Fractured Fairy Tales: An evening of laughter
PC Players Readers Theater group presents Fractured Fairy Tales on Thursday, January 18 and Friday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom.
If you have a bit of a warp in your sense of humor, be sure not to miss this take on some old bedtime stories, adapted with a satirical slant from a book by James Finn Garner. A cast of 16 of your friends and neighbors twist and bend those old tales you thought you knew just for laughs.
We will be providing some light refreshments and there will also be an open cash bar to add to your enjoyment. Seating is at tables of 10 so take a seat or two seats or even a table for you and your friends.
Tickets are on sale for only $10 at the Eagle’s Nest kiosk from 10:00 a.m. to noon on January 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 and 15.
Please join us for this light-hearted and unexpected look at fairy tales that truly are “fractured.”
The PebbleCreek Musicians present…A Burst of Music XI – Spring Concert
Norma Whitley
The PebbleCreek Musicians are busy planning and rehearsing for the upcoming spring concert A Burst of Music XI. Come join us for an enjoyable evening with master of ceremonies Jerry Layne and vocalists Patrice Cole and Barry Janelle. This year the Musicians are featuring a variety of musical selections including pop, jazz, classical, rock and much more in the Renaissance Theater. Other guest performers to be announced in future PebbleCreek Post issues.
Save the Dates: Thursday, March 22, Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24 – Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: PebbleCreek Renaissance Theater. Ticket sales to be announced – look for information in the PebbleCreek Post and PebbleNews.
Musician of the Month – Steve Jensen
Norma Whitley
Steven Jensen was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Although he did not live there long, he is a Packers football fan.
Steve attended the University of Wisconsin and continued there at medical school. Following his studies at the university, he did his radiology training on the West Coast in San Francisco, continuing on the East Coast at Harvard University in Massachusetts. Following his training, Steve began practicing as a radiologist in San Francisco and then moved to the Twin Cities, Minneapolis-St Paul, to continue his practice.
In sixth grade Steve started to play the flute. As his interest in music developed, he learned to play guitar after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. About 10 years ago Steve added bass to his musical repertoire as he played in several music groups in the Twin Cities.
When Steve was in high school he played lead guitar in a band, which is where he met his future wife Pat. They married while Steve was in medical school and have four children, one in Minneapolis, two in Denver and one in Chandler, and have three grandchildren.
Steve has an interest in sports cars and has owned various Corvettes. Over the years, he has owned Corvette models from 1959, 1966, 2000 and 2014.
After looking for a retirement home in Scottsdale for years and never finding a community that interested them, a friend suggested that Steve and Pat visit PebbleCreek. After visiting, they knew they had finally found the community for which they had searched. They enjoy the active lifestyle and friendly talented people that live here. Steve enjoys social golf, international travel and is an avid pickleball player. Among the places he has traveled, Steve found Russia and China to be very interesting.
Steve likes music from the 60s and 70s as well as jazz and the Great American Songbook. Bruce Birnel, the director of the PebbleCreek Big Band, recruited him to play bass for the band. He has been the musical director of Showtime at PebbleCreek for over a year now and performed as a musician in White Christmas, a musician and priest in Nunsense and a musician in Vegas to Nashville. In addition, Steve plays bass with the PebbleRock band and SILK jazz ensemble.
The PebbleCreek community is fortunate to have people like Steve who are willing to share their talents with us.
Over the River and Through the Woods: PC Players March Production
Carrie Mataraza
You can hear the tune to this play’s title as you read it, right? And you know the rest of the line: “to Grandmother’s house we go—” so you can guess that Over the River and Through the Woods is a show about grandparents and their children’s children and the family dramadie that set-up can create.
At the Gianelli home in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sunday dinner with the grandparents is not only a tradition, it’s a way of life. The dinners epitomize love, loyalty and family so you’ll understand that when 40-something grandson Nick announces he has accepted a job offer in Seattle, it is time to panic. Why, the grandparents need to know, does he want to leave his family and the home they worked so hard for — leave them? Nick’s parents have already retired to Florida and his sister to another city – and now, Nick?
Is the solution to find a girl for Nick, one who will be so wonderful she will keep him in New Jersey? So okay, they’ll be matchmakers.
The pathos of the Italian grandparents’ dilemma is heartfelt, yet the comedy throughout is laugh-out-loud in this mix of universal emotions that projects from stage to audience. Though we empathize with these endearing characters and laugh along with them too, the themes of Over the River and Through the Woods are as universal as the play’s humor.
Over the River and Through the Woods was first performed off-Broadway in 1998 and ran for two years; a remarkable 800 performances. It is a show favorite of veteran theater-goer and performer, Barbara Faler, who is directing the PebbleCreek production. The cast includes some of your favorite PC actors and introduces some new ones: Ann Silverstein, Joe Chimera, Bernie Rubin, Dan Croy, Judy Layne and Krys O-Connell.
We’ll remind you to set aside an evening between March 7 and 10 to see a performance of this wonderful show in next month’s paper and on the eGroup because we know you’ll love it as much as the cast and crew do. Tickets go on sale in February, both in person and online, so please stay tuned for the purchasing details.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Hoboken in March!
PC Singers celebrate successful Christmas Concert
Donna Swagger
“Wow! What a beautiful concert!” “Well, the Singers did it again!” “We loved the wonderful selections and variety of music.” “This concert was the perfect way to get me in the holiday mood!” “We thought we were listening to a professional chorus.” These are just a few of the post-concert accolades from concert-goers. Director Gail Kennedy and the PC Singers extend their thanks to the PebbleCreek Community for supporting us and making our concert a huge success! Your thunderous applause and standing ovations were an inspiration to all of us!
The choristers, along with Director Kennedy and the production staff, got together on December 4 in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom for an evening of relaxation, fun and food-food-food. The celebration banquet, hosted by the organization’s executive board, was a time of expressing appreciation to all the people who contribute their time and talent to make the concert a success.
The chorus is accepting applications for all voice parts. The audition process is simple and auditions are private. Anyone interested in auditioning may contact Nancy Gustafson at 623-215-3292 or pick up an application form at the club information center in Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse.
The choristers’ five-week break will be ending shortly. They will reconvene on Monday, January 8 at 2:30 p.m. in the Renaissance Theater to start rehearsing for the spring concert. Performance dates for this concert are Wednesday through Saturday, April 25 through 28, 2018. Watch for future articles in the PebbleCreek Post for program details and dates of ticket sales.
9 to 5 the Musical is coming this spring
The cast and crew of 9 to 5 The Musical at their first rehearsal