Penfield Players

The 8th Annual Bronze Collective Theatre Fest features many Penfield Players, including writer, Laura A. Thomas, who will be introducing a new play, as well as performers Douglas Curry, Larry Ploscowe, Kathy Coughenour, and Richard Kendrick. Ted Wenskus, who has acted and produced for the Players as well as served on the board, is a Foley artist for "The Legend of Double Ax Max and the Shadow People," which is being presented Feb 19th at 7:30 p.m. as part of the festival. If I have left anyone out, please add a note in the comments below and I'll amend my post.

The Penfield Players are looking to fill a volunteer position on our board as one of our four Logistics Directors. The board consists of 14 members, each with a portfolio of board responsibilities. The Logistics Directors assist with maintaining our inventory of set pieces, props, costumes, tools, and other supplies as well as with set design, set construction (and tear down), props, and costumes needed for each production. The Players usually do two mainstage productions a... year, a Readers’ Theatre, and a Fringe Festival production. The Penfield Players is one of the longest-running community theatre production companies in the Rochester area. We currently meet the second Saturday of each month, either in-person at the Penfield Community Center 1985 Baird Rd., Penfield, or via Zoom, depending on Covid safety protocols. Prior experience with the Players is preferred but not necessary. The Penfield Players especially seek applications from members of underrepresented groups, including, but not only, members of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities. For more information about the Players, you can visit our Web site at http://www.PenfieldPlayers.org or our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/PenfieldPlayers . If you are interested in being considered for the board position, please e-mail a note of interest and a theatrical resume to [email protected]. You may also use this e-mail address if you have questions about the position.

We are planning for auditions in August for Haunting of Hill House this fall - Stay tuned.

The Geneva Theatre Guild's Playwright's Play Reading series begins tonight at 7:30 p.m., and then continues for five more weeks. Each week's shows consists of several original short plays. (There is no repetition, so each week is a different show.) Several Penfield Players are involved. The shows are free. The link to see the shows is below.

In case you missed the online performance of "The Circle: A Book Club Sisterhood" by Laura Thomas and directed by Reuben Tapp, here's a link to the YouTube recording of the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjuFFlbwDuI

If you missed last night’s conversation with Laura Thomas, author of The Circle: A Book Club Sisterhood, you can watch it here.

The Penfield Players' two-night online event, "The Circle: A Book Club Sisterhood," starts this evening Friday, April 9, with a conversation with the author, local (Rochester, NY) writer Laura Thomas. The program starts at 7 p.m. and the Zoom link can be found at www.penfieldplayers.org. Don't forget the show tomorrow, Saturday, April 10 - a reading of the play, "The Circle," starts at 7 p.m. The Zoom link can be found at the Penfield Players Web site.

These two fine performers round out the cast of "The Circle: A Book Club Sisterhood," the first online Zoom performance of the Penfield Players. Joins us for the pre-show interview with the author, Laura Thomas, tomorrow, Friday, April 9 at 7 p.m. And then don't forget the performance of the play on Saturday, April 10, at 7 p.m. The Zoom links can be found on the homepage of our Web site, www.penfieldplayers.org. Adryanna Elmendorf (PATRICE RILEY) is the mother of a handsome... and active teenage son. She is a talented and versatile actress who has acted in a variety of roles in venues in and around Rochester. Shirlyn Washington (NARRATOR) has been performing theater since 1985. From 1999 to 2018, she had the pleasure of using her theatrical skills to bring history to life through workshops she developed to educate gifted learners in Revolutionary and Civil War history. Today, as a member of Diversity Theater, a theater-based training team, Shirlyn is proud to be an educator on issues of diversity, inclusion, social justice, and equity. The scene below features Carolyn Bailey and Erickah Trinytti Atiya Massey in the 2018 performance of the play at the Multi Use Community Cultural Center. Photo by Annette Dragon.

The Penfield Players' December 2020 Newsletter is available at https://www.penfieldplayers.org/december2020

Ron Dufort, Penfield Players performer and board member (Historian), created a fun performance of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman," in which he plays all four parts of a trombone quartet.

Friends who are performing this holiday!

Penfield Players board member and actor, Ron Dufort, and actor, Kiefer Schenk, are appearing in this holiday favorite.