Full Pinocchio Info and Lots of Photos
Pinocchio!
Performed Oct 11 to Nov 28, 2015
Order DVDs of this full length movie.

How many?

1 DVD $12.00 USD 2 DVDs $22.00 USD 3 DVDs $32.00 USD 4 DVDs $42.00 USD 5 DVDs $52.00 USD

What address do I mail it to?

PUBLICITY PHOTO SHOT during early rehearsals, before switching to a videotaped show, due to three actors quitting:
Jiminy pulls and Gazzy warns Pinocchio not to go to Mischief Island with Captain Bombastic and the Bad Kids (soon to be Donkeys)



FREE!
Little Red Riding Hood and the Bad Idea Shortcut
and Snow White and the Eco-Disaster Dwarves!
Snow White and the Eco-Disaster Dwarves

all by Jeannette Jaquish
March 7, 3pm, at Shawnee Library, 5600 Noll Ave;

March 15, 1:30pm, in the Globe Room at the Main Library at Ewing and Main St.;

and March 28, 3pm at Little Turtle Library at 2201 Sherman Blvd.

260 750-9013. www.ecstatic-theatrics.com.

In "Snow White and the Eco-Disaster Dwarves" a lost little girl discovers the forest is not scary, it is dying, and bumbling dwarves come to the rescue.

Free. Donations accepted March 15.

Photo by Jeannette Jaquish: L to R: Evin Butler, Elaina Blacketor, Wolf, Autumn Byer, Carolann Byer.

Free shows made possible by donations from:
~ Richard's Bakery and Big Apple Pizza, 1130 N. Wells St. 424-4012
~ Linda Lou's Furniture, 1434 N. Wells St.,420-2255 and Bunks and Bedding at 2303 N. Clinton, 260- 373-2865
~ Hyde Brothers Used Books, 1428 Wells St., 424-0197, 264-6369 www.hydebros.com and on Facebook
NEXT SHOW: Pinocchio!
SEEKING SPONSORS: Sponsor a FREE or Reduced Price Show for $60. Or call Jeannette at 260 750-9013.

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In 2014, I visited family in Tucson and produced 3 plays at my mother's Red Barn Theater:


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A GREAT SHOW! ~ Now it is over.
Please email ecstatictheatrics@yahoo.com to get on the contact list for our next show.

“The script is witty and there were several laugh-out-loud lines.”
-- Jen Poiry's Curtain Call review in Whatzup? -- (scroll 90% down)
OUR LATEST SHOW - Summer 2013:

"Slipperzzzzzzzzz! ~ Cobb and the 12 Dancing Princesses"
a comedy action musical by Jeannette Jaquish.
Music by Kevin MacLeod, Tchiakovsky, and Camille Saint-Saens

A starry-eyed cobbler escapes his big-toothed small town girls to search for a princess,
rescues a forest witch from bandits and learns of 12 princesses who mysteriously disappear every night,
wearing their shoes to tatters.
Becoming the castle shoemaker, he follows the wily princesses to their
enchanting, dangerous rendezvous.

PERFORMANCES WERE: Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28, at 11am,
at Cinema Center, 437 E. Berry
Tickets were: $6.
Instead of observing the sneaky princesses who wear out their dance slippers nightly, Prince Haagen (Brandon Johnson) is distracted by the wiles of Princess Jonquil (Chloe Cameron) while two of her sisters (Paige Trammel and Anna Boeglin) pour sleeping potion into his drink as other sisters (L to R) Autumn Byers, Katie Trammel, Elaina Blacketor and Carolann Byers laugh in anticipation of a night of dancing.

