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<div align="center"><font size=6 color="#008000"><b>The Confused
Greenies<br>
</font><font size=5 color="#800080"><i>Presents a Patchwork Players
Production<br><br>
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<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/plays/2009-12-10_The-Phantasmagorical-Contraptions.html">
The </a>Phantasmagorical Contraptions of Dr. A. P.
<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/plays/2009-12-10_The-Phantasmagorical-Contraptions.html">
Pliance<br>
</a></i></font><font size=5>A Victorian Steampunk Comedy<br>
</font><font size=4>by Gillian Daniels & Aaron Teiser<br>
Thursday, December 10: 8:00pm<br>
Friday, December 11: 8:00pm<br>
<a href="http://www.case.edu/">Case Western Reserve University</a></b> -
<a href="http://wiki.case.edu/Nord_Hall"><b>Nord Hall 410<br>
</a></b></font>(see this
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Nord&mrt=all&sll=41.497569,-81.595502&sspn=0.01117,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=Nord&hnear=&ll=41.501812,-81.602154&spn=0.011169,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=A&cid=5109647858752181403">
Google map</a> - free parking off MLK Drive in the employee lot open in
the evenings)<br><br>
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It's Clockwork Patchwork in our silly steam-fueled farce of Victorian
melodramatic comedy in the improvised style of the Italian <b>Commedia
dell'Arte</b> and the British <b>Harlequinade</b>! The doophy inventor,
<b>Doctor A. P. Pliance</b>, is building yet another contraption! But...
what does it do? Could it be a new airship motor? A difference engine? A
tea kettle? But before the Doctor can try to figure out his own device,
he'll have to contend with the sappy romance between his niece <b>Lucinda
</b>and the clueless adventurer <b>Horatio</b>, the miserliness of his
landlord, <b>Pantaloon Bumble</b>, the bumbling of his zany assistant,
<b>Harlequin</b>, and the literal machinations of the clockwork doll
<b>Columbine</b>! It's a goofy gadget, crazy cog, steam-powered slapstick
clockwork comedy by <b>Nineteenth Century Standards</b>!<br><br>
<div align="center"><b><i>The Ridiculous Parts of the Contraption<br>
</i>Doctor A. P. Pliance</b> (an inventor of steampunk contraptions) --
Chuck Minch<br>
<b>Lucinda Pliance</b> (his niece, a <i>débutante </i>[First Night]) --
Paula Carver [12/10] & Julie Beckers [12/11]<br>
<b>Harlequin </b>(the doctor's lab assistant & street urchin) -- Jess
Rudolph<br>
<b>Columbine </b>(a clockwork doll and maid) -- Megan Matthews<br>
<b>Pantaloon Bumble</b> (a miserly landlord) -- Greg Tongue<br>
<b>Horatio Bumble</b> (his son, an airship pilot) -- Mike Brown<br>
<b>Professor Pepperpot</b> (a rival scientist) -- Lars Benthien<br><br>
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To celebrate the end to the most successful year of The Confused Greenies
(this marks our <b>29th and 30th performances</b> of 2009!) we are also
holding the proper Victorian treat, an <b>ice cream sundae social</b>
with ice cream provided by
<a href="http://www.toftdairy.com/"><b>Toft's</a>
<a href="http://www.toftdairy.com/"> Dairy</a></b> of Sandusky, Ohio -
the best ice cream around!<br><br>
Our performance begins at <b>8:00pm</b> on both <b>Thursday, December 10
& Friday, December 11</b>. Both our hilarious performance and
the ice cream sundae social are <b><u>free</u></b>! Parking is
available for free in the employee lot off of MLK Drive (labeled as
Stokes Blvd on the Google map) behind the buildings of the main campus
including Nord Hall.<br><br>
Please see the
<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/plays/2009-12-10_The-Phantasmagorical-Contraptions.html">
webpage</a> and online posters
(<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/ads/2009-12-10_The-Phantasmagorical-Contraptions_brief.pdf">
brief</a> [5 MB] and
<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/ads/2009-12-10_The-Phantasmagorical-Contraptions.pdf">
full</a> [82 MB], .PDFs) for more information and photographs.
Please email lazzi@case.edu with any questions!<br>
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foolishly yours,<br><br>
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Jess Rudolph (Niccolò Bartolazzi), Capocomico of the Patchwork Players
Productions:<br>
The Confused Greenies - the Greatest, Loudest, and Most Pompous Commedia
dell'Arte troupe at Case Western Reserve University<br>
i Verdi Confusi - the Greatest of the Newest Commedia dell'Arte troupe in
Northern Oaken of the Midrealm<br><br>
<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/" eudora="autourl">
http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/<br><br>
</a>-a hungry, hapless, and hopeful harlequin<br>
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