May 10, 1009  – Cast and Crew set for The Producers

Mel Brooks’ The Producers is an irreverently funny musical that pokes fun at the entire business of staging Broadway shows.  Filled with singing, dancing, beautiful chorus girls, flamboyant directors and down-and-out producers, this winner of and unprecedented twelve Tony Awards is coming to Pickens County, courtesy of Tater Patch Players.  The show will be performed at the Pickens High School auditorium on July 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18.   All shows will be at 7:30 PM with the exception of July 12 which will be a 2PM matinee.  Ticket information will be available soon.  For more information, keep reading the Pickens County Progress and visit the troupe’s website at www. taterpatchplayers.org.
CAST
Max Bialystock……….Andy Fowler
Leo Bloom………………Andy Kippenhan
Franz Liebkind……….Keegan Treadaway
Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swanson  …. Kelsea Beck
Roger De Bris…………Alex Nawrocki
Carmen Ghia…………..Patrick Schweigert
ENSEMBLE
The ensemble players perform a number of parts – little old ladies, Nazi dancers, chorus girls, street sweepers, usherettes, Irish cops, angry accountants – the list is endless.  And all those parts, plus singing and dancing will be brought to you by this combination of new and less-new, and young and less-young talent:

Alex Ray, Brandon Archer, Chelsea Burnes, Robert Countryman, Christina Hill, Patrick Hall, Jack Davis, Jan Davis, Janet Vardaman, Jason Picklesimer, Jazz Lorenz, John Murphy, Jennie Hutto Smith, Joseph Lefever, Julia Flowerree, Laura McCarver, Natalie Brannen, Pasha McCarver, Roberta Sarchet, Tyler Roper, Tanner Green, Tia Robertson, and Jessica Weaver.

The crew for the show will be working very hard with these talented folks to bring you Tater Patch’s biggest summer musical yet.  They are:Producer, Wayne Jewell; Assistant Producer, Andy Fowler; Director, Nan Nawrocki; Assistant Director, Daniel Picklesimer; Music Director, Ellen Whitten; Choreographer, Denver Clark; Stage Manager, Jan O’Kelley; Costume Designer, Joan Baragar; Wardrobe Mistress Linda Robertson; Set Designer, Robert Countryman; Production Assistants, Mike Robertson, Jackie Bauer, Marianne Talarick; Front of House Manager, Roberta Sarchet; Publicity Director, Pat Jewell.

…… on our fundraising project.  We have arranged a 90 day extension with the sellers, but that means we absolutely have to raise all our funds no later than August.   To answer the questions we have been asked — our original goal was $400,000.  That would get us in the building, with no loan, add a rehearsal/dressing room building on the back, and give us a little cushion so we could breathe moderately easily for the first year.  We have not yet raised enough to do this.  But this building, currently the home of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, on Cove Road,  is the Community Theater you in Pickens County deserve.   A place that will serve you with more quality entertainment than ever before,  youth activities, meetings, movies, and music.

With lowered expectations,  and the good prospect of a small loan from a local bank,  we can still be in that building, with no dressing area and no financial cushion for the troupe with $120,000 more.    For all those who have said,  “Tater Patch should have…. ”   or  “I wish there were a space nearby we could use for…..”    THE TIME IS NOW.   We need your help.   Our Board members have already committed their time and donations to this project, as have many of our friends and supporters.  For those who wish to give, but have not yet, please go to the Fundraising tab on the website and learn how.   Watch the video to the right of this article to learn more about our hopes.  Go to the online photos tab above and see photos of the future home of Tater Patch Players.  Imagine!  A place for great theater, youth activities, music, classes and meetings, less than a mile from downtown.   Please, donate now.