by Julie Gindy It is stage/scenic design time again and this year our summer production is Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. A bit of a change from last year’s measuring of my cat and developing a to scale alley/playground for our feline friends in CATS! “Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to 19th century London…
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Psychological Benefits of Theatre, By Kendra Souligne The Performer The psychological benefits for a performer vary from person to person. The natural human response to performing in front of an audience of strangers can be your biggest fear or second nature, but for the most part, the majority of performers experience very similar psychological responses.…
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Sunday (7/24) Performance Cancelled Rain date performance Monday (7/25) at 8 PM. Our gates will open at 5:45, Fleet Street vendors will be there serving from 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM. (If you had early bird tickets/membership you may set up at 5:30) Bring your ticket stub from Sunday night. We will also have tickets for sale tonight…
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by Ryan Schultz Taking a wintry Sunday afternoon to write about summer theater is mildly therapeutic. It’s hard to imagine that in a few short months we will gather once again to begin the creative process. Each summer we get to attempt to recreate, re-imagine, and have the opportunity to tell a new story, with…
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I remember sitting in the nosebleed section of the then-called Shubert Theatre in Chicago at the tender age of 25 in 1982. Onstage I watched Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury redefine my concept of what musical theatre was. When the curtain fell, I and 2000 others leapt to our feet, applauding wildly. As I left…
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