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The Secret Garden program

Maia Johnson (Mary)

Maia is an 8th grader at Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden. Maia has been a part of theater since she was 4 with shows at Penobscot Theatre Dramatic Academy, Winterport Open Stage, Bangor Community Theatre, and Penobscot Theatre Main Stage. Her favorites include: Les Miserables (Little Cosette), Charlotte’s Web (Templeton & Fern), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Millie) and Elf the Musical (Elf #2). Maia would like to thank Deanna and Ten Bucks Theatre Company for giving her this amazing experience.

Derrick Johnson (Colin)

Derrick is a 5th grader at Weatherbee School in Hampden. Derrick has enjoyed theater since the age of 4. He has been in shows at the University of Maine (Curious Savage) and Penobscot Theatre Dramatic Academy (Squatch, School of Rock, Addams Family, Dear Edwina Jr).  Derrick would like to thank his parents for helping with lines and Deanna and Amy in supporting him in this role. 

Micah Valliere (Dickon)

Rachel Vine (Martha)

Rachel Vine has been acting her whole life, from performing in plays and
humorous skits at church to acting in the local theater group, Bangor Area
Homeschool Players. She has loved being a part of the group since 2016,
with past performances including productions such as A Christmas Carol,
Peter Pan, Secret Garden the Musical, Prodigal, It’s A Wonderful Life, Anne
of Green Gables, Pride and Prejudice, and many more. Rachel comes from
a family of eight kids who all take part in local theater. This is her second
production with Ten Bucks Theater. Rachel is very excited to be involved in
another production as watching their performances of Shakespeare’s plays
has been a fun tradition for her and her family for many years.

Caitlin Hession (Mrs. Medlock)

Caitlin Hession has loved acting since the first time she ever experienced it in first grade. Since then, she has been in as many performances as she could be, growing up with Penobscot Theatre’s Dramatic Academy program and going off to perform in college and beyond. Caitlin is beyond excited to work with Ten Bucks Theatre.

Previously, she has been in Much Ado About Nothing as Borachio, Romeo and Juliet twice as the Nurse and Abraham/Lady Montague, and Shuddersome: Tales of Poe as an ensemble member.

When not acting, Caitlin works as a high school English teacher, spreading her love of Shakespeare to many an unenthusiastic teen. 

Zach Brown (Andrew Craven)

A graduate of the University of Maine Theatre department, this is his first time acting on stage since Ten Bucks production of Hamlet in 2011. Zach is a Registered Maine Guide and likes to write music, and spend time in nature. 

Brent Hutchins (Ben Weatherstaff)

Patty Morris (Dr. Spencer)

Howdy my name is Patty Morris I’m a 3rd year studying history with a concentration in military history at the University of Maine. This is my debut with Ten Bucks Theatre, but not the first time I hopped onto a stage! I’ve performed with the University Maine in their most recent play called Tartuffe by Molière as Valeré, and was in Terra Nova as Edgar Evans

 My next performance will be at the University of Maine in their show “Everybody” which will be shown in the Al Cyrus Pavillion Theater, March 31-April 9!

Lastly I want to give a big thank you to the cast, crew, directors for giving me this opportunity, and a special thanks to my mom, dad, Grandma Jean, Paden and my Girlfriend Nina. Without y’all there is no theater! Hope y’all enjoy the show! 🙂

Sue Amero (Mrs. Appleby)

Sue Amero has been delighted to participant in the Bangor theater scene during the last ten years and counting. She started with Improv classes and performed as a member of several improv groups, performing in the greater Bangor area before branching out through Ten Bucks’ 24-hour New Play Festival where she became enamored with acting and theatre. At the Festival she has worn all of the hats: actor, writer, and director. She has performed in the Bangor community Theater productions I Remember Mama, A Grange Christmas and Love, Loss and What I Wore, and in the Ten Bucks Theater production of A Christmas Carol. As a long-time fan of TBT’s Shakespeare Under the Stars, Sue has attended every year except for their productions of Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew in which she performed. Sue enjoys hiking, kayaking, and lives to read books! Sue lives in Orono where her spouse AJ and cat Raven hold down the fort while she rehearses.

Abigail Shorette (Nurse Grey)

This is Abigail’s first production with Ten Bucks Theatre Company! Her last theatre production was almost 15 years ago where she played Helen in The Children’s Hour with Mad Horse Theatre Company in Portland. Abigail has performed in numerous dance productions over the years, the most recent being The Chinese Soloist in The Nutcracker with Robinson Ballet in 2021. She has also performed with Vivid Motion Dance Company in Portland. Some of her most memorable roles include Fleur De Lys in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty & The Bride in Broken Bride. Abigail hopes that you enjoys the show!

