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Annual Car Wash – Sat, Aug 11

Posted on August 7, 2018 by | Comments Off on Annual Car Wash – Sat, Aug 11

TCS will hold its annual summer Car Wash on Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 9:00AM until 1:00 PM at the Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central Street (near Hurd Avenue) in Saugus.

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

If it’s a hot day –  if you would like us to spray you with the hose, there is only a small charge.

You will be attended by the cast for our upcoming production of Getting to Know…Once Upon a Mattress – so you will be receiving the royal treatment!

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 2018.

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Tickets on Sale for Getting to Know…Once Upon a Mattress

Posted on August 6, 2018 by | Comments Off on Tickets on Sale for Getting to Know…Once Upon a Mattress

Tickets are now on sale for our Youth Theatre Workshop 2018 production of Getting to Know…Once Upon a Mattress with a score by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer.  Getting to Know…Once Upon a Mattress is a musical version of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Princess and the Pea that will delight audiences of all ages with its telling of a classic fairy tale.

Performances are on Friday, August 17 at 7:00PM, and twice on Saturday, August 18, at  2:00PM and 7:00PM.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, students, and children, and groups of 8 or more for $12 each.

Performances will take place at the American Legion Post 210 / 44 Taylor Street /   Saugus, MA.

For more about the show and the workshop, see our Getting to Know…Once Upon a Mattress page.

To purchase tickets, see our Tickets page.

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TCS Lighting Workshops – Aug 13 & 14

Posted on August 1, 2018 by | Comments Off on TCS Lighting Workshops – Aug 13 & 14

Have you ever wanted to know more about the art of lighting? How are lighting equipment locations and angles chosen? How many lights are two many lights to wire together? How simple or complicated is a light board? How did they do all of it before computers?

TCS will be hosting two Lighting Workshops on Monday and Tuesday, August 13 and 14 at 7:00PM at the American Legion in Saugus. Monday’s session will be hands on and you will actually hang lights. Tuesday’s session will be more the designer side of the experience.

For all the details CLICK HERE.

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The Cast of Lizzie!

Posted on July 28, 2018 by | Comments Off on The Cast of Lizzie!

TCS is excited to announce our “killer” cast for LIZZIE:

Lizzie……………….Jilliana Sliby
Emma………………Daria Contino
Alice………………..Christine Dickinson
Bridget…………….Lauren Sabbag

For more details about the cast and the production, visit the Lizzie page.

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TCS earns many 2018 DASH Nominations

Posted on July 20, 2018 by | Comments Off on TCS earns many 2018 DASH Nominations

The nominations for the 2018 annual DASH awards were announced on July 19.  The Theatre Company of Saugus production of Spelling Bee was honored with seven nominations!

The Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters (EMACT) sent out consultants to review 132 shows in the 2017-2018 season.  Ratings are made in many categories, and those with the six highest ratings get DASH (Distinguished Achievement and Special Honors) nominations.  The winners in each category were announced at the annual EMACT DASH Gala, which was held on Saturday 25 August 2018, at Carey Hall in Lexington.

The TCS production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee earned these nominations:

  • Best Set Design for a Musical – Nicholas Raponi
  • Best Set Dressing for a Musical – Amanda Allen, Bobby Imperato, Nicholas Raponi, Jamie Trevino
  • Best Props Design for a Musical – Amanda Allen, Damien LaCount, Bobby Imperato, Jamie Trevino
  • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical – Nicholas Raponi
  • Best Choreography of a Musical – Kristin McGregor
  • Best Ensemble of a Musical
  • Best Production of a Musical

The cast of Spelling Bee, nominated for Best Ensemble, included:  Suzanne Mills, Nicholas Raponi, Lauren Amaru, Tessa Berliner, David Picariello, Amanda Raponi, Daria Contino, Daniel Ehrenpreis, and Sean Perry.  The director was Bobby Imperato, and the stage manager was Jamie Trevino (now Jamie Imperato).  The musical director was Benjamin Tan.  Since we were nominated for Best Production of a Musical, the cast  performed a number from the show at the Gala!

In addition, some other TCS members were nominated for their work with other theater companies.  And a few of them won!  Congratulations to all!

  • Best Sound Design of a Play – Nicholas Meunier – Fahrenheit 451 – Cannon Theater
  • Best Lead Actor in a Musical – Richie DeJesus – In the Heights – Nashoba Players
  • Best Lead Actress in a Musical – Tristyn Sepersky – Heathers – Footlight Club.  Tristyn won this award!
  • Best Choreography of a Musical – Samantha Brior-Jones – Heathers – Massasoit Theater Company.  Samantha was a co-winner of this award.
  • Best Musical Direction – James Murphy – Parade – The Umbrella.  James was a co-winner of this award.

Click here for a complete list of the nominees and winners.

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Auditions for Lizzie!

Posted on July 7, 2018 by | Comments Off on Auditions for Lizzie!

