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Something old, something new,
something tried, and something fun to do!
That is what our new season brings to you!
TCS is proud to announce its 2016-2017 season!

Planning for the next Theatre Company of Saugus season had been delayed.  Since we didn’t have a new permanent home during the first half of 2016, we didn’t know where we would be performing or rehearsing.

Now we are pleased to announce that we have a home for the first show of our season (at least).  We will be at the American Legion Hall in Saugus.

Despite the uncertainty, the board of directors came up with a slate of shows that we think can be performed in a smaller venue and rehearsed wherever.  The exact timing of each some of the shows is to be determined.

The general membership approved the plan at our General Membership Meeting on Wednesday 29 June 2016.

• Heathers, a recent musical based on the cult movie from the 1980s.  (We had also been consdidering Pippin but rights to it are restricted now.)  We will do this during the Halloween season, the last two weekends of October 2016.
• A Miscast Musical Revue.  This is your opportunity to perform a song that you would normally never get to do.  Cast yourself against type.  In early December 2016.
• Lost In Yonkers.  The Pulitzer Prize-winning comic drama by Neil Simon, in winter 2017.
• Nunsense 2, The Second Coming.  The second in our planned series of musical comedies about funny nuns, in spring 2017.
• An entry in the EMACT Drama Festival, to be determined.  Propose a show to us, that runs under an hour long.

If you have comments or suggestions, please Contact Us.

During 12-14 May 2016, the Saugus High School Drama Club presented the comic musical Shrek.  Based on the animated film.

The production was directed by Steve Black, the drama teacher at Saugus High.  Steve has been a helpful collaborator with TCS.  Shrek was performed in the Lemoine-Mitchell Performing Arts Center at Saugus High, just two weeks after the TCS production of Urinetown.  Half of the Urinetown set was left in place for Shrek.  All of the lighting equipment was rented for an extended period and used for both shows.

Several TCS members participated in Shrek.  Gabby Silva (a teaching assistant for the 2015 Youth Theatre Workshop) played the leading role of Fiona, the princess rescued by Shrek the ogre.

Two students who have been on the TCS stage multiple times since they were little were featured as some of the many fairy tale characters who invade the ogre’s swamp home.  Autumn Dion played Mama Bear, and William Fafard Jr. played Humpty Dumpty and the Pied Piper.  Both were also in the dance ensemble.

Elvira Schoenthal (who appeared in our recent production of The Laramie Project) was the costume designer for Shrek.  TCS president Amanda Allen was the makeup designer; providing the prosthetics for Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona.  Larry Segel was the lighting designer.  James Wlodyka was the Sound Designer and Operator.

Local reporter Neil Zolot of the Saugus Advertiser has written an article about the production, including quotes from some of the TCS participants.

We are sad to hear of the passing of Josephine Russo, mother of Stephen Russo.  She was a frequent and supportive audience member.  Stephen has been in many roles on our stage and is a current board member.

Click here for info about the arrangements.

TCS mourns the passing of Francis T. Brennan on February 11, 2016.  This young but very intense and talented actor appeared as Macduff in our May 2014 production of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.  He went with us to the EMACT Festival in June 2014, where Macbeth won the award for Risk Taking.

Prior to that he appeared with a number of other TCS members as Steve in the Psych Drama Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, presented in Rhode Island in February 2014.

Click here for info about the funeral arrangements.

Theatre Company of Saugus is thankful to the Do You Wanna Dance studio, the home for rehearsals during January 2016.

Do You Wanna Dance (DYWD) has been in business for over 15 years. As of the 2015/2016 season it is officially under NEW ownership. Joey Doherty, Danielle Gerniglia and Janelle Marsh are the proud new owners of DYWD and are extremely ecstatic to get this dance season underway.  With a new look and a new attitude, they can’t wait to share their positive energy and creative choreography with students new and old.

As of February 2016, rehearsals for the Theatre Company of Saugus will be at the Laurel Gardens Community Room, at 2 Rice Street.  This is the one-story building, not the Laurel Towers which is also marked 2 Rice Street.

The venue for performances for our March 2016 production of The Laramie Project will be Saugus High School, in the Black Box Theater room C09.  Many thanks to Steve and the SHS Drama Club for hosting us!

For both locations, see our Directions page.

Both of these locations are temporary.  TCS is in need of a new home.  If you have any ideas or suggestions, or know somebody who knows somebody, please contact us ASAP, at TCSaugus@gmail.com.  We would prefer to be in Saugus, and are limited in how much rent we can pay.

We were formerly housed at the East Saugus United Methodist Church.  They declined to renew our lease beyond December 2015, because they say they would prefer to use their space to house other church groups.