Welcome to the Embassy Theatre
Opening its doors to the public on November 18, 1931, The historic Embassy Theatre has become Cumberland’s premier venue for the performing arts and culture.
Opening its doors to the public on November 18, 1931, The historic Embassy Theatre has become Cumberland’s premier venue for the performing arts and culture.
Delanie Blubaugh, a sophomore Political Science and Legal Studies double major at Frostburg State University, will host Embassy Theatre's "Legends and Show Tunes" Saturday night, July 20, 7 pm. The show will feature Tim Bambara as Dean Martin, Mike Bambara as Frank Sinatra, Hayden Davis as Michael Crawford and Tim Curry, Vicki Silverfeather as Linda Ronstadt and Janis Joplin, Danise Whitlock as Crystal Gayle, Dannagale Acord as Mama Cass Elliot, Robbie Smith as Liza Minelli, Mark Ashby as Rowan Atkinson, Carrie Wolford as Cher, Denise Adams as Mimi in "Rent" and Linda in "The Wedding Singer". Doors open at 6 pm, and the Passport Cafe will be open in the lobby during the event. Admission is $10 per person. Delanie is beyond excited to host "Legends and Showtunes", after recently being seen at The Indie on Main and Embassy Theatre as Shelby in "Steel Magnolias". Besides Shelby, her favorite and most recent roles include Mother Abbess in Allegany High School’s production of "The Sound of Music", Young Annie in Embassy Theatre’s fifteenth anniversary production of "The Lightbearer", and Grandma Tzeitel in Allegany’s production of "Fiddler on the Roof". At Frostburg State, Delanie is a dedicated member of the Student Government Association, where she serves as an Off Campus Senator, Co-Design Editor and News Writer for FSU’s student newspaper The Bottom Line, a Student Alumni Ambassador, and Bobcat Ambassador. https://www.facebook.com/events/504228433676229/?ti=cl
1st Annual Marky Awards 2019 (winners notated by ***) Congratulations 🎉👏 👏🎉 BEST PRODUCTION The Mystery of Irma Vep Guys and Dolls The Importance of Being Earnest *** Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! BEST ENSEMBLE Guys and Dolls *** The Importance of Being Earnest BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY OR MUSICAL Joshua Arnold - Guys and Dolls Mark Baker - Irma Vep Timothy Bambara - Guys and Dolls *** Tai Baumann - Earnest *** Stephen Gumtz - Earnest Kevin Shreve - Guys and Dolls BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY OR Rebecca Bensavage - Guys and Dolls *** Lisa-Anna Maust - Guys and Dolls Victoria Mann - Earnest Laurel Plitnik - Earnest Caitlin Weems - Junie B. *** Danise Long Whitlock - Junie B. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY OR Matt Armentrout - Junie B. *** Mike Bambara - Guys and Dolls *** Hayden Davis - Guys and Dolls Karl Glocker - Junie B. Sawyer Jenkins - Junie B. Adam T Swayne - Earnest BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY OR MUSICAL Dannagale Acord - Junie B. Denise Adams - Guys and Dolls Hannah Anderson - Junie B. Ellen McDaniel-Weissler - Earnest *** Whitney Nicole O'Haver - Guys and Dolls Danise Long Whitlock - Earnest BEST CAMEO Matt Armentrout - Guys and Dolls Karl Glocker - Earnest *** Kenny Heath - Junie B. *** Ellen McDaniel-Weissler - Guys and Dolls Adam T Swayne - Guys and Dolls Brian Tucker - Earnest BEST DIRECTOR Timothy Bambara - Junie B. Gina Lambert - Guys and Dolls Dana M Bridges - Earnest Mikayla Dodge - Guys and Dolls Jerard Puckett - Irma Vep Brian Tucker - Guys and Dolls *** BEST DESIGNER/TECHNICIAN Rocky Alls - Video Production - 2018 Season Cheyenne Hart - Earnest - Hair/Makeup Dana M Bridges/Braxton Cooper - Earnest - Set Adam Pomeroy - Irma Vep - Dresser Jerard Puckett - Irma Vep - Set Danise Long Whitlock - Earnest - Costumes *** BEST STAND-ALONE EVENT Dysfigure Mark Perman - Broadway to Bima Queen of Queen City Pageant *** The Magic of Vince *** MARK BAKER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE AT THE EMBASSY Rocky Alls - Master Technician Don Llewellyn - Secretary/Treasurer/Grant Writer/Carpenter *** Trish Morgan - Vice President/Publicity Steve Swygert - Jack of All Trades Tom Valentine - Artistic Director Danise Long Whitlock - Costume Mistress AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR Elayne Warren LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Mark Baker
