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Footlights celebrate 100 years of theater

The Walpole Footlighters recently celebrated their 100th anniversary with a gala party at the Olde Colonial Café in Norwood. Fittingly, the gala was held on April 13, which is Walpole Footlighters Day in the town of Walpole in perpetuity.

The Footlighters were formed in 1924 when Walpole High School Principal...

Celebrating 100 years with “A Christmas Carol”

by Elizabeth Connolly

Hometown Weekly Reporter

Next year is an exciting year for the town of Walpole, as it celebrates 300 years since first being incorporated in 1724 (prior to that, it was part of South Dedham). Coinciding with this momentous occasion is another joyous one: Walpole...

<strong>Footlighters open ‘A Comedy of Tenors’</strong>

By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

“One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong?” asks the summary of a play.

The answer is in Ken Ludwig’s farce, “A Comedy of Tenors”, which opened this...

By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

“One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong?” asks the summary of a play.

The answer is in Ken Ludwig’s farce, “A Comedy of Tenors”, which opened this...

By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

It is curtains up for the Walpole Footlighters even as the curtain falls on the first show of their 99th season. "The Humans", a play written by Stephen Karam and directed by Cammerron Baits, had its final performance this past Sunday at the Walpole Footlighters...

Footlighters to present ‘Other Desert Cities’

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The Walpole Footlighters are set to present “Other Desert Cities” this February. Successful writer Brooke Wyeth returns to her family’s home in Palm Springs to celebrate Christmas 2004 for the first time in six years. She brings with her the manuscript for her next book and her liberal politics. Brooke’s politics are an old...

Footlighters ready ‘Miz Arnette’ for stage

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The Walpole Footlighters first production of 2019 is "The Mystery of Miz Arnette" by Alan Bailey and Ronnie Claire Edwards. October 1934, Hardesty, Oklahoma – Widower Reuben Landers and his daughter Floy Kate are desperately trying to hold on to the family farm, but it’s very difficult when the soil keeps blowing away....

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Something funny’s going on, and it isn’t very pretty. The first line, sung by the entire cast of “Lucky Stiff” gives a nearly perfect description of the Walpole Footlighters’ newest production. Indeed, something peculiar was unfolding on stage, as a miserable shoe salesman, Harry Witherspoon (Francis Sheehan), receives a telegram....

Footlighters to present ‘Lucky Stiff’

The Walpole Footlighters are returning with their final production of the 2017-2018 season, "Lucky Stiff." Nebbishy British shoe store clerk Harry Witherspoon’s life is going nowhere until he learns that an American uncle he’s never met has left him $6,000,000 worth of diamonds. There’s only one catch – the terms of Tony Hendon’s will require Harry...

The Walpole Footlighters are in the midst of preparing the second show of their 2017-2018 season, “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory. The powerful play, based on true events, is set in the early part of the twentieth century and centers on ideas still timely today, such as women’s equality, scientific progress and its effect on...

Footlighters present fresh, Southern comedy

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Walpole Footlighters transported their opening night audience from the quiet suburbs to a perfectly-kept veranda as they watched the wild lives of four middle-aged women unfold in “The Savannah Sipping Society.” The Jones Hope Wooten comedy, directed by Wendy Stuart, held its opening night on October 20, and...

Footlighters presenting ‘The Savannah Sipping Society’

The Walpole Footlighters are set to open their 2017-18 season with “The Savannah Sipping Society.” In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by fate —and an impromptu happy hour — and decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for...

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By Geena Matuson Hometown Weekly Staff Quite a drama is taking place at Walpole Footlighters Playhouse, where the company is presenting Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” now through May 21. The 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around a small family living in 1942 Yonkers, New York - three generations of deceit and misguided family values...

Footlighters presenting ‘Lost in Yonkers’

The Walpole Footlighters are getting ready for their spring show at their Playhouse on Scout Rd. in East Walpole, where they are rehearsing “Lost in Yonkers.” This Neil Simon classic Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama will be performed weekends from May 5 to May 21. This is the third production of the Walpole Footlighters 2016-2017 season, their...

Walpole Children’s Theatre is presenting "King Midas and the Touch of Gold." The play is a faithful adaptation of the popular myth, which teaches that money and wealth aren't everything. King Midas is a powerful ruler who can think only of gold. His lovely daughter, Princess Penelope, is having a birthday, and noble guests come...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Walpole Footlighters have been around since 1924, which makes it no surprise that their performances are both very well-attended and incredibly well-performed. February 3 marked the opening of their new production, “Don’t Dress For Dinner.” Showing through February 19, this is the second production of the 2016-2017 season,...

Dover actress in Walpole Footlighters production

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The Walpole Footlighters are warming up winter at their Playhouse on Scout Rd. in East Walpole where they rehearse for the opening of their next show, “Don’t Dress for Dinner.” In the cast of this hilarious comedy is Dover’s Ashley Harmon. The show will be performed weekends from February 3 to February 19....

Footlighters warm winter with comedy production

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The Walpole Footlighters are warming up winter at their Playhouse on Scout Rd. in East Walpole, where they rehearse for the opening of their next show, “Don’t Dress for Dinner.” This hilarious comedy will be performed weekends from February 3 to February19. This is the second production of the Walpole Footlighters 2016-2017 season,...

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When the Walpole Footlighters open their first show of the season on October 21, Walpole’s Tracey O’Farrell will be appearing as Jeannie in “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” at the Footlighters Playhouse, 2 Scout Rd., Walpole. This is the opening show of the Walpole Footlighters 93rd season of continuous operation and their...

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When the “Peanuts” gang arrives at the Footlighters Playhouse at 2 Scout Rd., Walpole’s Luke Witherell will be portraying Snoopy. “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” will open May 6 and run through the 22. Luke is appearing in his first show with Footlighters, but has appeared here numerous times previously with Walpole...

Tag Archives: Walpole Footlighters

Footlights celebrate 100 years of theater

Celebrating 100 years with “A Christmas Carol”

Footlighters open ‘A Comedy of Tenors’

Footlighters open ‘A Comedy of Tenors’

Curtains up on the 99th season

Footlighters to present ‘Other Desert Cities’

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Footlighters ready ‘Miz Arnette’ for stage

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Footlighters season ends with a bang

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Footlighters to present ‘Lucky Stiff’

Footlighters presenting ‘Radium Girls’

Footlighters present fresh, Southern comedy

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Footlighters presenting ‘The Savannah Sipping Society’

Walpole Footlighters ‘Lost in Yonkers’

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Footlighters presenting ‘Lost in Yonkers’

WCT to present ‘King Midas’

‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’ wows Walpole

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Dover actress in Walpole Footlighters production

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Footlighters warm winter with comedy production

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Walpole’s O’Farrell to act in musical

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Walpole Actor in ‘Charlie Brown’

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