Time to Taste the Stew
Salkehatchie Stew’s 2010 Play “Weathering the Storm”

 

Come Get a Taste of the 2010 Play at the Feb. 8 Public Reading of the Script!!

Auditions in All 5 Salkehatchie Counties Feb. 9-16

Rehearsals Begin Feb. 18

 

Play “Weathering the Storm” Public Read-through

 

Salkehatchie Stew will present a public read-through of the new 2010 Salkehatchie Stew play “Weathering the Storm” script at the B&G Civic Center on Highway 278 in Allendale at 6:00 pm on Monday, Feb. 8. 

 

At the read-through, the audience will have an opportunity to comment on and offer suggestions for the script and to sign up for auditions and other play volunteer activities. The production needs cast members of all ages, from 2 to 102 and any people interested in helping with the production as actors, musicians, carpenters, lighting and sound, props, publicity, fundraisers, child care, and lots of play support roles, from parking, to ushering, to helping with snacks and meals for the cast particularly during the last 2 weeks of rehearsals.  “Participation” forms will be available for interested people to pick up and fill out at the public reading, at all audition sites, and at the USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute in Allendale.

 

Auditions

 

Auditions for parts are planned in Allendale at the B&G Civic Center after the Feb. 8 read-through and on Saturday, Feb. 13 beginning at 10 am.  The audition schedule is:  Hampton, Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the Palmetto Theater Stanley Cultural Arts Center; Barnwell, Wednesday, Feb. 10 at the Circle Theater; Estill, Thursday, Feb. 11 in the Estill School District auditorium; Walterboro  Friday, Feb. 12 in the Colleton County Memorial Library large meeting room; and Denmark, Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the Dane Theater.   Audition times are 5:30-8:00 in Hampton, Barnwell, Estill, and Denmark.  In Walterboro, the times are 5:00-7:00 and people should use the rear entrance to the room after the library closes at 6 pm.

 

Rehearsals

 

Rehearsals will begin on Thursday, Feb. 18 at the B&G Civic Center, where most of the rehearsals will be conducted.  The rehearsal schedule and cast information sheets will be distributed at auditions.  The play will rehearse by scenes, with actors having a specific time to rehearse their scenes—based on the times they are available for rehearsal, which they will put on the play information sheet at auditions. 

 

Rehearsals are scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights and Saturday mornings.  Tentative rehearsal times are 6-9 pm during the week and 10 am-2 pm on Saturdays.  The last two weeks of rehearsal actors will have additional rehearsals when the entire play is put together with scenes and music. 

 

Play director Karen Whitlock and stage manager Beverly Sharp-Cook, who co-stage managed Dig Deeper, the 2009 play, have been busy developing an actor and crew-friendly schedule and information materials.  The production staff is paying attention to the 2009 cast’s comments and requests to make the rehearsal schedule responsive to the cast‘s daily schedules.   

 

Information

 For information, call or email Frances Chavous, Salkehatchie Stew Project Director and play producer: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (803-584-3446 ext. 242) or Mary Jones at the Salkehatchie Leadership Institute (803-584-3446 ext 188). Please leave a message and Frances or Mary will return your call as soon as possible.

 

 

 ABOUT SALKEHATCHIE STEW

Salkehatchie Stew is a pleasing dish of assorted ingredients and flavors.  We are constantly cooking up a medley of artistic expression through theatrical productions, visual arts, music, and spoken word. Creative juices from Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton and Hampton counties have been simmering together since 2006, cooking up the perfect Salkehatchie Stew. For those who enjoy variety on their menu we offer community productions and storytelling gatherings throughout the year. 

Salkehatchie Stew's 2010 play "Weathering the Storm"  combines South Carolina’s savory past and the diverse culture of South Carolina’s Salkehatchie region to create an unforgettable story for all ages. This play is packed full of individual flavorings that meld into a one-of-a-kind taste the Salkehatchie Stew calls “its own.” 

For those who take delight in hearing legends and spoken history, we offer Storytelling Celebrations, an event serving up regional and nationally known storytellers.  Storytelling has been shared for centuries to educate, instill moral values and pass history and folklore to new generations.  Salkehatchie Stew will continue preserving regional stories to ensure that our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will come to know and treasure local tales from the voices of our ancestors.

Stories have been carved, scratched, painted, and printed throughout our world’s history. By immortalizing them in plays, transcripts and digital recordings, Stew is providing valuable data for researchers and historians while building a local appreciation at the same time. We hope to generate mutual respect and admiration that will unite citizens from all backgrounds by incorporating storytelling into our communities.

Please join us in celebrating this culturally rich and tasty story of yesteryear through spoken word and community productions. Your patronage is the key ingredient to our longevity and success.