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Seasons of Hope
Featuring Special Guest Host Brittany Campbell
Friday, May 7 at 8:00 pm
Since it's always the season to demand a more equitable and fair society, this premiere of the Olney Home Hour will be retitled "Seasons of Hope." Our ensemble, staff, and guests will share their hopes for a more just society through songs, skits, and stories, and celebrate voices from our past that have called for a better world. Special performances from Brittany Campbell and a spotlight on the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project will pave the way for the 2021 installment of our impactful program JUST ARTS: A CELEBRATION OF ARTS AND ACTIVISM, that premieres live this summer on our Root Family Stage.
The Olney Home Hour is an online, monthly revue featuring Eleasha Gamble, Jessica Lauren Ball, Jay Frisby, and Bobby Smith. Joined by a special guest host for each installment, every month celebrates the season with songs, skits, and the feeling of community that has made Olney Theatre so special for so long.
The Olney Home Hour is free to view. However, we welcome your donations of support, and if you are interested in sponsoring an actor, episode or the whole program, get in-touch.
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Jessica Ball
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Jay Frisby
Jay Frisby Previous Olney Theatre Center credits: Matilda (The Doctor/Sergei), The Royale (Wynton), Miss You Like Hell, South Pacific, Annie, Mary Poppins (Northbrook/Park Keeper). NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOURS: South Pacific, Hong Kong Disneyland: Festival of the Lion King (Simba), Click Clack Moo, The Whiffenpoofs of Yale. REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Café, Ogunquit Playhouse: South Pacific, Papermill Theatre: West Side Story (Chino), Seussical. DC AREA: Imagination Stage: Cinderella (Prince Jason) [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Production in a Musical], The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Signature Theatre: The Scottsboro Boys (Charles Weems/Victoria Price) [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble], Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet, Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Buddy Holly Story, Miss Saigon. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre Studies from Yale University. JayFrisby.com
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Eleasha Gamble
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Bobby Smith
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12/18 Guest Host: William Michals
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2/12 Guest Host: Alan Muraoka
Alan is best known as "Alan" the proprietor of Hooper’s Store on Sesame Street for the past 20 seasons of the most influential children's show ever. Olney audiences however also know as a director of past seasons' shows Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and Once On This Island.
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3/26 Guest Host: Valeria Morales
She wowed critics and audiences alike as Olivia, the emotionally conflicted daughter of an undocumented immigrant in Miss You Like Hell. Now she returns for the Olney Home Hour: Seasons of Renewal. It makes sense that our youngest guest host ushers in spring.
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5/7 Guest Host: Brittany Campbell
Brittany Campbell is beyond a triple-threat. She's a quintuple-threat an award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, animator, and actress. Since starring as Eliza Doolittle in OTC's My Fair Lady, Brittany has joined the Chicago cast of Hamilton and released her own album. Her song, "Matter" was included in the NPR 2020 Timeline of Protest Music.
Latest Episode
Seasons of Renewal
Featuring Special Guest Host Valeria Morales
Friday, March 26 at 8:00 pm
March comes in like a lion, but we're escorting it out with a springtime extravaganza.
Past Episodes
Seasons of Love
Featuring Special Guest Host Alan Muraoka
Premiered: Friday, February 12 at 8:00 pm
Grab your sweetie and settle in for an evening of romance, passionate ballads, and the folly of love.
Seasons of Love
Intro by Alan Muraoka
"Dance Me To the End of Love" performed by Jessica Lauren Ball and Matt Schleigh
Valentines - Block "A"
"Stand By Me" performed by Jay Frisby
A Cat Love Story by Alan Muraoka
Valentines - Block "B"
"Seasons of Love" performed by the kids from Matilda
Sharing the Love with OlneyHELP
"Candide Overture" performed by Christopher Youstra, Christopher Youstra, and Donna Migliaccio
"I Love a Piano" performed by Bobby Smith
Valentines - Block "C"
Pandemic Theatre Center: Episode II - Seasons of Bobby
"Forever Young" performed by Eleasha Gamble
A Tribute to Herb by Alan Muraoka
Valentines - Block "D"
Excerpt from: "Thanksgiving Surprise" performed by New Voices
"My Funny Valentine" performed by the Ensemble
Seasons of Joy
Seasons of Joy
Featuring Special Guest Host William Michals
Premiered Friday, December 18 at 8:00 pm
Featuring:
Intro by William Michals
"Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas" performed by Eleasha Gamble
Holiday Wishes Part 1
"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
"Cool Yule" performed by Bobby Smith
"You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" performed by William Michals
Holiday Wishes Part 2
"When I Grow Up" performed by the cast of Roald Dahl's Matilda: The Musical
Holiday Memories Part 3
Pandemic Theatre Center: Seasons of Joseph
Holiday Memories Part 4
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" performed by Jessica Lauren Ball
"Twas the Night Before Christmas...at Olney Theatre" performed by OTC Apprentice Alumni
Holiday Greetings from Maestro Christopher Youstra
"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) performed by Jay Frisby
"Auld Lang Syne" performed by the Company
Sponsors
Principal Series Sponsors
Ray and Ellen Youstra
Productions Sponsors
Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnson
Bill & Jen Youstra
Artist Sponsors
Sandy Bieber and Linda Rosenzweig sponsoring William Michals
Phyllis and David Bottegal sponsoring Eleasha Gamble
Paul Henderson sponsoring Jay Frisby
Andi Kasarsky sponsoring Bobby Smith in honor of Susan Finkelstein
Steve C. Phan and Richard J. Poster sponsoring Brittney Campbell
Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnson sponsoring Jessica Lauren Ball
Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnson sponsoring Alan Muraoka
Paul Henderson sponsoring Valeria Morales
And a special thanks to our corporate sponsors
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December 18 - May 7 2021
