WE HAVE LOST TWO BELOVED PLAYERS
 Patricia Till
passed away on April 19, 2016. She attended Smith College, from which
she graduated as a theater major. She performed professionally, holding
both Screen Actor's Guild and Actor's Equity Cards. She was active with
The Concord Players since 1955 both on and off stage in 51 productions.
As a director, she has to her credit three winning productions at the
Brandeis Theatre Festival and two Moss Hart Awards. She originated the
Showbus, a Concord Players institution, and expanded that concept to
form the Concord Theatre Tours, leading amateur theatre groups and
theatre tours in Britain. Patricia is survived by husband Derek Till and
her children. Family and friends are invited to celebrate Patricia's
life on Saturday, June 11, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Parish Church in
Concord, 20 Lexington Road, with a reception to follow in the church
hall.
 Marion Pohl
passed away on April 16. She is survived by her sons Ray and Mark, her
daughter Lisa and seven grandchildren. In 1958 she married her
high-school sweetheart, Raymond Pohl. Marion began with The Concord
Players working on the props crew for the 2002 production of Little Women,
and was engaged in eleven productions since then, working backstage on
crew, properties, set dressing and even costumes. Marion also served on
the Membership Committee. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
Friends of the Performing Arts, 51 Walden St., Concord MA 01742.
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AMADEUS A MUST-SEE SPRING HIT
Audience members sprang to their feet in tribute within seconds of the closing scene of the Players' production of Amadeus
last Friday night. Hoots, whoops and shouts of "bravissimo," punctuated
the extended applause for a cast who delivered a bravura performance of
Peter Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play. John Alzapiedi plays the
stricken Salieri, whose age shifts back and forth 30 years throughout
the story. He masterfully sustains his energy and fervor
throughout a performance that requires his presence onstage for every
moment of the show. Tom Sullivan as the mercurial Mozart transports his
character from triumph to desolation with the same unflagging intensity
that surely characterized the composer's own persona. Medical historians
now speculate that Mozart's genius was at times fueled by the manic
energy of bi-polar disorder. A supremely talented supporting cast,
sumptuous costumes, meticulously crafted from scratch and a splendid,
gilded hand-constructed set all contribute to a production that well
deserves its "bravissimo" for every performance.
For tickets, go to the Players ticketstage
--Linda McConchie
PLAYERS NEWS
Robert Runck is directing Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for Theatre III in West Acton. Performances June 3-4 and 10-11 at 8:00 p.m. For tickets, see ticketstage or call 978-263-9070. Players Sandy Armstrong, Nick Bennett-Zendzian and Kevin Nessman are in Leading Ladies,
by Ken Ludwig, performing May 6-21 at 8 p.m., May 8 at 2 p.m. and
May 15 at 7 p.m. for the Burlington Players. For tickets, see BurlingtonPlayers or call 781-229-2649. Liz Robbins is in My Old Lady
by Israel Horovitz, directed by Nancy Curran Willis. Performances May
6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21, 2016, Quannapowitt Players, Friday and
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and May 15 matinee at 2:00 pm. For tickets, see qptheatre or call 781-942-2212.
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