​Blue Light Classes 

The Blue Light Players are now taking enrollments in their Spring Musical Theatre Classes. We are pleased to welcome Kait Wilson as an instructor for these classes. Kait holds a degree in Music Performance and was the Music Director for our production of Newsies! She will also be joining us as the Music Director for our upcoming production of Matilda! Kait has an extensive background in both directing and performance, having worked professionally in both capacities. For more information or to enroll in these classes, please visit: http://www.bluelightplayers.com/spring-classes.html

MONDAYS (May 6th – June 17th, no class May 27th) Room 302 

5:30pm-7:25pm    Youth Musical Theatre Performance (Instructors – Kait Wilson & Helen Hart) $105

Musical Theatre Basics will focus on applying and bringing together the disciplines of singing, acting, and dancing, to create an effective presentation. Each semester, the Musical Theatre class strengthens these elements by selecting a Broadway showtune, interpreting it both musically and dramatically, then teaching the staging and choreography for performance. Our Musical Theatre classes explore a diversity of rehearsal tools and techniques in pursuit of a performance which is both dynamic and authentic.

7:35pm-9:00pm    Adult Audition Techniques for Musical Theatre (Instructor – Kait Wilson) $85

This class is designed for adult performers who want to hone their audition skills and learn how to better prepare themselves to land their dream role. Students will learn about audition etiquette, preparing a resume, and each student will work on an audition song and monologue. By the end of this course, each student will have learned how to confidently present themselves and their material in a professional setting and how to choose material appropriate to the type and style of the audition. 

TUESDAYS (May 7th – June 11th) Room 303

6:00pm-7:00pm    Youth Class Voice, Level 1 (Instructor – Kait Wilson) $60

Group voice will allow the youth performer to learn proper breathing, posture, tone production, intonation, diction, and phrasing. Our instructor will help you gain confidence and consistency in your singing, while preventing damage to young vocal cords. Level 1 is prerequisite for the next level which will focus on aural skills, ear training, and sight singing.

7:05pm-8:30pm    Youth Audition Techniques for Musical Theatre, Level 1 (Instructor – Kait Wilson) $85

Find out what it takes to get your dream role! This course is the first in a series of classes to prepare the youth actor for musical theatre auditions. Students will learn about audition etiquette, preparing a resume, and each student will work on an audition song and monologue. By the end of this course, each student will have learned how to confidently present themselves and their material in a professional setting and how to choose material appropriate to the type and style of the audition. Level 1 is a prerequisite for the next level which will continue to build the student’s repertoire of audition selections, while also focusing on appropriate attire, selecting a headshot, and writing a resume.

THURSDAYS (May 2nd – June 13, no class on May 23rd) Room 304

7:30pm-8:30pm    Adult/Youth Tap Dancing for Musical Theatre, Adv. Beg to Int. (Instructor – Helen Hart) $60

This class is designed for youth and adult students who have taken prior tap classes through the Blue Light Players or a dance studio. Students will focus on refining their current repertoire of steps, learn news steps and combinations, while focusing on precision, clarity and speed of execution. We will be focusing on the Broadway style of tap, utilizing an Al Gilbert syllabus. Students will be encouraged to listen to the sounds their feet are creating, while focusing on the proper technique needed for musical theatre.

Minimum Enrollment: 6 students    Maximum Enrollment: 12 students

Youth Classes: Ages 9-17
Adult Classes: Ages 14+

Multiple Class Discount: 10% discount when enrolling in more than 1 class or more than 1 family member enrolling

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 "STAGES" SPRING CLASSES
Owosso Community Players Performing Arts Education Program


WITH THANKS TO THE COOK FAMILY FOUNDATION

EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF THE ARTS
GRADES K - 2

DISNEY ALIVE!
Date: Thursdays - Apil 18 - May 16
Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $50*
Instructor: Erica Duffield

PROPS & PUPPETS
Date: Mondays - Apil 15 - May 13
Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $50*
Instructor: Kelly Oginsky
GRADES 3 - 5

READY! SET! MATILDA!
Date: Tuesdays - Apil 16 - May 14
Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $50*
Instructors: Erica Duffield, Garrett Bradley, Mike Windnagle
GRADES 6 - 8

"TIMING IS EVERYTHING"
Date: Weds - Apil 17 - May 15
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $50*
Instructor: Lyn Freeman

SET THE SCENE: MATILDA 
Date: Tuesdays - Apil 16 - May 14
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $50*
Instructors: Erica Duffield, Garrett Bradley, Mike Windnagle

GRADES 9 - 12
90 MINUTE INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS
LIGHTING & DESIGN
Date: Monday, May 7
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $20*
Instructor: Rachael Cupples
CASTING CALL!
Date: Monday, May 13
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $20*
Instructors: Garrett Bradley
GRADES 9 - ADULT
LET'S MOVE! FRIENDSHIP AND MOVEMENT
Date: Thursdays - Apil 18 - May 16
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: Lebowsky Center
Class Fee: $50*
Instructors: Erica Duffield
* SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
* It is our belief that every student should have the opportunity to be inspired by the performing arts regardless of means. Please call Kathy Brooks at 989.720.3410 to inquire about scholarships for these classes.