"Those Slippery Sleepy Princesses" - Director's Notes

QUOTES from the 9/12/2013 Whatzup's Curtain Call review by Jen Poiry: “... some truly heartfelt moments”,
“. . . ties up loose ends the traditional oral folktale left dangling”
“The cast did an amazing job . . .”
" . . some laugh out loud lines."
“The songs were funny and catchy. . . ”
About the actors: “excellent comedic timing”
“sardonic facial expressions”
“pompous and despotic without losing his fatherly vulnerability and charm”
“captures a range of emotions, from annoyance to kindness to love-struck angst”

CAST

The Cobbler - Sam Smiley

The Townfolk
The Wealthy Farmer - Grant Trammel (Sept. 7), David Sorg (Sept. 14, 21, 28)
Mrs. Swampweather - Jeannette Jaquish (Sept. 7), Valleri Bowman (Sept 14, 21, 28)
The Woodcutter - Chase Collier (replaced due to address change)
The Mayor - Brandon Johnson
The Ugly Girls - Anthony Hayes, Scott Sarrazin, Ross Blacketor, Ary Sakri, Zephyr Jaquish

The Princesses
- AZALEA - Avey Bower (Sept 7 & 14), KateTrammell (Sept 21 & 28)
- BLUEBELL - Elaina Blacketor (Sept 7 & 21), Marianne Schauer (Sept 14 & 28)
- CLOVER - Autumn Byers
- DAHLIA - Kate Boeglin (Sept 7 & 14), Brianna Schauer (Sept 21 & 28)
- FORSYTHIA - Erin Sheets
- HYACINTH - Carolann Byers (Sept 7 & 14), Nina Robinson (Sept 21 & 28)
- IRIS - Anna Boeglin (Sept 7 & 14), Grace Sarrazin (Sept 21 & 28)
- JONQUIL - Chloe Cameron (Sept 7 & 14), Paige Trammell (Sept 21 & 28)
- LILAC - Hannah Schauer
- PRIMROSE - Valleri Bowman (Sept 7 & 14), Sayda Bower (Sept 21 & 28)
- SAFFRON - Michelle Andrews, Sarah
- VIOLET - Katheryne Schauer

The King - Scott Wiley
The Grand Vizier - Kael Bronson

The Bandits
- Grant Trammel, Carolann Byers, Nina Robinson, Scott Sarrazin, Ross Blacketor, Zephyr Jaquish, Chase Collier (replaced)
The Bully Bandit - Anthony Hayes

The Servants
- Brandon Johnson, Valleri Bowman, Sayda Bower, Kate Boeglin, Brianna Schauer, Anna Boeglin, Grace Sarrazin

The Underworld
The Brothers - Brandon Johnson, Grant Trammell, Scott Sarrazin, Zephyr Jaquish, Chase Collier (replaced), Anthony Hayes
Lurk - Ary Sakri
King Mudred - Kael Bronson

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Jonquil (Paige Trammel) smacks Cobb the Shoemaker (Sam Smiley) for embarrassing her in front of her stern father the King (Scott Wiley), and her sisters (Kate Trammel, Anna Boeglin, Chloe Cameron) who think the young boy's crush is hilarious.
SNEAK PREVIEW:

UGLY GIRLS - Cobb! Don’t leave us!
COBB - Sorry girls, Someone else will come along.

MAYOR - How can you reject our beautiful HobNobbit young ladies?
FARMER - Each one more beautiful, charming, amusing than...
WOODCUTTER - ... any farm animal!


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KING LEO - It is extremely important, Prince Haagen, that you do not fall asleep. My daughters are smart, charming, wily, little weasels. Do not trust them an inch!

FIRST PRINCE - Um... Yes, Sir.

KING LEO - So much I have done for them! I have invaded smaller countries with my armies dressed as marching bands. I have signed peace accords and then took their royals hostage. I have spread rumors and false evidence to create rebellions that overthrew other rulers so I could more easily conquer them. I kidnapped the most beautiful loving wife to be my children’s mother! All this to give my children safety, riches and power! And what do they reward me with? Lies and trickery! Still I love them. I fear one night they will disappear and not come back. It will destroy me.

