Drinking Habits 

by Tom Smith

Hilarious, laugh-out-loud farce, with accusations, mistaken identities, and romances running wild.   Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent’s doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and formerly engaged, are hot on their trail.  They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down.  Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.

Performances at Freeport Performing Arts Center,

30 Holbrook St, Freeport, ME  04032

August 8-10 and 15-17

Fri/Sat, August 8/9- 7:30 pm; Sun, August 10- 3:00 pm

Fri/Sat, August 15/16- 7:30 pm; Sun, August 17- 3:00 pm

Tickets on Sale now–click HERE. 

Presented by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc (www.playscripts.com)

FPAC is air-conditioned, and accessible.  

Cast:  Sister Philamena— Jillian Lovejoy; George, handyman—Nate Levesque; Mother Superior—Shirley Bernier; Paul—PJ O’Hanlon; Sally—Karyn Diamond; Sister Mary Catherine—Hali Fortin; Father Chenille—David Wallace

The director is Linda Duarte.

Questions:  Producers Judy Lloyd    jelloyd68@ yahoo.com    or Mike Powers  mkp1151 @gmail.com

Director, Linda Duarte  lindaduartebk @gmail.com

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Thanks for attending this fun show in May.  We had a great time. 

Death of a Hot Sauce Salesman

by Michael Druce

Comedy dinner theater by Freeport Players went very well.  Fun was had by all. 

   May 16 and 17 at First Parish Hall, 40 Main St., Freeport. 

Audience participation to solve the mystery:  Whodunnit?   Dinner, appetizers, and desserts included.   $45 per person.   BYOB.

This spicy comedy is filled with zany characters, outrageous lines, loads of puns, and plenty of hot sauce.  Prescott Knight, owner of the Hot Knights Genuine Pepper Sauce empire, discovers on the morning of the annual Knight Family Barbecue that someone is trying to kill him.  A family meeting is hastily arranged, and Prescott announces he is changing his will so that the recipe for Hot Knights will pass into the right hands. Hours later, family members find Prescott dead and the recipe stolen. Prescott’s family, his lawyer, the housekeeper, and the gardener are all suspects. With the help of audience members, who have been given clue packets, Judge Titus A. Drumm slowly unravels the mystery of whodunnit?

Dinner Menu:  BYOB !

Appetizers: Chicken wings with various dipping sauces—hot & mild; Veggie sticks; and Tortilla chips & salsa
Dinner: Taco dinner–taco shells with choice of meat or veggie fillings.  Tacos will be corn (GF) and flour. Toppings (various veggies, cheese, sour cream) and salsa will be available.
Desserts: Brownies with chocolate sauce (hot & mild); Cheesecakes with GF crust and fruit toppings; Other homemade desserts.
Beverages: Coffee, tea, water. BYOB.

The director is Linda Duarte, and the dinner chef is David Hansen, assisted by Jeremy Boone.

Play cast were: Sassy: Shirley Bernier, SueRae DuKane: Karyn Diamond, Magnolia DuKane: Hali Fortin, Brick Tarmac: Nate Levesque, Shiloh Devereaux: Jillian Lovejoy,  Prescott Knight: John Paterson, W.C. DuKane: Peter Nicoll, Juan: Henry Quintal, Pepper Devine: Dorothy Shull,  Helen Knight: Beth Saufler, Fester N. Boyle: David Wallace, and Judge Titus A. Drumm: Thom Watson.

Questions:  Producer Judy Lloyd    jelloyd68@ yahoo.com

Presented by Special Arrangement with Pioneer Drama Services, Inc., Denver, CO

Thanks to our 2025 Season Sponsor:

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Thanks for a fun and lively 2024 Season–

Radio, 12 Incompetent Jurors, and Murder at the Pie Auction

WFCP Home Time RADIO XVIII, 2024

We had a great time!  Thank you for being in the “studio” audience, for laughing and tapping your toes, and participating in the sing-alongs.

WFCP was “On the Air” (really live on stage at FPAC) on

December 6 & 7 at 7:30 pm, and December 8 at 2 pm, at

Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St.

Directors: Alicia Ouellette Belmore for sketches, and Alyssa Hawkins for music.  The show is set in 1940s-1970s.  Music and comedy of the era.  Live band on stage.  Sketch comedy with our actors.  And the sound effects table, with new Foley artists.  

Original sketches, from new episodes of Joe Tanner, PI and The Throbbing Heart, to new shows like Dinner with the Draculas and Talent Scouts on the Air.  Great songs of the era, including Love Me Tender, This Land is Your Land, and My Guy, and many more, with a live band onstage.  Wacky products like Gizzard Grits from Acme. And new hilarious sound effects folks!  But it’s only on stage, and not really on the radio.

CAST and SINGERS:

Shirley Bernier, Catherine Carty-Wilbur, Phil Chin, Johanna DeGrandpre
Nancy Kenneally, Don Labbe, Nate Levesque, Robert Lewis
Judy Lloyd, Andy Mass, Gayle Nelson, Peter Nicoll
Kendall Penndorf, Joe Quinn, Roey Reinen, Betsy Roper
Dorothy Shull, Jackie Stowell, Marguerite Walker, David Wallace, Thom Watson

BAND:  Alyssa Hawkins, Keyboards; Parker Kenyon, Instruments; Kent Nelson, Bass; Bill Cunningham, Guitar; Jarius Polley, Drums

“This Land is Your Land”                           Dr. Spivey’s for your itchy hiveys!

