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Returning members were elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual General Membership Meeting, for terms beginning in January 2014. The meeting was on Tuesday 26 November 2013 starting at 7:30 PM.  At ESUMC.

Matthew Huffman and Nicholas Meunier were reelected to their second three-year terms, ending in 2016.

There are still two openings on the board.  Amanda Allen must retire because she has reached her limit of two terms.  Kathleen Tringale is retiring before the end of her term.  We also have three open positions for Alternate members.

If you would like to be considered for election to the Board, please contact any board member or the Nominating Committee.  Vacancies can be filled at the next general meeting on January 30, 2014.

The board has a meeting once each month, usually on the first Wednesday.  Board members are also expected to attend quarterly General Meetings, and to be active participants in TCS shows and events.  Board and General members also serve on a variety of committees.

For more information about the Board of Directors, please click here.

We will have a storage cleanup work party on Saturday 14 December.  Starting at 9:00 AM and going until 3:00 PM.  We need to rearrange, move, discard, and organize our stuff so as to be able to fit all of it more efficiently.  This includes set pieces, drapes, props, costumes, and equipment.

We keep our stuff in three main locations, at Central Storage; in the sheds on the Nickole property; and a few things are at ESUMC.  The work party could be at any of these locations, so contact us in advance if you will be helping, so that we can let you know where we will be during the work party day.  You can find all of these on the map on our Directions page.

Please bring vehicles so that you can help us transport stuff from one place to another, if needed.  Pickup trucks, mini-vans, hatchbacks.  Please empty your own stuff out first so that there is room.

If you have room in your basement or garage to keep our stuff, let us know.  It should be dry but need not be heated.

Please do not bring us more donated stuff.  Unless you make arrangements with us in advance, because it is something we can use for our shows during the upcoming season.

If you are detail oriented and good with spreadsheets, we need someone to start and maintain an inventory of our stuff.

“Occasionally, some of your visitors may see an advertisement here.”  This TCS website is powered by WordPress, and it seems that sometimes they may post advertisements; the revenue goes to them.  These do not come from TCS.  Click here for their explanation.

TCS is welcome to accepting paid advertisements from our friends, sponsors, and patrons.  We can help you get your message out, and we welcome the revenue to support our programs.  If you have something you would like to advertise that is of interest to us, please contact us.

TCS participates in the highly competitive DASH (Distinguished Award and Special Recognition) program offered by EMACT (Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres), in which consultants review and rate  many aspects of shows.  Groups and individuals with the highest scores are nominated for awards.

The  nominations for the 2012-13 were announced on 17 July 2013.  The award winners were presented at the annual EMACT Gala, which this year was on Saturday 24 August 2013 starting at 6:00 PM.  For the complete list of nominees and winners, click here.  For a photo gallery of the Gala, click here.

We are proud note that the Theatre Company of Saugus April 2013 musical production of A Year With Frog and Toad was recognized.  The Animals were  nominated for Best Specialty Ensemble in a Musical.  The actors included are  Amanda Allen, Patrick Harris, and Kathleen Tringale.  Congratulations!

Other actors in the show were Matthew Huffman as Toad and Stephen Russo as Frog.  Last year TCS member William Fafard won Best Youth Actor in a Musical for his title role in Oliver!

TCS members who won awards:  Mike Teixeira was one of two winners for Lighting Design of a Musical for Cabaret at MMAS Black Box Theater.  Emily Sheeran was nominated three times for different shows as Best Youth Actress in a Play, and she won for The Woodsman at Hovey Players.  Brian Nickerson was given a Consultant’s Choice Award for Excellence in Musical Accompaniment for The 39 Steps at Firehouse Center for the Arts.

Other TCS members who got nominations are:  Brian Dion for Set Design of Second Samuel at Burlington Players; and Grace Meidanis for Best Prop Coordination of a Musical for You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown at Winthrop Playmakers.  We also note that Steve Black was nominated for Best Direction of a Musical for Next to Normal at Marblehead Little Theatre, because he has been appointed as the next Drama teacher at Saugus High School.

TCS participants in the production of the Gala include James Wlodyka, who provided the Sound equipment and operation, assisted by Amanda Allen; and Larry Segel who operated the Lights.