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Opening weekend of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Music & Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Conceived by Rebecca Feldman – was a resounding success. Our amazing cast and creative team have brought together all the elements to give the audience an exciting romp through the middle school spelling bee – full of drama, family, desperation, hope, friendship, and perseverance.

We have three performances left and two are SOLD OUT!

If you want to be part of The Bee – there is limited availability for Sunday, May 6 for the 2PM matinee. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit our Tickets Page.

TCS is excited to announce our Special Guest Spellers for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. See how far they get in the Bee. They might have to spell words as easy as “bee” or as complicated as “antidisestablishmentarianism” (though probably not something that difficult…).

Friday, April 27 — 8PM — ALI MAHON

• Drama teacher at Belmonte Middle School in Saugus and youth theatre director at Marblehead Little Theater

Saturday, April 28 — 8PM — “BIG LEAGUE BRIAN”

• Brian Dwyer, stilt walker for the Boston Red Sox

Sunday, April 29 — 2PM — MIKE BROWN

• Member of the Blue Man Group

Friday, May 4 — 8PM — STEVE BOCCELLI

• Property Manager of Central Storage in Saugus and Saugus Chamber of Commerce Member

Saturday, May 5 — 8PM * — DAVID PALEN

• Special education teacher at Winthrop High School and lead singer of the rock band  Somerset

Sunday, May 6 — 2PM — MISS BOSTON 2018

• Madison Trimbey Cota, won the 2018 Miss Boston pageant and competed in the 2017 Miss USA pageant as Miss Vermont

* May 5 is Adult Night at the Bee — 18 and older and includes: Pre-Show Reception — 8PM and Performance — 9PM

We have several work sessions coming up for which we could use your help.

• Saturday 3 February 2018, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  We will continue the cleaning and reorganization of our costumes and props storage room.  At Central Storage  /  222 Central Street  /  Saugus, MA  01906.  In the upstairs room #372.  We will also sort through our scenery in our downstairs room #109, getting stuff ready for the Almost, Maine load-in.
• Monday 5 February 2018, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.  Load-In and Set Assembly for Almost, Maine.  We will transport set pieces from Central Storage to the American Legion  /  44 Taylor Street  /  Saugus.  Then we will assemble the set platforms and flats.  Your help is especially needed if you have a truck or van or a car with a roof rack.  Bring construction tools.
• Tuesday 6 February and Friday 9 February, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.  Continue work on set construction, set painting, and hanging the lights.  At the American Legion.

If you would like to volunteer, or have questions, contact us at TCSaugus@gmail.com or 781-816-7019.  Thank you!

We have changed the plan for the spring musical.  We will be doing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  Performance dates are currently scheduled for the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May 2018.

We are in need of the artistic and technical staff for the show.  We need a Director, Choreographer, Musical Director, Technical Director, Stage Manager, and Producer.

If you are interested in any of these jobs, please send a letter of interested with theatrical resume to us at TCSaugus@gmaill.com.  Interviews will be scheduled in the next few months.

• Nunsense II – The Second Coming, from June 2017
• Honk! Jr. – Youth Theatre Workshop, from July 2017
• Jack the Ripper:  The Whitechapel Musical, coming in October 2017
• 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, coming in Spring 2018

Once again Theatre Company of Saugus (TCS) has been honored with multiple DASH nominations.  And this year we came up with two Awards!

DASH is like the local Tony awards, “Distinguished Achievement and Special Honors”, offered by the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres (EMACT).  Reviewers watch performances of each show and make detailed ratings of all aspects.  Those with the highest ratings are nominated.  There were 192 shows this season.

Three nominations were earned by the TCS production of Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon, directed by Ryan Began, presented in February 2017.

• Supporting Actress in a Play – Angela Rossi as Bella
• Youth Actor or Actress in a Play – Zack Perry as Arty
• Youth Actor or Actress in a Play – James Cormier as Jay

And the winner was Zack Perry!

The DASH program also offers Consultants’ Choice Awards, for especially creative work that doesn’t fit into any of the usual categories.  TCS won one of these:

• Bobby Imperato for Fight Choreography in Heathers the Musical, which TCS presented in October 2016.

In addition, several TCS members were winners or nominees for shows done by other companies:

• James Murphy won for Musical Direction of Big Fish at The Umbrella
• Also nominated for Musical Direction were:
  • Steven Bergman for Sunset Boulevard at Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Shawn Gelzleichter for Little Shop of Horrors at the Footlight Club
• Samantha Brior-Jones won for Choreography of Young Frankenstein at the Norton Singers
• Jason Hair-Wynn won for Best Actor in a Play for Extremities at Acme

The nominations were announced on a webcast on 19 July 2017.  The trophies were awarded at the annual EMACT DASH Gala, which was on Saturday 26 August, at Cary Hall in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Congratulations to all!  A complete list of nominees and winners is at:  www.emact.org.