FIRST PRINCE - Have no fear, King Leo. I will watch them like a hawk, with eagle eyes, circling like a vulture, but not pouncing, and if I see them leaving I will raise the alarm, like a cockadoodle rooster --

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AZALEA - Poor boy. He tried so hard to stay awake.
BLUEBELL - And now he’s going to the dungeon!
CLOVER - No he’s not. We don’t even have a dungeon. Papa is scared of the dark so he’s never looked inside.
DAHLIA - It’s just the mop closet. A hundred years ago a boy wrote “Dungeon” on it for a joke.

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LURK - There you are! PotScraper you crazy old woman!

OLD LADY - I’m crazy all right! Crazy enough to split your head open if you come any closer!

LURK - Give it back and I’ll be gone.

OLD LADY - It’s gone! Long gone! I tied it to a squirrel’s tail and he ran up a tree. I’m sure he made it into a nice nest. Start climbing if you want to find it. Look for the invisible squirrel!

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BANDIT 3 - Where’d the twit bloody well go?
BANDIT 4 - Left, right and centre! Find him!
(BANDITS feel around in the center of the circle.)
I’m gormless. Where did he go?

BANDIT 1 - It’s a bad turn, it is. What if we disappears also?
BANDIT 2 - There’s a witch what lives in this wood, that eats children.

COBB (loud Witchy voice) Heehee hee hee! This is my forest! And I’m hungry!

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Chase Collier - In Memory
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Summer of 2012

Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice
~ the sssSPooOF!!!
-a very funny parody of the books and movies
Written and Directed by Jeannette Jaquish

QUOTES:
"I loved it when Snape came after Ron, after Ron turned him into a girl!"

"The kids did an amazing job as House Elves singing and dancing to 'It's a Time Clock Life.'"
------Leslie Schauer

PERFORMING:
7:00pm,
Fridays and Saturdays
August 11,
17 & 18, 24 & 25,
and
Saturday
SEPT. 8 at 3pm! 2012

FREE! Donations Accepted.

WHERE:
Outside at the camp bleachers on the far west side of Franke Park.
Bring a lawn chair if you like.
Franke Park is off Sherman Road north of State St., across from Franke Park School.
-- Enter Franke Park, pass the zoo, take the left fork and follow the road ALL THE WAY around to the buildings and the little parking lots. If you see the duck pond, go back the other way.

CAST OF CHARACTERS
Mrs. Dursley - Jeannette Jaquish /Michelle Bonahoom
Dudley Dursley – Matt Bonahoom
HarryPotter – Asher Mitchell
Ron Weasley – Joseph Klinger
Hermione – Hannah Schauer / Audrey Beatty
Dobbie – Carolann Byer / Megan Antonios
Winky – Nina Robinson / Amber Antonios

Colin Creavey – Ross Blacketor
Hagrid – Brandon Johnson
Luna Lovegood - Anna Boeglin
Prof. McGonagal - Brianna Schauer
Prof. Trewlaney – Marianne Schauer
Ginny Weasley – Alia Davis

Draco Malfoy - Emily Dini
Pansy Parkinson – Ani Andrews
Rita Skeeter - Elise Andrews
Crabbe – Matt Bonahoom
Dementor 1 – Scott Sarrazin
Dementor 2 - Michaela Dawson
Peeve’s Voice - Jeannette Jaquish
Kreacher – Jeannette Jaquish
Bistro Elf - Kate Boeglin
Snape – Katheryne Schauer
Moaning Myrtle – Chloe Cameron / Grace Sarrazin
Dumbledore – Brittney Bressler
Little Hermione - Sona Andrews
The Master – Michelle Bonahoom /Jeannette Jaquish

HOUSE ELVES:
Apple – Autumn Byer
Buffin – Sona Andrews
Carrot – Ani Andrews
Eggbert – Marianne Schauer
Flinker – Brianna Schauer
Scrubber – Michaela Dawson
Tiny - Kate Boeglin
Pre-Soak - Anna Boeglin
Clod – Elaina Blacketor
Raisin - Walker Andrews

THE STORY
Harry is once again locked in his room where Dobby & an inebriated Winky come to him with a warning to save not his life but at least his career. At Hogwarts things are weirder than ever, Snape is furious at Ron's spilled potion, Hagrid doesn't think Harry's "hearing voices" thing is funny, Dumbledore has lost his meal ticket as well as his mind, Luna dissects the brown bag lunch, Myrtle wants to be Best Forever Haunt Buddies, Malfoy has a fancy-schmancy new "mission", Time is twisting, and the House Elves battle Peeves, a Three-Headed Dog and whisper about "The Master".

