Check Out The Stage

If you're thinking of engaging yourself in an after school activity. Look no further, the stage is a wonderful choice for any fun lover. There are many different positions for those who aren't particularly keen on being on stage in from hundreds of people. If you prefer something else there is backstage crew a.k.a. running crew. They move large props and help the actors get in and out of costume. Lighting Booth does sound, light, and writes cues for each act concerning the lighting for a certain scene. Also, you could try your hand in house or promotion. This area of the theater is concerned with selling things in the lobby and or calling local businesses for promotional adds. Whether your home is on the stage or behind the curtain I promise you'll have a great time.

Getting To Know The Crew

 When you think about live theater, what comes to mind? Let me guess, a dazzling actor. Actors aren't the only people invloved in putting a show together.

There's the director, the baskstage crew, house, light booth etc. I've been given the oppurtunity to interview a fellow Wyoming Theater Company member, who resides in the light booth.  Marissa Garcia says "First we have to change the batteries in all the mics, and in the pianists music stand light.

The hardest thing about working lights is figuring out when to make decisions on our own, or when to wait for guidance. We always have to make sure that we're following along in the script and that we're doing the right things at the right time.

 It's always really stressful when we mess up, because then the next time you always remember that one mess up and it haunts you. It's a lot of trial and error basically.

 On the other hand it's a wonderful feeling when the sound is perfect and the lighting is great and the actors are able to feel at home in the scene because of what we do.

When it all comes together it definitely makes it worth it." This is Marissa's second show working the booth and she has done marvelously. It's thanks to hard work from crew members like her that a show actually goes well. So remember next time you pop in to see a Wyoming Theater Company show and things don't go horribly, it's probably thanks to the crew member.

Art Festival Nunsense Performance

This Saturday at 1:30 at the arts festival, in the small gym of the Wyoming High School, The Wyoming Theater company will be giving a sneak peek of their up coming show Nunsense The Mega Musical. The cast will perform 4 songs from the actual musical, and they will be in costume.  

Before the performance they will be mingling and checking out some of the art pieces. It's crunch time for the Theater Company and they're all a bit on edge at the thought of being on stage in a week and a half. The show day is creeping up, March 25th though the 28th. Never has the Theater Company done a show of this magnitude. with crowd interaction and quite a lot of ad libbing. Though I believe that things will go over smoothly, and the show will be amazing.

Opening Doors For African Americans On stage

   The stage is a humble home for many diverse actors, not excluding many African Americans. To celebrate Black History month I'd like to take a step back in time and take off our hats to a group of remarkable off and on Broadway African Americans. the most Patina Miller: lead role in sister act the on Broadway musical. She shocked thousands with her heart warming performance, and to African Americans like herself that we can all make a name for ourselves in theater. She has had the role every time it's been casted since 1998. She really is something else. Thanks for your hard work Patina!

South Pacific

    If you don't have plans on the 27th of you should definitely make your way over to The Civic Theatre to check out the musical South Pacific. It's an unconventional love story told centered around world War II and American soldiers stationed in the south pacific.
   As the war against Japan escalates reality sets in, and lovers struggle to reconcile their affair. If you want to hear some amazing music, and see a life changing performance, you better get your butt over to the Civic Theatre and watch the acclaimed Broadway musical South Pacific.
   Show dates are Feb 27th-March 22nd

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Grand Rapids Civic Theatre

   If you find yourself downtown with nothing to do, make sure you swing by The Civic Theatre located on 30 N Division Ave. The Civic Theatre has been a long standing live theater since the roaring twenties.
   They started out as the civic players and would perform in The Cecelia Auditorium in downtown Grand Rapids.
   In 1935 it officially changed its name to The Civic Theatre.  It's name became widely known and it began engrossing thousands and thousands of dollars a week.
   Today, The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School Of Theatre And Arts is the 5th largest community theater in the country. They produce nine mainstream productions every year, and regularly receive phenomenal reviews.
   So don't be shy. Whether you would like to audition, or if you're just in the mood to see a good show, stop on into The civic Theatre. You won't be disappointed.

http://www.grct.org/aboutus.html

The Wyoming theater Company is Back In Action

  The Wyoming Theater Company is hard at work, getting ready for their spring show Nunsense The Mega Musical. It is a satire filled musical about 5 nuns who have to put on a talent show to raise money to bury their fellow convent sisters after they accidentally eat poisoned soup.  

   The cast is headed by Irene Kivinen, The Mother Superior; Shyanne Calvin, Sister Hubert; Olivia Hamilton, Sister Robert Anne; Heidi Glynn, Sister Amnesia; and Gabby Huizinga, Sister Leo; Coincidentally all of these girls are seniors in Wyoming High School.  

   The cast is knee deep in dance rehearsals, line memorization, and vocal rehearsals. 

When asked how she thinks the show is going to turn out Irene replied "I have faith that the musical will go extremely well, I mean they always do so I don't know." which is true. The Wyoming  theater Company has had a long line of sold out shows, one after the other.  

   Let's hope this show goes over just as well, and lets hope our 5 leading ladies make us here at Wyoming proud. Fingers crossed.