WE'VE ADDED A THURSDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE FOR THIS ROUND OF READERS' THEATRE, SO FEEL FREE TO COME ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY (OR BOTH) AT 8 PM!SEE YOU AT THE THEATRE!
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
READERS' THEATRE THIS WEEK!
WE'VE ADDED A THURSDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE FOR THIS ROUND OF READERS' THEATRE, SO FEEL FREE TO COME ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY (OR BOTH) AT 8 PM!SEE YOU AT THE THEATRE!
Adult Acting Classes
For those of you looking for an adult acting class, SLO Little Theatre is proud to welcome back veteran professional actor/director, Bill McLaughlin. PRO ACTING TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS Sundays, April 9- June 1, 2008 from 4.30 - 6.30 p.m. at the theatre.
Classes will involve:
- How to listen
- Basing your performance on reaction
- How to break down a scene
- How to work with directors
- How to prepare a strong audition
- The rehearsal process and research
- How to make dynamic choices
All students will receive extensive coaching in the organic process of acting and scene analysis.
No more than 15 students will be accepted.
For more information call 773-4647 between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Our Tribute to Ray Charles Strike
We thought you might enjoy a few pictures from our Easter Sunday strike of the Ray Charles show. Kudos to the cast & crew who not only put on a fantastic closing show, but stayed to rip apart the set afterward.
SLOLT VOLUNTEERS ARE THE BEST!!!!!
SLOLT VOLUNTEERS ARE THE BEST!!!!!
M. Butterfly has already built quite a bit of their set thanks to our energetic set designer, Heidi Enzlin and her brother who came all the way from Fresno to help out over Easter Weekend. We also had SLOLT volunteers (including M. Butterfly leading acting, John Laird) come by and help out. Anyone who is interested in joining the set building efforts of M. Buttefly or My Fair Lady, please contact Jeff at 781-3889 x14.
Thanks!
SLOLT
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Dialect Boot Camp for My Fair Lady
After an exhilarating audition process which yielded a wonderfully talented and motivated cast, rehearsals began on March 3.
We have been fortunate to have the services of a truly gifted dialect coach and teacher, to establish the foundation for all the work our actors will be doing in both RP (that's Received Pronunciation or standard British) and Cockney (working-class British) in our show. And in spite of the somewhat tedious nature of learning the International Phonetic Alphabet, and then applying that knowledge to the two dialects, our cast has demonstrated uncommon dedication and focus to the task. With their busy lives outside of My Fair Lady, they all managed to do all the homework, and came to rehearsal prepared and with a fine seriousness of purpose. As a lover of language and dialects myself, I took the course, too, and have learned enormous amounts.
Now that we've got the building blocks for the speech, we have gone forward into music rehearsals, armed and ready to launch the language while learning this amazing music. This has been a wonderful rehearsal process so far, and we are only in week two of our journey!
We have been fortunate to have the services of a truly gifted dialect coach and teacher, to establish the foundation for all the work our actors will be doing in both RP (that's Received Pronunciation or standard British) and Cockney (working-class British) in our show. And in spite of the somewhat tedious nature of learning the International Phonetic Alphabet, and then applying that knowledge to the two dialects, our cast has demonstrated uncommon dedication and focus to the task. With their busy lives outside of My Fair Lady, they all managed to do all the homework, and came to rehearsal prepared and with a fine seriousness of purpose. As a lover of language and dialects myself, I took the course, too, and have learned enormous amounts.
Now that we've got the building blocks for the speech, we have gone forward into music rehearsals, armed and ready to launch the language while learning this amazing music. This has been a wonderful rehearsal process so far, and we are only in week two of our journey!
Future Guest Bloggers
Hi everyone!
Things are crazy as ever around the theatre with the current FUNdraiser production "What'd I Say: A Musical Tribute to Ray Charles" playing to sold out houses and M. Butterfly in the wings ready to open in April. My Fair Lady is also cast and in rehearsals, plus Readers' Theatre has two performances on March 27th & 28th and our ACT program is preparing for a group sharing on March 20th. The days just fly by at the moment!
To keep you all posted on the most current happenings at the theatre, we're going to be inviting guest bloggers to keep you filled in over the next few months. So keep checking back!
Rachel Hockett, director for My Fair Lady, will be joining us as well as future directors and teachers. I'll be posting more interviews and keep you informed about some renovations we hope to start soon. We may actually have an efficient air conditioning system by the summer. Keep your fingers crossed!
As always, feel free to click on the comments link and tell us what you think about what we're doing. This is a community theatre so get involved!
Yours,
Wendy-Marie Foerster
Executive Director
Things are crazy as ever around the theatre with the current FUNdraiser production "What'd I Say: A Musical Tribute to Ray Charles" playing to sold out houses and M. Butterfly in the wings ready to open in April. My Fair Lady is also cast and in rehearsals, plus Readers' Theatre has two performances on March 27th & 28th and our ACT program is preparing for a group sharing on March 20th. The days just fly by at the moment!
To keep you all posted on the most current happenings at the theatre, we're going to be inviting guest bloggers to keep you filled in over the next few months. So keep checking back!
Rachel Hockett, director for My Fair Lady, will be joining us as well as future directors and teachers. I'll be posting more interviews and keep you informed about some renovations we hope to start soon. We may actually have an efficient air conditioning system by the summer. Keep your fingers crossed!
As always, feel free to click on the comments link and tell us what you think about what we're doing. This is a community theatre so get involved!
Yours,
Wendy-Marie Foerster
Executive Director
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
ADDED MARTINI NIGHT!!!
Due to the overwhelming success of our Legend Series FUNdraiser, "What'd I Say: A Musical Tribute to Ray Charles," we have added a Martini Night performance on Thursday, March 13th. For tickets, please call our box office at 786-2440 or go to our website at www.slolittletheatre.org and click on the tickets tab.
Tickets are $45 and include a light, gourmet dinner and no-host bar.
Reserve your tickets now, they're going fast. All other scheduled performances are sold out. If you can't make it to our added performance and would like to see the show, please come to the box office one hour before curtain and put your name on the waiting list. We do our best to get all waiting list patrons in to see the show whenever possible.
Thank you for supporting the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre!
Tickets are $45 and include a light, gourmet dinner and no-host bar.
Reserve your tickets now, they're going fast. All other scheduled performances are sold out. If you can't make it to our added performance and would like to see the show, please come to the box office one hour before curtain and put your name on the waiting list. We do our best to get all waiting list patrons in to see the show whenever possible.
Thank you for supporting the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre!
Friday, March 7, 2008
Costume Closet Success
Katie's "Costume Closet Open House" was a HUGE success. We not only managed to clear out a ton of costumes, but received some donations in the process. Kudos to Katie and a big thank you to everyone who came by last Saturday and took part in the event!
"What'd I Say: A Musical Tribute to Ray Charles" SOLD OUT!!
After two wonderful weekends and some amazing press, our FUNdraiser Legend Show has completely sold out! We may be adding shows, though, so keep tuned for the latest updates!
Click on the link below to check out the review in the Ticket this week. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/ticket/story/296185.html
Click on the link below to check out the review in the Ticket this week. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/ticket/story/296185.html
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