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Youth Actors Guild Audition Workshop with Jamey Green

March 14, 2023

Saturday, April 1
10:30 a.m. to noon
Pull-Tight Theater
112 2nd Ave South, Franklin

Join the Youth Actors Guild for a very special FREE audition workshop! Jamey Green, well-known music director, performer and vocal coach, will be instructing teens ages 13-18 on the art of a successful musical theater audition. Bring sheet music with you so you can perform a mock audition.

No need to pre-register. Just come ready to learn and have fun! Need more information? Contact Leslie or Carmela.

More about Jamey

Jamey Green is a producer, director, music director and writer. He has produced and directed over 300 shows, as well as music directed over 400 shows in Tennessee, New York, North Carolina, Florida, Alaska and the Virgin Islands. He was a co-owner, writer, and producer with the Avante Garage!; co-owner and artistic director for Euphoria the Theatre; artistic director for the Boiler Room Theatre for 14 years; and was music director for over 10 years at Act Too Players. He is a 2013 First Night Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from Broadwayworld.com. Jamey is also a vocal coach with over 35 years of experience, and has performed in dozens of productions.

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‘Funny Money’ Cast in Place for Pull-Tight’s Spring Comedy

February 20, 2023

Correction: Funny Money opens April 14

Director Johnny Peppers has announced his cast for the April comedy for Pull-Tight Players. Ray Cooney’s Funny Money is a classic British farce about accidentally stolen loot, mistaken identities, harried detectives, and a nosy cab driver. The show opens April 14, with tickets going on sale. April 3.

“I’m so excited to get back in the director’s chair after a long while,” said Peppers. “I can’t be more pumped about the cast that has so graciously agreed to do all the heavy lifting in this hilarious British farce. It’s going to be a treat to share one of my all-time favorite plays with the community.”

The cast is as follows:

Henry – J.T. Landry, who appeared in our season opener, The Play that Goes Wrong.

Jean – Myna Sowell, a newcomer to Pull-Tight.

Vic – Joe Shepherd, who has worked on sound design for various productions.

Betty – Katie Kramer, another newcomer.

Davenport – Roger Csaki, who just completed a role in The Book of Will.

Slater – Wade Woodruff, a member of our board of directors returning to the stage after a long absence.

Bill – Mark Dunn, rounding out our Pull-Tight newcomers.

Passer-by – Mike Oxford, in his first role at Pull-Tight, but having debuted as a backstage assistant for Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

Funny Money is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

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President’s Blog January 2023

January 16, 2023

Pull-Tight Board of Directors President Lynda Gibbs

Kudos to the cast and crew of Cinderella! This Rodgers and Hammerstein fairytale brought to life was a delightful addition to the holiday season. We congratulate Director J.T. Landry and his cast and crew on a job well done!

The cast and crew of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at Pull-Tight Players

Opening on February 3rd Is Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will. This hilarious and poignant story will transport you to the world and time of William Shakespeare and reveal just how important the efforts of loyal friends and fellow actors were to the preservation of his words and legacy. Director Lenny West and his remarkable cast and crew (if, as Producer, I do say so myself!) are ready to transport you to the pages of history, literally!

Thank you again to Stephanie and Chris Dillard for graciously opening their lovely home to us for the Artist Membership Christmas party. It was a great turnout and we had a fantastic time!

It’s very hard for me to believe that we are already halfway through our 2022-2023 season. As ever, we are eternally grateful for the continued support and dedication of our membership, our community and our audience members. Thank you all, and see you at the theatre!

Lynda Gibbs
President, Pull-Tight Players Board of Directors

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Cast Is Set for ‘The Book of Will’

December 12, 2022

The Book of Will at Pull-Tight Players

Director Lenny West has announced the cast for Lauren Gunderson’s award-winning drama, The Book of Will. The play, part of Pull-Tight Players’ 54th season, will open February 3.

“The turnout for this audition was so far beyond what I ever hoped for, both in terms of quantity as well as quality,” remarked West. “To say it was a director’s dream is an extreme understatement. My hat is off to every single person who took the time to share their time and immense talent with this production and our theater. The cast we ultimately assembled … I mean, I have no words! This cast is something seriously extraordinary, and I cannot wait to share the journey of this incredible play with them.”

