second
performance of the play on Saturday, November 15, 2008 was energized by the
attendance of the publisher and the playwright in the audience. Students from
the cast and crew met with playwright Karen Sunde for a brief but meaningful
chat after their fine performance. For photos of the event, click
here.
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).
