DMTC Newsletter

The musical Oliver continues through December 3, 2006. Tickets are available online. Nothing works on the stage like a well-crafted tale, and OLIVER! is just such a show. Based on the Dickens novel, it will engage your audi

ence with its pathos and drama, while delighting everyone with its outstanding musical numbers. Food, Glorious Food, I'd Do Anything, Where is Love?, Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me, Who Will Buy and Reviewing the Situation are musical theatre classics. Dickens' characters are brought to life-perhaps larger than life-with all their facets glowing in this production.

Young Performers:
Velveteen Rabbit

Book, lyrics and music by Barnes Boffey and Paul Pilcher. Additional music by Bob Love. Based on the book by Margery Williams.

"What is real?" the Velveteen Rabbit asked the Skin Horse. "Does it hurt?" Often humorous to the point of absurdity, at times profound without being heavy, this musical adaptation of Margery Williams' classic follows the adventures of the toy rabbit as he tries to become real. On his way, the rabbit must deal with the Top Banana Nana, who rules the nursery with an iron hand, and the other more haughty

toys. The musical moves between the worlds of the toy closet and the nursery and is sprinkled with songs which bring responses from total laughter to misty eyes. The show can enjoyed by people from six to 106 years old. The Velveteen Rabbit is special because he identifies with children, and the message will never diminish as long as people search for the magic of love. A charming production for the entire family, performed by DMTC's Young Performer's aged 7-17. Seating is reserved. Purchase Tickets for Velveteen Rabbit

DMTC will be opening Jerry Herman's award-winning musical MAME on New Years Eve, December 31, 2006 at 8pm. New Year's Eve includes: Show, Buffet dinner (catered by Ludy's Main St BBQ, Tri-Tip, Chicken, a full turkey dinner (with all the trimmings), Pasta Alfredo, Pasta Marinara, salad, rolls and more!), Live DJ, champagne, sparkling cider, dessert. Join DMTC on news year's eve as this event is always a sell-out! Tickets are $40 each and always go fast! Purchase New Years Eve Tickets. Purchase NYE Tickets

End of the Year is fast coming upon us, and DMTC (a non-profit corporation) is an excellent place to make your year end tax deductible donation. We can accept in-kind donations as well as cash or stocks. Please contact us for more information of you can donate online or by mail (DMTC, PO Box 736, Davis, CA 95617)

Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) is pleased to announce the continuation of our new concert series, Keep the Music Playing in Your Community – Concerts to Benefit DMTC, with wonderful folk artist, Andrew McKnight. Since permanently leaving his corporate environmental engineering career in 1996, singer, writer and guitarist Andrew McKnight's musical journey has traced over a quarter million miles of blue highways and small towns across the country, crafting his cinematic vignettes of Americans and their landscapes in music, poetry and prose in between 125 performances each year and on four critically acclaimed CDs on the local independent Falling Mountain Music label (www.fallingmountain.com). That impressive discography includes his latest Beyond Borders, a finalist for the Independent Music Awards 2005 Americana Album of the Year as well as the Washington Area Music Awards Best Contemporary Folk Recording. Beyond Borders includes his song “Good Things Matter”, Winner of the 2005 Great American Song Contest, Acoustic/Folk category. Wherever McKnight takes the stage, audiences are at once spellbound and relaxed by his entertaining stories delivered with just the right touches of down home humor, causing one concertgoer to label him "equal parts Robert Frost, William Least Heat-Moon and Jeff Foxworthy!" He has shared those attributes in a wide variety of performance settings, including the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the Kennedy Center and the National Theatre in DC, Appalshop Theatre, Mountain Stage NewSong Festival, Chattanooga Riverbend Festival, Baltimore's Artscape Festival, and the nationally syndicated public and satellite radio show River City Folk. A longtime advocate for preserving American landscapes and heritage, particularly at home in northwestern Virginia, several of McKnight's songs are rooted in Appalachian history and culture, including the haunting Civil War ballad "The Road to Appomattox" and "Company Town", which leads off the 2004 compilation CD Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Reviews "blends wry and romantic stories with keen tuneful observations in a delicious mix of folk, blues and bluegrass... a man not to be missed!" - The National Theatre "As a singer and songwriter, McKnight is a marvel...brings a deep truth to his words and music that resonates with an irresistible charm...His voice itself is one that you can literally listen to for hours, savoring its mellow sound like a fine mountain wine." - Times-Standard, Eureka CA "covers abundant and fertile ground, musically and lyrically, though it seems unfair a gifted songwriter should also possess such a fetching voice and hot chops" - KUT FM "Folkways", Austin TX "Pick your favorite poet or balladeer and McKnight will equal them with an Appalachian soul" - Victory Review "this brilliant guitar player brought those (Blue Ridge) mountains with him...Relating story after story and song after song, often combining his interest in geography, history and a keen eye for the human spirit, Andrew presented a night overflowing with fantastic original material which could only be rated with Blue Ribbons, 5-Stars and a couple of thumbs up." - Tidewater Friends of Folk Music

