published 11-11-09
By Sean Leary
The Harrison Hilltop Theatre was formed in the spring of 2008. It was a crazy idea that two lovely men - Tristan Tapscott and Chris Walljasper - came up with amidst their collective unemployment.
The two had worked together in the Green Room's Carousel in December and then spent the first three months of the new year in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at Circa '21. They shortly discovered they made a good team and decided to put together their own theater group, which has resided at 1601 Harrison St., Davenport, since that fateful spring.
But those are just the basic details about HHT. What about the real nitty-gritty? Here are 20 things you may not, and probably don't, know about HHT. But you'll be glad you do know them after you're done reading. Seriously. No, really. We're not kidding. Okay, just read them and make up your own mind...
1. Its basement was the inspiration for the SAW movies
2. Hilltop staff have eaten around 125 Hot 'n' Ready Pizzas from Little Caesars (at least 122 of those have been paid in quarters)
3. Will be the 1st QCA company to present RENT in 2010
4. The building was formerly a bank
5. The Hilltop staff once sang Happy Birthday to some women at McButts
6. One of those women tried to take off Tristan's shirt. Oh, and she was toothless.
7. 1st attempt to name the company: Hilltop Bank Theatre Company
8. They only had 4 awkward lights when they produced their first show
9. Official movie of the Hilltop: 3 Men and a Baby
10. The 1st theatre in the QCA to present Rocky Horror Show Live!
11. Youngest business owners in the Hilltop Campus Village
12. Numbers of doors used in The Graduate: 15
13. When Eddie Staver III is cast in a show, the props budget is forced to triple
14. No one actually lives there. Yet.
15. Staff holds meetings at Rock's Anchor Grill - the official diner of the theatre!
16. Tristan and Chris met at ACTF in 2006
17. Rocky Horror Show sat 90 patrons
18. Tristan likes Twilight; the men of the theatre do not
19. James Bleecker has appeared in more Hilltop shows than anyone in the QCA
20. Dance belts are not allowed in the Hilltop: Ask Steve Lasiter
copyright 2009 Sean Leary / for more writing see www.seanleary.com
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