LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Good News July 16, 2004 - August 22, 2004 Lakewood Theatre Company opens its summer season July 16 - August 22, 2004 with Good News; an enthusiastic upbeat musical that sings and dances its way through 1920s college life, football fever and the Varsity Drag! Good News, directed and choreographed by Milli Hoelscher, begins at 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 16, 2004 and continues Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 7:00 PM until August 22, 2004. There will also be a Sunday matinee July 25 at 2:00 PM. The theatre is located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego. Ticket prices are $26 for adults and $24 for students and seniors.   Cast & Crew Bios

Pictured left to right: Kathleen Hatch as Pat, the new rich coed on campus, Grant Alan as football star Tommy Marlowe and Malia Tippets as Connie, his tutor.

About the Play: Tait College football captain, Tommy Marlowe (Grant Alan), is used to getting any girl he wants. When new rich coed Pat (Kathleen Hatch) arrives on campus, he decides to pursue her. But Pat only has eyes for men with millions. Tommy has another problem, however, he's failing a class and needs a tutor to stay on the team. Pat's cousin, Connie (Malia Tippets) is enlisted to help him with his grades. Good News is an enthusiastic, good-hearted romp through late 1920s college life. Featured musical numbers include Good News, Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, Button Up Your Overcoat, Keep Your Sunny Side Up, The Best Things in Life Are Free, and The Varsity Drag. This production Others in the cast include: Brynn Baron, Jeremy Southard, Shaun Hennessy, Lindsay Eisenhart, Joe Kokofsky, Susie Schenk, Susannah Scott, Lucas Welsh, Katey Bridge, Keely Bond, Roberta Gannett, Connor Bond, Tyler Griffin, Charlie Wilson, Seth Reder, and Paul Early.

Stage Direction and choreography for LTC's production of Good News is by Milli Hoelscher, musical direction is by Phil Hilfiker, stage design is by Chris Whitten, lighting design is by Kurt Herman, properties are by Sandy Shaner, and costume design is by John Gerth. The stage manager is Michael Rainey and the producer is Kay Vega.

THE FACTS IN BRIEF:
  
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Good News a musical with book by Lawrence Schwab, B.G DeSylva and Frank Mandel; and words and music by DeSylva, Brown and Henderson
Directed by Milli Hoelscher

Tait College football captain, Tommy Marlowe, is used to getting any girl he wants. When new coed Pat McClellan arrives on campus sporting racy fashions and pseudo-French phrases, he decides to pursue her. But Pat only has eyes for men with millions, so Tommy enlists Pat's sorority sister, Connie, to help him with his grades. Good News is an enthusiastic, good-hearted romp through late 1920s college life. Featured musical numbers include Good News, Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, Button Up Your Overcoat, Keep Your Sunny Side Up, The Best Things in Life Are Free, and The Varsity Drag. This production features the 1993 revised text staged by the Music Theatre of Wichita.

About Lakewood Theatre Company

52 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a semi-professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 700 hundred theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows.

History of Stage House Project at Lakewood Center: On February 23, 2002, The Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially celebrate the beginning of construction on its $2.9 million dollar Stage House project. The project, first envisioned when the Center was formed by the theatre in 1979, is designed to improve sightlines, intimacy and flexibility of productions and educational programs.

In June of 2003 the board of directors of Lakewood Center for the Arts named the new stage area the Headlee Mainstage in honor and recognition of that family's many contributions to performing arts over 25 years in Lake Oswego. Former board member Bill Headlee and his wife Buzz were guiding forces in the acquisition and creation of Lakewood Center for the Arts. As prominent donors and volunteers, they were joined over the years by daughters Susan, Nancy and Mary Jane Headlee in their strong advocacy for the arts.

On November 6, 2003, The Lakewood Theatre Company and Lakewood Center for the Arts inaugurated the new Headlee Mainstage at the Center. The Center has raised $2.9 million in dedicated funds towards the project and continues fundraising to finalize the dream. The new intimate 220-seat theatre features excellent sightlines with no one further than 30 feet from the front of the stage. The musical, Good News, directed by Milli Hoelscher, playing July 16 - August 22, 2004, will be the fifth production staged on the new Headlee Mainstage by Lakewood Theatre Company.