Maestro Timothy Turner's 2002-2003 Season Information Brief

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2002-2003

Smoke on the Mountain

Book by Constance Ray. Conceived by Alan Bailey. Musical arrangements by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick.

Text Box: Directed by Clark Adams

Musical Direction by Timothy D. Turner

Production by Sands Theater Center Mainstage of DeLand, Florida

Performances on May 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 @ 8 p.m. // May 4, 11, 18 @ 2:30 p.m.

All Performances at Sands Theater Center of the Cultural Arts Center in DeLand, Florida (Click for Map)

The year is 1938. It's Saturday night in Mount Pleasant, NC, and the Reverend Oglethorpe has invited the Sanders Family Singers to provide an upliftin' evening of singin' and witnessin'. The audience is invited to pull up a pew and join in the rollicking good time. More than two dozen songs, many of them vintage pop hymns, and hilarious stories from the more or less devout Sanders provide a richly entertaining evening that has audiences clapping, singing, laughing and cheering. You'll be treated to gospel songs, such as "I'll Fly Away" and "Church in the Wildwood" along with the comedic antics of the actors who portray the black sheep in each of our families. If you want something out of the ordinary, this show is exactly what you've been looking for.

Three Days

By Deborah Craig-Claar and Camp Kirkland

Text Box: Directed by Timothy D. Turner

Musical Direction by Timothy D. Turner

Narration by Roger Richter

Production by Acts Of Light Theater Company of Winter Park, Florida & The Ministry of Music & Worship Arts of Redeemer Lutheran of Winter Park, Florida

Performances on April 23 @ 8:50 & 11 a.m.

All Performances at Redeemer Lutheran Church Sanctuary in Winter Park, Florida (Click for Map)

Three Days … seventy-two hours… and in that remarkable brief amount of time, our eternity was forever changed. By concentrating on the events of that astonishing weekend almost 2,000 years ago, we bring the message of Easter into a new, vivid and above all personal focus. Between the agony of Friday’s cross and the victory of Sunday’s empty tomb, there was a day of unspeakable hopelessness, as a grieving people considered a world without redemption. Three Days begins with the announcement from John the Baptist stating that Jesus, the carpenter from Nazareth, actually was “the lamb of Go who takes away the sins of the world.”

Princess & The Pea

by Darlene J. Lentz - Stewart
Directed by Darlene J. Stewart

Starring Sonya Guyer, Timothy D. Turner, Andrea Finkle & Ray Wood

Tour Production by Storybook Theater Company of DeLand, Florida

Public Performances on February 8 & 22 @ // On Tour January – May 2004

All Public Performances at Sands Theater Center of the Cultural Arts Center in DeLand, Florida (Click for Map)

The Secret Garden, musical

Book by Jim Crabtree Based on the Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Additional Material by Alfred Shaughnessy, Diana Matterson, and Sue Beckwith-Smith
Music and Lyrics by Sharon Burgett with Additional Lyrics by Diana Matterson and Sue Beckwith-Smith
Directed by Darlene J. Lentz

Musical Direction by Timothy D. Turner

Production by Storybook Theater Company of DeLand, Florida

Performances on December 6, 13 @ 8 p.m. // December 7, 8, 14, 15 @ 2:30 p.m.

All Performances at Sands Theater Center of the Cultural Arts Center in DeLand, Florida (Click for Map)

Young Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle at the English Manor of Misselthwaite after losing her parents to a cholera epidemic in India. Her uncle, Archibald Craven, who has never recovered from the death of his wife, has had most of the mansion locked up, including his wife's favorite garden, to obliterate her memory. Even his only son Colin has been hidden away in the large gloomy house. Mary, an unhappy girl herself eventually unlocks the secrets of Misselthwaite, restoring life not only to the garden, but also waking hope in the manor's inhabitants.

