Bridgeton Blew Its Horn

WOW, Friday night was our opening!

And a hail storm shook the electric out of our auditorium! The performance had to be cancelled due to the storm, the entire cast went on stage and joked with the audience and waited with them until it was safe to go outside. The electric did not return for a few hours.

Performances resume tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $13 Adults $11 Students/Seniors
All Performances held at Bridgeton High School Auditorium.

CHECK OUT OUR PROMO!

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Move in day!

Today is move-in day, which is scary because we only have two days to rehearse on stage, but our talented crew and cast are more than ready to get into the world of "Come Blow Your Horn." More updates will follow throughout the day ;-)

Less than a week!

The production is moving full-speed ahead and opening in less than a week. Please visit us on Facebook and visit our website. Watch for more information next week!

Come have some Boston Market!

Just a few things to remember:

"Come Blow Your Horn" will be presented as a dinner theater hosted by Boston Market with tickets for both the dinner and performance for $25. Reservations must be made in advance by calling (856) 451-5437. or by e-mailing jimcookjr06@gmail.com.

Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. on May 14 and 15 with the performance at 8 p.m. and at 2:30 on Sunday May 16. with a performance at 4 p.m.

To see the show, however, you don't need a ticket to the dinner. Tickets for the show only are $13 for Adults and $11 for Students/Seniors. Bridgeton High School students are eligible for a free ticket with proof of student I.D.

ALSO - The cast and crew will be holding a work party at Bridgeton High School on Saturday May 8th for anyone interested in providing a hand with the set construction. For more info e-mail jimcookjr06@gmail.com.

Keep an eye out for us in the news, pictures will be up soon!

"Like A Transfusion": Stepping back into the spotlight

A movie poster of Come Blow Your Horn starring Frank Sinatra. Featured right is Jill St. John as Peggy.

BY JESSACA WILFORD

Peggy Evans

It’s kind of a funny story how I got involved in this show but let’s rewind a couple of years. I have been involved in theatre since I was 13 years old. Theatre was my outlet from everything. I decided to go to Gloucester County Institute of Technology for theatre. So I spent my high school year immersed in it and never really did anything else. 

In the summer of 2007, I met someone who introduced me to Off Broad Street Players. I auditioned for Beauty and the Beast, was cast for the ensemble, and loved every minute of it! I stayed with OBSP for the next year. At the same time, I was still actively involved in GCIT’s theatre department. At one point I was doing three shows at once. It got to be too much for me. Some people can handle it but I couldn’t. 

I had spent my whole high school career portraying other people I never really got to figure out who I was. So when I graduated high school I decided I was done with theatre for the time being.

Fast-forward to March 12, 2010…

My phone rings. 

I answer. 

It’s Walter Webster. 

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Me come out for a show?! After two years off? I didn’t think I still had it. I was scared out of my mind. But another part of me told me I was ready. I needed to get back to the thing I love, the thing that I truly missed. I said yes and here I am.

So far the rehearsal process has been great! I was able to jump right back on the horse…as my mom put it. I think I’m doing pretty well. During the first read, it all started coming back. Things that I didn’t even know I knew, I was thinking of. Everything I thought I had lost was suddenly in the forefront of my mind again. It was like I never left! It was a though I had done it yesterday. I think that’s what made it ok. I mean what made me not run out of the room screaming. At first I was a little timid, but I knew I could do it. Everyone was so encouraging so that helped a lot.

Peggy. Mmmhhhh Peggy. She is so fun. She is like the best character to play after my break. So carefree and flirty. Two things which I am not. I think that’s why I like her so much. She comes off as dumb but she knows what she is doing. It is such a release to just get in her head and toy around with things. The accent is coming along but it is taking time to perfect. 

The other night I was talking to my best friend and she was like “Jess, you sound so weird. What is wrong with your voice?” here I had slipped in some Peggy and she was not used to it. Ha it was funny! I love it and am so excited with the way things are panning out!

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Jessaca Wilford is a student at Cumberland County College and a graduate of Gloucester County Institute of Technology where she studied theater. She has been featured in "Beauty and the Beast," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and "South Pacific" and notably with GCIT in "Once Upon a Mattress." 

Come Blow Your DIET!

This Sunday our cast ran all of Act One without scripts, which was very crazy and draining, but the pay off was AMAZING! The entire cast gathered and brought their own dishes for the traditional potluck dinner after rehearsal.

The unique part is that at the first rehearsal, cast member Jim Cook Jr. (Buddy Baxter) vowed in order to get healthy for the performance, to completely become a vegetarian. With this change of diet, it inspired other cast members to switch from the traditional covered dish meals to more healthier dishes! Below are pictures of the leftovers...

This dish, by Jessaca Wilford (Peggy Evans) is a completely vegan rendition of spinach and sausage casserole. It included fresh cut spinach, faux mozzarella cheese, and faux Italian sausage. 

This was a delicious non-meat version of traditional Matzoh Ball Soup. It was prepared by Joyce Massey (Mrs. Baker)

Jim Cook Jr (Buddy Baxter) made a traditional penne pasta dish sans the meat, an original recipe sauce that he developed while living in Italy. 

Director Walter A. Webster usually brings KFC fried chicken to covered dish dinners, but decided to make a switch to a healthier chicken-based dish by bringing personal Chicken Salads with Romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, and cherry tomatoes.

Only two left!

No covered dish dinner is complete without a Veggie tray...

...or a fruit tray! That cream in the middle was so sweet and tasty! 

Don Frankso's "Come Video Your Horn"