INSPIRE
ENGAGE
ENLIGHTEN
ENHANCE
ENRICH
ENCOURAGE
Mission Creek Players was founded in 1978,
with a
mission to produce artistically intelligent theater for its own sake.
The group
existed mainly as a truck company, producing shows in theaters and less
likely
venues. Victorian Village, a tiny 75-seat theater,
- At the Franklin House, at the NCW Museum,
at the Wenatchee High School, At the WVC Campus Theater, on the deck
behind the
Horan House, at the Convention Center, at the Red Lion, the Four
Seasons Inn in
East Wenatchee, in the banquet room at the
Chieftain restaurant, and for four years in the Mission Performing Arts
Center
at 23 South Mission.
In
late 2005 Mission Creek Players, in a unique arrangement with the
Wenatchee
World, began construction of a new intimate performing arts center, The
Pressroom Theatre. The space once housed the giant printing presses
that printed the daily newspaper, and stood empty since the new
printing facility on Ninth street was built for this purpose. The room
contained large acoustic panels which were used to mute the sound of
the presses from the rest of the building, which now give the theater
excellent acoustics for live performance. This will be a versatile
performance space for dinner
theatre / cabaret style entertainment but flexible enough for other
community
uses also.
We
are doing this not just because we love live theatre… but because
community theatre
builds a stronger community.
Communities
are built through making connections. To experience live theater is to
witness
a community coming together. There is a give and take between the
audience and
the actors onstage. There is a connection. Theater is a shared
experience.
Watching television isolates. Live theater unites.
Mission
Creek Players always has an open door to anyone in the community who
wants or
needs an opportunity for creative expression. We will again be offering
free
classes and workshops on acting, improvisation, and other theatre arts.
Our
membership is a diverse mix of teachers and students, attorneys and
retirees,
laborers and artists, young and old. We are
a community.
Mission
Creek Players does much more than produce plays and sponsor classes. We
also
build community by giving back to the community. It is our custom to
have
benefit performances for various community causes. Since 1992, Mission
Creek
Players have raised over $15,000 for local charities. Habitat for
Humanity received
$1800 from our Haunted Theatre fundraiser in 2004, and $1,200 from the
same
event in 2005.
We also make our
facilities available to other groups for events, especially fundraisers.
Production history 1989 to
2006
For mission creek players
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YEAR |
SHOW |
DIRECTOR |
WHERE
PERFORMED |
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1989 |
“Vikings” |
Kathy Smithson |
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1990 |
“Goodbye Howard” |
Terry Coon |
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1991 |
“Frankie and Johnny in
the Clair De Lune” |
John Sexson |
WVC Campus Theatre |
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“Little Shop of
Horrors” (co-production with MTW) |
Carol Bowen |
The Benton Street
Theatre |
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1992 |
“Bar None” |
Terry Coon |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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1993 |
“Calamity Jane” |
Kathy Smithson |
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“Shakespeare on the
River” |
Michael Saelens |
The John Horan House |
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“Greater Tuna” |
Cynthia Brown |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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1994 |
“Coupla White Chicks
Sittin’ Around Talking” |
Renae Hann |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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“ |
Paul Burke |
The John Horan House |
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“Painting Churches” |
Kathy Smithson |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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1995 |
“Little Shop of
Horrors” |
Cynthia Brown |
WVC Campus Theatre |
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“Talking With…” |
John Sexson |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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“Men, Sex, and War” –
“Private Wars”, and “Buck Fever” |
David Stearns |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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1996 |
“The |
Kathy Smithson |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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1997 |
“Five Women Wearing
the Same Dress” |
Cynthia Brown |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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“One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest” |
Cynthia Brown |
WVC Campus Theatre |
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“The Diviners” |
Elizabeth Kirk |
WVC Campus Theatre |
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1998 |
“The Queen of Bingo” |
David Demuth |
Barney’s at the Four
Seasons Inn |
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“Tony and Tina’s
Wedding” |
Gretchen Bevis |
Wenatchee Elks building |
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“Criminal Minds” |
Cynthia Brown |
The Chieftain
Restaurant |
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1999 |
“Talk Radio” |
John Lein |
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“ |
David Demuth |
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“Scantily Clad with
the Fledglings” ( local authors) |
Gretchen Bevis |
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2000 |
“Steel Magnolia’s” |
John Lein |
The |
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“Who’s David Lacey?”
(local author) |
Roger Cowan |
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MCP Production History Page 1 |
Cindy Swager |
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YEAR |
SHOW |
DIRECTOR |
WHERE
PERFORMED |
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2000 |
“Love Letters” |
Ian Bishop |
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“Mister Roberts” |
David Demuth |
Bank of |
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2001 |
“The |
Kathy Smithson |
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“The Mischief Makers”
(Children’s academy production) |
Cynthia Brown |
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“Who’s David Lacey?”
(local author) |
Cynthia Brown |
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“Bar None” |
Gretchen Bevis |
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2002 |
“Greater Tuna” |
Paul Burke |
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“All My Sons” |
David Demuth |
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“A Night of One Acts”
(local author) |
Roger Cowan |
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“Moonchildren” |
John Lein |
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2003 |
“Early One Evening at
the Rainbow Bar and Grille” |
Tanner Riker |
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“Arsenic and Old Lace” |
Cynthia Brown |
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2006 |
“Proof” |
David Demuth |
The Pressroom Theatre |
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2006 |
“The Vagina Monologues” |
Terry Coon |
The Pressroom Theatre |
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2006 |
“Hot off the Press” ( directors: Cynthia, Dick G. , John L.) |
Nicole Villacres |
The Pressroom Theatre |
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OTHER
ACTIVITIES |
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2000 –
2001 |
The Downtown Dramatic Taught by Ian Bishop,
Gretchen Bevis, and Cynthia Brown
Acting, Directing, and Improvisation classes for children
ages 8 to 18
Included weekend workshops in Mask making and directing |
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2001 –
2003 |
Sundays at Six
at the MAPAC Taught by Gretchen
Bevis and Cynthia Brown
Free acting, directing and improv classes open to the
public. Some classes
Were geared for youth, some for adults. |
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2002 |
Haunted Theatre 2002 at
the MAPAC
Benefited Mission Creek Players and the United Way |
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2003 |
Haunted Theatre 2003 -“Professor
Dementia’s Wonders of the World” at the
MAPAC
Benefited Mission Creek Players and the United Way |
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2004 |
Haunted Theatre 2004 “Dark Side of the
World” – at the
Benefited Mission Creek Players and Habitat for Humanity |
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2005 |
Haunte Theatre 2005 “World of Nightmares”
– at the Pressroom Theatre – benefited Mission Creek Players and
Habitat for Humanity |
MCP Production History Page 2
THANKS TO OUR PRESSROOM THEATRE SPONSORS:
KEITH HOWARD - WES AND ELAINE HENSLEY - JAMES AND KAREN RUSSELL
