Sunset Terrace Welcomes Little Theatre

The latest assignment for the Little Theatre speakers bureau was November 4 at the Sunset Terrace Neighborhood Association's annual meeting in Los Osos.  There were approximately 40 members in attendance, and they were a very positive audience.

Besides getting to share information about the Little Theatre, I got a great lunch!  Thanks go to association president Marge Castle for the kind invitation to be part of the group's program.  

Sharing why we're called a "Little Theatre" with members of the Sunset Terrace Neighborhood Association.

Find out more about having a Little Theatre speaker come to your organization's meeting.

Do you like the music of the 1970's? Want to sing it onstage? Do you look like Nixon? Have we got a musical for you!

Auditions are Wednesdayand Thursday for Watergate! (and other solid gold hits!).

Please prepare:

32 bars of a song (about 2 minutes) from the 1970’s. No accompanist will be provided, so please be prepared to sing A Cappella or with a CD. (Boom Box will be provided.) Please feel free to sing songs originally performed by the opposite gender.

Some actors will be asked to cold-read from the script- sides will be provided at the audition.

STORY: From the Artistic Team behind My Generation and This is Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story comes a new original musical about politics and greed, featuring the greatest musical hits of the 1970's. Watergate and Other Solid Gold Hits follows the rise of a driven political player as he navigates and inspires some of the most infamous headlines of the decade.  Join us on the journey from Flower Power to leisure suits as a groovin' live band, slick singers, and sultry dancers fill the halls of the Capitol with incredible music from one of the most scandalous decades in American history.

Character List will be solidified after auditions.

Songs included (or being considered):

- “Mr. Blue Sky” ELO

- “Lean on Me” Bill Withers

- “Jesus Is Just All Right” The Doobie Brothers

- “The Candy Man” Sammy Davis Jr.

- “Superstition” Stevie Wonder

- “Sunshine” Jonathan Edwards

-“Oh! You Pretty Things” David Bowie

- “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” Elton John

- “Live And Let Die” Wings

- “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks

- “More Than A Feeling” Boston

- “You’re so Vain” Carly Simon

- “Stuck in the Middle with You” Stealers Wheels

- “Maybe I’m Amazed” Paul McCartney

- “Desperado” Eagles

- “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen

- “Sweet Emotion”  Aerosmith

- “Somebody to Love” Queen

- “Don’t Bring me Down- ELO

- “I Want You To Want Me” Cheap Trick

 - “Nobody Does It Better” Carly Simon

- “Take a Chance on Me” ABBA

- “Cold as Ice” Foreigner

- “The Logical Song” Supertramp

-“Both Sides Now” Judy Collins

- “Magic Man” Heart

Feel free to sing any of these songs, or any songs of your choosing from the time period. Choose a song that you like to sing. Please contact Kevin Harris at kevinharris@slolittletheatre.org if you have any questions at all.

Hope to see you there!

-Kevin

PHOTOGRAPH 51 exits the stage, WONDERFUL LIFE is in tech, HONK JR! continues to grow, and we're looking for people to check in to WATERGATE. This week at the Little Theatre!

Good afternoon friends of the Little Theatre,

Congratulations to the cast, crew, and director of Photograph 51! The Ubu's Other Shoe staged reading enjoyed two great performances last weekend. If you missed it, you missed out! The Ubu's Other Shoe staged reading series is the only place on the Central Coast that you can some of these wonderful plays! Check out the rest of Ubu's 9th season by clicking HERE.

It's A Wonderful Life is right in the middle of tech rehearsals! We're getting ready for our Thanksgiving rehearsal break and looking forward to opening on November 30. Tickets are already selling out for several performances. Don't miss your chance to see this family favorite live onstage. Get your tickets by clicking HERE.

Staging and choreography rehearsal for Honk Jr! are underway. This is going to be a delightful musical for the entire family. Honk Jr. opens on January 12. Find out more about the show HERE. Get your tickets by clicking HERE.

Auditions for Watergate and Other Solid Gold Hits are this Wednesday and Thursday! Come be a part of this original musical featuring the greatest songs from the 1970's. See all of the audition details HERE. Let us know your coming by RSVPing HERE.

Every week I will publish the newest members of the Little Theatre. Our organization depends on the generosity of these individuals/businesses to survive. If you know anyone on the list below, please be sure to let them know that you appreciate what they are doing for our theatre. A little thanks goes a long way!

