{"id":1907,"date":"2020-01-12T18:48:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T18:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2020-02-02T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T14:28:50","slug":"a-fine-monster-you-are-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=1907","title":{"rendered":"Jitters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/jitters-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1902 \" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/jitters-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px;\"><b><i>Jitters<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">by David French<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Directed by Bryn Rowlands<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Thu to Sun &#8211; February 27 to March 14, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thu-Sat at 8 pm &#8211; Sun at 2 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MonsterGraphic_ShortNo-text.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jitters Promo\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5mNL_vsb5BI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Jitters<\/strong>,\u00a0David French\u2019s backstage comedy, opens on the night of a preview of a new play,\u00a0<strong>The Care and Treatment of Roses<\/strong>.\u00a0Within minutes, the audience is plunged into the world of the theatre \u2013 larger-than-life personalities, easily bruised egos, contradictory interpretations of role and script \u2013 complicated by faulty props, close quarters, lost lines, and bad reviews, and all magnified by the opening night \u201cjitters\u201d of cast, crew, writer, and director.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>First performed in 1979,\u00a0<strong>Jitters<\/strong>\u00a0was an instant critical and commercial success, and in the years since it has proved to be one of Canada\u2019s most enduring and popular plays, both here and abroad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>&#8211; from davidfrench.net<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?page_id=343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>on sale<\/strong><\/a> January 27, 2020 at Ticketpro.<\/p>\n<h3>Cast<\/h3>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-26\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-26 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Amanda-Willmore-2-8x10-aa.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Willmore\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bryn-Rowlands-8x10-a.jpg\" alt=\"Bryn Rowlands\" width=\"190\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Production Manager<br \/>Amanda Willmore<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Director<br \/>Bryn Rowlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/barbara-cowan-8-x10-aa.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Cowen\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/leah-spicer-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Leah Spicer\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Stage Manager<br \/>Barbara Cowen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Assistant Stage Manager<br \/>Leah Spicer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike-stack-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Stack\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/katherine-tufts-8x10-1.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Tufts\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/robin-saywood-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Saywood\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Michael Stack<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Patrick Flanagan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Katherine Tufts<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Jessica Logan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Robin Saywood<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Phil Mastorakis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike-durling-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Durling\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/alan-tidgwell-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Tidgwell\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ryan-Pulsifer-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Pulsifer\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mike Durling<br \/>appearing as<br \/>George Ellsworth<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alan Tidgwell<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Robert Ross<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ryan Pulsifer<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Tom Kent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/andrew-anglehart-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Anglehart\" width=\"190\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/erin-cameron-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Erin Cameron\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/catherine-conrad-8-x10.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Conrad\" width=\"190\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Andrew Anglehart<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Nick<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Erin Cameron<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Susi<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Catherine Conrad<br \/>appearing as<br \/>Peggy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\">Photos by Bruce Goodick<br \/> <\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-26 from cache -->\n<h3>Charity of Choice<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgcgh.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1915 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BGC_Greater_Halifax_HOR_Web-300x77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BGC_Greater_Halifax_HOR_Web-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BGC_Greater_Halifax_HOR_Web.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px;\">Jitters<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">by David French<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Directed by Bryn Rowlands<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Thu to Sun &#8211; February 27 to March 14, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thu-Sat at 8 pm &#8211; Sun at 2 pm<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jitters<\/strong>,\u00a0David French\u2019s backstage comedy, opens on &hellip; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=1907\">Continue 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