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In this Issue In Other News If you shop at Gordon Food Service (GFS), you can help the Playhouse Wing! Simply tell your checkout cashier that you would like your purchase to benefit the Erie Playhouse Wing and a percentage will be donated by GFS. If you haven't shopped at GFS, they have a wide veriety of quick and easy, yummy foods. Makes throwing a party a snap! There will be a pre-season theatre clean-up at the Playhouse - 13 West 10 - on Sunday, August 24 from 1-3pm. Please help get us ready for our 92nd season! RSVP to Almi Clerkin if you plan on coming. Pass it on Know anyone who might be interested in our newsletter? Click here to forward this email to up to 5 friends at once. |
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This sizzlin' musical will heat up the stage at the Playhouse as the 1984 movie musical hits the boards. Five top-forty songs from the movie plus nine new songs will remind you what musical theatre is all about! Click Here for more information. Pictured are cast members (l-r) Rebecca Edmunds, Patrick Vahey, Rachel Edmunds and Ryan Kerr. August 7-10, 13-17 Premiere Weekend performances August 1* & 2 All seats Premiere Weekend $12 (+ tax) *Join Bob-FM on Friday, August 1 from 5-7 pm in front of the Playhouse as we cut loose with Footloose, the final offering of our 07/08 season! Join Erie Playhouse friends and family for the 2nd annual Erie Playhouse Family picnic on Saturday, August 2nd - 11am - until ?. The picnic will be held at 9045 Kuhl Road, Erie, PA 16510. There is a heated pool, hot tub, volleyball court, picnic shelter and room to play. Bring a swimsuit, towel, chair and a dish to share! For more information contact Richard Davis. It’s Bon Voyage to the Erie Playhouse cast and crew of The Fantasticks! as they celebrate their journey to Dungarvan, Ireland with an Irish Afternoon The Erie Playhouse presents A Fantastick! Irish Afternoon, Sunday, August 3 from 1:30 to 3:30pm. Celebrate the Erie Playhouse bon voyage performance as they travel to Erie’s sister-City Dungarvan, Ireland from 8/4-8/14. Live Irish music at 1:30pm by Rakish Paddy - Tony Barry, Ron Stubbe and Jim Cunningham; live Irish step dancing by Rince Na Tiarna School of Irish Dance; dance champion Oshie Merski; Act One of Tom Jones' and Harvey Schmidts' musical The Fantasticks!, Irish raffle items, Irish food and more. Hosted by the Erie Playhouse and the Knights and Ladies of St. Patrick. All seats $5.25, general admission. For reservations, call 454-2852, ext. 0. Tickets also available at the door. For more information call 454-2852, ext. 8. Tennessee Backporch in Concert 
The popular group, featuring Julie Moore (pictured) will be on stage at the Erie Playhouse for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY - August 4th at 7:30 pm. Joining Julie, who is well-known for her outstanding “fiddle-playing,” and the group are special guests Alicia Bekeny, Paul Moore, Bob Martin, Linda Troyer, Joe Zalik, Connie Shoop and Lou Baxter. In addition, Chris and Julie’s children, Rebecca, Nathaniel and Catherine will join their parents on stage. The evening will include favorites from the current band, as well as songs from the early days and show tunes from Pump Boys and Dinettes, Shenandoah, plus some new original material. Click Here to read more about the group. All seats $10 (+ tax) Erie Playhouse Night at the SeaWolves Join Erie Playhouse friends, family and the cast of Footloose at the SeaWolves game on Tuesday, August 5. Game time is 7pm. Tickets are available for purchase at the Playhouse box office for $4.00 each - $2.00 of which the SeaWolves donate back to the Playhouse. Get a preview of our end-of-summer hit, Footloose, when cast members perform before the game. Win tickets to the show! Win a Choice Card! You have to be there to win!!
2008 Erie Playhouse Youtheatre Play Series 
The Play Series is going crazy with dragons this year! The plays being performed are: The Dragon of Nitt by Phil Grecian - a tale about the town of Nitt and their search for happiness, which happens to involve crossing the path of a fierce dragon! The Princess Who Would Not Marry by Maureen B. Exter - about a headstrong princess who feels she should be able to marry for love, not just marry a man who can slay a dragon! The plays are directed by Craig Kosnik and Emily Cassano, respectively. Performance dates are Friday, August 15th at 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM, Saturday, August 16th at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Sunday, August 17th at 2:00 PM. All performances will be held at Gannon University's Schuster Theatre. Please come to support our youth and the Youtheatre! Thanksgiving in New York City! 
They're back! David and Judy Matthews will be hosting the Erie Playhouse annual trip to New York City over the Thanksgiving holiday. For more information and to make reservations Click Here.
Welcome our new Music Director - Eric Smrcka 
Eric Smrcka is an Erie County native and performs regularly as a piano soloist and accompanist. He attended Seneca High School where he was inspired by his friend and mentor Robert Reid. Eric studied music at the Pennsylvania State University School of Music where he was the principal accompanist for the Men's Glee Club and the Concert Choir. His keyboard teachers have included Steven Smith, Marylene Dosse, June Miller and Max Pfaff. While at Penn State, he studied conducting with Dr. O. Richard Bundy and Maestro Pu-Qi Jiang, studied choral methods with Dr. Anthony Leach, and played trombone in the Symphonic and Concert Bands. In addition to his responsibilities at EP, Eric maintains an active studio of private piano students. He is also the Music Coordinator and Arranger for the Seneca High School Marching Band, serves as a staff accompanist for the Department of Music at Edinboro State University, conducts the Corry Summer Band, and has conducted numerous shows and revues for the Corry Community Theatre. Before coming to the Playhouse, Eric served as Director of Music at Saint Boniface School, Erie; and before returning to the Erie area, he was Director of Bands at Shamokin Area Jr./Sr. High School in Coal Township, Pennsylvania. He has been married to his wife, Kimberly, for 11 wonderful years, and they reside in Corry with their four active children, Trevor, Frank, Grace and Hannah.
From the Executive Director's Desk Dear EP Family, I can’t believe it’s here! On Monday, August 4th at 3pm, we leave the Erie Playhouse for our theatre cultural exchange to our sister-city Dungarvan, Ireland! Plans have been a year in the making and it’s time to thank all of those who made it possible: Don and Susan Baxter A special thank you to all of you who ate at Molly B’s on July 15. We raised $215 for the trip. Also, a special thanks to the cast and production staff of The Fantasticks who have been working hard on the show we will perform in Ireland on August 11 and 12. PLEASE COME to the Fantastick Irish Afternoon on Sunday, August 3 from 1:30-3:30. For only $5.25 you can enjoy live Irish music from Rakish Paddy (Tony Barry, Ron Stubbe and Jim Cunningham), live Irish step dancing from Oshie Merski, a national champion from the Rince Na Tiarna School of Irish Dance, Act One of The Fantasticks, and tasty Irish brown bread and soda bread from Molly B’s. The concession stand and cash bar will be open. Raffle items will also be available for only $1-$5. All monies raised will continue to help offset the expenses of the trip (no funds have come from the Erie Playhouse budget for this project). We hope you can come and see us off on Monday, August 4 at 3pm at the Erie Playhouse! I look forward to sharing the highlights of this Irish adventure with you on our return! See you at the theatre!
Jim and Nancy Griffey recently returned from a whirlwind trip to NYC to see Eric Sciotto in A Chorus Line before it closes later this month. While there they also got to visit with Nick Adams who plays Larry in the show. After A Chorus Line closes, Eric will be appearing in the revival of Pal Joey with Stockard Channing and Martha Plimpton. Pictured are (l-r) Eric and Nick. |
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