By Brandon Provost You’ve been seeing the online and newspaper ads and seeing it on Facebook. You heard about it at Acting Out’s Sweeney Todd, but what is Nightscape? The short answer: Nightscape is an outdoor fundraiser pop/rock concert hosted by local band 7th Anomaly, featuring guest performances by Acting Out Theatre veterans of…
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By Brandon Provost Night has come! A starry sky covers the world like a dark cloak. Like all things do, we must go to sleep. Now, what do you see when you close your eyes? The opening dialogue of “Adventures Through an Unconscious Mind”, a pop musical experience presented in 2009 and 2010 by myself…
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By Sharon Richardson It is our 6th year – but oh so many 1sts! When I sat down to write a final wrap up of our 2016 summer production of Sweeney Todd – words just kept “popping into me head.” Words like humidity – talent – bloody – rain date – trap door – razors –…
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About N I G H T S C A P E – Friday, August 26 at 8 PM – 11 PM at Perry Farm Park, 459 N. Kennedy Drive in Bourbonnais Local band 7th Anomaly and Acting Out Theatre Company will join forces to create NIGHTSCAPE, a concert event that will ignite the night with music and dance!…
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By Mayalyn Cott With an emphasis on community. I’ve never been super passionate about acting, but I decided to try my hand at it this summer when my community theater announced that they were doing “Sweeney Todd.” After being exposed to this cast for the last four months, I’ve caught on to a few common…
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You have one more chance to see this show tonight at 8:00 pm! Ticket stubs from last nights rained out performance can be used or buy tickets at the gate or online!
By Seth K. Lowery Performing can be a great escape. A lot of performers, for better or worse, find comfort and enjoyment in presenting a well-crafted facade to an audience. Being able to take the mannerisms, preferences, choices, appearance, and other traits of a character is very alluring. After all, every child plays pretend, but…
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By: AE Sarver (The Beggar Woman) “Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” – Sanford Meisner Around the same time Sweeney Todd rehearsals were picking up, I had the privilege of taking a Meisner Acting class with Professor Jerry Cohagan, the director of Sweeney Todd. This acting technique…
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By Tina Pourroy I have always used games of “pretend” or theatrics to escape reality. For a brief moment or for as long as I can keep it up, I can transport my mind and soul into a more interesting, more noticed, more loved creature. I thank God every day for giving me the gift…
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By Kirsten Bishir When I heard last year that Sweeney Todd was in store for Summer 2016, I was a little nervous. Well, I am always a little nervous planning the preshow event. This year was going to be different though, Sweeney Todd is dark, creepy dark, it is not CATS. How can I set…
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