March 2006

Produced by special arrangement with Baker’s Plays.

Cast of = characters (in order of appearance)

Michele Wade &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Rachel Lynde

Julia Woodward &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; Marilla Cuthbert

Doug Teckenbrock &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Station Master

Norm Read &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Mathew Cuthbert

Raina Johnson &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Anne Shirley

Ryan Read &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; = Mr. Spencer

Susan Johnson &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = Mrs. Blewitt

Naicia Miner &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Mrs. Barry

Christie Coran &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; Diana Barry

Ambria Miner &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Josie Pye

Leo Reich &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Gilbert Blythe

Calvin Coran &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Charlie Sloan

Joshua Baie = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; Moody MacPherson

Kyla Akers = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = Ruby Gillis

Geoff Maxfield &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; &= nbsp; Mr. Phillips

Shelly Perkins &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; &= nbsp; Miss Stacy

Time and= Place

Early 1900s, Prince Edward Island, Canada.= Action covers a period of four yea= rs.

Setting

Cuthbert farmhouse in Avonlea. = Each space is flexible, transforming into various locales.

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Kyla Akers (= Ruby) is appearing in her third SCP production. This is her first speaking part, as = well as her first dramatic role. She has been in Northern Illinois Children̵= 7;s Chorus and appeared in Prince of Egypt at school. She is home schooled and her talen= ts include the flute, piano, and voice.

Joshua Baie (Moody) has been in many programs a= t his church and began his career in acting with Dee’s Dreamers. He has been in productions of The Wizard of Oz and has bee= n in both of SCP’s productions of A Christmas Carol. He will also appear in Oklahoma! later this summer. He hopes to seek roles in the movi= es. He enjoys drawing and is a part of Sycamore High School’s Sci-Fi and Photo clubs.

Calvin Coran (Charlie) is making his Stage Coach debut. He previously appeared in The Music Man Jr., Guys and Dolls Jr., = and The Best Christmas Pageant Eve at Dee’s Dreamers and Oliver!, = and Annie, at Children’s Community Theater. When he’s not being in p= lays with his sister Christie, he enjoys writing stories and filming short movie= s.

Christie Coran (Diana) is thrilled to be perfor= ming in her third SCP production. She has appeared in many shows with Children’s Community Theater, most recently Beauty and the Beast. When not on stage, she enjoys read= ing and taking dance classes.

Raina Johnson (Anne) has been performing with S= CP for about four years. Her previous roles include Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz= and Lady Larkin in Once Upon A Mattress. = In between rehearsals, she home schools her young son, Seth, provides daycare = in her home, sings in her church choir, plays in a handbell choir, and spends = time with her loving husband, Chris. Raina is a big fan of the Canadian television series Road to Avon= lea as well as the “Anne” books.

Susan Johnson (Mrs. Blewitt) is on stage for on= ly the second time at SCP. Susan has worked behind the scenes here for ten years, primarily as a costumer for ma= ny shows including Heidi Chronicles, Arthur, A Little Night M= usic, and Seussical.

Andee Larson (Director) directed Nuts; I Hate Hamlet; The Egg and I; Love, Sex, = and the IRS; 84, Charing Cross Road; Stepping Out; = and the 1987 production of The Foreigner for SCP. A sample of favorite local acting credits includes Gypsy; Ravenscroft; A Midsum= mer's Night Dream; and the world premieres of Fever Dream and t= he audience participation murder mystery The Dark Heart. Andee has been= an extra in eight movies, most recently The Weather Man starring Nichol= as Cage. She is currently a board member, chaired the 2006 Playreading Committee, and is a past president, SC= OTY recipient, and member since 1982. Andee is also a cat socializer at TAILS = Humane Society in DeKalb, = Illinois.

Geoff Maxfield (Mr. Phillips) is very happy to be in his first non-singing role at SCP. His loc= al credits include Seussical, A Christmas Carol, School House Rock, Big Riv= er, Les Miserables, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Damn Yankees, Kiss Me Kate, Camelot, and Oliver.

Ambria Miner (Josie) has performed in a variety= of church musicals and has helped write and act in a neighborhood drama club. = She also co-wrote a Christmas play and is currently working on some summer skit= s. Acting is one of her favorite hobbies.

Naicia Miner (Mrs. Barry) is excited to be maki= ng her SCP debut. She played Annette in Steel Magnolias with the community theatre group in Creston, and has especially enjoyed working with her daugh= ter Ambria in this production, which is one of her favorite stories.

Shelly Perkins (Miss Stacy) is making her SCP d= ebut. She is a stage mother at one time or another to one or all of her three chi= ldren. Other than a brief walk-on during Dee= 217;s Dreamers production of Annie, this is Shelly’s first time on s= tage with actual lines.

