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 Topic: Christmas/Holiday shows this year( Topic Closed) |
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DWolfman
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Joined: 7/07/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 134 |
 Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:41am |
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The theatre I work with is doing "Dear Santa"
by the wonderful Canadian playwright Norm Foster:
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Even a man who is pure of heart...
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claning
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Joined: 6/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:20pm |
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I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that responded. The responses have been very helpful.
I am not closing the topic. I am still open to finding out what other organizations are doing for the holidays. |
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Chris Laning, Co-Host
"Your Neighborhood Stage" Podcast http://www.NeighborhoodStage.com chris@neighborhoodstage.com |
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totoks
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Joined: 10/16/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 10/21/07 at 8:26pm |
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Chris: I doubt that we qualify as being a theater group (in fact, I'm almost sure that we don't.). We are doing an in-house written play called "Shenandoah: A Christmas Story." This is for a one-time performance at our church.
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theatre... [t]he natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. (from "Shakespeare In Love")
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claning
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Joined: 6/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Posted: 10/23/07 at 12:15am |
That actually sounds really cool. Any music at all? Full-length or one-act? |
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Chris Laning, Co-Host
"Your Neighborhood Stage" Podcast http://www.NeighborhoodStage.com chris@neighborhoodstage.com |
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imaginatory
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Joined: 10/30/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 11/04/07 at 3:53pm |
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We're doing a variety of Christmas scenes from classic literature...Little Women, Gift of the Magi and A Christmas Carol adapted by a local author. It's crazy with 29 kids from 5 to 18 doing the roles but we're having a blast. Our stage is finally near finished and the show is the end of Nov. We've been rehearsing in a classroom so I'm praying it all works out.
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drose
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Joined: 8/23/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 162 |
Posted: 11/05/07 at 12:03am |
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This is probably no help to anyone, but we are doing a murder mystery (adult dinner/ $45.00per person) where we kill Santa. The players are Mrs. Claus, the soon to be Mrs. Claus, 2 elves, and 2 reindeer (one of who is really a caribou). Good times!
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totoks
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Joined: 10/16/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 11/19/07 at 6:47pm |
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Chris:
Shenandoah: A Christmas Story is loosely based up the original Jimmy Stewart movie Shenandoah. Charlie Anderson is a widower in Virginia in the 1850s-1860s. The story starts with the first Christmas when Charlie and his new bride, Martha, arrive at their new home. The various scenes all revolve around Christmas times. There is a scene on the battlefield, where James Anderson, a Union Captain, confronts Josh Porter, a Confederate enlisted man and also a neighbor and hope-to-be fiancee to young and only sister Jennie Anderson. At another point in time, Robert Anderson, the younger son (aged 12) gets "captured" by Union forces who mistakenly take him as a Rebel soldier.
There is music: Various contemporary Christmas music to match the scenes. The play was written by someone who has never written a play; the play is directed by someone who has never directed a play; most of the players have never acted in anything. It will be a hoot!
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theatre... [t]he natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. (from "Shakespeare In Love")
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Carol
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Joined: 11/13/07 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Posted: 11/19/07 at 8:39pm |
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This year, we're doing a traditional british panto - written by 3 members - "Jack and the Beanstalk".
Next year we also have a Christmas Classic -"Guys and Dolls".
We usually do 3 shows a year, and traditionally the November/December slot is the large cast musical. February/March is often an entry into the Western Ontario Drama League festival, and June is a crowd pleaser.
Because we share the facility with a professional summer theatre - we turn the theatre over to them mid-June, and get it back early Sept.
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BuffyEl
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Joined: 6/29/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 12/09/07 at 7:01pm |
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We just did "A Christmas Survival Guide: A Mini Musical Spectacular". We only do one weekend and I am still hearing from people who saw the show last week and loved it. It's a great show but a bear to put together for your first musical which this was.
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oldactress
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Joined: 12/06/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:35am |
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Nuncrackers...the Christmas sequel to Nunsense. It opens this Friday. Quite a hilarious show but heavy on costumes and props.
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