The Theatre Company of Saugus will present the musical Ride the Cyclone in October 2025. Auditions are in June. For complete details, see our Auditions page.
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We need your help to complete the next phase of our costume-props-storage reorganization project. On Saturday 17 May 2025, starting at 10 AM, we will tackle the basement storage area of the American Legion building that is our home. We will expand the safe storage area on the old bocce court.
First, we will take everything off of the bocce court and carry it outside. This includes the furniture, drapes, shelves, and bins. (We do not need to touch the heavy stack of seating risers and floor panels; these are already in the correct place.) Then we will cover the sand on the bocce court with wooden pallets, so as to provide a separation between the sand and stuff stored above it. (We have the pallets.) Then we will cover the pallets with sheets of plywood or Masonite panels. If you have extra scrap sheets or panels, we could use them please.
After the new surface is set up, we will put all the stuff back, reorganized. We will have teams to work on specific areas: Furniture, Shelves, Bins, and Drapes. We should be done by mid-afternoon.
Click here to sign up so we know you are helping. Thank you!
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We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for this summer’s Youth Theatre Workshop, now in its 15th year. Sign-up today!
TCS continues to hold two Youth Theatre Workshops – one for Grades 1-8 (Session I) and one for Grades 8 and up (Session II). Session I will run for two weeks in July and Session II will be over the course of eight weeks from the end of June through mid-August. Auditions are used to assign roles to all the workshop participants. Internship Opportunities are for Grades 9 and up to work with either or both productions depending upon needs and schedules.
Productions: The workshop for younger kids, in grades 1 thru 8, will run July 21 through August 1, Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM. The program will culminate with three performances of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, JR., on Friday and Saturday, August 1-2, 2025. The auditions will be Wednesday, July 16 at 6:00PM and held at Saugus Middle High School at 1 Pearce Memorial Drive in Saugus, MA. If needed, Callbacks will be held the same evening with those needing to be seen again asked to stay a little bit longer. The audition process also functions as a Meet & Greet for parents and youth actor participants to acquaint themselves with each other, the coaching staff for the workshop, and the interns who will be assisting the coaches.
The other Youth Theatre Workshop taking place this summer will run for eight weeks for our teens in Grades 8 and up. Their show this year will be The Spongebob Musical: Youth Edition. Performances will be Friday and Saturday, August 15-16, 2025. Auditions will be on Monday, June 23 at 6:00 PM, with callbacks on Tuesday, June 24 if needed. These will take place at the American Legion Post 210, 44 Taylor Street in Saugus, MA. Rehearsals will be three times a week (Mon, Tue, Thu) from 6:00PM to 9:00PM starting on June 23. The June 23 Auditions will also function as a Meet & Greet for parents and youth actor participants the same way the one for Grades 1-8 will as described above.
Workshop and Performance Locations: The current plan is for a portion of each workshop to take place at the American Legion Post 210 (TCS’ home space) and a portion of each workshop to take place at the Saugus Middle High School Lemoine-Mitchell Auditorium. All performances for each workshop would take place at the school’s auditorium. This is contingent upon having enough youth actor participants sign up for each workshop. We will have a better idea of reaching these numbers by the close of our Early Bird Registration on June 1. Being able to partner with Saugus Middle High School allows TCS to provide an expanded summer theater experience than what we have been able to provide in prior years. We hope that if it goes well this inaugural summer it will continue successfully in years to come. It not only allows us the opportunity to expand the size of production, the number of cast members, and have our youth participants work in a theatre space they are either already familiar with as students or many be in the future, BUT it allows so many more family members and friends to attend and support them due to the larger seating capacity.
Coaching Staff: For Grades 1-8 we welcome Sydney Vallone to the team as the acting/stage directing coach. Sydney was an assistant coach for Frog and Toad, Princess Fiona in Shrek, JR., and Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, young@part. Our other staff members are all familiar faces behind the scenes for Grades 1-8: music/singing coach will be KG Spungen, dancing coach will be Amanda (née Allen) Goolsby, tech director will be Sean Perry, and stage manager will be Maisey O’Brien. For Grades 8 and up we will have much of the same staff with a slight change. Acting/stage directing coach will be Becca Griffing, music/singing coach will be KG Spungen, dance coach will be Will Fafard, Jr., technical directors will be Tricia Smith and Saahil Rana (Saahil has been a tech intern with us in prior years and is now joining us as a coach – welcome aboard!), and stage manager will be Maisey O’Brien.
The registration materials and more details can be found here.
Step into the wacky world of Wonderland in this vibrant retelling of a Disney classic!
Fall down the rabbit hole with Alice as she navigates the curious world of Wonderland on a journey of self-discovery. When young Alice finds herself in a strange world where everything seems upside down, she must find her way home…and find herself along the way. As she travels through Wonderland, she encounters all of the iconic characters that audiences have come to love: including the ever-tardy White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat, a cool Caterpillar, the wacky Mad Hatter, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts.
