Valley
Fellowship Players
Past Shows
Spring 2003 Production
"Godspell"
Our May 2003 production of the classic musical “Godspell,”
was held in two different venues.
The first four productions were performed in our fellowship hall in Glen Arm,
MD, to benefit the Shepherd’s
Spring Outreach Ministry Center debt reduction effort.
The last two were held at the Dundalk United Methodist Church in Dundalk,
to benefit the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County.
For an in-depth look at the Valley Fellowship Players
production of "Godspell" click here.
Directors:
Musical Director:
David and Marge Ricci
Zermain Breidenbaugh
Choreographer:
David Ricci
Cast:
David Ricci as Jesus Nicole Smyth
Peter Haynes as John the Baptist/Judas
Terri Smyth
Albert Boeren Chris Tarnowski
Caitlin Haynes Judy Ricci
Mark Lane Russell Knight
Rehearsal
Photos:
An article was written in the North County
News about "Godspell", click here
to read it.
Winter 2002 Production
"Amahl And The Night
Visitors"
Although “Amahl” was not presented by the Valley
Fellowship Players, the opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti was performed by members
of the church and we felt it appropriate to include on the Church Web Site. The
proceeds from this production, totaling $2,850, were shared between The
Kanner House, a short and long term housing facility for teenage boys in
Baltimore and for the sponsorship of youth from the Dominican Republic to
travel to the United States for the National Youth Conference of our
denomination.
Amahl and the Night Visitors is the first musical
commissioned especially for television.
It was given its premiere by the NBC Television Opera Theater in New
York City on December 24, 1951. The
first professional stage production was presented on April 9, 1952 by the
New York City Opera. So, with
this production we, too, celebrate the 50th anniversary of this
delightful work.
It is the story of a poor widow and her young, crippled
son who live in the Judean desert. One
cold wintry night, there is a knock at the door of their hut.
They are surprised to find three, elegantly dressed, and obviously
wealthy, travelers at their door. They
invite the travelers in for the night and learn of a new king, the “Holy
Child,” recently born in their region.
There is some unexpected excitement in the little hut that night!
Director
Zermain Breidenbaugh
Cast
Amahl
Shawn Smyth
Mother
Chris Tarnowski
The Page
Terence Sullivan
Kaspar
David Ricci
Melchior
Ronald Webb
Balthazar
Thomas Welzenbach
The Shepherds’
Chorus
Shepherds
Children
Shepherdess’s
Norman Bollinger
Mitchell Haynes
Gail Hanna
Chris Breidenbaugh
Morgan Scala
Kay Kearns
Israel Rosas
Lynn Shenk
Dottie Krause
Chuck Tipton
Sara Shenk
Gayle Lane
Jeff Wolf
Rebekah Wheatley Edna Mueller
Christopher Wolf Vickie
Raistrick
Judy Ricci
Photos From Amahl
The
Amahl Set
Amahl
and his Mother
The
Visitors are Welcomed
The
Three Kings & Page
The
Entire Cast & Crew
The
Shepherds’ Chorus
Spring 2001 Production
"Exit
the Body"
Our second production was
“Exit The Body”, a farce by Fred Carmichael, which we performed in May of
2001. Now you see it and now you
don’t. Is there a body or isn’t
there one? Crane Hammond, mystery
writer, rents a New England home for a month to work on her latest novel. What she and her secretary experience in their short time
there is better than any novel she could write.
The action in this farce is frantic at times and hilarious all the time.
Director
-
Albert Boeren
Cast
Lillian Seymour
Fran Teller
Jenny
Judy Ricci
Randolph
David Ricci
Helen O’Toole
Judy McCormack
Kate Bixley
Regina Rose
Crane Hammond
Marge Ricci
Vernon Cookley
Mark Lane
Lyle Rogers
Ronald Decker
Phillip Smith
Albert J. Boeren
Richard Hammond
Gary Miller
Photos from “Exit The Body”
The Hall is Ready
The
cast from left to right: Mark Lane,
Steve Lane (Sound, Lights), Judy Ricci, David Ricci, Gary Miller, Grace Miller,
Marge Ricci, Albert Boeren, Lisa Boeren (Stage Manaager), Ron Decker, Judy
McCormack, Regina Rose, Fran Teller
Ron
is definitely not ready to come out of the closet
This is a Pontiac signaling for a left turn?
The
Sheriff appears to be a little “Tipsy”
There’s always plenty of good eats at our dinner theatres
For a related article about “Exit the Body” from the North County
News click here.
Spring 2000 Production
"God's
Favorite"
Our premiere production was the Neil Simon Comedy
“God’s Favorite”. We
performed this show in 2000. In
this play, which is a modernized telling of the biblical story of Job, wealthy
tycoon Joe Benjamin has about everything a person could want in his mansion on
Long Island. That is until one
winter night when his life is changed by a series of unexpected events announced
by a very special messenger.
Director: Zermain Breidenbaugh
Cast:
Sidney Lipton
David Ricci
Joe Benjamin
Thomas Pryer
Ben Benjamin
Albert Boeren
Sarah Benjamin
Judy Ricci
Rose Benjamin
Marge Ricci
David Benjamin
Mark Lane
Mady
Grace Miller
Morris
Gary Miller
Photos
From “God’s Favorite”:
Zermain
on the Set
The
Cast
Before
the Holocaust
After the Holocaust
Long Green
Valley Church of the Brethren
Last Updated 10/25/04