Box Office

Events Calendar

Auditions

Become a Member

Sponsor Opportunities

Join the Mailing List

News & Awards

Cemetery Club

Directed by Mary Ruth Lynn
Produced by Barbara Dunnington
Stage Managed by Suzy Allen

Cemetery Club is graciously sponsored by:

Salmon Falls Credit Union
Tasker Funeral Home
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Garrison Hill Florist
Roberge Funeral Home
James Kageliery - New York Life
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Other Programming at the Arts Center...

Past GP Seasons....

2006-2007
How the Other Half Loves
The Fantasticks
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Into the Woods
The Road to Mecca

2005-2006
Cemetery Club
Little Shop of Horrors
No Sooner Won Than Wed
Laura
Quilters

2004-2005
1776
A Voice of My Own
The Pirates of Penzance
Run For Your Wife
Pippin

See a list of all previous shows!

September 23-25, 30-Oct 2, 2005

Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husband's graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life, Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun, and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. He meets the widows while visiting his wife's grave. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida. They are guilt stricken when this nearly breaks Ida's heart. A truly funny and moving look at late middle age and coping with real life.

The Cast....

Carol Davenport (Lucille) Carol Davenport is a long-time member of Garrison Players, where she has acted, directed, done musical direction and designed sets and costumes. Last season she co-directed 1776, did the music direction for Pirates of Penzance and appeared on stage in A Voice of My Own. Her acting credits include roles in over 100 productions, ranging from Little Mary Sunshine to Lady Macbeth. Personal favorites include Amanda in Private Lives, Eleanor in The Lion in Winter and the title role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. A Dover resident, Carol is reveling in retirement which gives her time to travel, play with her grandchildren, and play endless games of Spider solitaire.

Susan Turner (Doris) has been acting out around the Seacoast for decades, and on stage for over 15 years. As a member of Generic Theater, Susan has produced, acted, stage managed, and run tech but prefers to ACT! She has appeared at the Players' Ring Theatre in Portsmouth and says her favorite roles are far too numerous to mention, of course the part of Esther in Mornings At Seven got her an nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 11th Annual Spotlight on the Arts Awards. Morning's At Seven won Best Production of Play. Susan is a board member of The Players' Ring Theatre and she is thrilled to be on the boards at Garrison Players’ wonderful new home.

Donna Goldfarb (Ida) is making her debut on the GP stage after a busy spring and summer with Get-A-Clue Productions' No More Secrets, Seacoast Rep's Ragtime, Prescott Park's Into the Woods, and Pioneer Valley Summer Theatre's The Nerd. A veteran of NE stages, Donna has also performed in Nebraska, Indiana and in NY State. Favorite roles include Carlotta in Phantom! and Sister Amnesia in Hackmatack’s Nunsense II, Clairee in Steel Magnolias (Hampton's Act 1 and Newburyport's Firehouse Center), and Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret (Firehouse Center and Seacoast Rep), for which she received NH Theatre Awards' best Supporting Actress. Donna has recently relocated to Portsmouth. She is a Justice of the Peace, a soloist with temples and churches, and has done commercial, film and voiceover work. Thanks to hubby Alan and daughter Shayna and son-in-law Scott for their support and encouragement as she pursues this crazy career!

Kevin Collins (Sam) has been involved in theater as an actor, director, and playwright for over 30 years. He has performed in both amateur and professional productions from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Keswick, England. In 1981, he earned a Master of Fine Arts in Acting at UConn, where he met his wife, Kate. Together they teach at St. Thomas Aquinas High in Dover where they are also co-advisors of the Drama Club. Cemetery Club is Kevin's fourth production with Garrison Players, the latest being 1776, where he twice portrayed John Hancock.

Carol Adams Bitov (Mildred) is GP’s Newsletter Editor/Webmaster and chairs the Marketing Committee. Stage credits range from the Baroness in Murder at Rutherford House to Edgar, the son of the Duke of Gloucester in Lear, the Musical. Her favorite roles were as a 6-year-old in the Dining Room and as Ouiser in Steel Magnolias. She has also directed, stage managed, sewn costumes, wielded a paint brush, and knit armor. Carol is the Membership Director for the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce and runs Shemesh Design. She lives in Dover with husband Gadi and their two furry girls, Mitzi and Pixel.