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March 2012

 
Ecstatic Theatrics and The Fort Wayne Dance Collective present 

PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, March 1, 6:30pm: FREE show
---for special needs & noisy.
Regular prices:
Friday, March 2, 7pm
Saturday, March 3, 2pm & 7pm
Sunday, March 4, 2pm

TICKETS!
Ticket ordering Online is Closed Now.
There are plenty of good seats yet, so just come and pay at the door!
$10 adult
$8 teen
$6 child
----Large Family or Group Discount - Call 484-5946.

Thursday, March 1: FREE Show for Special Needs - Too noisy for most audiences.
For those whose condition makes them a distraction to others, accompanied by a companion or two.
Call to make reservations: 484-5946.

LOCATION: Main Library Auditorium, Ewing/Wayne/Washington. Bring your library card for free parking.

PHOTO:
The Wicked Witch (Emma Norder) demands the ruby slippers from Dorothy (Alia Davis) and the smirking Glinda (Michelle Bonahoom) to the terror of the Munchkins (Autumn Byer, Emma Weldon, Dayani Guevara, Amber Antonios, Carolann Byer, Grace Sarrazin, Emma St. Peters, and Elaina Blacketor on the floor) during rehearsal for Ecstatic Theatrics' "Wizard of Oz" production performing March 1-4, at the Main Library.

Brittney Bressler, 15, plays the Witch March 2, 3, & 4 ( and played Aunte Em in the April 2012 show).
The New Musical Wizard of Oz
adapted by Jeannette Jaquish
from the classic by L. Frank Baum
Directed by Brian Stoner, Karima Davis and Jeannette Jaquish
CAST
DOROTHY - Alia Davis, 11 (performing March 1 & 3)
DOROTHY - - Emma Norder, 13 (performing March 2 & 4)
WITCH - Emma Norder, 13 (performing March 1)
WITCH - Brittney Bressler, 15 (performing March 2, 3, 4)
AUNTIE EM - Coleen Bonahoom
UNCLE HENRY - Brian Stoner
TOTO - Bonnie, Alia Davis’s Dog
WIZARD - Ary Sakri, 13
GLINDA - Michelle Bonahoom, 15
SCARECROW - Maura Furry, 12
TIN MAN - Hayli Moon, 12
LION - Brandon Johnson, 15

Emma Norder, 13 doubles as Dorothy with Alia Davis, and doubles as the Witch with Brittney Bressler. Here in rehearsal she can be seen wearing Dorothy braids and the Witch's costume.
MUNCHKIN-MONKEYS & other parts
Emma St. Peters, 11 - Bagel Monkey
Elaina Blacketor, 7 - Shark
Grace Sarrazin, 10 - History Pageant Director
Dayani Guevara, 9 - Three Guesses
Amber Antonios, 8 - Mopping Monkey
Autumn Byer, 7 - Gives Autographs
Emma Weldon, 7 - Little Witch
Carolann Byer, 10 - Little Witch

EMERALD CITIZENS/WINKY GUARDS/STAGEHANDS
Zephyr Jaquish, 12 - Warthog, Lousy Munchkin
Natalie Lahmeyer, 13 - Apple Tree, Lousy Dorothy
Brenna Watson, 15 - Lousy Glinda
Caleb Rutz, 9 - Lousy Toto
Samantha Carilla - Bubbler
Jeannette Jaquish - Lousy Witch

RESULTS:
Earned over $4,000 at the door plus $200 donation and about $150 in ads. Spent about that: $1900 for stage rental, $360 for insurance, paid techies, costumes. Broke even.


