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Youth Theatre Workshop 2014 is almost here!

Posted on May 5, 2014 | Comments Off

The Theatre Company of Saugus presents its fourth annual summer Youth Theatre Workshop 2014. A place where imaginations can learn and grow! Back by popular demand.

The show we will present this summer is Into the Woods Jr.

July 14-18 and 21-25, 2014. Sessions run from 9 AM until 4 PM Monday through Thursday. We will start at 12:00 noon on Fridays. The workshop ends with performances of the junior version of this popular Sondheim musical show. The performances are on Friday, July 25 at 7 PM, and on Saturday, July 26 at 2 PM and 7 PM.

There was already meeting for all parents and an audition for all youth who will participate in the workshop. We wanted to get scripts out to the kids earlier, because it is a longer show. It is not too late to sign up for the workshop, in fact we would like to have a bunch more kids. Please Contact us, so we can get you signed up and give you a script.

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

Most of our teachers are returning this 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 had registered by July 1, 2014 you could have paid 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.

(The initial meeting was on Wednesday 2 July 2014, starting at 7:00 PM. The location of this meeting was the East Saugus United Methodist Church / 85 Chestnut Street / Saugus, Massachusetts 01906. This is a different location than where the workshop will be during July 14 thru 26. You can bring your registration forms and tuition checks with you to the meeting.)

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Tickets now on sale for Macbeth

Posted on April 16, 2014 | Comments Off

“It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood.” – Macbeth

“I see the blood on the leaves.” – Kanye West

Either way, the blood flows again this weekend at TCS! Come see Macbeth at 85 Chestnut Street, Saugus / Friday and Saturday 16 & 17 May 2014 at 8 PM, and Sunday 18 May at 3 PM.

Here is a link to a review of the show by Rich Tenorio of The Daily Item.

Tickets are now on sale for the Theatre Company of Saugus production of Macbeth, the tragedy by William Shakespeare.

Performances are May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 2014. Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 3:00 PM.

For more info about the show, see our Macbeth page.

For ticket sales and reservations, please see our Tickets page.

For the location, see our Directions page.

Goldstar members can purchase discount tickets.

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Seeking Artistic Staff for 2014-2015 Season

Posted on March 12, 2014 | Comments Off

The Theatre Company of Saugus is seeking to engage the artistic staff for our upcoming season. We are seeking Directors for four planned productions, and Musical Directors and Choreographers for two of them. The shows in our 2014-2015 season:

Early-Mid Fall 2014: Charlotte’s Web, a family drama with a cast of all ages. By Joseph Robinette. We are seeking a Director.

December/Holidays 2014: Nuncrackers, the hilarious Christmas show from the world of Nunsense by Dan Goggin. We are seeking a Director, Musical Director, and a Choreographer. The jobs of director and choreographer could be done by one person.

Winter 2015: The Underpants, a wonderful comedy, adapted by Steve Martin from the original 1910 play, Die Hose, by Carl Sternheim. We are seeking a Director.

Spring 2015: Clue, the Musical, based on the board game and the movie. Book by Peter DePietro, music by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci, and lyrics by Tom Chiodo. We are seeking a Director, a Musical Director, and a Choreographer. The jobs of director and choreographer could be done by one person.

Stipends are offered for each position, with amounts to be negotiated. To apply, please send an email to tcsaugus@gmail.com. Please attach a theatrical resume, and a cover letter stating which jobs you are interested in for which productions. You may also send us a message to ask any questions. The application deadline is March 31, 2014. Interviews with candidates and our board of directors will be scheduled in April 2014.

Some links with information about the shows:

http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p241/Charlotte%27s-Web/product_info.html

http://www.tamswitmark.com/musicals/nuncrackers.html

http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/7624/underpants-the-martin

http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2191/clue-the-musical

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Seeking Technical Staff for 2014-2015 Season

Posted on March 12, 2014 | Comments Off

The Theatre Company of Saugus is seeking to engage the technical staff for our upcoming season. We are seeking Stage Managers, Producers, Scenic Designers, Costume Designers, Properties Managers, and Lighting Designers for four planned productions. The shows in our 2014-2015 season:

Early-Mid Fall 2014: Charlotte’s Web, a family drama with a cast of all ages. By Joseph Robinette.

December/Holidays 2014: Nuncrackers, the hilarious Christmas show from the world of Nunsense by Dan Goggin.

