Scitamard to produce “The Face on the Barroom Floor"
Scitamard, the Gloversville High School Dramatics Society, announces the fall production of their 50th season, “The Face on the Barroom Floor”, an old fashioned melodrama by Tim Kelly. The production is under the direction of Michael S. Burnett, who has worked on over thirty Scitamard shows, as well as being a seasonal director at the Glove Theatre, where he will be directing “Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf” slated for January. 

The play is set in the 1890’s at the Teller House, a hotel in Central City, Colorado, and is based on an actual painting on the hotel’s lobby floor. The artwork has inspired the writing of a song, a poem, an opera, and this play. Like all melodramas, the show’s forlorn heroine is pursued by a villain and rescued by the dashing hero. When he hears that Madelaine Mockingbird, the hotel’s maid, has been left money by an old miner, Roderick Rodent plans to deceive her and take the cash. 

However, Jack “Toulouse” Goodhart, a painter, sees through Rodent’s treachery and sets out to save her. Various other odd characters populate the barroom, including a perpetually happy miner, a dour bar keep, and an Arabic entertainer. All of which add humor, mystery, and zany action to the show. Production staff members include Mary Cassaro, costume coordinator and Pat Zullo, photographer. 

The cast includes: 

• Nicole Gabree – Annie, 
• Karen Kovalovich – Sweet Madelaine, 
• Sonny Duross – Chick, 
• Frank Silveira – Herbie, 
• Jess Eagan – Dusty, 
• Autumn Carey – Mrs. Van Cleve, 
• Caitlyn Suchy – Little Gloria, 
• Michael Cannon – Jack Goodhart, 
• Amanda Peterson – Bella Yukon, 
• Alaina Peterson – Fatima, 
• Michael Danise – Roderick Rodent, 
• Michael Johnson – Judge Fleesum, 
• Strange Lady – Kaitlyn Lee, 
• Beth Sanges – Theda Swansong

Production Assistants are:

• Lauren Baker, 
• Violet Burkus, 
• Will Eagan 
• Megan Johnson.

Stage Crew members are:

• Nick Ligon – Audio Technician, 
• Sam Esposito and Steven Morrison – Lighting Technicians, 
• Gabby Gable – Technical Prompter, 
• Patrick Oarr – Curtain, 
• Christine Aesch and Erica Basco – Stage Managers, 
• Mike Spinks – Spotlight, 
• Leah Bushnoe
• Donald Mureness – Set Coordinators

Tickets and refreshments will be handled by Darlene D’Onofrio, and Mary and Richard Pekins. 

Performance dates are set for Nov. 17, 18, and 19 at 8 p.m. in the GHS auditorium. Tickets available at the door are $6.