Cheape, Carolyn
Steel Magnolias
| Year | 2009 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre | Style | Full Length Plays | Director(s) | Gibson, Dick | Actresses | Cheape, Carolyn|Doran, Carolyn|Gibson, Betty|Gordon, Muriel|McCreadie, Linzi | Playwright(s) | Harling, Robert |
The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle who is not sure whether or not she is still married; the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon; Ouiser an eccentric millionaire; Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M ‘Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby the prettiest girl in town, is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves
toward tragedy when the spunky Shelby, who is a diabetic, risks pregnancy and forfeits her life.
Central Park West
| Year | 2010 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre | Style | One Act Plays | Director(s) | Doherty, George | Actors | McSkimming, John|Wilson, Grant | Actresses | Cheape, Carolyn|Gordon, Muriel|Strachan, Shona | Playwright(s) | Allen, Woody |
A one act comedy set in New York, exploring the mix of marriage, lies and serial infidelity, with Woody Allen’s entertaining dialogue thrown in! We meet - Phyllis, a successful, sardonic analyst, newly discovered her husband’s infidelity. Carol, long-time friend of Phyllis, caught in the cross-hairs of the evening revelations. Howard is Carol's neurotic husband who copes/or not with depression through cookery. Then Sam - Phyllis's lawyer husband complete with silver tongue, thick skin and an excessively large libido. And finally, Juliet a former patient of Phyllis's - and after lengthy therapy, is re-entering the world of relationships.
On Golden Pond
| Year | 2010 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre | Style | Full Length Plays | Director(s) | Wilson, Grant | Actors | Doherty, George|McSkimming, John|Ruddell, Sam | Actresses | Cheape, Carolyn|Fitzgerald, Joanna|Gibson, Betty | Playwright(s) | Thompson, Ernest |
The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea -- whom they haven't seen for years -- feels she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her fiance are on their way to Europe the next day but will be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the fiance's son. When she returns Chelsea is married and her stepson has the relationship with her father that she always wanted. Will father and daughter be able to communicate at last?
Nunsense
| Year | 2007 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre | Style | Full Length Plays | Director(s) | Gibson, Betty|Gibson, Dick | Actresses | Brymer, Kim|Cheape, Carolyn|Dey, Linda|Easton, Lynne|Fagan, Siobhan|Fitzgerald, Joanna|Gibson, Betty|Gordon, Muriel | Musical Director(s) | Ellacott, Mike | Playwright(s) | Goggin, Dan |
| Photo Album | Nunsense |
“Nunsense” is a Musical Comedy by Dan Goggin who says that although it may be hard to believe after you’ve seen the show, each of the Little Sisters of Hoboken is based on a real life nun! Come along and join our audience to watch them display their divine talents in a zany benefit revue; an attempt to raise money for their fallen sisters….unfortunate victims of a cooking accident! Mother Superior (Betty Gibson) is aided by her order of eccentric and endearing nuns. Sister Mary Hubert (Carolyn Cheape) Mistress of Novices, second in command and always competing with Mother Superior. Sister Robert Anne (Joanna Fitzgerald), a streetwise tough character from Brooklyn, she is a constant source of aggravation for Mother Superior. Sister Mary Amnesia (Muriel Gordon) who lost her memory after a crucifix fell on her head, and last but not least Sister Mary Leo (Kim Brymer) the novice, who entered the convent with the firm desire to become the first nun ballerina! Linda Dey, Lynne Easton and Siobhan Fagan, collectively make up the surviving members of the 'Mount St Helen's School Choir'
A Witch, A Wizard and a Dumpling
| Year | 2005 | Venue(s) | Carnoustie High School Theatre | Style | Pantos / Musicals | Director(s) | Gibson, Betty | Actors | Dey, Lewis|Gibson, Dick|Gilbride, Andy|Laing, Ali|MacLeman, Andy|MacLeman, Chris|McSkimming, John|Roach, Grant|Roberts, Mark|Waggott, Peter|Wilson, Grant | Actresses | Brymer, Kim|Cheape, Carolyn|Gilbride, Anna|Gordon, Muriel|McCreadie, Linzi|Preston, Kirsty|Riddoch, June|Roach, Moira|Sturrock-Waggott, Beth|Whalen, Pam | Musical Director(s) | Gilbride, Andy | Choreographer(s) | Chalmers, Vicki|Doran, Carolyn|Forbes, Fiona | Playwright(s) | Gibson, Betty |
Our annual panto for 2005

