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Fond du Lac Community Theatre presented Broadway's great farce hit, Neil Simon's
Come Blow Your Horn
with four performances on one weekend, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2007 at the Goodrich Little Theatre. Tickets were available at Wegner's Office Department Store, Court Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The cost was $12.00 each.
Synopsis - Alan Baker is in his 30's and living the high life in a posh New York apartment. As a typical 1960's bachelor he enjoys his lifestyle of women, skiing, parties and anything not associated with the family's waxed fruit business. Buddy Baker, his younger brother, is about to turn 21 and has decided he has had enough of following his parents' wishes. Unknown to Alan, he leaves the family business and moves in with his big brother. Their
lives collide as Alan tries to juggle women, brother and parents without losing his sanity. Through a series on numerous misunderstandings and hilarious encounters both men finally realize what it really takes to live the good life.
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Our players, listed in the same order as in the program |
| Character: |
Actor: |
| "Alan Baker" |
Matthew Rodenkirch |
| "Peggy" |
Kirsten Quam |
| "Buddy Baker" |
Cody Pinkston |
| "Connie" |
Deb Ransbottom |
| Father |
Dick Furniss |
| Mother |
Barbara Carroll |
| "Aunt Gussie" |
Nancy Porath |
| Setting: Time: 1964. Place: New York City, Alan's swanky bachelor apartment |
| Act I |
Six O'clock in the evening, late fall |
| Fifteen minute intermission between Acts I and II |
| Act II |
Immediately after |
| Five minute stretch between Acts II and III |
| Act III |
Late afternoon, three weeks later |
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Behind the Scenes - Our Production Staff, listed in the same order as in the program |
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Director |
Therese Burazin |
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Director's Assistant |
Amy Pinkston |
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Set Designer and Builder |
Mark Burazin |
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Builder Assistants |
Therese Burazin, Matthew Rodenkirch and Marge Mueller |
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Costumer |
Jan Stoegbauer |
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Make-up and Hair Technicians |
Kathy Hilbert and Diana Priest |
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Prop Assistants |
Nancy Porath and David Quesenberry |
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Light Technician |
Jamie Saiberlich |
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Sound Technician |
Taylor Noe |
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House Managers |
FdLCT Board and Lucy Le Mieux |
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Student House Manager |
Brittany Wood-Taylor |
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Painters |
Marge Mueller, Barbara Carroll, Cody Pinkston, Amy Pinkston, Dick Furniss and Dave Bragg |
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Programs |
Mary Muehlius and Pat Teofilo-Moser |
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Publicity |
George "Bud" Caldwell, Mary Muehlius, the FdLCT Board and the Cast |
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Tickets |
Brian Kolstad |
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Webmaster / Communications |
John Silah of Image Associates |
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Acknowledgements - Our Thanks to |
Dotnet Internet Service
Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Incorporated |
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Our thanks also to these restaurants for their support |
Sebastian's, Gino's, Friar Tuck's, Salty's, Cibo's, Mazatlan, Bagelmeister, Backyard Grill, Culvers, Theo's, Sombreros, Oasis, Main Exchange, Sunset Shores, Schreiner's, Northwinds Supper Club, Suzie's Restaurant, China Kitchen, Blanck's Lake Aire, Pump and Pantry, Jo Jo's BBQ Grill, Campbellsport Inn, Juke Box Charlie's, Coliseum, Oscars, Wendt's on the Lake, Parnell's, Boda's and Fond du Lac Latte' |
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Director's
special
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Mark, my husband, for his continual help and support of my shows at FdLCT; Deb, from AtomicKatz Vintage in Oshkosh, for lending us retro props and set decorations; Orv, from Fond du Lac Express, for the use of his trucking service to load and strike the set; Pete Runde, for arranging transportation; Kris, from Studio One in Fond du Lac, for generously doing our photography for the photo boards; Claudia
Winland, for lending us her expert painting skills; Lori Garbisch, for lending a hand to gather props; Mary Muehlius, for lending her feet to teach the Cha-Cha; Steve Wilson and the students from Fond du Lac High School, for technical support; and Wegner's Office Supply. |
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Reminisce by Matthew Rodenkirch
I got my first big production (in "Come Blow Your Horn") and my first quote/unquote “lead” role, and I’ll say "quote/unquote" because it was an ensemble cast, and that was a lot of fun. I got the opportunity to play the lead part, play somebody very different than I. The role of ‘"Alan" was a swinging bachelor in the 1960s.
And I thought, "Well, this is cool. I can do kind of a Sinatra thing," and then I learned there was a movie version and Sinatra had played the part. And it threw my whole plan out the door, because I now felt it was important to do that sort of Sinatra vibe
without doing Sinatra, and I think I actually gave a better performance because of that, because instead of thinking, ‘Well, I can just get away with just doing Sinatra-esque type things,’ I have to do something a little bit more...I had to get a little more into that. |
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