Once Upon a Mattress - May 13
Garrison Players Arts Center
Who's Who
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Theryn Virgina
as Princess Winnifred
Theryn is excited to be on the GPAC stage again, after her most recent role as Past in A Christmas Carol. She thanks her Happily Ever After fiancé for his continued support in her artistic endeavors and their 9 pet rats. She’d name them all but that would take a little while.
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Tinka Finley
as Queen Aggravain
Tinka Finley (Queen Aggravain) has been a member of GarrisonPlayers for 50 years, during which time she has directed,choreographed, or acted in over 30 productions, including “TheImportance of Being Earnest” for which she won the NHTA award forBest Actress of the Year. She has also performed at the originalTheatre-by-the-Sea in Portsmouth, ACT ONE, the Players’ Ring,Dover Repertory Theatre, and spent over 20 summers on stage atHackmatack Playhouse. Offstage, Tinka is enjoying her retirement ascomputer technician at Horne St. School in Dover.
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Tom Dunnington
as King Sextimus the Silent
Tom Dunnington has been with Garrison Players since 1972 purely by accident. His wife, Barbara, wanted to try out for a part in Camelot but she didn't know anyone in tyhe group so she asked Tom to go to tryouts with her for moral support. Tom met Bob Ellis, the director of the show at tryouts. Tom and Bob had gone to UNH together and sang in the Men's Glee Club. Tom had done tech work at Johnson theater while at UNH so Bob asked him if he could help build the set for Camelot which Tom agreed to do. He told Bob he could spare a weekend because he wouldn't have much extra time to do "non-lawyer activities." That was 51 years ago. Tom has been in numerous shows at GPAC. Among his favorites were Ben Franklin in 1776 The Musical; Sancho in Man of La Mancha; Billy in Anything Goes; Sid in Pajama Game; and Nicely-Nicley in Pajama Game. He thought being the King in "Mattress" would be easy because there were no lines to memorize. He was wrong.
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