We are happy to announce a theatrical project in partnership with the M.T Pockets Theatre Company. Auditions are now being scheduled on an individual appointment basis for STRING OF PEARLS. Directed by Vickie Trickett of M.T. Pockets Theatre Company (a Morgantown community theatre). Casting 4 to 8 women, with doubling. Please contact director Vickie Trickett …
About a week before we opened The Oldest Profession, one of our cast members became very ill and it became clear that she could not open the show. We were heartbroken that our wonderful Mae, Geraldine Vilar, was not well. But, we still had a show to put on. So, there we were. We had a bunch of …
Cricket Hall, is excited to be directing again for the ACT 2 Theatre Company. She is a graduate of Fairmont State University’s Communication and Theatre Arts program where she appeared in The Good Woman of Szechwan, The Grouch, and Forced Out (Part of “Poof Plus!” an evening of one acts). She also directed The Vagina …
As a student at West Virginia Technical College, Beverly Oliver got a taste of theatre that she never forgot. After some “bit” parts in Inherit The Wind and The Lion in Winter, she landed the part of Rosie in the intense drama, Slow Dance On The Killing Ground. She never forgot that feeling of making …
Bravery and courage come in many forms, and when a woman of a certain age, who has never ever been on stage before, decides to challenge herself and audition for a play—that takes some initiative. Then when she really goes to the audition, sees experienced actors go first, and still gives her all… you have to admit, …
Geraldine “Geri” Vilar will be playing Mae, the Madame of the women in The Oldest Profession. Since this is her first show with ACT 2, we asked her to tell us about herself. Here’s what she told us. “The youngest picture of me was at age 3 when I won a talent contest singing “It’s …
Linda (Davis) O’Connor is playing Vera in The Oldest Profession. It’s been a while since Linda did a show with us (Mrs. Peacock in Clue The Musical), and we’re so glad to have her working with us again! Linda grew up in Indiana, and received her BA in Theatre, Acting and Directing from Miami University …
Since moving from Brooklyn, New York to Harrison County, West Virginia, 41 years ago, Cyndy has been involved in local community theater. She began her involvement at the Clarksburg Art Center, working behind the scenes and backstage for a few years before venturing onstage. Once onstage, Cyndy got “bitten by the performance bug,” and has played …
The character Ursula in our upcoming production of Paula Vogel’s The Oldest Profession is described in the script as “determined; believes in rules, merit promotion, and supply-side economics. She does not suffer fools gladly.” She is “fond of adages and wives’ saying from her parents’ generation.” Here’s what Phyl Charnes has to say about her …
It’s easy to think, as we see so many local high school productions, that theatre is a school activity that ends when you graduate. That is, unless you choose to pursue it as a career. The cast of The Oldest Profession is proof that you’d be wrong to think that. Director Cricket Hall has assembled …