Deanna Rice (Director)

Deanna Rice has been an actor, stage manager and stage crew, but this is her first time sitting in the Director’s Chair. She has performed in plays and musicals since her early days as nursery rhyme characters in her Kindergarten play. Yes, there are videos. No, you may not see them. In following years she played Duffy in Annie, and was part of the ensemble in Guys and DollsGodspellAnnie Get Your Gun and Oliver!, all while performing with the Presque Isle Community Players. After moving to the Bangor area in 2012, she started doing shows with Ten Bucks as soon as she was able. She has most recently been seen as a reader in A Christmas Carol, various characters in Shuddersome: Tales of Poe, the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, a reader in Scary Stories, and Audrey in As You Like It, all with TBT.. She currently serves as the Secretary and Member’s Director for Ten Bucks. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Joe Fisher (Assistant Director/Crew)

Joe Fisher returned to community theatre in 2019 after a long hiatus. He is delighted to be part of the Company and board of Ten Bucks Theater. He has performed with Ten Bucks Theater, True North Theater, Winterport Open Stage, Raymond Arts, and the Exeter Players. His credits include Vinnie (The Odd Couple), Old Joe/Fezziwig/Ensemble(A Christmas Carol),Clarence/Archbishop/Norfolk(Richard III), Pinhead Manager/London Policeman/Snork/Lord John (The Elephant Man), Mr. Sir (Holes), and Thomas Mendip (The Lady’s Not for Burning).

Delaney McFadden (Stage Manager)

Delaney McFaden is a Milford-based artist and theatre practitioner originally hailing from Stafford, VA. They have stage managed previously at the University of Maine (Twelfth Night, Man of No Importance, Terra Nova), True North Theatre (Sylvia), and here at Ten Bucks Theatre Company (As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet, Shuddersome). They’d like to thank their partner Addi for keeping the light on for when they come home after late night rehearsals. Enjoy the show!

Director’s Notes

I don’t really mind winter all that much. Well…mostly. I love a gentle, slow snowfall that covers the ground in a soft white blanket on Christmas Eve. I love a relaxing snow day, watching the white flakes swirl around madly from inside my warm house.

By the time February rolls around, however, I’m just about done with it. I’ve had enough of shoveling, of treading carefully over icy walkways, of wind that stings my face, and I’m tired of putting on my puffy winter coat. I dream of birdsong coming from the treetops, green grass, light jackets, and I’m eager to plant flowers around my new house. After several months of cold weather that puts plants, trees, and animals to sleep, I’m eager for everything to wake up.

The Secret Garden is a story about waking up. When Mary arrives in England after being orphaned, she is a spoiled, neglected, sullen creature whose only relationships have been with servants. She’s never had any true friends and doesn’t know what it’s like to have healthy and meaningful relationships. Her cousin, Colin, has spent his life in much the same manner; isolating himself in his bedroom with an imagined sickness due to being neglected by his father. Andrew Craven, consumed by grief over his wife’s death, can’t imagine how to go on without her and how to love the child she gave to him the day she died.

Each of them is asleep in their own way. The garden is dull, drab, grey and depressing after being locked away for so long by a man struggling with his inner pain. When Mary discovers the key and unlocks that door, things begin to change around Misselthwaite Manor. As the garden improves, so do Mary, Colin and Andrew. Mary finds friendship and learns what it means to truly be cared for and to care for others; Colin finds the will and determination to leave his bed and take his first steps in the world, and Andrew comes to accept the tragedy that befell his family, finding that the new energy within his home helps to pull him out of his darkness.

The Secret Garden is a story about life, transformation, and healing. It’s about watching the cold recede from the world and our hearts, to be replaced with warmth, love, friendship and roses. -Deanna Rice

Thank you for coming and enjoy the show!

A Christmas Carol Program

 Adapted by Mark Torres, based on the classic story by Charles Dickens

Directed by Julie Arnold Lisnet

CAST

Ben Layman: Scrooge

Roland Dube: Narrator, Cratchit, Fezziwig, Gentleman 2

Deanna Rice: Narrator, Gentlewoman, Christmas Present, Caroline

Jesse Speed: Narrator, Nephew, Young Scrooge, Husband 1, Peter Cratchet, Tiny Tim, Husband 2, Young Boy 

Jen Snow: Narrator, Fan, Mrs. Cratchet, Margaret

Joe Fisher: Narrator, Gentleman 1, Christmas Past, Old Joe

Julie Arnold Lisnet: Narrator, Marley, Belinda Cratchet, Charwoman

Christie Robinson: Narrator, Bell, Martha Cratchet, Niece, Laundress

Ben Layman-  Ben Layman (Props) Ben is a Maine native and a resident of Bangor. Ben has been involved with theatre in the area for over 30 years. As a director for Ten Bucks, Ben productions of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Turn of the Screw, The Crucible, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Dracula, The Nerd and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (co-direct), The Diary of Anne Frank, Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Sunshine Boys and Shuddersome: Tales of Poe. As an actor for Ten Bucks, Ben has been seen in The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, Rabbit Hole, Blithe Spirit, The Nerd, A Midsummer Nights’ Dream, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

Roland Dube- Roland Dube lives in Bangor and has retired after 41 years in education. He is pleased to be involved with Ten Buck’s reading of A Christmas Carol. He loves theatre and has recently done shows with The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine, Winter Harbor Arts, Some Theatre Company and Lamoine Community Theatre. He is treasurer of GSSME and the Bangor Community Theatre.