The Embassy Theatre NEEDS YOU! 🎭 The Embassy always has opportunities to volunteer and we will be posting more and more opportunities. We usually need help with ushers, box office, and cafe for events so if you have any experience or want to learn how to run front of house duties please let us know! We will be glad to have you on board and volunteering in a front of house role is a great way to see the show for free! We also need help with poster distribution and various other weekly operational tasks and if you are intetested in learning more please email Jerard Puckett at jpuckx@gmail.com. Thank you again for all that you do. WE keep this theatre alive and well! 🎭 An exert from Kenny Heath’s inspiring speech delivered at the annual meeting: “Maybe we aren’t the fanciest theater. For that matter, we never were the fanciest theater. But, there’s something to be said for the fact that we still ARE a theater! And, the secret to our still being here, the secret to what draws us to the Embassy, the secret to drawing others to our theater, is in that word, “we”. We are a family! Somehow, a bunch of people who are very different from each other are bound together by something stronger that we share in common. We care about each other, and we care about this place in which we have been brought together. From performance to rehearsal to catching a play to even cleaning the theater, don’t we love being with each other in that place? And, it is this that will continue to draw more new people into our family. May the feeling that everyone, old and new, has about the Embassy be that which is referred to in the old spiritual, “In the Garden”: “and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known”. Let’s share that joy!” - Kenny Heath
End of Kenny Heath's remarks yesterday at Embassy Theatre's BBQ at Constitution Park, Cumberland: Maybe we aren’t the fanciest theater. For that matter, we never were the fanciest theater. But, there’s something to be said for the fact that we still ARE a theater! And, the secret to our still being here, the secret to what draws us to the Embassy, the secret to drawing others to our theater, is in that word, “we”. We are a family! Somehow, a bunch of people who are very different from each other are bound together by something stronger that we share in common. We care about each other, and we care about this place in which we have been brought together From performance to rehearsal to catching a play to even cleaning the theater, don’t we love being with each other in that place? And, it is this that will continue to draw more new people into our family. May the feeling that everyone, old and new, has about the Embassy be that which is referred to in the old spiritual, “In the Garden”: “and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known”. Let’s share that joy! https://www.facebook.com/events/2264923153834413/?ti=cl
EMBASSY THEATRE 2020 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 CONFESSIONS FROM THE LADIES ROOM BY SHANE RIGGS DIRECTED BY SHANE RIGGS APRIL 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 19th ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST BY KEN KESEY & DALE WASSERMAN DIRECTED BY TIMOTHY BAMBARA MAY 15th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, and 23rd, 24th TWELFTH NIGHT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY DANA BRIDGES JUNE 19th, 20th, 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th THE DANCE BY DON LLEWELLYN DIRECTED BY JERARD PUCKETT JULY 17th, 18th, 19th, 24th, 25th, 26th DAMN YANKEES BOOK BY GEORGE ABBOT AND DOUGLASS WALLOP MUSIC BY RICHARD ADLER AND JERRY ROSS DIRECTED BY BRIAN TUCKER AUGUST 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th SEE HOW THEY RUN BY PHILIP KING DIRECTED BY MARK ASHBY SEPTEMBER 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th PETER AND THE STARCATCHER BY RICK ELICE DIRECTED BY MARTY JELLISON OCTOBER 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 25th JUNIE B. JONES: THE MUSICAL DIRECTED BY HAYDEN DAVIS MUSIC DIRECTION BY SAWYER JENKINS DECEMBER 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 13th