Norm Read (Mathew) made his SCP debut in the 19= 98 production of Camelot and has s= ince appeared in several SCP shows, most recently in A Christmas Carol. His favorite roles are Sheriff Dodd in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and George Correll in The Moon is Down<= /i>. Norm also works as an extra in film and television, including playing a rock band manager in the HBO film Normal, an inmate in Fox TV’s Prison Bre= ak, and Pope Urban II in The History Channel documentary Secrets of the Koran. Norm has also costumed several SCP productions working along with his wife Winifred.

Ryan Read (Mr. Spencer) joined SCP in 1998 and has b= een in frequent shows, including: Seussical<= i>, The Secret = Garden, The Shadowbox, The Mousetrap, and <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Big River to name a few. He is loo= king forward to assistant directing Inherit the Wind in the fall.

Leo Reich (Gilbert) appears in his third Stage = Coach play. His favorite stage performances include The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan and Les Miserables. At school he occasionally participates in Scholastic Bowl. = In his free time he plays guitar, studies psychology, and is a budding philosopher.

Jennifer Snow (Stage Manager) has perfo= rmed in two SCP productions and is making her technical debut with this show.

Doug Teckenbrock (Station Master) is very excit= ed to be in his second show with SCP. The first was A Christmas Carol in 2= 005.

Michele Wade (Rachel) is a Third Grade teacher = in Plano and lives in Sandwich with her cat Chamomile. She has a B.A. in Theatre from Blackburn College and a B.A. in Education = from Aurora University. She taught Children’s Theatre classes for 17 years and will be at it again this summer here in DeKalb. Some of her favorite non-musical r= oles over 34 years and 100 some shows are Madame Arcati in Blythe Spirit; Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest; Tansy in The Nerd; Cookie in Rum= ors; Fiona in Missing Link; and Mrs.= Potts in The Picnic.

Julia Woodward (Marilla) has been a member of S= CP since 1986. Some of her favorite shows have been Lost in Yonkers, Steppin’ Out, Any Number Can Die, Pink Panther, and Heidi Chronicles. The SCOTY award winner in 1999, Julie is a teacher and lives with husband W= oody and daughter Annie in rural Ki= rkland, while her son William is a junior at NIU in the honors engineering program.=

Director  &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;        Andee Larson

Stage Manager &nb= sp;            =                    &= nbsp;   Jennifer Snow

Set Design        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;          Andee Larson

Set Construct= ion        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Kyla Akers, = Keith Anderson, Joshua Baie, Dave Booth, Bob Cain, Kathy Cain, Calvin Coran, Christie Coran, Gloria Dennison= , Todd Frampton, Tom Grady, Zack Harris, Raina Johnson, Susan Johnson,<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt'> Geoff Maxfield, Roberta Maxfield, Ambria Miner, Naicia Miner, Scott Morris, Shelly, Perkins, Chris Porterfield, Norm Read, Ryan Read, Leo Reich, Bernie Schuneman, Brian Shipinski , Cason Snow, Doug Teckenbrock, , Denny Vaupel, Michele Wade, Julia Woodward

Costumes=             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;       Winifred Halsey, Jeanna Hunter, Norm Read, Beth Vandermeer, Peggy Janasik

Hair and Make= up Supervision           &= nbsp;   Roberta Maxfield

Dresser        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Lana Marten

Properties        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           Susan Johnson and Geoff Maxfield

Light Design<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:4'>        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;       Tom Grady

Sound Design<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:4'>        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;     Tom Grady

Thanks to: Kathleen Bohringer, Barb Kolb, Chr= is Porterfield, Cracker Jax, Mary Risseeuw, Francis and Margory Stroup.

Special thanks to: our friends and family.

Very special = thanks to: Ann Allen, Lori Brown, an= d Dolce Vita Salon and Day Spa in DeKalb.

Kittens on loan from TAILS Humane Society, DeKalb, Illinois. Go to their website at http://www.tailshumanesociety.org/ for information about these kittens and many more fabulous cats, dogs, pupp= ies, birds, rabbits, and mice looking for a good home.

Director̵= 7;s notes: “Anne” por= trays, more than anything for me, the varied definitions of family (some are born, some are made). So much of Lu= cy Maude Montgomery’s classic series of books reminds me of my mother and grandmothers, aunts and uncles. And I hear their voices once again.

        &= nbsp;   Participating in Stage Coach Players for more than 20 years has added hugely to my circle= of friends. It has enriched my life. I know a large number of people in the community that I may not have met under any other circumstances. I am fortunate= to call most of them close friends – and family. All these weeks of rehearsal bring= s a group of strangers into an artificial situation with the results of laughte= r, squabbles, and the plumbing of each of our characters. We are lucky enough to have some a= ctual families participate in this production.&n= bsp; Mother and daughter, brother and sister, long lo= st acquaintances, and achingly familiar friends. By the close of this sortie to Prince Edward Island in the early years of the last century, my family and each of theirs will be enriched and expanded. And I = hope yours will be, too.

        &= nbsp;   This show is dedicated to each of our mothers, our grandmothers, and all the ste= llar women who preceded them.

Stage Co= ach Players present

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L. M. Montgomery’s

Anne of Green Gables

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