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OUR 2nd Wizard of Oz Show!
at the University of St. Francis, North Campus Theater:

April 2012

 
Ecstatic Theatrics and The Fort Wayne Dance Collective
and the Parkour Brotherhood of FreeRunners
present 

ENCORE PERFORMANCES!
Saturday, April 28, 7pm
Sunday, April 29, 2pm

LOCATION: University of St. Francis, North Campus Theater on Spring Street
WARNING! Spring Street is blocked off just east of the campus right now.


ALL ABOUT The New Musical Wizard of Oz!



This very funny action-packed show opens with a startling Kansas scene showing Dorothy's impulsive lovable personality that keeps getting her into trouble. A persistent vacuum cleaner salesman vexes Auntie Em and then tangles with a flying broom, then later tricks Dorothy with a false story that keeps her from making a terrible decision.

The tornado races through the audience as well as Kansas like a three ring circus gone wild, plopping Dorothy into a terrified Munchkinland. Soon she meets the exuberant Scarecrow, earnest Tin Man and cringing Lion who dedicate themselves to protecting this little girl in a strange land.

This production cleverly weaves long beloved folk tunes and classical music with new music, adding beauty and excitement (and lowering the ticket price) of this newly revised production. Beautiful old songs like "Simple Melody/Musical Demon" by Irving Berlin, and "Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work are rescued from slipping into an undeserved oblivion by being adapted into this play which is destined to gain popularity. Many of these are duets and it has been a real pleasure watching the younger actors' eyes switching back and forth from singer to singer, each singing a different tune and lyrics, in rehearsal. Orchestral classical music as well has found new life in this script driving the Tornado scene, Flying Monkey Attack, and the Great and Terrible Oz's Presentation.

The New Musical Wizard of Oz
adapted by Jeannette Jaquish
from the classic by L. Frank Baum

Directed by Brian Stoner, Karima Davis and Jeannette Jaquish

CAST
DOROTHY - Alia Davis, 11
WITCH - Emma Norder, 13
AUNTIE EM - Brittney Bressler
UNCLE HENRY - Brian Stoner
TOTO - Bonnie, Alia Davis’s Dog
WIZARD - Ary Sakri, 13
GLINDA - Michelle Bonahoom, 15
SCARECROW - Maura Furry, 12
TIN MAN - Hayli Moon, 12
LION - Brandon Johnson, 15

MUNCHKIN-MONKEYS & other parts
Emma St. Peters, 11 - Bagel Monkey
Elaina Blacketor, 7 - Forgotten Warning, Shark
Grace Sarrazin, 10 - Sleepy Monkey
Ross Blacketor- History Pageant Director
Dayani Guevara, 9 - Three Guesses, Little Witch
Amber Antonios - Mopping Monkey
Autumn Byer, 7 - Gives Autographs
Carolann Byer, 10 - Little Witch

EMERALD CITIZENS/WINKY GUARDS/STAGEHANDS
Zephyr Jaquish, 12 - Warthog, Lousy Munchkin
Ross Blacketor - Lousy Dorothy
Matt Bonahoom - Lousy Glinda
Caleb Rutz, 9 - Lousy Toto
Samantha Vega, 15 - Bubbler
Jeannette Jaquish - Lousy Witch, Apple Tree


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ECSTATIC THEATRIC struts its giant puppet stuff at the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Deer Park Lodge, March 17, 2013!


Actresses Autumn and Carolann Byer joined Zephyr Jaquish with green dogs Spot and Amphetrious. Tom Jaquish is inside giant puppet girl. Jeannette Jaquish also marched and shot this photo.

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Since it began in 2011, Ecstatic Theatrics produced:
-- “Don’t Look in the Lake” at Fright Night, Oct 2011
-- “Wizard of Oz” at Library Main Stage March 1, 2 & 4, 2012
-- “Wiz” again at St. Francis South Stage April 28 & 29, 2012
-- “Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice ~ the sssPOOF!” at outdoor bleachers at Franke Park, August 2012.
-- “SNAFU in Santa’s Workshop” and “Hansel & Gretel and the Falling Christmas Elves” at Cinema Center the Main Library in December 2012.

