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At their meeting on Thursday 11 December 2014, the Board of Directors elected their officers for the calendar year 2015.

• President … Amanda Allen
• Vice President … Nancy Welch
• Treasurer … Larry Segel
• Recording Secretary … Brittnay Mitchell
• Corresponding Secretary … Sherri Raftery

Other board members include:

• Mary Moffett
• Leo Nickole
• Jessica Stockton
• Stacey Wilson

Mary Moffett was added to the board by the general membership at the meeting on 18 December 2014.  We still have three slots open for Alternate Board Members.  If you are interested in serving, please Contact Us.

We have selected probable performance dates for our upcoming 2015-2016 season.

• The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 October 2015.
• The Nunsense Mega Musical.  11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 December 2015.
• The Laramie Project.  26, 27. 28 February and 4, 5, 6 March 2016.
• Urinetown.  13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 May 2016.

We are now taking applications for the artistic staff for these shows, including Directors, Musical Directors, and Choreographers.  Send a resume with a letter indicating what shows you are interested in, to TCSaugus@gmail.com.  The deadline is March 31, 2015.  We will ask all candidates to answer a questionnaire, and to come to an interview during April 2015.

The Play Reading Committee  proposed a draft plan for the shows that we would like to present for the next season.  At their meeting on 11 December 2014, the Board of Directors modified the plan.  At the meeting/holiday party on 18 December 2014, the general membership gave final approval to the modified plan.

Below we show the approved modified plan, listing our first choices for each part of the season, and some back-up shows, in case our first choice is unavailable.  All of these shows would be presented at ESUMC.

Summer 2015:  The fifth annual Summer Youth Theatre Workshop, presenting a junior version of a popular musical.  Under consideration are Annie Jr. and Once Upon This Island Jr.  We will also continue our series of Workshops on Theatre Skills that we began in the summer of 2014.

October 2015:  The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a musical mystery.  Alternates: Batboy, a musical thriller, or Little Shop of Horrors.

December 2015:  The Nunsense Mega Musical.  This is the first Nunsense show, but with a bigger cast other additions.  We may want to do one of the Nunsense shows at every Christmastime.  Alternates:  The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever, a comedy with adults and children, or return engagements of our popular musical revues A Very Christmas Christmas, or of A Storybook Christmas.

Winter 2016:  The Laramie Project, a serious drama.  Alternate:  God of Carnage.

Winter 2016:  Winter Youth Theatre Workshop, meeting on Sunday afternoons.

Spring 2016:  Urinetown, a satiric comedy musical.   Alternates:  25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a musical comedy.

The Board of Directors of the Theatre Company of Saugus has nine regular voting members.  Three members are elected each year to staggered three-year terms.  We also have Alternate Members who attend meetings and may vote if needed to make up a quorum.

An election was held at our Annual General Membership meeting on Monday 24 November 2014.  There were a total of five seats open seats, three with terms expiring at the end of 2017, and two terms that expire at the end of 2016.  Three board members have terms expiring at the end of 2014.  They were nominated and elected for new terms.    They are:

• Sherri Raftery
• Larry Segel
• Jessica Stockton

Amanda Allen was also nominated and elected, returning to the board after a year off.

This left one seat still open.  It was filled at our general meeting on 18 December 2014, at which we elected Mary Moffett.

All of the Alternate Member seats are still open.

Board of Director members with continuing terms include:  Brittnay Mitchell, Leo Nickole, Nancy Welch, Stacey Wilson.  See our Board Members page.

In addition to the full-length performances of our holiday show Nuncrackers, you can also catch free previews of bits of the show:

• At the Saugus High School Art Festival, on Saturday, November 22, 2014.  The Art Festival runs from 10 AM until 4 PM.  We perform at 12:00 noon.  See flyer below.
• At the Barnes and Noble bookstore on route 1 in Saugus, on Wednesday, December 3.  At our Bookfair fundraiser, which runs from 3 PM until 9 PM.  We perform at 7:00 PM.
• At Cliftondale Congregational Church, on Saturday, December 6 at 11:00 AM, as part of the town of Saugus annual Holiday Stroll.