Performances were December 6-8, 2024. Questions, please contact Producer Judy Lloyd at jelloyd68@yahoo.com.

Thanks to our Radio Show Sponsor: 

 

Thank you to our 2024 Season Sponsor:

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Thank you for joining us for a laugh-out-loud experience with our traveling show in September and October!

12 Incompetent Jurors

When a man is accused of stealing six cats, it seems like an open-and-shut case. However, with an oddball jury squabbling over bizarre theories and personal grievances, the situation quickly spirals into chaos. Despite the clear evidence of guilt, juror #8, an aspiring lawyer, insists the man is innocent. Can he persuade the others, or will the jury’s comedic blunders and Juror #3, the only sane voice, lead them to a verdict? Enjoy the laughs in this hilarious twist on 12 Angry Men!  Written By Ian McWethy

The seven performance locations were Falmouth, Yarmouth, Pownal, Durham, Brunswick, and Freeport.  Thanks to our cast and crew for a great show.
Director:
Linda Duarte – lindaduartebk@gmail.com
Producers:
Johannah DeGrandpre – johannah683@gmail.com
Mike Powers – mkp1151@gmail.com

Lights: Scott Miller.  Concessions: Janet Lawrence

The Players

Shirley Bernier of Lisbon Falls, Phil Chin of Falmouth, Karyn Diamond of Steep Falls, Hali Fortin of Yarmouth, Nancy Kenneally of Lewiston, Nate Levesque of Lisbon, Peter Nicoll of Brunswick, Mike Powers of Woolwich, John Paterson of Freeport, David Wallace of Brunswick, Sparrow Wilbur of Freeport

 Presented by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. 

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Murder at the Pie Auction
  Murder Mystery “Dessert & Snack Theater” 
April 19th & 20th 2024

Friday was Sold Out!         Saturday was Sold Out!          Thank you all!!!

Our audiences were happy, and our actors enjoyed the very lively crowds, especially during the pie auction.  We had a great Murder Mystery Dessert Theater, Murder at the Pie Auction, at the First Parish Church Hall (downstairs in the First Parish/Meetinghouse Arts building, 40 Main St., Freeport) on 2 nights, April 19 and 20 at 7 pm.   We served snacks/apps, on the tables when you arrived:  Potato chips and dip; Tortilla chips and salsa; Crudités with ranch;  Turkey, lettuce, and red onion wrap w/ herbed cream cheese;  Ham, lettuce, and cheese wrap w/herbed cream cheese; Spinach, red pepper, and hummus wrap; Pigs in blankets w/ ketchup and mustard.       Homemade desserts (many pies, cakes, cookies, brownies and also Gluten-Free cheesecake and lemon cake …) were served mid-way through the play.   Also coffee.  All food included in the ticket price.  Lots of laughs, and audience participation.  It was a BYOB event.  Cast is below.

 Director: Linda Duarte. Producers: Judy Lloyd & David Wallace  jelloyd68@yahoo.com & david.wallace94@yahoo.com

                                            Murder at the Pie Auction    by Michael Druce

After years of trying unsuccessfully, the small town of Mynute, Alaska, finally lands the famous Mother Mabel’s Pie-Baking Competition — but it was all due to a typo mistaking Mynute for Minot!  The contest looks to be a disaster with no media or publicity.  To add to the tension, one of the contestants is writing a tell-all book about the seamy side of competitive pie baking. Making matters even worse, just hours before the competition begins, the pie judge goes missing. Has he been murdered?  And what about a missing celebrity baker? With an ample serving of motive and all the right ingredients for murder, this is the perfect “dessert theater” recipe for big laughs, lots of wordplay, outrageous characters, and hilarious audience participation.

Cast rehearsing:

Cast:

Phoebe Muffet, editor of the local newspaper                Dorothy Shull
Minaret Towers, Phoebe’s best friend                                   Beth Saufler
Felicity Hubbard, pie contest coordinator, all business    Karyn Diamond
Mark Tucker, Felicity’s high-strung assistant                        David Wallace
Rex Roberts, actor                                                                      Nate Levesque
Julia Lyle, pie-baking legend                                                      Shirley Bernier
Eve Simone, contest’s youngest baker, eager to take Julia’s place   Nancy Kenneally
Roger Marble, handsome, stylish, and formerly in love with Eve    Jared Lennon
Guy Templeton, pie connoisseur and judge                                          Phil Chin

                    Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Denver, CO.

 

Thank you to our 2024 Season Sponsor:

 

And Thank You to our 2024 business are organizational supporters:

Mainely Hair, Harraseeket Information Systems, Maine Wicked Goods Mercantile, Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections, Freeport Physical Therapy, Portside Realty (Rita Armstrong), Greater Freeport Community Chorus, Maine Idyll Motor Court, The Bakeshop, Bow Street Market, Bath Savings Bank, Freeport Woman’s Club, State Farm Insurance (Catrina Milliman), Maine Senior Guide, Antiquities Refuge League, Zachau Construction, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and Environment, Meetinghouse Arts, Greater Freeport Community Chorus, Derosier’s, Pet Pantry, Gritty’s Brew Pub.

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