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Auditions for Neil Simon’s “God’s Favorite” will be June 26-27

The Potomac Playmakers proudly announce auditions for the first show of the 2023-2024 Season, the classic Neil Simon comedy “God’s Favorite!”  In the play, successful Long Island businessman Joe Benjamin is a modern-day ‘Job’ with a demanding wife, ungrateful children, and wise-cracking household employees. Just when it seems things couldn’t get any worse, he is visited by Sidney Lipton, a.k.a. a Messenger from God (and compulsive film buff) with a mission: test Joe’s faith and report back to “the Boss.” The jokes and Tests of Faith fly fast and furious as Neil Simon spins a contemporary morality tale like no other! 

 

Produced with kind permission from Concord Theatricals Corp., “God’s Favorite” will be directed by Wanda Dittmann.  Audition dates are scheduled for June 26 and June 27, 2023 at 7:00 p.m., and will be held at the Potomac Playmakers Performing Arts Center, located at 17303 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740.  Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.  The script calls for five male performers and three female performers, ranging in ages from 20-65.  Individuals of all races, ethnicities, and gender identifications will be considered.  Show dates for “God’s Favorite” will be September 8-10 and September 15-17, 2023. 

Rocky PRIDE June 10th at 8PM

Rocky Horror PPP, in conjunction with the Potomac Playmakers, will be hosting the Rocky Horror Pride Cabaret on Saturday, June 10th @8pm. Tickets will be $10.

The Shadow cast will be performing select numbers with the movie to have you filled with anticipation for future performances in the season.

Local art will be for sale to fundraise for Rocky Horror PPP and Potomac Playmakers. A charity will also be selected and donations will be encouraged.

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Three One Act Plays by Local Playwrights – July 15 & 16, 2023

Three original One Act plays by local playwrights will be performed on July 15 at 8PM & July 16 at 3PM.

“What if My Purpose is to Annihilate You?” by Ryan Bultrowicz

“God and Other Well-intentioned Strangers” by Gregory Berezuk

“Next-World Neighbors” by Daniel Detrow and Judah Wilson

Tickets are FREE but donations are accepted. Sign up HERE

Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys” Last Chance May 19-21

Come see this classic Neil Simon comedy before it’s gone. The fInal weekend of shows is May 19-21, 2023.  Tickets are available here.

Al and Willie as “Lewis and Clark” were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS requests them for a “History of Comedy” retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs. The story follows the attempt by a young theatrical agent to re-unite his elderly uncle, a former vaudevillian great, with his long-time stage partner for a TV reunion. Despite their celebrated reputation, the two old men have not spoken in twelve years. Besides remastering their sketch, the two men have numerous issues to work out before they are ready to return to the public eye.

Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille – April 21-22, 2023

By Bruce Graham

Hilary Snesrud, Director

Presented by Blue Ridge Theatre Guild, in conjunction with The Potomac Playmakers

This is a wonderful, off beat variation on the saloon situation comedy. Nuclear bombs have destroyed much of the U.S. and various denizens of this working class bar are trying to decide what to do. Enter a travelling salesman who turns out to be is God, come to offer the bartender immortality if he will write a new Bible and get it right this time.

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'Buy a Seat' Plaque Campaign

With the Potomac Playmakers "Buy a Seat"  campaign, you can name a perpetual seat in the Lee Stine Auditorium for only $125. A commemorative 1.5" x 3" brass plate with a special inscription will be placed on the back of one of the seats in the theatre. We cannot ensure the specific placement of each plaque location, but early donors will be placed in the frontmost rows. Please consider this long lasting gift to show your ongoing support of the Potomac Playmakers. For a tax-deductible donation of $125 you can have your name, the name of a loved one, the name of your organization, or perhaps a memorial acknowledgement of a departed theater lover, displayed on a brass plaque that is mounted on the back of a seat. Show other patrons that you support the Playmakers and the Arts throughout the tri-state region. There are 94 seats available on which to purchase naming rights. Plaques will be placed on seats on a first-come, first-served basis. You are not purchasing the seat for your use during the season, and naming rights do not guarantee that you can sit in that seat when you come to a Playmakers' production. What you do get, in addition to the permanent plaque, is a free 1-year membership in the Potomac Playmakers, which gets you free admission to all of our Stage Door Productions, which are special events outside of the regular season shows.

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