Medway & Millis October 2018

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THEATRE
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Prokes has directed four other
shows, including The Memorandum,
about Vaclav Havel, back
at Emmanuel College, musical
Precious Bane, in Needham last
year, and this past January, Assassins,
with music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim based on a
book by John Weidman. Following
Theatre Group of Millis’ The
Odd Couple, Prokes will also direct
Dracula, The Bloody Truth, at the
Milford Performing Arts Center
in December.
Bobby McCall, of Burlington,
who will play “Felix,” met
director Mark Prokes when they
were both students at Emmanuel
College. He has been acting his
whole life, but really became serious
in high school and college.
“I like playing annoying characters,”
says McCall, who played
in two productions of The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
as lead Chip Talantino both
times and has worked with the
Theatre Group of Millis once,
last year, for a production of Almost
Maine. “I like being the high
strung one and getting to do
the silly stuff that makes people
laugh.”
Peter Themistocles, of Millis,
who will play Oscar in the production,
is excited about the role,
specifically, he says, “Because
Oscar is completely opposite of
who I am. I am Felix Unger,” he
laughs, “so, Oscar, for me, is a
huge acting challenge. It’s going
to be hard for me to litter the
stage and throw those cigarette
butts down!”
Themistocles began acting
back at Framingham South
High School, and he credits his
two daughters, Olivia and Emily
with leading his way back to the
world of theatre as an adult.
“I wanted to get invested back
in theatre with my daughters –
they were trying for Wizard of Oz
– so I did, and (the theatre group)
took a big risk and gave me the
Tin Man, and I got hooked.” A
year later, Themistocles would
land a role as the mute king,
Sextimus, in Millis’ production
of Once upon a Mattress, and later,
as Harry McAphee in Bye Bye,
Birdie with the group. Breaking
out, Themistocles took on a role
as “Schmendiman” in Picasso at
the Lapin Agile, with The Center
for the Arts in Natick (TCAN),
and a couple months ago, he
played “Mr. Kirby” in a Milford
Theatre production of You Can’t
Cast members have a blast
rehearsing some of Simon’s
comedic scenes.
Take it with You.
The play will also feature
Milford husband-wife team as
Terry and Brendan Boelke as
Speed and Murray, Ben Kern, of
Framingham, as Roy, J.J. Lopes,
Tara Levasque, from Millis, as
Gwendolyn Pigeon, and Jade
Ansell, of Whitinsville, as Cecoly
Pigeon. The Theater Group of
Millis drew actors from neighboring
towns by advertising on
local casting sites, including Your
Theatre 411.
This November’s production
of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple,
again, on November 2nd & 3rd,
will take place at the Millis High
School auditorium, 245 Plain
Street, Millis. Tickets are $15 for
adults, and $10 for seniors and
students. For more information,
please visit www.millistheatre.org.
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