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Constellation Energy Awards Grant to TCS

Posted on June 23, 2015 | Comments Off

Constellation, an Exelon Company, is an electricity supplier available to customers in Massachusetts and other states. They have a Community Champions program that awards grants to non-profit organizations for local projects. They have awarded $500 to Theatre Company of Saugus to support our Youth Theatre Workshop 2015. This will help us ensure that we will have a successful workshop and we can put on a better show with our kids. We Thank Them Very Much.

Here is a link to their press release.

Click here to find out more about the program and apply for a grant.

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Theatre Skills Workshops 2015

Posted on June 23, 2015 | Comments Off

We continue our successful series of Workshops on Theatre Skills from last summer. We have some returning presenters and some great new ones.

Plan to put most of the month of July 2015 on your calendar. Specific dates for each workshop subject are shown below. We have recently changed this schedule, so look at it carefully! There are also more complete descriptions of each workshop on other posts on this website. Here is the current schedule:

Improvisation, with Britt Mitchell. Tuesday 7 July.
Public Speaking, with Sherri Raftery, M.Ed. Sunday 12 July.
How to Prepare for a Musical Theatre Audition, Acting with Adam Schuler and Dancing with Kathleen Tringale. Tuesday 14 July.
Tap Dance for Beginners, with Kathleen Tringale. Thursday 16 July.
Tap Dance Continued, with Kathleen Tringale. Sunday 19 July. This will start at 3:00 PM. Depending on the progress at the beginning tap dance workshop on July 16, this may either be a continuation of that, or for Intermediate tap dancers, or on other Dancing Styles, or be cancelled. Please watch this space for further developments.
Dialects, with Adam Schuler, in preparation for Drood. Tuesday 21 July.
Healthy Singing for Musical Theatre, with Lori L’Italien. Also How to Prepare for a Singing Audition. Thursday 23 July.

Sessions will start at 7:30 PM, unless noted otherwise. There is a $5 fee per person for each session, with a maximum fee of $25 for an individual that attends more than five workshops. Payable with cash or check at the door.

All sessions are at the TCS home at East Saugus United Methodist Church / 85 Chestnut Street / Saugus, Massachusetts 01906. See the Directions page.

Britt Mitchell, Sherri Raftery, and Lori L’Italien return with enhanced versions of the workshops they presented last summer on Improv, Public Speaking, and Singing for Musical Theatre.

Adam Schuler is the director of our fall show, Drood, and his workshops on Acting Auditions and Dialects will prepare you for it. As will the Improv workshop.

Kathleen Tringale is our Choreographer for the upcoming season, so her workshops on Dance Auditions and Tap will prepare you for it.

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Car Wash 2015

Posted on June 22, 2015 | Comments Off

TCS will hold our annual summer Car Wash on Saturday, July 18, 2015 from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM. The location is the Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central Street.

Only $5 to wash your car, or $7 for SUVs, trucks or vans. $1 to clean inside windows.

Come help us out and have some good clean fun! If you are interested in assisting, email us at tcsaugus@gmail.com.

But even if you can’t come down and help wash, bring your car down so we can clean it up for you. Your car is dirty and needs washing. Proceeds will benefit our summer Youth Theatre Workshop.

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The Directors for our 2015-2016 Season

Posted on June 8, 2015 | Comments Off

The Theatre Company of Saugus is excited to announce the selection of our Directors and some other Artistic Staff for the four shows in our 2015-2016 season.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The Tony-winning musical with multiple possible endings, by Rupert Holmes. Performances will be 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 October 2015. Adam Schuler will be the Director and Choreographer. Adam is a theatre educator and has directed several shows for our neighbors the Wakefield Repertory Theatre. We welcome back Barbara Morash as our Music Director for Drood. She was the music director for our production of Cabaret a few years ago.

Nunsense: The Mega Musical. A remake of the original with additional songs, lines, and characters, by Dan Goggin. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 December 2015. Becky Rush will be the Director and Choreographer. Kathleen Tringale will assist with some of the Choreography. Becky directed the TCS production of Nuncrackers last year. The music director is Joe Nuccio.

The Laramie Project. A serious drama, by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. 26, 27. 28 February and 4, 5, 6 March 2016. Jason Hair-Wynn will be the Director. Jason has recently done several shows with our neighbors the Winthrop Playmakers.

Urinetown. A satiric comedy musical, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 May 2016. We have Co-Directors: Britt Mitchell and Kathleen Tringale. Kathleen will be the Choreographer. Britt has directed our Youth Workshop for several years, and Kathleen has worked with TCS on The Producers and other shows, and has recently choreographed at Wakefield Rep.

Thank you to all the applicants for Artistic Staff positions. We we had many talented and accomplished candidates to choose from.

The Stage Manager for the first two shows, Drood and Nunsense, will be Mary Moffett. Mary has staged managed and directed several shows for TCS. Mary and Amanda Allen will be the Co-Producers for Drood.

We are now seeking people to fill the open positions on our volunteer Technical Staff for all shows, including Producers, Stage Managers, and Designers for Sets, Lighting, Costumes, Props, etc. Also Publicity, House, and Concessions Managers. If you are interested in helping out, please Contact Us.

