As You Like It" Will Be Trilogy's Summer Play

Fut= ure Events:
Auditions for "As You Like It",
Trilogy's Shakespeare Play in the Park:
May 14, 15, 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Teen Center, 289 S. Maple Ave., Basking RidgeNewsletter

"Who doth ambition shun
And loves to lie in the sun",
sings a character in Shakespeare's "As You Like It",
One of the most popular pastoral plays ever written.
Bernards Township's Pleasant Valley Park is an outdoor
setting that is made for pastoral plays. This summer,
Trilogy Repertory Company will be bringing the two of
them together, as we put on "As You Like It" in the
park on July 25,26,31 Aug 1,2

"Here shall you see no enemy
But winter and rough weather".
Well, we won't be performing in the winter; the rough
weather remains to be seen.
The plot of "As You Like It" centers o= n the love story
of Orlando and Rosalind, two highly born characters
who are forced to flee from their own spheres to the
Forest of Arden. They meet again, = though Rosalind's
unexpected costume prevents Or= lando from recognizing
her, and their banter also involves some serious
teaching and learning. Rosalind is Shakespeare's
longest female character, and one of his most charming
women. The play also includes various rustic
characters and villains, as well as Touchstone, one of
Shakespeare's best fools, and Jaques, a misanth= ropic
sentimentalist. The play also contains numerous
songs, and many famous lines and speeches.
"As You Like It" has always been among Shakespeare's
most popular comedies. Trilogy is very pleased to be
performing it, for the first time, in the summer of
2008.

"Trilogy to Put= on "The Envelope Please!""

Trilogy and the Liberty Corner Fire Company will be presenting "an eve= ning of Broadway winners ... and losers" at 8:00 p.m. on May 23 and 24, at = the Liberty Corner Fire House, <= st1:address w:st=3D"on">95 Church Street in Liberty Corner. "The Envelope Please!" will present Broadway songs, and will be directed by Marion <= span class=3DSpellE>Doerr, and will feature several well-known Trilogy performers, including Rhyn McLemore, Joseph Sch= midt, and a variety of Hagovskys. Tickets are $= 25; for information, please call (908) 604-4800. Tickets will also be on sale= on Charter Day at the Trilogy and LCFC booths. There will be set-ups and snacks available for this event; bring your own bottle, and prepare to have= a night of musical fun.

Format to Change in 2009"

Trilogy has made the decision to jump into the 21st
century: to change the format of this newsletter, to
an e-mail format, effective for 2009. The current
format ("snail-mail") will continue to be used for
2008.
There are numerous reasons for making this change.
Most performing arts organizations already use e-mail
formats extensively. The change will allow Trilogy to
catch up with the new technology, and to deliver a
bigger and better quality of communications to our
loyal readers. The e-mail format is quicker than
snail-mail, and may allow us to send more frequent
issues of the newsletter. The e-mail format will
include links that will allow you to access files of
photographs of our productions and other events
easily, and it will be easy to forward to your
friends. It should be easier for us to prepare the
newsletter for "publication", and will be much cheaper
than snail-mail.
In order for the e-mail format to work for you, you
MUST keep us up-to-date with your e-mail address.
Please send your NAME and your e-mail address to us at<= /span>
[[OK, Bruce, how exactly do we want to do this?]].
Please do not assume that we already have your e-mail
address, and PLEASE try to remember to update your
e-mail address with us, when you change it.
We don't want to cut off those technological holdouts
out there, who don't use e-mail. We urge y= ou to try
to find a relative or friend who can help you to get
access to e-mail to receive our newsletters. If
that's not possible, we will continue to send
snail-mail copies of the newsletter, for a limited
time -- however, in order to receive such copies for
2009, you MUST use the coupon on this newsletter to
send us the request. Please be sure to make any
necessary changes to your address, on the other side
of the coupon. Our address is P.O. Box 199, Basking
Ridge, NJ 07920.
We believe that the vast majority of you will really
like this new format.As You Like It" Will Be Trilogy's Summer Play

Ridge Light Opera Wi= ll Perform "H.M.S. Pinafore"

Ridge Light Opera, which has sometimes shared Pleasant
Valley Park with Trilogy in the summers, will do so
again in 2008, performing "H.M.S. Pinafore" on
July 10,11,12,17,18,19.
This production will allow RLO to complete the
performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's three most
popular operettas; RLO also performed "The Pirates of
Penzance&quo= t; in 2003, and "The Mikado" in 2005. We are
all glad to see Bill Corson and his operatic
colleagues return to the park for this production.

Sleeping Beauty"= ; Was a Big Success

Trilogy Repertory Company's talented actors kept many
kids (and their parents) wide awake for the production
of "Sleeping Beauty" in January of 2008. The
production, under the management of Bev Webb and
Lorrie Lane<= /st1:Street>, played in several venues in the towns and
townships of Trilogy's geographical area, and was a
big success. At least one new community has already
asked about getting on the list for next year!
Many thanks to the actors and the backstage crew=
(including the transportation crew) who took on the
responsibility of getting the job done. It was
obvious that the audience did not think that it was a
real "dud of a day".

[Misc.]

We hope that many of you had the opportunity to see
the beautiful collection of Trilogy memorabilia that
has been on display at the Bernards Township Pu= blic
Library. The display focused on Trilogy's receiving
the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission's
2007 Excellence in the Arts Award (see the Fall = 2007
newsletter for an account of that event).
this display may also appear at the
Bernardsville Public Library in June.

Bern= ards Township's Charter = Day will be held on May
_17____, 2008. As usual, Trilogy will have a booth and
volunteers present. Feel free to drop by and say
hello, look at our display (including videos of past
productions), and catch up on upcoming events. You
may even get the opportunity to see Hank Barre perform
as the Town Crier

Trilogy's Girl Scout Workshop Was November 17

Trilogy Repertory Company held its annual Girl Scout
Workshop day on November 17, 2007, at Ridge High
School, in Basking Ridge. This event helped many Girl
Scouts to earn their Theater merit badges. Not as
many Scouts attended as usual, but the number was
still a couple of hundred. This event is Trilogy's
major fund-raiser for the year; many thanks to the
large number of volunteers, from Trilogy and the Ridge
High School Drama Club, who helped to make this event
a success..

Joseph... Dreamcoat" Is Coming Up

Jaye Barre will be directing a band of Trilogy = folks,
and many others, in a workshop camp production of
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" this
summer. The workshop camp will run from July 1 to
August 2, with rehearsals Monday through Thursday from
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and performances on July 31,
August 1, and 2, at 7:30 p.m. The location will be
Bishop Janes United Methodist Church, in the cent= er of
Basking Ridge.
Jaye will be directing the production, and Trilogy
veteran Marion Doerr will be music director; Ed=
Schroeder will be one of the rehearsal assistants.
There will be room for 50 young people in the cast,
and there is a fee of $195 per child for the workshop
camp. Applicants must register beforehand.
This production follows a highly successful production
of "Godspell", in the same format and= with the same
leaders, in the summer of 2007. For additional
information and requirements, call Kim Dial at Bishop
Janes, (908) 766-1108 Ext 5. We thank Kim= and all the
Bishop Janes volunteers for their past help, wi= th
"Godspell", and their future help.

Trilogy Congratulates Hank Barre and Ed Schroeder for t= heir critically acclaimed performances in Tennessee Williams’ “Cat o= n a Hot Tin Roof” for Summit Playhouse in May.