Auditions for Lizzie will be taking place Sunday, July 22 from 4PM to 8PM and Tuesday, July 24 from 6PM to 10PM.

For all the details and to sign up for a time slot, please visit our Auditions page.

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Artistic Staffing Needs for 2018-2019 50th Anniversary Season

Posted on June 3, 2018 by | Comments Off on Artistic Staffing Needs for 2018-2019 50th Anniversary Season

If you or someone you know would be interested in applying for one of the openings, please contact TCS at TCSaugus@gmail.com.  Applicants may apply for more than one position.

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Lizzie: The Musical

We are in search of a Music Director, Technical Director, and Stage Manager for this production. A stipend is available for each of these positions.
Lizzie is a rock musical featuring 4 (potentially 8) female vocalists with a rock band that evolves into a character of sorts over the course of the musical.
To provide some context of what an MD may be in for:
“Lush tunes which retch sex, rage, dyke heat, misanthropy, and incest … Surreal glee and gallows humor … Finally, a rock musical you’d wanna mosh to.”
— The Village Voice
“Four Amazing Female Vocalists + Rollicking (yet tuneful) Epic Rock Score + Intelligent (and sometimes tongue in cheek) Lyrics = PURE AWESOMENESS!”
— David Clarke, Houston Press, Top Ten Theater-Related Recordings of 2013
DEADLINE to APPLY:
Friday, June 15
Please send a letter of interest with theatrical resume to TCSaugus@gmail.com.
Interviews will be scheduled for the end of June. Auditions will be taking place the end of July. Performances will be October 12-14 and 19-21, 2018.
LIZZIE – Music by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt; Lyrics by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer and Tim Maner; Book by Tim Maner; Additional Music by Tim Maner; Additional Lyrics by Alan Stevens Hewitt; Based on an original concept by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer and Tim Maner; Orchestrations by Alan Stevens Hewitt

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It’s a Wonderful Life:A Live Radio Play

We are in search of a Director, Technical Director, and Stage Manager for this production. A stipend is available for each of these positions.
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play brings the holiday classic to life as a 1940’s live radio play.
“A fresh theatrical context that creates just the right kind of retro warmth. If you cry every time you see the movie, you’ll be blubbering away right on cue…Guaranteed.”
Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune
DEADLINE to APPLY:
Friday, June 29
Please send a letter of interest with theatrical resume to TCSaugus@gmail.com.
Interviews will be scheduled during July. Auditions dates are to be determined. There will be four performances taking place on December 14-16, 2018.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE – Adapted by Joe Landry from the Frank Capra classic.

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Children of Eden

We are in search of a Director, Musical Director, Technical Director, and Stage Manager for this production. A stipend is available for each of these positions.
Children of Eden follows Adam, Eve, Noah and the “Father” who created them as they deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet. but inspiring. message: that “the hardest part of love… is letting go.”
DEADLINE to APPLY:
Friday, June 29
Please send a letter of interest with theatrical resume to TCSaugus@gmail.com.
Interviews will be scheduled during July. Audition dated are to be determined. Performances will be February 22-24 and March 1-3, 2019.
CHILDREN OF EDEN – Book by John Caird; Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Based on a concept by Charles Lisanby; Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and Martin Erkskine

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Steel Magnolias

We are in search of a Director, Technical Director, and Stage Manager for this production. A stipend is available for each of these positions.
Steel Magnolias is a play concerned with a group of gossipy southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor, the play is alternately hilarious and touching — and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its characters.
“…a skillfully crafted, lovingly evoked picture of eccentricity in the small-town South…Robert Harling is a new voice in the theatre and the qualities of STEEL MAGNOLIAS suggest he may be an important one.”
— Drama-Logue
DEADLINE to APPLY:
Friday, June 29
Please send a letter of interest with theatrical resume to TCSaugus@gmail.com.
Interviews will be scheduled during July. Auditions are toe be determined. Performances will be April 26-28 and May 3-5, 2019.
STEEL MAGNOLIAS – Written by Robert Harling

ADDITIONAL STAFFING NEEDS

In addition, we are looking for Set, Lighting, Sound, Costume, and Props Designers for each show in the season to complete our Production Team.
Closer to the performance dates we will need Set Builders, Painters, Sound and Light Board Operators, and Front of House Staff  (concessions, ushers, etc.). If you have not volunteered with us before, but would like to start, this is a great way to get involved!

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TCS 2018-2019 Season

Posted on May 12, 2018 by | Comments Off on TCS 2018-2019 Season

Help us celebrate our 50th season

1968-2018!

Tickets on Sale Summer 2018
 
Look for future announcements for more information about:
artistic staffing needs, auditions, ticket sales, and performance details.

2018-2019 Banners Updated - 150 dpiOur Mainstage Productions:

Lizzie: The Musical – Fall 2018
It’s a Wonderful Life – Winter 2018
Children of Eden – Winter 2019
Steel Magnolias – Spring 2019

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