CLASS DESCRIPTIONS AND SIGN UP
The Owosso Community Players, with the support of the Cook Family Foundation, is realizing its vision of bringing performing arts education in its many disciplines to the greater Shiawassee region. At OCP, we believe that immersion in the arts fosters confidence, creative problem-solving skills, and a healthy self-image.

BOX OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK
MON - FRI | 10 am - 2 pm & 4 pm - 6 pm
989.723.4003 ONLINE SALES

Please forward all questions and comments to: 
Kathy Brooks
Executive Director
kathy@owossoplayers.com
989.720.3410
https://owossoplayers.com/stages-ocp-performing-arts-education/

Owosso Community Players
114 E. Main St. Suite 222
Owosso MI 48867

​The Prime Time program at Hannah Community Center is offering (in collaboration with the Friends of Theatre and Theatre Department at MSU) a not to be missed opportunity. Join the "Scripts Class at Prime Time" as it explores a Kabuki style production of the Greek play, The Bacchae, before it opens on April 12 at the Passant Theatre at the Wharton Center.

There are spaces available to join this class which is actually a package of 2 classes and a ticket to The Bacchae. 

Hurry because the first class in this package will meet this Thursday (April 11) from 3 to 5pm. We are excited to have guest Director David Fujumoto from the University of Wisconsin explain why he chose to do this Greek drama in the style of traditional Japanese Kabuki theater complete with elaborate costuming.

The Scripts class package includes a ticket to the production at MSU on the day and time of your choosing and a second class on April 25th from 3 to 5pm at Prime Time where we will have the opportunity to meet with students and faculty involved in the production.

This is small group setting with limited seating (no more than 20 spaces) designed to encourage dialog.

DONT MISS THIS! To sign up call Prime Time at the Hannah Community Center at (517) 337-1113.

Very sad to report that dear SHARON STRAUBEL, longtime backstage volunteer at Riverwalk, frequent Stage Manager, Props Mistress and all around behind-the-scenes pillar of Riverwalk — has died of pancreatic cancer at her home, this morning, with fellow RWT stalwart and significant other, Leroy Cupp, by her side.

Arrangements are pending, and I hope to have more news before the next Ripples issue. As usual, donations can be made to Riverwalk in Sharon’s memory and donors names will be listed in Riverwalk programs for a year. Send checks to Riverwalk Theatre P.O. Box 12249, Lansing, MI 48901. Sympathy cards may be sent to Leroy at 6341 Bell Hwy. Eaton Rapids MI 48827. I don’t know the addresses of her sons or any other family.

I was recently made aware of three productions at MSU that had escaped my previous GLUT Radar, and/or the notice ofmy “Theatre Leaders” email list who proofread the calendar each month. There are probably more “in the know” who should be on my Leaders list. Feel free to add yourself - just email me your info. (This is part of why we call it the GLUT; there is "anexcessivelyabundantsupply” oftheatre in this area!)


FACULTY INITIATIVE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE

4/4 - 4/6 - 7:30 pmShark! The Musical- developed by Alison Dobbins, Brad Willcuts and Alexis Bacon. 
Thursday Friday Saturday 7:30pm,
FREE of charge
MSU Studio 60 Theatre, lower level of Auditorium Building

The story of a small beachside town grappling with social issues and a giant shark. YOU, the audience, control the action. Who lives, who dies, and how the story ends is in your hands. The audience controls the action through mobile application, vocal participation, and movement. The performance is 60 – 80 minutes with scripted and choreographed sections.

STUDENT PRODUCTION SERIES:

Second Stage Productions is a student-driven outlet for the creation of innovative theatre in the MSU Department of Theatre. Students are encouraged to express themselves through directing, acting, design, and production in a collective, experimental atmosphere of trial and error. Through this production organization, students are given the opportunity to think imaginatively in order to achieve their vision for storytelling on the stage.

3/29-30-31 - Three Tall Women
by Edward Albee
From Dramatists Play Service:
“A young lawyer…has been sent to the home of a client, a ninety-two-year-old woman…[whose] long life is laid out for display, no holds barred. She cascades from regal and charming to vicious and wretched as she wonders about and remembers her life: her husband and their cold, passionless marriage; her son and their estrangement. How did she become this? Who is she?”

Directed by Marshall Ross
Friday, March 29, at 7:00pm
Saturday, March 30, at 7:00pm
Sunday, March 31, at 2:00pm
Arena Theatre lower level of Auditorium Building
Tickets: $5

 
4/26-27-28 - Number The Stars
by Douglas W. Larche
From Dramatic Publishing:
"During the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, the Nazis closed down Jewish-owned businesses and began to round up the Jews for relocation to concentration camps for the final solution. Danish freedom fighters of all ages risked everything in daring, hurried attempts to rescue the entire Jewish population. In this stirring new play, young Annemarie and Kirsti Johansen face soldiers, interrogations, fierce dogs, personal danger, the loss of loved ones and their own fears as they try to help their friend Ellen Rosen escape across the ocean to Sweden and safely."

Directed by Isabella Stenz
Friday, April 26, at 7:00pm
Saturday,April 27, at 7:00pm
Sunday, April 28, at 2:00pm
Studio Theatre lower level of Auditorium Building
Tickets: $5