The cast is as follows.

John Heminges — Steve Mook, who most recently appeared in All My Sons.

Henry Condell — Jon Kieffner, who was the titular character in The Real Inspector Hound.

Alice Heminges — Megan Roberts, in her third consecutive show following Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

Rebecca Heminges — Jennifer Bennett, a member of our board of directors and one of the Pigeon sisters in The Odd Couple.

Elizabeth Condell — Stephanie Dillard, who played the baker’s wife in Into the Woods.

Ben Jonson/Francisco — Matt Grimes, a past board president who appeared in Death of a Salesman.

Ralph Crane — Donald Seitz, a newcomer to Pull-Tight Players.

William Jaggard — Woody Woodruff, who played a double role in Legally Blonde.

Isaac Jaggard/Barman 2 — Nathan Basner, whose first role at Pull-Tight was this seasons’ All My Sons.

Anne Hathaway Shakespeare — Adele Akin, an ensemble member of Waiting in the Wings.

Richard Burbage/Sir Edward Dering — Roger Csaki, the one and only Ford from Madame Buttermilk.

Emilia Bassano Lanier/Susannah Shakespeare & others — Bridget Dunn, another new face at Pull-Tight.

Boy Hamlet/Marcus/Marcellus & others — Philip Johnson, who went wrong in The Play that Goes Wrong.

Ed Knight/Barman 1/Bernardo & others — Stephan Roselin, rounding out our list of Pull-Tight newcomers.

Barmaid/Compositor/Horatio & others — Autumn Siebold, assistant stage manager for All My Sons.

Tickets for The Book of Will will go on sale January 23.

Filed Under: Blog, Cast & Crew Lists Tagged With: 2022-23 season, cast announcement

Pull-Tight Honors Life of Founder Vance Ormes

December 11, 2022

Pull-Tight Players founder Vance Ormes

Pull-Tight received the sad news this month that the theatre’s founder, Vance Gordon Ormes, passed away at his home in Delray Beach, Florida at the age of 69.

Vance was born in Franklin to the late Agness and Bill Ormes, who were also very involved with Pull-Tight in its early days. He attended Franklin Elementary School and later Battle Ground Academy, where he graduated in 1970 as salutatorian and was a National Merit Scholar finalist. At the age of 15, Vance participated in a play at the Nashville Children’s Theatre, and it ignited the theater bug. The next year, with the help of some of his parents’ friends, he formed the Pull-Tight Players with a production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, performed in the Franklin High School auditorium.

A young Vance Ormes as a Battle Ground Academy student

Vance graduated from the University of Denver, and wore many hats through the years as actor, director, playwright, stage manager, and designer. In 1995, he entered the Royal National Theatre Studio in London, where he took classes in Shakespeare, Greek and Roman Theatre, Mask, Voice & Movement.

After many years of running a professional theatre in Montana, Vance spent some time in Franklin caring for his elderly parents, which allowed current Pull-Tight members to get to know him. He was also able to travel to Franklin to participate in Pull-Tight’s 50th Anniversary celebration, and contributed to our documentary 50 Years a Treasure via Skype from New England.

Heather Bottoms and Ricki Keckley were two members who enjoyed their friendship with Vance at that time. As Heather says, “Vance was funny and smart and always ready to start a new adventure. Pull-Tight thrives today because of the founding principles he helped to instill, and we will be forever grateful for the way he has impacted our community and the theatre we all love. We are so thankful for the legacy he leaves behind.”

Pull-Tight Players volunteer Ricki Keckley with founder Vance Ormes

Ricki honored his passing by saying, “Every good thing in this life has a beginning and an idea. Vance Ormes had an idea and a great support group to help that idea grow into a reality. For over 50 years, Franklin has been the recipient of that idea and has enjoyed the gift of live community theatre through Pull-Tight Players. I am forever grateful that my path crossed with Vance’s during his time in Franklin caring for his parents. His lifelong dedication to theatre brought with it a plethora of advice and helpful information that will forever be treasured and will help Pull-Tight to exist for generations to come. Vance demonstrated once again that one person can make a positive difference in this world.”

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