Winter 2015: The Underpants, a wonderful comedy, adapted by Steve Martin from the original 1910 play, Die Hose, by Carl Sternheim.

Spring 2015: Clue, the Musical, based on the board game and the movie. Book by Peter DePietro, music by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci, and lyrics by Tom Chiodo.

These are all volunteer positions. To apply, please send an email to tcsaugus@gmail.com. Please attach a theatrical resume, and a cover letter stating which jobs you are interested in for which productions. You may also send us a message to ask any questions. The application deadline is April 30, 2014.

For more information about the shows, there are links on our posting “Seeking Artistic Staff for 2014-2015 Season“.

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Seeking Workshop Presenters

Posted on March 12, 2014 | Comments Off

The Theatre Company of Saugus has a tradition going back several years of presenting educational workshops during the summer. A variety of subjects have been covered, including various genres of plays and technical theater topics. In more recent years we have shifted to offering musical theater workshops for youth.

For 2014, we will continue our popular youth theater workshop, but we will also revive our educational workshops for adults. We are now seeking presenters, people who can provide a lecture or hands-on seminar on a theatrical skill, job, experience, or genre.

We expect that the workshops will occur in June and/or July 2014. Each session would typically take two or three hours, and would start at 7:30 PM on either a Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday evening. Each presenter would do one session, but could also do more if the topic was extensive, or wanted to do multiple topics.

Very small stipends could be offered. If you have a topic you would like to present, or have questions, please send a message to the board of directors at tcsaugus@gmail.com.

Click here to read our postings about workshops, to see what subjects have previously been covered.

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Improv Comedy Troupe

Posted on February 3, 2014 | Comments Off

Theatre Company of Saugus now has a new improvisational comedy troupe. We have chosen the name “Back to Square One”.

The first performance was at the TCS general meeting on 30 January 2014. Those performing included: Josh Carter, Brittany Daley, Racheal Gilman, Brittnay Mitchell, Larry Segel, Jess Stockton, Sarah Thibodeau.

We expect to add additional members to the troupe as we continue to rehearse and perform. New members are welcome! If you are interested in joining, please contact us, with attention to our organizer, Britt Mitchell.

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[title of show] is wonderful!

Posted on January 23, 2014 | Comments Off

Audiences love our show. Tickets are on sale for the remaining performances of our production of [title of show], which is the actual title of the show. It’s a very clever musical show about writing a show about writing a show.

Goldstar members can get tickets at a discounted price!

Click here for our latest promotional video.

Click here for an album of photos taken during performance.

Click here for an article about our production in the Lynn Item.

For more info about the show, click here.

For tickets, click here.

For a video sample of rehearsals, click here.

Performances are scheduled for Friday 28 February 2014, Saturday-Sunday 1-2 March, and Friday-Saturday-Sunday 7-8-9 March. Friday & Saturday evenings at 8:00 PM, Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM.

Our usual venue is under renovation from damage due to a burst pipe. The venue for [title of show] will be the Black Box Theater (room C09) at Saugus High School. See our Directions page.

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Production Playbill 2014-2015

Posted on November 27, 2013 | Comments Off

The Theatre Co. of Saugus is proud to announce it’s upcoming 2014-2015 season, which was recently approved by the general membership. The season will focus on comedic and community favorites, aimed at continuing to foster appreciation of and participation in the arts in our Saugus community and the vibrant local theater community of Eastern Massachusetts.

Early Summer 2014: The return of our successful theater workshops for adults (subjects to be determined)

Mid Summer 2014: Our new successful tradition, the Children’s Theatre Workshop, culminating in a junior musical production

Early-Mid Fall 2014: Charlotte’s Web, a family drama with a cast of all ages

December/Holidays 2014: Nuncrackers, the hilarious Christmas show from the world of Nunsense

Winter 2015: The Underpants, a wonderful comedy, adapted by Steve Martin from the original 1910 play, Die Hose, by Carl Sternheim.

Spring 2015: Clue, the Musical, based on the board game and the movie.

We will be soliciting applications in the winter and spring of 2014 for production staff of all of these shows: director, music director, choreographer, producer, stage manager.

Just as a reminder, the remainder of our current 2013-2014 season:

Winter 2014:
[title of show] – a musical by Bowen & Bell

Spring 2014:
Macbeth – a drama by William Shakespeare