Stage Door February 2010
EVERYBODY LOVES A CONTEST! JUST ANNOUNCED!
In the spirit of our Disney-based shows this season- Sleeping Beauty, Bridge to Terabithia & Geppetto and Son, we hope to Disney-fy your life!
OPEN ONLY TO MAIN CAST ORIGINAL KIDS:
A chance to win 1 of 3 pairs of tickets to DISNEY ON ICE: THE DISNEY PRINCESSES! On the evening of Thurs., Feb. 25!
Winners and guests will join Artistic Director Dale Hirlehey and his new little Princess Ella in a Luxury Suite at the JLC to see this magical Disney on Ice performance.
To enter, send your answer to the following question to dale@oktc.ca by Thursday, Feb. 18 at 5pm. Then there will be a draw from all the correct answers and winners notified.
QUESTION: INCLUDING THE NEWEST DISNEY PRINCESS, NAME THE 4 DISNEY PRINCESSES.
Good luck! Especially to the boys!!
ANNOUNCING SPECIAL AUDITIONS!
IT’S THE OKTC ALUMNI SHOW! TO BE PERFORMED AT THE 2010 LONDON FRINGE FESTIVAL, JUNE 17 TO 27.
THE BROADWAY SMASH HIT MUSICAL!
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE!
Auditions open to any OK alumni who have graduated from high school prior to the auditions.
AUDITION TIMES:
Weekend of Feb. 20, 21.
Weekend of Feb. 27, 28.
Audtion with a 1 minute segment of a Broadway song and a 1-2 minute comedic monologue.
TO BOOK AUDITIONS:
Facebook Jeff Crane to book an audition time between 10:00am and 5pm on any day listed above. Jeff can also answer any questions. Avoid walk ups.
Rehearsals will begin in May 2010. A preliminary rehearsal schedule will be available at auditions.
NEW SINCE JANUARY STAGEDOOR
- Tickets for all performances of all OK shows are now ON SALE at www.grandtheatre.com / 519-672-8800/ in person at the Grand Theatre box office.
- Sales have ended for the new Season Subscription offer.
- All shows (except this summer’s Geppetto & Son) have been cast and are now in rehearsals.
- Volunteers for Costumes, Stage Management, Properties etc. have been given their job descriptions and are at work now. Georgina always has plenty more volunteer opportunities! To get involved in making theatre and culture a valuable part of your family’s life, just email georgina@oktc.ca and offer to help!
- All the details for SUMMER CAMP OK AND KAMP KIDLETS have been put in place, BECAUSE...
BREAKING NEWS FOR FEBRUARY>>>
1. **Registration for CAMP OK begins on MONDAY, FEB. 1!
Beginning on Feb. 1, visit www.oktc.ca to explore everything about this summer’s 4 Camp OK sessions. You can then register on line early, and be sure to get your first choices of everything!
Be sure to take a look! It is a great display!
2. Want to apply for Camp OK Counseling Staff? Keep an eye on our Job Postings on www.oktc.ca, and get your resumes fine-tuned. Interviews will be in February.
MARCH BREAK KAMP KIDLETS
Tell your friends that places are getting scarce for both our morning and afternoon sessions. All info is on www.oktc.ca under the Kidlets banner. To enrol, print out the forms and, when completed, mail to the OKTC address on the form.
INTRODUCING....
Chelsey Orphan
Chelsey is our new Head of Multi-Media. She’s a Fanshawe College student with a wonderful flair for design and technology. Her creative work can be seen on our new www.oktc.ca website design and all of the Camp OK display that will appear on Feb. 1. Chelsey is a great new addition to our staff, and we welcome her.
SAUCY JACK COMES TO LONDON!
In 1995, my son Mike Fidler and some of his friends from his theatre program at Kent University in Canterbury, England, were offered a good venue at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival if they could come up with a show over the weekend. They got together and came up with the crazy idea of writing a cult- space- disco -musical, and called it Saucy Jack and The Space Vixens. When I arrived in Edinburgh to see Mike and the gang and their show, they were on the top of the world. Saucy Jack had just won the Edinburgh Fringe First Award, one of Great Britain’s highest theatre honours. Since those humble beginnings, Jack has been to the Festival 4 times, has toured England, had 2 London England West End productions, and for some time had its own cabaret theatre under a railway arch in South London. Since it became available for other groups to do, it has been produced around the world.
And now it comes to London-Canada!
Produced by London’s Simply Theatre Company, and directed by Dale Hirlehey, Saucy Jack will accompany The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as a Bring Your own Venue show at the London Fringe Theatre Festival, June 18 – 27.
Jack Tinker, drama critic of the London Daily Mail, called it “The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the Millennium!” It is set in a futuristic cabaret bar (run dictatorially by the mysterious Saucy Jack) on Planet Frottage at the slum end of the universe, in a world where plastics have been outlawed (and are therefore very valuable), where disco has been rediscovered and is considered noble and empowering, and where law and order is maintained by the intergalactic crime squad, The Space Vixens. A serial murderer called the Sling- Back Killer is on the loose and a line of cabaret artistes have been killed, stabbed by a red sequined sling-back high- heeled shoe. This looks like a job for---- The Space Vixens!
Auditions for the show are scheduled for Sat., Feb. 6, 12 to 3pm and Sunday 12-3-pm, in the Labatt Lounge, on the Mezz, and are open to anyone in the community 18 and older.
Do 1 minute of a disco song, unaccompanied or with CD accompaniment. There will be a dance audition, so dress appropriately.
To book auditions and to get further information go to Jeff Crane on Facebook/jeff@simplytheatre.com / 519-670-5543.
He can send you character descriptions if you wish.