Four shows in 12 months, just like Youtheatre.

Absurdly Ambitious Next Project?
Wizard of Oz on Location:
I am working on the screen play of a film-style video of “Wizard of Oz” to shoot spring-summer-early fall 2014?, shot in the incredibly beautiful and potentially creepy Franke Park woods, plus other locations for Kansas, Emerald City, Wizard’s Throne Room and Witch’s Castle.

The script, directing and rehearsals are hard work, but no problem. Been there done that. It is the realistic sets (cardboard scenery won’t do it ), and actual buildings that will require great imagination and hundreds of man-hours to attain. A believable Munchkinland in the woods will require days to create, then we carry it home and then back to set up for the shoot.
I also need a competent technical and support crew such assistant directors, audio & camera operators, costumers, set builders, organizers, scouts and so on.

I could delay this project and do it in 2014, but I would like to do it this year. I have a history of not giving myself enough time to do a project right -- everything takes 3 to 5 times as long as I expect, but usually I was doing most of the work. If I had competent help, if I could hand a sketch to someone and a pile of materials and they put it together, if I told a group of actors to come back on Friday memorized and they did, if people were out scouting the indoor locations for me, well, it could work.

I am working on a shooting script and if I can get everything figured out: script, camera shots and locations, effects such as flying monkeys and witch, Wizard’s giant head, castle corridors, huge Emerald City on a hill, Glinda appearing, TORNADO!!!! -- If I can figure out how we’ll do EVERYTHING, then it will be a go. Because if one thing doesn’t work, the whole thing can’t be finished.

I know I can get actors. What I need assurance of is a technical video and theatrical crew, skilled, dependable, available. I will be able to pay the crew, because this is intended to be a mass distributed production. Maybe not on movie screens but DVD distribution. I write good scripts. The rest is the hard part.

If you are interested in helping, please email me at ecstatictheatrics@yahoo.com or call me at 260 750-9013.

Thanks! -- Jeannette Jaquish

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Our Most Recent Show:

Dec. 15, 20* & 29, 2012!

Two Modern Children's Holiday Classics!


SNAFU in Santa's Workshop!
and
Hansel and Gretel
and the
Falling Christmas Elves!



* The dopey duo of Hansel & Gretel drive Santa's Elves to madness and send their parents into The Awful Offspring Protection Program. Only the Narrator knows a happy ending is in store!
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*SNAFU in Santa's Workshop: Will Quigley's invention save Christmas even after it is short circuited by hot cocoa??? It's the Raucous Reindeer to the Rescue -- so you'd better RUN!

Shows $4:
Dec 15: Cinema Center off Clay, between Berry and Main: 11 am
Dec 20: Main Library Meeting Room A: 7 pm --*Special Needs get in FREE!
Dec. 29: Cinema Center: 11 am

CAST:

HANSEL & GRETEL and the FALLING CHRISTMAS ELVES
READER - Michelle Bonahoom
HANSEL - Walker Andrews
GRETEL - Sona Andrews
STEPMOM - Brenna Watson
FATHER - Brandon Johnson
WITCH - Brittney Bressler -Dec 15, 29. Jeannette Jaquish -Dec 20.

ELF 1 – Bossy - Nina Robinson
ELF 2 - Smelly - Scott Sarrazin
ELF 3- Sassy - Grace Sarrazin
ELF 4 - Clumsy - Ani Andrews
ELF 5 - Narcolepty - Emily Dini
ELF 6 - Whiny - Emma St. Peters
ELF 7- SNEEZY – Emma Robinson

