We Foxes at San Diego State University in collaboration with The Old Globe is completely free and open to anyone who is interested in the future of musical theatre. You must reserve a seat prior to the event. We Foxes is a Southern Gothic Musical Thriller written by Ryan Scott Oliver set in Missouri, 1945. It tells about Willa, a tough and unmannered orphan girl adopted by the Sheriff’s Wife, a calculating socialite, and the bloody domestic war that ensues between them when the girl uncovers the terrible secrets lurking beneath the floorboards. It is a story of intense human struggle, deliverance, and the great salvation found only through oneself. RYAN SCOTT OLIVER is a 2011 Lucille Lortel Award Nominee, a 2009 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient and wrote the music and lyrics for 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, Mrs. Sharp (2008 Richard Rodgers Award Winner, at Playwrights Horizons starring Jane Krakowski, dir. by Michael Greif), Darling (featured on the “Bound for Broadway” episode of NBC’s The Apprentice), the song cycle Out of My Head, Quit India (commissioned by UCLA), the music for Angus Oblong’s The Debbies, a commission for Disney Theatricals, The Frog Prince Continued (commissioned by Chicago’s Emerald City Theatre) and Jasper in Deadland (commissioned by the Pasadena Musical Theatre Program). Jasper in Deadland recently opened Off-Broadway to a rave review in The NY Times. The phone number to reserve seats is: 619-594-8262 The email address to reserve seats is: mtmfasdsu@gmail.com SDSU Experimental Theatre 5500 Campanile Dr. San Diego CA 92182 Directions/Parking: http://ttf.sdsu.edu/index.php/buy_tickets/directions
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It's been FIVE years since we premiered 'ZANNA, DON'T!' for San Diego audiences and to this day I am so thankful and blessed for that opportunity. I met some incredible people and got to share a story that touched the lives of so many. So much has happened since that show and I look forward to the future! I thought I'd re-share a memorable moment from the show. When we all met at 5 AM to sing and perform on a local news station. Not all of our performances made it into this compilation clip that they posted, but it's still so funny to watch. Did you get to see this show? Breakthrough Workshop Theatre presents: DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD A play by Bert V. Royal Directed by Ira Bauer-Spector at The Ocean Beach Playhouse & Arts Center 4944 Newport Avenue San Diego, CA 92107 ***Performed in repertory with YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN*** *****DUE TO STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT SITUATIONS, THIS SHOW IS RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY***** CAST LIST CB: Justin Warren Martin Van's Sister: Samantha Wynn Greenstone Beethoven: Shane Allen CB's Sister: Courtnee Stagner Van: Shaun Tuazon Matt: Trevor Sanderson Tricia: Margo Nelson Marcy: Alexandra Lee DIRECTING FELLOW Jordan Hall When CB's dog dies, he begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of the group's bullying, offers CB peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that's both haunting and hopeful. We open the regional professional premiere of IN THE HEIGHTS at Cabrillo Music Theatre this Friday! Featuring original choreography by Andy Blankenbueller, original 13-piece orchestrations that haven't been heard/played since Broadway, costumes from Broadway and the 1st & 2nd National Tours, all on the backdrop of the 2nd National Tour set.
It's been a crazy ride during rehearsal but this show means so much to all of us and we cannot wait to share it with a new audience who knows nothing about the story. The photo above is the time my friend, Brandon, and me got the chance to see The show before it won all of those Tony Awards. We knew it was going to be HUGE and I seriously wanted to give a standing ovation after every single scene. It affected my heart and should so much and I took that experience home. Getting to see the show was a bit of a ride. It was initially to be my first Broadway show. As we sat in our Orchestra seats, I was in awe of the history surrounding me. Thinking about the shows that have played in the theatre before, thinking about who sat in my seat before. It was a lot to take in. After about 5 or 10 minutes after curtain was supposed to go, we knew something was wrong. They announced they were trying to fix a technical problem but would start the show as soon as it was fixed. The show's creator and star, Lin Manuel Miranda, couldn't deal with having his audience sit in silence waiting for his show to start, so he strolled onstage with a microphone in hand. He introduced himself and explained more about the problem and announced his 4th grade teacher was in the house along with her current students. Such a sweet moment giving a shout out to her. Lin then announced that since we were being so patient, he was entertain us with some freestyle rap while they continued to work on the problem. He just started rapping about his teacher, the students he looked at in the seats, and about some random people in the audience. It was amazing seeing the creator of the show we were about to watch freestylin' up onstage. After about 45 minutes of this amazing pre-show entertainment and a huge applause from the audience, a backstage tech ran up to him and delivered some bad news. The sound board was officially broken and needed to be replaced and the show's sound design had to be reloaded-something that was not going to be fixed that day. It was a bummer that we weren't given that day to see the show, but as an amazing compilation prize for the troubles, we were all offered tickets to a later showing AND a free copy of the cast recording which they had JUST recorded. We signed our name and address for the CD to be sent to us and got our vouchers to redeem for new tickets. Fun fact, Robin de Jesus (Sonny) wanted to show us the stage that day, but him and the cast were going to Sardi's to watch Priscilla Lopez (Camila) get her caricature official put on the wall of fame. Fast forward to a couple days later and there we were again, back in the orchestra (in better seats than the first time) eye-level with the performers on stage watching a show that changed my life. I was never moved so much by a show's choreography and music than IN THE HEIGHTS. We could feel the love and souls of each performer beaming out and it was really inspiring as a performer to see such heart and dedication (and ethnicities) on a Broadway stage. After the show, we went to the stage door to thank Robin, and he waved for us to come into the stage door. He gave us a little tour to let us see the incredible theatre space they were working with. So small but so smart. It was an incredible "first trip to New York" for me and I feel so blessed and complete that my cast and I get to perform this show with this choreography, costumes, set, lighting, sound, etc. We open on Friday in the huge 1800 seat Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. You won't want to miss this experience! Tickets on Goldstar or Ticketmaster! www.CabrilloMusicTheatre.com #Pacienciayfe #noparesiguesigue #dassitITH My Alma mater, Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School has really stepped it up this year in the theatrical department. Not only have they acquired a performance space that is an actual theater with real seats, but they're doing IN THE HEIGHTS! They opened March 7 and close this weekend. If you're in Alameda and have time to catch their final two performances, please support SJND Theatre! More info and Tickets HERE! Before they opened I took a moment to record a video message to the cast and crew. If you haven't seen it, I've posted the Facebook post that SJND Theater posted on their page after they saw it, below. I hope they have a fantastic final two performances! ¡No pare sigue sigue! Post by SJND Theater. Below are some of their rehearsal photos found on their Facebook Page: IN THE HEIGHTS
March 28th - April 6th, 2014 Presented at the Fred Kavli Theatre I will be featured in Cabrillo Music Theatre's Regional Professional Premiere of IN THE HEIGHTS! This Tony Award winning musical tells the universal story of a vibrant community in Manhattan's Washington Heights - a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. I am completely nervous but excited to be in my first Los Angeles area stage production, but I know it's going to be a once in a lifetime opportunity to get to perform the original Broadway staging & choreography. I hope you can make it up (or down to you Bay Area friends/family) to catch me in this show. Have you experienced this show before? Share with me how this show affected you in the comments below! Only NINE performances! Friday, March 28th 8pm Saturday, March 29th 2pm* Saturday, March 29th 8pm Sunday, March 30th 2pm Thursday, April 3rd 7:30pm Friday, April 4th 8pm** Saturday, April 5th 2pm Saturday, April 5th 8pm Sunday, April 6th 2pm *Denotes post-show talkback Tickets and info at www.CabrilloMusicTheatre.com |
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