Becky Rush – Becky is thrilled to be back working with the Theatre Company of Saugus directing Nunsense The Mega-Musical this season. She directed last year’s December production of Nuncrackers for TCS and has played the role of Sister Mary Paul / Amnesia in six different chapters of the series (Nunsense The Mega-Musical in 2014, Nunset Boulevard in 2013, Meshuggah-Nuns in 2012, Sister Amnesia’s Nunsense Jamboree in 2011, Nunsensations in 2009 and Nunsense 2 in 2008) and has played Sister Robert Anne in Wakefield Reperatory Theatre’s 2013 production of Nunsense. Some of her most memorable directing experiences include: A Year with Frog and Toad, Fox on the Fairway, James and the Giant Peach, Annie Jr, Grease, Seussical, Dear Edwina, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown!, and The Wizard of Oz, among many others. She is currently directing Disney’s Peter Pan Jr. with her school Drama Club and Godspell with the Majestic Theatre Teen Company in Manchester NH. Becky regularly performs and directs for many community theatre companies in southern NH and the Boston area. She teaches at the Northwood School in New Hampshire where she also directs a thriving Drama Club of 80-100 students each year. She was named NH World Language Teacher of the Year in 2013.

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Paint a Picture Party Fundraiser

Posted on April 24, 2015 | Comments Off

Have you ever wanted to learn to be a painter? We don’t mean painting our sets, we mean painting a picture, like Van Gogh, or Picasso. We’ll teach you how in one easy lesson. While having food and drinks!

TCS is holding a Paint Party Fundraiser. The painting lesson is taught by Melissa’s Budding Artists, provider of paint parties for all ages. On Wednesday 20 May 2015, at 6:00 PM. The location is Capone’s restaurant/bar, at 144 Summit Street in Peabody, Massachusetts.

We are raising funds to support our Youth Theatre Workshop 2015, and our “Light Our Stage” lighting equipment purchase campaign. TCS gets 50% of the proceeds.

Tickets are $40 for each artist. The price includes your canvas, the painting supplies, and a step by step painting lesson. Tickets must be purchased by 15 May 2015. See our Tickets page.

There are special door prizes for each “artist”, and one lucky winner!

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Hey Look What I Can Do part 2

Posted on April 19, 2015 | Comments Off

The Theatre Company of Saugus has invited all youth under 18 to join us in our biannual talent show!! We have a bunch of exciting acts lined up. We call it Hey Look What I Can Do part 2. (Part 1 was in June 2013.)

There will be one performance, on Friday 1 May 2015 at 7:30 PM.

The venue is the East Saugus United Methodist Church, at 85 Chestnut Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Please see our Directions page.

The music director for the show is Cindy McKeen. Stage direction is by Amanda Allen and Jessica Stockton.

This year all proceeds will go towards the Youth Theatre Workshop that happens over the summer. We will also be offering the kids a chance to raise money directly for their own tuition or future fees in a TCS production!!

Tickets are $15 at the door, payable with cash or check. Tickets purchased in advance online (with credit card) are only $10. General Seating. See our Tickets page.

Click here to get the flyer.

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Youth Theatre Workshop 2015

Posted on April 16, 2015 | Comments Off

The Theatre Company of Saugus presents its fifth annual summer Youth Theatre Workshop 2015. A place where imaginations can learn and grow! Back by popular demand.

The show we will present this summer is Once on This Island Jr.

The dates of the workshop are July 13-17 and 20-24, 2015. Sessions run from 9 AM until 4 PM Monday through Thursday, and 12 Noon until 4 PM on Friday.

The workshop ends with three performances of the junior version of the popular musical Once on This Island. The performances are on Friday, July 24 at 7 PM, and on Saturday, July 25 at 2 PM and 7 PM.

The location of both weeks and of the performances will be at Cliftondale Congregational Church (CCC). At 50 Essex Street, in Saugus, Massachusetts. Please see our Directions page.

Our teachers are all returning from last year and are ready to lead you through our awesome show-making process: Musical/Vocal coach: Shawn Gelzleichter. Dance coach: Amanda Allen. Acting coach: Britt Mitchell. Technical Theater coach: Jen Gelzleichter.

The fee is $400 per youth. (Ask about the multiple-child discount.)

If you register by July 1, 2015 you can pay only $350.

For more info on fees or the curriculum, email us at TCSaugus@gmail.com or call us at 781-816-7019.

If you want to find out more and have us send you a registration packet, click here for the Request form.

Click here for the flyer.

If you are ready to sign up, click here for the Registration form.

All kids planning to attend the Youth Theatre Workshop should come with their parents to an advance session on Thursday 9 July at 6:30 PM.

This will be an Audition to help us determine how to assign the roles in Once On This Island Jr. Be prepared to sing 16-32 bars from any song, and bring the sheet music if you have it. Dress so that you can move for the Dance audition.

This session will also be an opportunity for parents to Meet and Greet our teaching staff.

The Audition and Meet and Greet on July 9 will be held at the East Saugus United Methodist Church / 75 Chestnut Street. This is not the same location as the two-week workshop and performances July 13-25, which is at the Cliftondale Congregation Church / 50 Essex Street. To see where both of the locations are, see the map on the Directions page.

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