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Players Announce Auditions for the Classic Greek Comedy Lysistrata!

The Peloponnesian War rages...Athens versus Sparta...And it takes only one woman to stop it!

The Silver Stage Players continue their 2008 Season: Turn Off the Box...Turn On Your Mind! by announcing auditions for the company’s summer production of Aristophanes’ 2400 year old anti-war Greek comedy, Lysistrata. Auditions are scheduled in the Great Basin College Theatre May 19 and 20, 2008 from 6 - 8 pm. Performances are tentatively scheduled for August.

All performers with or without experience are encouraged to try out. Two-minute, prepared comedic pieces are recommended. Cold readings from the script and theater games will also be utilized. This production of Lysistrata has a variable size cast with a core of 9 women and 5 men. The age range of the characters is late teens to 60. Technicians wishing to volunteer for the production are encouraged to attend one of the two audition dates as well. Download an audition form here.

It is now the twenty-first year of the Peloponnesian War and there seems little prospect of peace. A desperate state of things demands a desperate remedy. The women of Athens, led by Lysistrata and supported by female delegates from the other city-states, determine to take matters into their own hands and force the men to stop the war. They agree to be passive and take no more part in the amorous game of love. Before long Lysistrata’s device proves effective and peace is concluded. Set with the Acropolis as its backdrop, Lysistrata is Aristophanes' anti-war comedy, written in 411 BC and is the third and concluding play of Aristophanes' War and Peace series. The play was originally performed at the Dionysus and Lenaia festivals.

Aristophanes was a Greek Old Comic dramatist. Known as the Father of Comedy, he was around thirty when he achieved sudden success in the Theater of Dionysus. He is famous for writing comedies such as The Birds and The Frogs. He wrote forty plays, eleven of which survive. Many of Aristophanes' plays were political and often satirized well-known citizens of Athens. Lysistrata is one of the most produced plays in the world. It has been adapted into a Mozart-like opera, a 1980's pop song, an episode of one of television's most popular sitcoms in M.A.S.H., a film version, even illustrations by Pablo Picasso. The show was produced all over the world on March 3, 2003 as part of the global Lysistrata Project.

Directing the Players for the seventeenth time is Board of Directors member, actor and director Frank L. Sawyer. Frank last appeared on stage in 2007’s production of Glengarry Glen Ross. Mr. Sawyer’s directing credits include Glengarry Glen Ross; Much Ado About Nothing; Love, Sex and the I.R.S.; I Do! I Do!; The Odd Couple; The Zoo Story; Talk Radio; and Bringing it All Back Home among others.

Celebrating its 72nd anniversary, the Silver Stage Players is dedicated to providing the finest theater, community service and educational opportunities to its members and the residents of northeastern Nevada. Its history is one of creativity and thought provoking theater. The company has challenged audiences, pushed the envelope of live theater and attracted the area's most talented actors, designers and directors since the 1930s. Recent productions include Quilters, Glengarry Glen Ross, Greater Tuna, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Man of La Mancha and Much Ado About Nothing.

For more information about Lysistrata, the Silver Stage Players or Blue Yeti Productions, please call the director at (775)753-5474, e-mail the company at act@silverstage.org or visit us on the web at www.silverstage.org. The Silver Stage Players are proud members of the Elko Chamber of Commerce and The Theater Coalition.

Silver Stage Players…the ART of Elko!

Players Want You for the Relay for Life!

Join the Silver Stage Players and the company’s Elko Relay for Life team, “Willy’s Walkers”, in the fight against cancer July 19 and 20 at the Elko Relay for Life. The event begins at 12 pm with set up at 9 am. The parade commences at 11 am. The relay goes through 8 am Sunday morning. The 2008 Relay is the signature event for the American Cancer Association. One day. One night. One community. The team event to fight cancer is about celebration, remembrance, and hope. By participating, we honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives we've lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight it – all right here in Elko! You won't want to miss one moment of this life- and community-affirming event!

If you are interested in joining Willy's Walkers please contact Project co-Chairmen Tony Piper or Scott Roberts. Contact Tony at (c)775-247-8834. Call Scott at (775)388-0254.

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Local Theater Group to Hold Membership Meeting!

The Silver Stage Players, the art of Elko and the city’s very own community theater company, will be holding a General Membership meeting Thursday, May 1, 2008 beginning at 7 pm. The meeting will be held at the Round Table Pizza Parlor on Mountain City Highway in Elko. Anyone interested in performance or technical theater, suggesting upcoming shows and projects, or the administrative aspects of running a theater company are encouraged to attend. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. There is no age requirement or membership fee to join SSP, only a desire to offer the area’s best theater and your time! All members old and new are invited to attend. The agenda will include; auditions for Lysistrata and Peter Pan, plans for the 2008 theater season and much, much MORE!

The Silver Stage Players continue their 2008 Season: Turn Off the Box...Turn On Your Mind! Celebrating its 72 anniversary, the Silver Stage Players is dedicated to providing the highest quality theater, community service, and educational opportunities to its members and the residents of northeastern Nevada. Its history is one of creativity, innovation, and thought-provoking theater. The company has challenged audiences and pushed the envelope of live theater since the 1930’s. From Broadway musicals to the cutting edge of literature to radio-theater, the local group has continued a pursuit of offering the finest theater in the area.

SSP is committed to creating the most complete, enveloping, poignant, and engaging theater experience possible for its audience members. More recent productions include; Greater Tuna; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Man of La Mancha; The Land of the Dragon; Much Ado About Nothing; The Princess and the Pea; Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.; and Godspell.

The Silver Stage Players is a proud member of the Elko Chamber of Commerce and the Theater Coalition. For more information call 775-753-9768, e-mail SSP at act@silverstage.org or visit the company’s new web site at: www.silverstage.org. We are the Silver Stage Players…the state of the arts in Elko!