A Christmas Pageant

by Timothy D. Turner
Directed by Timothy D. Turner

Production by Acts Of Light Theater Company of Winter Park, Florida

Performances on December

All Performances at Redeemer Lutheran Church Sanctuary in Winter Park, Florida (Click for Map)

A Priesthood of All Believers

by Timothy D. Turner
Directed by Timothy D. Turner

Production by Acts Of Light Theater Company of Winter Park, Florida

Performance on November 24

All Performances at Agape Hall Theater of Winter Park, Florida (Click for Map)

Martin Luther (1483-1546) dealt the symbolic blow that began the Reformation when he nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church. That document contained an attack on papal abuses and the sale of indulgences by church officialsof the Catholic Church. But Luther himself saw the Reformation as something far more important than a revolt against ecclesiastical abuses. He believed it was a fight for the gospel. Luther even stated that he would have happily yielded every point of dispute to the Pope, if only the Pope had affirmed the gospel. And at the heart of the gospel, in Luther's estimation, was the doctrine of justification by faith--the teaching that Christ's own righteousness is imputed to those who believe, and on that ground alone, they are accepted by God. Luther became an Augustinian monk in 1505, disappointing his equally strong-willed father, who wished him to become a lawyer. Luther's Theses, which outlined his theological argument against the use of indulgences, were based on the notion that Christianity is fundamentally a phenomenon of the inner world of human beings and had little or nothing to do with the outer world, such as temporal punishments. It is this fundamental argument, not the controversy of the indulgences themselves, that most people in the church disapproved of and that led to Luther's being hauled into court in 1518 to defend his arguments against the cardinal Cajetan. Luther believed in a fellowship of believers all are all priests. We all have the power to understand God’s word. No believer in God needs another to interpret God for him or her. Most of the European Enlightenment revolves around freedom and the project of "liberating" people: liberating them from false beliefs, from false religion, from arbitrary authority, etc.--that is, what we will be calling "liberation discourse." Westerners still participate in this Enlightenment project today. This idea of "liberating" people, so common to the international politics of our own period, comes out of Luther's idea of "freedom."

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Kathryn Schultz Miller
The Headless Horseman Directed by Darlene J. Lentz

Starring

Production by Storybook Theater Company of DeLand, Florida

Public Performances on October 11 -19 // In-House Tour throughout October

All Performances at Sands Theater Center of the Cultural Arts Center in DeLand, Florida (Click for Map)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving's spooky classic, is presented with all the thrills, chills and laughs that keep young audiences on the edge of their seats. The storybook tale revolves around the main characters--the bumbling, awkward schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, the coquettish Katrina and Ichabod's brutish rival, Brom Bones. As much fun as the play presents, it saves the best for last--the ride of the headless horseman. This adaptation remains dedicated to the spirit and storyline of Washington Irving's work and expertly involves young people with lots of suspense and comedy. Audience participation is carefully written in the script and adds a spark of spontaneity. A perfect Halloween treat, but don't hesitate to put it anywhere in your season, Ichabod brings them out any time of year!

"This adaptation, by Kathryn Schultz Miller, is both funny and simple for a young audience to understand. an important consideration, full of shivers and merriment." - The Orlando Sentinel

Kiss Me Kate

Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter, Libretto by Sam and Bella Spewack
Based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
Text Box: Directed by Rosemary Sutton

Musical Direction by Timothy D. Turner

Production by Sands Theater Center Mainstage of DeLand, Florida

Performances on September 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 @ 8 p.m. // October 8, 15, 22 @ 2:30 p.m.

All Performances at Sands Theater Center of the Cultural Arts Center in DeLand, Florida (Click for Map)

Combine Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" with Porter's music and lyrics to get KISS ME, KATE an instant success with every cast and audience. Another Op'nin' Another Show welcomes you to Baltimore and to the opening of a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." The cast is on stage and receiving final instructions from Fred Graham, the director. A play-within-a-play unfolds, where each of the four main cast member's on-stage performance is complicated by what is happening in his off-stage life. Fred takes the roles of director and male lead, Petruchio. His ex-wife Lilli, now a movie star with a reputation for being difficult to work with, plays Katharine, the shrew. Fred's current love interest, Lois, plays the role of Bianca, and the other man in Lois' life, Bill, plays the role of Lucentio. Musical numbers include Why Can't You Behave, So In Love Am I, Wunderbar, Tom, Dick or Harry, Were Thine That Special Face, Too Darn Hot, Brush Up Your Shakespeare, I Hate Men, Always True to You (In My Fashion) and Another Op'nin, Another Show. KISS ME, KATE is fun, melodious and sophisticated.