Christmas/Holiday shows this year
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Topic: Christmas/Holiday shows this year
Posted By: claning
Subject: Christmas/Holiday shows this year
Date Posted: 10/12/07 at 3:24pm
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I am taking an informal survey trying to see what Christmas/Holiday shows various theatre groups are performing. What are you doing this year? ------------- Chris Laning, Co-Host "Your Neighborhood Stage" Podcast http://www.NeighborhoodStage.com chris@neighborhoodstage.com |
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Posted By: Nanette
Date Posted: 10/12/07 at 4:57pm
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We're a children's theatre doing A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas this holiday season. ------------- In a world of margarine, be butter! |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 10/13/07 at 7:29am
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Well, due to a postponement caused by our Ohio Flooding this August we will be producing that great holiday classic.. "Little Shop of Horrors"... (ok, the holiday it was planned for was halloween... but hey.) ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: Theatrestation
Date Posted: 10/13/07 at 3:35pm
We are doing Oliver!  this November and Annie next November.
Marty W. Are you renting or building AudreyII? I am involved with two theatres. One is doing Little shop in January and one is doing it in July.
Both are on tight budgets so we are doing our best to go share Audrey related costs as much as possible. Renting the "official" one is out of our range. Just wondering how others are approaching it. ------------- http://www.castbuilding.com http://www.theatrestation.com |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 10/13/07 at 8:09pm
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We actually "own" a set.... After the show, we plan on renting it out in the area... Where you at? ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: Theatrestation
Date Posted: 10/13/07 at 11:03pm
Pittsburgh PA (January) and Clearfield PA (July) I would love to talk more. Please email me at cast_cct at hotmail.com Thanks!
------------- http://www.castbuilding.com http://www.theatrestation.com |
Posted By: bbpchick
Date Posted: 10/14/07 at 1:24am
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We are doing "The Ballad of King Windowglass" and that christmas classic..."11 Variations on Friar John's Failure". Ok the second one isn't a Christmas play, but the first one is a great one. ------------- Kendra http://www.murphysblackbartplayer.com - www.murphysblackbartplayers.com You are NEVER too old to dress up! |
Posted By: 75director
Date Posted: 10/15/07 at 12:05pm
| We're doing "It's A Wonderful Life" this year. |
Posted By: biggertigger
Date Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:12pm
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I have been thinking of doing a community supported program. The plan is to invite the various organizations and groups to come and perform in a Holiday Spectacular. We have many different dance groups and chorale groups, not to mention the various theater groups in the area.
I would put together a show that would raise money for some charity. With proper planning, each group should be able to do a different numbers. The most effort on my part would be creating the line-up of the show and decorating the stage with a holiday theme. Then have the groups come together the week before to do techinical run and basic lighting design.
But alas, the timing has been off and just have not proposed my idea to the theater company. ------------- The two greatest days in a theater persons life, the day you start a new show and the day the damn thing closes. |
Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 10/16/07 at 1:09am
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Funny you should mention that biggertigger. I propsed something similar
about a year a go. When the City Council drcided to refurbish the venue
we use & turn it into a performance space. The idea was similar, To
have a Gala Opening useing all the performing community groups to do do
items for the show, wich my theatre group would do the overall
cordination of putting it together. Being the only theatre group in our
City & I would direct the Openings & finarles of each Act,
along with a couple of ensemble numbers. orginising the technal &
production side as well. However unbeknown to us, the Council Flunkies have got a budget aproval to do a Grand Gala performance, with theatre groups from neoghbouring City Communities. Cutting out thier own City community groups & us of course. Which got roght up my nose, considering they are paying these other theatre groups a fee to perform, for this Galah Opening. Needless to say we got the hint & planning to aviod using the New venue & finding our own performing space from now on! Which will be a good thing anyway for us in the long run. Three of the local city Councillors are up arms, bit the Mayor does not care at present, as he is the administration is awaiting the outcome of a State Crime & Corruption Tribunal findings, which are due in the new year. So things will change possibly for the better in future? I have a feeling in my water the refurbished venue will be another white elephant, as no one at the council has a clue about running a theatre. So I have advised our mob to just hang in there & within 2 years, when the venue has been used & abused, we might be in the box seat to take it over. Because it will become another mill stone around the Councils neck! I have seen it happen so many times with Council run venues. [End of Rant!] Any way our next show will be a play in March '08, which is writen by one of our members, who is a Murdoch Uni stident & I'mm orginising the 'Pholies' [Pheonix Follies] for 'Christmas in July' as a yearly & touring production. ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: DWolfman
Date 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:
http://www.normfoster.com/santa.html - http://www.normfoster.com/santa.html ------------- Even a man who is pure of heart... |
Posted By: claning
Date 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. ------------- Chris Laning, Co-Host "Your Neighborhood Stage" Podcast http://www.NeighborhoodStage.com chris@neighborhoodstage.com |
Posted By: totoks
Date 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. ------------- theatre... [t]he natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. (from "Shakespeare In Love") |
Posted By: claning
Date Posted: 10/23/07 at 12:15am
That actually sounds really cool. Any music at all? Full-length or one-act? ------------- Chris Laning, Co-Host "Your Neighborhood Stage" Podcast http://www.NeighborhoodStage.com chris@neighborhoodstage.com |
Posted By: imaginatory
Date Posted: 11/04/07 at 3:53pm
| 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. |
Posted By: drose
Date Posted: 11/05/07 at 12:03am
| 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! |
Posted By: totoks
Date 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! ------------- theatre... [t]he natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. (from "Shakespeare In Love") |
Posted By: Carol
Date 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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Posted By: BuffyEl
Date Posted: 12/09/07 at 7:01pm
| 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. |
Posted By: oldactress
Date Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:35am
| Nuncrackers...the Christmas sequel to Nunsense. It opens this Friday. Quite a hilarious show but heavy on costumes and props. |
Posted By: John Luzaich
Date Posted: 4/15/09 at 5:57pm
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One of the best shows ever (if you cast it really well) Inspecting Carol by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and Seattle Rep. Check out our web site and the '07-'08 season. It's the play Noises Off meets the movie "Waiting For Guffman" and they both bump into A Christmas Carol. Throw in a bunch of comedy and a pinch of farce and you have Inspecting Carol. It's just a hoot! http://www.osterregent.org - www.osterregent.org ------------- John cfct@cfu.net http://www.osterregent.org http://www.facebook.com/osterregent |