If you don't get one in about a week, call and leave your address on our
phone machine or, just pick one up when you come to the first show,
CROSSING DELANCEY June 3rd!

Graduation the Ticket for Kechi Office Girl

You’ve seen her in our box office for years – whenever you buy tickets or soda pop, she’s the person who takes your money while dispensing smiles for free. But just look at her now – our little Shelby Gegen is all grown up! This graduation photo, taken of her and sister Maddie, shows what a beautiful young woman Shelby has become! This fall she plans to continue her education as a college freshman, but in the mean time, luckily for us, she’ll still be helping out around the Playhouse this summer.

Kechi has a cast for Crossing Delancey!

It's official - rehearsals are underway for our first show and we have a marvelous cast! Pictured right is Sally Pedruzzi who will be playing our Jewish Matchmaker. Sally has appeared on the Kechi stage numerous times, most recently as the grandmother in There Goes The Bride. Other cast members will be Beckie Jenek as Izzy, Duane Bristow as Tyler, Nick Bishop as Sam and newcomer, Abri Geist as Bubbie. What a way to kick off our 28th year!

Auditions for the first three shows of the 2010 season will be held on Tuesday/Wednesday, April 27th and 28th at the Playhouse located at the corner of North Oliver and 61st St. starting at 7:00 p.m. All 3 shows are comedies and the parts are as follows ~

Crossing Delancey June 3 – 27

Izzy, a modern woman who owns a book store
Bubbie, Izzy's grandma
Hanna, a Jewish yenta
Tyler, a man Izzy finds interesting
Sam, a man who makes Kosher pickles

‘Til Beth Do Us Part July 1 – August 1

Suzannah, an over-worked executive for Carmichael's Chocolates
Gibby, Suzannah's nice laid-back husband
Margo, Suzannah's close friend
Hank Russell, Margo's husband and Gibby's friend
Beth, Suzannah's new, efficient assistant
Celia Carmichael, the owner of Carmichael's Chocolates

Nobody’s Perfect August 5 – 29

Leonard, a single dad who has written a romance novel
Dee Dee, his teen-age daughter
Gus, Leonard's "swinging" senior citizen father
Harriet, a publisher

Reading material will be provided. We will post a second audition later in the season for the September and October shows.

Kechi Kitties Caught Cat Napping!

Here newest family members surround the gray Grande Dame herself. Counter-clockwise from upper left we find Fluffy, Buba, Claude, and Sarah. Will the "youngsters" continue the tradition of their predecessors by greeting audience members as they enter and exit the Playhouse? Only time will tell. However, if, like the tower of London, which is suppose to stand only as long as ravens grace the lawn, Kechi needs cats to insure its existence, we have enough for many years to come!

Late Snow ZAPS Flowers at KECHI PLAYHOUSE!

Yes, it's true, The snow buried all our early flowers, but don't worry, they are still bravely hanging in there, looking just a little worse for wear.
I love seeing the flowers come up every year, because it tells me it's almost time for the Playhouse to open up. It's been a long winter and it will be nice to get rolling once more.


It's kind of hard to believe but when we open on June 3rd this year it will be our 28th season! And our 140th production! Come October that total will be up to 144. We are only able to say that because of our loyal audience members and the many great performers who have supported us through all those years.

Writing, Writing, Writing!

No, that's not me writing the latest blog entry, it's Michele Marshall playing Ann Landers in our one woman production of The Lady With All the Answers. I hope you got to see it - she was wonderful!

And speaking of one woman shows, the reason I have not been blogging lately is I've been busy writing a one woman play of my own to send in to the Off Off Broadway Playwrighting Contest sponsored by Samuel French. It was sent off to New York with the necessary postmark on the last day that submissions were being accepted. Yes, I know, that was cutting it a little close!

Judges will select 40 finalists to be staged and from those 40 productions, six plays will be selected as winners to go into this year's anthology. I have never sent a play into a contest before, so it is all very exciting. We should find out if the play made it into the top 40 sometime in May. Cross Your Fingers!