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Esmerelda in Poland
Essie and Cat are thrilled to annouce that the Warsaw, Poland production of Welfarewell has been renewed for another year of production. That brings us to eight years straight! Polish theatre and screen legend, Marta Lepinska stars as Esmerelda Quipp, and knocks audiences out with her wit in every show. When Cat visited Poland to…
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Welfarewell Continues 4 Year Run in Poland
Welfarewell Continues its amazing 4 Year Run in Poland with new show dates added for November 2019. The new performances are for November 7, 8, 12, 13, 21 and 22.
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Chronicle Herald Article
The Chronicle Herald has a featured article about me today, Monday March 25th. Freelance writer Bruce Bishop tells the story about my move to Nova Scotia, my writing career and the startup of Women In Rollers.
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Welfarewell Productions
Welfarewell continues with many new productions as well as the amazing 4 year professional run in Poland. Thank you to all of these amazing theatre companies who have performed Welfarewell to thousands of theatre patrons. Shushwap Theatre Society, Salmon Arm, British Columbia Playhouse 51, Millington, Tennessee Grove Community Players, Grove, Oklahoma San Pedro Actors Troupe,…
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Cat’s Copycat?
As Welfarewell is about to go up in Monroe Illinois, the director, John Campbell sent me an e-mail depicting the first bank heist scene being filmed. Like the production staged by Michael Darmanin at the English Drama Group in Salzburg, Austria, in 2011, Campbell’s troupe opted to film the bank robberies in local banks (with…
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Esmerelda set to beat the chill in Illinois!
Welfarewell is being staged by the Monroe Actors Theatre Company, Monroe, Illinois (southwest part of the state, close to St. Louis, Missouri), in February 2013. So, it won’t be much of a stretch to have Esmerelda unable to dig in the frozen ground to bury poor old Merlin… Here’s the link! www.masctheatre.org/
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The Maine Thing…
Welfarewell goes up in November at the Waterville Opera House in Waterville, Maine! Directed by Juli Brooks, Esmerelda and the jailbirds (yes, and that pesky lawyer lad, Alfred) will grace the stage for six performances November 9 to 11 and 16 to 18. Aqua City Actors Theatre (ACAT; how’s that for coincidence!) says on the…
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Esmerelda rocks Stone Town!
The St. Marys Community Players are sending up Welfarewell from October 25 to November 4, 2012, directed by Gretchen Rozek. St. Marys (the Stone Town) is a pretty town slightly south of Stratford, in southwestern Ontario, easily accessible from Stratford, London, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. St. Marys Community Players
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A Degree of University for Esmerelda!
The University Players, University of Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, will be staging Welfarewell as part of their 2012-2013 season, a collection of comedies. The play runs 22-25, Nov. 28-December 2, 2012, and is to be directed by Liza Balkan. For all of Essie’s fans in southwestern Ontario and Michigan, this is a great location!
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Welfarewell Closes with a Bang in Richmond Hill
The 20-show run of Welfarewell at The Curtain Club Theatre in Richmond Hill, Ontario (just north of Toronto) enjoyed an inspired cast, full houses and standing ovations! Thanks to dear friends, actor Geoff Kolomayz, and artist Ted Nasmith, for taking in the show and cheering on the efforts of Esmerelda!