A slate of area stage veterans comprise the six-member cast of The Tyrone Community Players (TCP) upcoming production, \u201cCrimes of the Heart.\u201d
\nThe Pulitzer Prize-winning tragic comedy is to be performed in the social hall of the Wesley United Methodist Church, located on the corner of Logan Avenue and 12th Street, Tyrone. Dates for the play are Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17. Show time is 8 p.m. both nights.
\nCall the TCP office at 684-ART2 (2782) to reserve tickets. Although children\u2019s tickets are $8 and are available, the show is NOT suitable for children. Adult Tickets are $10 and again, TCP stresses this play is not really suitable for children. Although it is not a scandalous show, it does have a mature theme and would not be appropriate for children.
\nBeth Henley\u2019s award-winning tragic comedy is set five years after Hurricane Camille in Hazelhurst, Mississippi and is the story of how three slightly eccentric sisters escape their past to seek their futures. Veteran TCP director Cindy Bennett will lead the group of talented actors that includes Cathy Anastasi, Rhiannon McClintock, Julie Settle, Kathy Fink, Bill Markley and Tom Coy.
\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to have such an outstanding cast for this show,\u201d Bennett said. \u201c\u2018Crimes of the Heart\u2019 is a wonderful show that deserves a quality cast \u2013 and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve got here.\u201d
\nMrs. Anastasi has performed with TCP in several Pennsylvania State Theatre festival entries where she garnered Outstanding Performance Awards. Additionally she received an Outstanding Ensemble Award for her work during the festival. During TCP\u2019s 1997-98 season, she played singer\/songwriter Carole Bayer Sager in \u201cThey\u2019re Playing Our Song.\u201d This Hollidaysburg native plays Lenny Magrath, the eldest Magrath sister who has sacrificed her dreams of love and romance to stay at home and take care of family responsibilities.
\nRhiannon McClintock of State College plays Meg Magrath. Although this is Rhiannon\u2019s first TCP stage appearance, she just wrapped up the Altoona Community Theatre\u2019s production of \u201cDracula.\u201d
\nMeg is the middle Magrath child who has a personality, as she sees it, carefree, creative and unburdened. Her sisters and others, however, see her as self absorbed, divorced from real life responsibilities and irreverent.
\nAltoona\u2019s Julie Settle has her plate full with her upcoming characterization of the youngest Magrath sister, Babe. Babe is bouncy, irrepressible and lives in a cotton candy world she has created for herself. Her bubble bursts when she awakes one morning, looks at her husband (the town\u2019s most successful attorney), and shoots him in the stomach because she doesn\u2019t like the way he looks.
\nJulie is a graduate of IUP where she appeared in \u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d and \u201cMinor Demons.\u201d Tyrone audiences last saw her during the 1998-99 season in the classic musical \u201cFiddler on the Roof.\u201d
\nKathy Fink, who most recently appeared in \u201cA Christmas Caroled\u201d plays Chick Boyle, a first cousin to the Magrath sisters. Chick is a sardonic, extremely haughty persona and also the only responsible member of an embarrassing and eccentric family \u2013 or so she feels! Mrs. Fink of Tyrone has made time from her job as a Post Master to previously direct \u201cGI Juke Box\u201d and perform in \u201cThe Taffettas.\u201d
\nBill Markley of Tyrone finds time from his job at New Pig to perform with TCP. He first appeared in TCP\u2019s 2003-04 production of the musical \u201cPippin\u201d and has been seen last year in \u201cSeussical the Musical\u201d and before that in \u201cAnnie Get Your Gun.\u201d He plays Doc Porter who has a long history with Meg. Doc has recently returned to the town of Hazelhurst with his wife and two small children and is caught in a moral struggle.
\nAnother newcomer to TCP is Tom Coy who plays Barnette Lloyd, a young attorney who has recently hung his shingle and is the only lawyer in town not belonging to the law firm of Babe\\’s husband, the shooting victim. Tom, who works at Penn State Altoona, has past experience with Altoona Community Theatre, having been in \u201cThe Mousetrap\u201d and \u201cThe Man Who Came To Dinner.\u201d
\nThis Southern story of the Magrath sisters, their lives, their loves and their losses is told in such a compelling way that the lessons these women learn and teach will stay with audiences long after they leave the show. Because of the adult story lines throughout the show, it is not suitable for children. Adults, however, will find the show funny, tender, and touching. Tickets for either performance are now on sale at the Tyrone Community Players office, 1019 Logan Avenue.
\nCall 684-ART2 to reserve your seats for \u201cCrimes of the Heart.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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