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Theatre Productions

Top to Bottom: "Elrond"
by Reverend Don Ford, "Lord Spitfire" by Cristina
Woodall, "Aardvark Evenkeel by Rosalind Marshall,
and "Elf" by Gage Lovet. Photo by
Jeff Laydon |
The Lord of the Springs
An Original Play Written by the Cast
(With apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien)
February 20 & 21, 27 & 28, 2003
Pagosa Springs High School Auditorium
"A curious glass snow globe of sulphurous hot
springs water leads four Hobbits on a quest, straight into
a deadly battle between the forces of good and evil."
When Pagosa Pretenders Family Theatre began in 1994, the
goal was to create a new style of theatre that was especially
attractive to families — on stage, as well as in the audience.
That meant coming up with a process that was, first of all,
fun for all ages and all experience levels, and also a
process that allowed us to create roles and characters suited
to the family members involved as actors.
The improvisational
process we have come up with over the years, does a pretty
good job of fulfilling those requirements. The process is
a highly creative, cooperative experience for the actors. (Continued...)

Back to Front: "Randolf"
by Randi Anderson; "Acorn Arrowshirt" by Kyle
Kammolz, "Smellum" puppeteer Rachel and Emilie
Schur, "Giblet" by Emmi Greer and, "Elfelffa"
by Jefferson Reardon Photo by Jeff Laydon |
Nearly all of the live theater that most Americans get to
see is built around well-polished scripts perfected on the
stages of New York or Los Angeles, and provides a wonderful
experience for both audience and actors — but the production
process of such shows is very much about duplicating a show
that has been successful on hundreds of other stages. We sometimes
forget that all of these highly popular plays were originally
CREATED by writers and actors out of a simple spark of someone's
idea. (Continued...)

Lord Spitfire (Christina Woodall)and
the Head Horseman (Jane Schur) put their heads together
and scheme the death of their enemies. Photo
by Clarissa Hudson |
Pagosa Pretenders Family Theatre and Artstream Cultural Resources
are providing our community's families a chance to experience
that creative process first hand, by involving them in the
creation of an original, never-before-seen play — one that includes
the words and ideas of all the participants.
It may not be
a Broadway show, but it's definitely OUR show. We hope you
enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed creating it!
--Mark Brown, Bill Hudson, Julie Reardon

The White Army prepares for battle against
the forces of Lord Spitfire. |
"Seven Globes for the Iceland Springs under the sky,
Three for Old Faithful in Yellowstone, Nine for the Everglades,
doomed to die, One for the Pagosa Springs in its mountainy
throne, In the lad of the Rockies, where no shadows lie, One
Globe to rule them all, one Globe to find them, One Globe
to bring them all into the Smell and bind them, in the land
of the Rockies, where no shadows lie!" (Adapted by Rachel
Jensen)
The
fine "forked" and "feathered" warriors
in their "armor." Photo by Clarissa
Hudson |
Over 100 actors were in the play, ages ranging from 5 to
70 years old with another 25 family members who volunteered
as backstage and production crew. A live band played tunes
from the 40s and 50s with new lyrics written by Bill Hudson
and Mark Brown. Band members included: John Graves on piano
and arrangements, Chris Pierce on bass, Jeff Burkett on guitar,
Larry Elginer on trumpet, and Jesse Morris on drums.
The new lyrics sung to familiar tunes were written specifically
for this play:
"Fuzzy Feet" (sung to the tune
of "Ain't She Sweet" by Jack Yellen & Milton
Ager)
"Journey Through the Mountain"
(sung to the tune of "Sentimental Journey" by Bud
Green, Les Brown and Ben Homer)
"Falling in Love Again" (sung to
the tune of "Falling in Love Again" by Frederick
Hollander & Sammy Lerner)
"Over There" (sung to the tune
of "Over There" by Geroge M. Cohan)
"I Love Precious" (sung to the
tune of "I Feel Pretty" by Leonard Berstein &
Stephen Sondheim)
"We've Got a Hot Springs" (sung
to the tune of "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin)

