As I write this, there are petticoats piled on the floor beside me and 1950s style dresses hanging in the doorway. I’m in the midst of costuming West Side Story for ONU, and soon I will tackle the job of costuming Acting Out’s production of Sweeney Todd to be staged this summer. I find myself…
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By Sharon Richardson The BTPD just wrapped up their 11th annual Wine & Beer tasting @ the Warehouse event Friday night. This marks the 4th annual for AOTC. We were #teamsweeney this year! Each year we represent our upcoming summer production and I’m always so amazed and humbled how willing the volunteer spirit is. Maybe…
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By Paula Denault As I contemplated ideas for this blog, I kept coming back to the idea that February is the month of LOVE. On the surface, of course, we think immediately of the love we have for the significant others in our life, so this wouldn’t seem to apply to a theatre blog. But…
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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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By Sharon Richardson “Feeling that gingerbread feeling, precious moments, special people” – those song lyrics from “Somewhere in My Memory” from the movie Home Alone really adequately describes my feelings from Saturday night’s “Acting Out Christmas!” It was a fundraiser, but oh it was so much, much more. To recap for those that don’t know…
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