FAIRY DOG MOTHER - Amber Antonios
FAIRY FROG MOTHER - Megan Antonios

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SNAFU in SANTA'S WORKSHOP
Reader - Jeannette Jaquish
Elves: --1 Scooter - bossy- Amber Antonios
--2 Twinkle - cutsey- Megan Antonios
--3 Quigley - nerdy- Sona Andrews
--4 Snicker - sarcastic- Ani Andrews
Rudolph - Grace Sarrazin
Reindeer 1 – Dasher - Scott Sarrazin
Reindeer 2 – Dancer -Emma St. Peters
Reindeer 3 – Prancer -Nina Robinson

Inside Duplicator: Toy Thrower - Walker Andrews
Inside Duplicator: Box Shaker - Emily Dini

Sleepy Pajama Child -Walker Andrews
Excited Pajama Child -Emily Dini

Backstage Manager - Brittney Bressler
Smoke Machine - Brenna Watson
Duplicator FX Sounds- Michelle Bonahoom
Duplicator FX Lights - Brandon Johnson
Voice of Mom - Michelle Bonahoom
Voice of Dad - Brandon Johnson
Set Changers - Brenna, Emma R, Michelle, Brittney B/

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Ecstatic Theatrics began in October 2011, when I craved to do live theater again. The Firehouse Theater had closed in 2010.

I and some of my old Firehouse kid actors were performing "Don't Look in the Lake" for Fright Night at the outdoor stage of the Main Library, on a Saturday, the week before Halloween 2011. I scheduled an organizing meeting to start Ecstatic Theatrics. The notice ran in Whatzup? and the News-Sentinel Ticket, that I know of. Only one other person came besides the kids rehearsing and two parents; that one person was also a past actor of mine. But they were a crackin' good group of actors and very enthusiastic, so why not? I'd never do anything if I waited for support.

Nov. 6 I traveled to Jackson, Ohio to see the Jackson Theater perform my Harry Potter parody, with three new scenes that I had written but never got to direct or see performed. They did a great job and I was happy to see my three new scenes blended in fine. The actors and members of the audience greeted me with affection and praise, someone paid for a hotel room and dinner for me. It was amazing. They had full houses and I wanted so much to produce it here. When we first performed the script in Fort Wayne, the first performance had only family of the actors, like most of the Firehouse productions.
I videotaped the Jackson show, edited it, and played it on my "Firehouse Presents" Access Fort Wayne TV show.

Nov. 29, 2011
I finally got this new ecstatic-theatrics website up.

End of December 2011
Did auditions at the Main Library for my Wizard of Oz adaption. Got a great cast.

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------To see our past shows, please go to History!
See Jeannette's old Firehouse Theater website.

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VOLUNTEERS MAKE THEATER POSSIBLE!
  CREW & HELPER Positions:
Assistant Directors - take on a scene or group of actors in rehearsals, help decisions and work of the production
Lighting Tech - learn to run the Library stage light board
Audio Tech - learn to run the Library audio board
Stage Crafters - set up scenery and figure out set changes
Helpers - at auditions, rehearsals, backstage during shows - to fit your schedule
Publicity Helpers - take flyers to school, church, school
- Call a few businesses to offer discounts for the employees
Tech Helpers
- Making scenery and props, scouting purchases, organizing storage
Costume Helpers
- Measure actors, help actors try on costumes, assemble costume sets and label them and their storage area
- Give opinion on costume design
-Sew if you have the skill
Volunteer Organizer
- Take each volunteer's availability schedule and schedule them into the production. Send the schedule to volunteers.
CLICK to VOLUNTEER!

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Filming Wizard of Oz on Location in 2013!
Postponed one year to get everything ready.


Munchkin, Scarecrow, Tin Man & Lion scenes will be shot
in the beautiful, spooky
Franke Park Woods.

Scenes in Kansas, Witch's Castle and Wizard's Throne Room to be shot at other locations.
Filming over the Spring, Summer & early Fall of 2013.

Auditions beginning of April 2013.
We need volunteers to help. Also hiring underpaid crew.
Please call Jeannette at 260 484-5946 or email ecstatictheatrics@yahoo.com.
Playwright Jeannette Jaquish sells her scripts at www.theaterfunscripts.com

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