NAME	AMOUNT
Jane Coffelt	100
Cindy Condit	40
Nancy Elliott	150
Megan Fox	800
Joy Hanson	50
Jacqueline Heitman	35
Laura Hopkins	1,000.00
Charlotte Hughes	250
Carol Kiessig	250
Lynne Levine	10
Jonathan & Holly Lindenthaler	100
Stan Rosenfield	50
Bettina Swigger	50

Thank you, everyone, for your support of organization. We are YOUR community theatre, so, please don't hesitate to let us know if there's anything we can do to meet your needs.

Have a great week, everyone!

-Kevin

Auditions! Don't miss your chance to be a part of the the most ridiculously rockin' show of the year!

WATERGATE! AND OTHER SOLID GOLD HITS!

November 14 at 15 from 6:00-8:00 PM both nights. You are only required to attend one audition.

Please prepare:

32 bars of a song (about 2 minutes) from the 1970’s. No accompanist will be provided, so please be prepared to sing A Cappella or with a CD. (Boom Box will be provided.) Please feel free to sing songs originally performed by the opposite gender.

Some actors will be asked to cold-read from the script- sides will be provided at the audition.

STORY: From the Artistic Team behind My Generation andThis is Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story comes a new original musical about politics and greed, featuring the greatest musical hits of the 1970's. Watergate and Other Solid Gold Hits follows the rise of a driven political player as he navigates and inspires some of the most infamous headlines of the decade.  Join us on the journey from Flower Power to leisure suits as a groovin' live band, slick singers, and sultry dancers fill the halls of the Capitol with incredible music from one of the most scandalous decades in American history.

Character List will be solidified after auditions.

Songs included (or being considered):

- “Mr. Blue Sky” ELO

- “Lean on Me” Bill Withers

- “Jesus Is Just All Right” The Doobie Brothers

- “The Candy Man” Sammy Davis Jr.

- “Superstition” Stevie Wonder

- “Sunshine” Jonathan Edwards

-“Oh! You Pretty Things” David Bowie

- “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” Elton John

- “Live And Let Die” Wings

- “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks

- “More Than A Feeling” Boston

- “You’re so Vain” Carly Simon

- “Stuck in the Middle with You” Stealers Wheels

- “Maybe I’m Amazed” Paul McCartney

- “Desperado” Eagles

- “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen

- “Sweet Emotion”  Aerosmith

- “Somebody to Love” Queen

- “Don’t Bring me Down- ELO

- “I Want You To Want Me” Cheap Trick

 - “Nobody Does It Better” Carly Simon

- “Take a Chance on Me” ABBA

- “Cold as Ice” Foreigner

- “The Logical Song” Supertramp

- “Mr. Blue Sky” E.L.O.

-“Both Sides Now” Judy Collins

- “Magic Man” Heart

Feel free to sing any of these songs, or any songs of your choosing from the time period. Choose a song that you liketo sing. Please contact Kevin Harris by clicking HERE if you have any questions at all.

Hope to see you there!

-Kevin

Middle of the week actor worship- check out what else Dan Conner can do!

Good afternoon friends of the Little Theatre,

It's that time of the week again- let's take a closer look at an artist who has made an entire career of  playing nice guys. (Some of them end up chopping people's heads off, but, they sure are sweet before that.) Rosanne's better half himself: John Goodman.

Click HERE to check out this swanky Foot Locker commercial Goodman destroys in 1981.

Too shoe-centered? Click HERE to check out Goodman's original audition for Rosanne.

Not sentimental enough for you? Click HERE to see Goodman talk about his experience on Rosanne and see some great clips for the classic show.

To television-centered for you? Click HERE to hear Goodman sing this great Roger Miller songs from the Tony Award-Winning musical Big River. (BONUS- this clip shows you exactly what you shouldn't do when you put together a YouTube video. It's fabulously terrible, but the song is great.)

Not a theatre fan? See some of Goodman's greatest collaborations with the Coen brothers below:

Click HERE for The Big Lebowski. (WARNING- this clip contains the f-word over 30 times.)

Click HERE to see a screaming Goodman in Raising Arizona.

Click HERE to see Goodman as the Cyclops in O Brother, Where Art Though?

Want to go deeper? Click HERE to see James Lipton ask Goodman several questions in a reverent tone.

Have a great Wednesday, everyone!

-Kevin

BONUS CLIP- Click HERE to see Goodman talk to a Muppet about a triangle.