Young and old fuzzy feet folk
wait for the arrival of their leader.
Left to Right: David Prather, Joshua & Elliott Harwood,
Quinn Smith
Photo by Clarissa Hudson |
Actors included:
Jennifer Pitcher and daughter, Miah Pitcher, Matti Aiello,
Hope, Harrison and Harvest Forman, "Smellum" puppeteers
Emilie and Rachel Schur, Jane Schur, Julia Nell, Del Greer,
Gage Lovett, Cela White, Jane Schur, Malinda Fultz, Claire
Versaw, Jeff Laydon, Quinn Smith, Elliot Harwood, Joshua Harwood,
Ashley Angell, Alexander Baeckmann-Elge, jordin Frey, Braden
and Mitch Higby, Alyssa Laydon, Danielle, David and Lisa Prather,
Alissa Snyder, Candy Fleming, Allison Hart, Kelly Crow, Shanti
Johnson, Randi Andersen, Jessica Low, Natalia Clark, Thomas
and Timothy Levonius, Will Smock Egan, Kelsea Anderson, Betsy
Schur, Iimberly Rapp, Cate Smock, Rachel Montoya, Hannah Clark,
Zach Brown, John Egan, Rosalind Marshall, Jefferson reardon,
Kyle Kammolz, Reverand Don Ford, Emmi, Evan, Del and Addi
Greer, Wesley Royston, Trace Gross, Devin Vining, Josh Jones,
Dylan Burkesmith, Kallie Ray, Jonathan and Hayley Hudson,
Kara Hollenbeck, Gary August, Belinda Cotton, Connie Wienpahl,
Clarissa Hudson, Cristina Woodall, Sara Vining, Belinda Cotton,
Del Greer, Roger Jensen, Will, Courtney and Trey Spears, Jessica
Blum, Chanlor Humphrey, Sierra Bryson, Kallie Ray, Josh Jones,
JordinFrey, Mark Brown, Chrissy Karas, Summer Pierce, John
Porter, Sydney Satel, Dan and Sandy Gnos, Nomad, Kathryn and
Buck Frisbee, Chris Nobles, Joe Quick, Robert Garcia, Adam
Parnell, Will Candy, Wesley Riecker, Steven Hanning, Steven
Davis, Garrett Stoll, Timothy Levonius, Dylan Koch, David
Durkee

"Smellum" meets "Frida"
(Candy Fleming) and "Spam" (Allison Hart)
in Elrond's Forest Enclave.

Smellum
takes a bow after his popular debut song and dance.
Puppeteers Rachel and Emily Schur. Puppet created by Clarissa Hudson.
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Special Thanks to:
The Pagosa Sun, KWUF, Pagosa Music Boosters, Michael DeWinter,
Susan and Mike Garman, Carol Anderson, Jeff Laydon and Pagosa
Photography, Jim Smith Realty, Pagosa Samurai Academy, Pagosa
Springs Arts Council, San Juan Ballet Academy, Moonlight Books,
Wolf Tracks Bokstore & Coffe Co., Chris Hinger, Pagosa
Springs Junior High School, Sabine Baeckmann Elge, Methodist
Thrift Store, Ann Graves, Lisa Hartley, Pagosa Springs High
School Staff, Waynette Nell, Human Society Thrift Store, Ace
Circle T Hardware, Bob & Shirley Hudson, Jeff Greer, Summit
Ski & Sports, Stephen Tholberg, River Run Studio, Hudson
Hudson, Ltd., McDonald's of Pagosa, Diamond Dave's Pawn Shop,
Plaid Pony, Pagosa Fun Place
Thank you to all the family members of the many actors who
volunteered for backstage and production crew! Thank you to
the hard-working actors for sharing a great time creating
a wonderful production!
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