Alice in Wonderland JR. features Disney favorites such as “The Golden Afternoon,” “The Unbirthday Song,” and “Painting the Roses Red” along with brand-new songs, including music from the 2010 live-action film. Whether this is your first experience with Alice or your hundredth, you’ll fall in love all over again with this timeless story of adventure, imagination, and pure fun!
A one-hour edition of the hit musical, specially tailored for young actors!
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics are by Jonathan Coulton, with additional music by Tom Kitt. The musical production was conceived by Tina Landau.
An exciting new musical featuring irresistible characters and magical music, this deep-sea pearl of a show is set to make a splash with audiences young and old. The future is bright, the future is bold, the future is The SpongeBob Musical.
Logo ©2023 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Created by Stephen Hillenburg.
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Thanks to all who helped out with our costume storage reorganization project, led by the chief organizers Vanessa Phelon and Patrick Cleary. Others who helped out the first weekend include: Jeanette Amaru, Samantha Dawson, Caroline DeBrota, Cambria DiCecca, Amanda and Cheryl-Lynn Goolsby, Liz Hartsell, John Leonard, Tom Monahan, Dana Murray, Larry Segel, Shawyoun Shaidani, Tricia Smith, Lauren Thompson, David Vincent, and Valerie White.
On the second weekend we had the help of Kathy Bedard, Heidi Fisher, Billy Jenkins, John Leonard, Melissa MacNeil, Stephen Nedell, Ian Page, Larry Segel, Avonne Thomson, David Vincent, and Valerie White; again all led by Vanessa Phelon and Patrick Cleary.
Here is the costume storage rental unit Before:
After we filled the storage unit with all the bins, Vanessa and her kids Mels and Joy went in and rearranged all of it. Here is the After:
Still to be done in the coming weeks is filling in the detailed database with all our costume holdings, which will allow costumers to search and find out if we have what they need.
On Saturday 17 May 2025, starting at 10:00 AM, we will do a related project to remodel the Legion basement and reorganize all the stuff that is stored there.
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The Theatre Company of Saugus presents presents the thoughtful comedy by Steve Martin: Picasso at the Lapin Agile. At a bar in Paris in 1904, patrons look ahead at the 20th Century, including a young Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, and a Visitor from the future. For more info about the show and cast, see our show page.
Performances are April 25-26-27 and May 2-3-4, 2025. At the American Legion Post in Saugus; see our Directions page.
Tickets are now on sale; see our Tickets page. Seating is immersive at tables in the bar.
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The Saugus Cultural Council is hosting the first Saugus Cultural Festival, at which a number of local groups will perform and show off their work. The date is Sunday 23 February 2025, from 11 AM to 3 PM. The location is the Saugus Middle/High School, which is located at 1 Pearce Memorial Drive / Saugus, Massachusetts.
TCS members will perform a scene from the classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. The scene, about 15 minutes long, will be presented at 1:00 PM on the stage of the Lemoine-Mitchell Performing Arts Center at the school. The TCS performers include:
All three will also appear in our April-May 2025 production of the comic play Picasso at the Lapin Agile, by Steve Martin. Caroline will be Schmendiman, Shawyoun will be Einstein, and Valerie will be the Visitor.
Here is the schedule of performances at the Saugus Cultural Festival:
TCS will also host a table in the lobby promoting our upcoming production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Let us know if you wish to help us out that day talking to the public about TCS: tcsaugus@gmail.com. Plan to visit our table when you come to see the festival.
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Join us for our special Fundraiser to benefit our Spring 2025 production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Picasso Painting Night will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join us as we paint together. Our volunteer instructors will lead us through painting a colorful picture, inspired by the works of Picasso, or help you create a painting in a direction all your own. All art-skill levels are welcome as this is a fun night to benefit our production, have fun, play with some colors, and make something that is yours to keep.
There will be a cash bar serving soft-drinks and libations. An opportunity to win tickets to our show. And who knows, you may even get a glimpse at Picasso himself!
Tickets, by advance purchase only will cost:
Click here to visit our Tickets page.
The location is the Theatre Company of Saugus home at the American Legion Post 210 / 44 Taylor Street / Saugus, MA 01906. (The upstairs hall is not wheelchair accessible.)
Click here for an article about the event, attended by Joanie Albee from the Saugus Advocate newspaper.
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The Theatre Company of Saugus is seeking to engage some staff for its two Youth Theatre Workshop programs during the summer of 2025. Stipends are provided.
The current plan is for our Kids workshop (for those in grades 1 thru 8) to run July 21 thru August 3, Monday thru Friday 9 AM to 4 PM, plus performances throughout the final weekend. The Teen workshop (for those in grades 6 to 12) is planned to run in the early evenings starting in early June and concluding with performances August 15-16-17. For some information about the program, see the web page about our 2024 workshops. We are currently seeking for:
To apply for any of these positions, please send a message to us at tcsaugus@gmail.com. Include a resume and letter describing your experience with theatre and youth education. The deadline to apply is Friday 7 February 2025. Candidates must be COVID-vaccinated and CORI-checked.
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