Davis Musical Theatre Company
NewsLetter	November 2006
In this issue: • Oliver! • Velveteen Rabbit • New Years Eve • Concert Series • Support DMTC with Year End Tax Deductions
Main Stage: Oliver The musical Oliver continues through December 3, 2006. Tickets are available online. Nothing works on the stage like a well-crafted tale, and OLIVER! is just such a show. Based on the Dickens novel, it will engage your audience with its pathos and drama, while delighting everyone with its outstanding musical numbers. Food, Glorious Food, I'd Do Anything, Where is Love?, Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me, Who Will Buy and Reviewing the Situation are musical theatre classics. Dickens' characters are brought to life-perhaps larger than life-with all their facets glowing in this production. Purchase Ticket to Oliver Young Performers: Velveteen Rabbit Book, lyrics and music by Barnes Boffey and Paul Pilcher. Additional music by Bob Love. Based on the book by Margery Williams. "What is real?" the Velveteen Rabbit asked the Skin Horse. "Does it hurt?" Often humorous to the point of absurdity, at times profound without being heavy, this musical adaptation of Margery Williams' classic follows the adventures of the toy rabbit as he tries to become real. On his way, the rabbit must deal with the Top Banana Nana, who rules the nursery with an iron hand, and the other more haughty toys. The musical moves between the worlds of the toy closet and the nursery and is sprinkled with songs which bring responses from total laughter to misty eyes. The show can enjoyed by people from six to 106 years old. The Velveteen Rabbit is special because he identifies with children, and the message will never diminish as long as people search for the magic of love. A charming production for the entire family, performed by DMTC's Young Performer's aged 7-17. Seating is reserved. Purchase Tickets for Velveteen Rabbit New Years Eve DMTC will be opening Jerry Herman's award-winning musical MAME on New Years Eve, December 31, 2006 at 8pm. New Year's Eve includes: Show, Buffet dinner (catered by Ludy's Main St BBQ, Tri-Tip, Chicken, a full turkey dinner (with all the trimmings), Pasta Alfredo, Pasta Marinara, salad, rolls and more!), Live DJ, champagne, sparkling cider, dessert. Join DMTC on news year's eve as this event is always a sell-out! Tickets are $40 each and always go fast! Purchase New Years Eve Tickets. Purchase NYE Tickets Support DMTC End of the Year is fast coming upon us, and DMTC (a non-profit corporation) is an excellent place to make your year end tax deductible donation. We can accept in-kind donations as well as cash or stocks. Please contact us for more information of you can donate online or by mail (DMTC, PO Box 736, Davis, CA 95617) Concert Series-Andrew McKnight-Nov 19, 2006, 7:30pm Purchase Tickets Davis Musical Theatre Company (DMTC) is pleased to announce the continuation of our new concert series, Keep the Music Playing in Your Community – Concerts to Benefit DMTC, with wonderful folk artist, Andrew McKnight. Since permanently leaving his corporate environmental engineering career in 1996, singer, writer and guitarist Andrew McKnight's musical journey has traced over a quarter million miles of blue highways and small towns across the country, crafting his cinematic vignettes of Americans and their landscapes in music, poetry and prose in between 125 performances each year and on four critically acclaimed CDs on the local independent Falling Mountain Music label (www.fallingmountain.com). That impressive discography includes his latest Beyond Borders, a finalist for the Independent Music Awards 2005 Americana Album of the Year as well as the Washington Area Music Awards Best Contemporary Folk Recording. Beyond Borders includes his song “Good Things Matter”, Winner of the 2005 Great American Song Contest, Acoustic/Folk category. Wherever McKnight takes the stage, audiences are at once spellbound and relaxed by his entertaining stories delivered with just the right touches of down home humor, causing one concertgoer to label him "equal parts Robert Frost, William Least Heat-Moon and Jeff Foxworthy!" He has shared those attributes in a wide variety of performance settings, including the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the Kennedy Center and the National Theatre in DC, Appalshop Theatre, Mountain Stage NewSong Festival, Chattanooga Riverbend Festival, Baltimore's Artscape Festival, and the nationally syndicated public and satellite radio show River City Folk. A longtime advocate for preserving American landscapes and heritage, particularly at home in northwestern Virginia, several of McKnight's songs are rooted in Appalachian history and culture, including the haunting Civil War ballad "The Road to Appomattox" and "Company Town", which leads off the 2004 compilation CD Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Reviews "blends wry and romantic stories with keen tuneful observations in a delicious mix of folk, blues and bluegrass... a man not to be missed!" - The National Theatre "As a singer and songwriter, McKnight is a marvel...brings a deep truth to his words and music that resonates with an irresistible charm...His voice itself is one that you can literally listen to for hours, savoring its mellow sound like a fine mountain wine." - Times-Standard, Eureka CA "covers abundant and fertile ground, musically and lyrically, though it seems unfair a gifted songwriter should also possess such a fetching voice and hot chops" - KUT FM "Folkways", Austin TX "Pick your favorite poet or balladeer and McKnight will equal them with an Appalachian soul" - Victory Review "this brilliant guitar player brought those (Blue Ridge) mountains with him...Relating story after story and song after song, often combining his interest in geography, history and a keen eye for the human spirit, Andrew presented a night overflowing with fantastic original material which could only be rated with Blue Ribbons, 5-Stars and a couple of thumbs up." - Tidewater Friends of Folk Music
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Main Stage:

Oliver