Deanna Rice- Deanna Rice has been performing in plays and musicals since her early days as nursery rhyme characters in her Kindergarten play. Yes, there are videos. No, you may not see them. In following years she played Duffy in Annie, and was part of the ensemble in Guys and Dolls, Godspell, Annie Get Your Gun and Oliver!, all while performing with the Presque Isle Community Players. After moving to the Bangor area in 2012, she started doing shows with Ten Bucks as soon as she was able. She has most recently been seen as various characters in Shuddersome: Tales of Poe, the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, a reader in Scary Stories, Audrey in As You Like It, and various characters in Spoon River Anthology, all with TBT. She has also worked behind the scenes as stage manager and stage crew for both TBT and True North Theatre productions. She currently serves as the Secretary and Member’s Director for TBT and will soon direct her first production in spring 2023. She hopes you enjoy the reading and get holly jolly with us!

Jesse Speed- Jesse lives in Bangor and has performed with Ten Buck Theatre numerous times including The Taming of the Shrew, Spoon River Anthology, As You Like it and TBT’s collaboration with True North Theatre’s production of Greetings!. He is glad to once again share the stage with his friends at TBT to bring A Christmas Carol to life with this dramatic reading. Happy Holidays!

Jennifer Snow (she/her)- Jennifer is excited to be reading A Christmas Carol with Ten Bucks Theatre. Jennifer has been a member of TBT since 2015 and a Board member in various roles since 2017. This classic story is the perfect way to kick off the Yuletide season, and she can’t wait to share it with all of you. Enjoy the show.

Joe Fisher-  Joe Fisher was last seen in Ten Bucks Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet. A farmer, WERU dj, and lifelong Dickens fan, this is his eighth production with Ten Bucks.

Julie Arnold Lisnet-  Julie Arnold Lisnet (Director/Actor) is an actor, director and educator. She teaches Fundamentals of Acting and Survey of Dramatic Literature at UMaine. She received her BA in Theatre and her MA in Acting from UMaine and has worked for Penobscot Theatre, Maine Theatre, Theatre of the Enchanted Forest, The Assembled Players, Marsh Island Stage, Maine Shakespeare Festival, Northern Lights Theatre and True North Theatre. She is a founding member/actor/director for Ten Bucks Theatre Co. and has directed TBT’s productions of The Bald Soprano, Terra Nova, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (co-directed), The Tempest, Death of a Salesman, The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Elephant Man, a co-directed production of Spoon River Anthology, As You Like It, and most recently Romeo & Juliet. For UMaine she has directed The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Curious Savage, Rumors, The Mineola Twins, Twelfth Night and Terra Nova. Directing credits also include The Odd Couple and Arsenic and Old Lace for The Grand in Ellsworth. Favorite roles include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Sister Mary in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Nat in Rabbit Hole, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Sybil in Fawlty Towers, Louise in Always…Patsy Cline, Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Van Helsing in Dracula, Mrs. Webb in Our Town, Mattie Fae in August Osage County, Annie in Calendar Girls and Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter. She was most recently seen in Penobscot Theatre’s productions of Safety Net and Flyin’ Solo and directed PTC’s Becoming Dr. Ruth. Julie lives in Bangor with her husband Ron and their daughter, Natalie Acadia.

Christie Robinson-  An avid “A Christmas Carol” fan, Christie is thrilled to read this classic tale with Ten Bucks. Christie first appeared with Ten Bucks in the 2013 production of THE TEMPEST. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Florida and a Certificate of Performance from the Circle in the Square Musical Theater School in NYC. Christie is a company member of the Penobscot Theater, the co-host of “The Nite Show,” and is the Theater Arts teacher at Hermon High School. She enjoys spending time with her little old man dog, Sir Toby. Thank you, Julie!

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                 Coming February 2023…

                    The Secret Garden

Ten Bucks Theatre’s cast list for this summer’s production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

THE MONTAGUES:

Romeo: Martin Guarnieri

Montague: Dave Barrett

Lady Montague: Caitlin Hession

Mercutio: Natalie Lisnet

Benvolio: Devin Daigneault

Balthasar: Micah Valliere

Abraham: Caitlin Hession

THE CAPULETS:

Juliet: Katie Brayson

Capulet: Gibran Vogue Graham

Lady Capulet: Jenn Guare

Nurse: Deanna Rice

Peter: Andrew Barrett

Tybalt: Blake Wright

Sampson: Andrew Barrett

Gregory: Robyn Henry

OTHERS:

Friar Lawrence: Ben Layman and Ron Lisnet

Paris: Sage Neptune

Prince Escalus: Ron Lisnet and Ben Layman

Friar John: Joe Fisher

Apothecary: Garrett Fitzgerald

Thanks to all who auditioned and we hope to see you all this summer!

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