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Voted RI Monthly's
Best Children's Theatre
"A RI treasure"
RI State Council on the Arts
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Kaleidoscope Theatre Newsletter
Volume 3, Number 8
August 2007
www.kaleidoscopetheatre.com
kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com
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Hello everybody! Welcome to this month's
Kaleidoscope
Theatre online newsletter! Our 2007 Summer
Series is
beginning to wind down, but we're looking
forward to this
fall especially for our 30th Anniversary
Celebration!
For up-to-date information about
Kaleidoscope, you can
check out our two online 'blogs at:
www.kscopetheatre.blogspot.com (for general
news)
www.kaleidonews.blogspot.com (for our
members)
For pictures and video clips (old and new)
come visit us
on myspace at www.myspace.com/kaleidoscopetheatre.
In this issue you can read about:
1. Our New Website!
2. Mark Your Calendars Our Anniversary
Celebration!
3. Kaleidoscope's School Touring Program
4. $100-OFF Coupon
5. Upcoming Performances
6. Supporting our members Other venues to
feature the
many talents of our performers
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1. OUR NEW WEBSITE!
It's our great pleasure to announce the
launch of a brand
new website for Kaleidoscope Theatre! It's a
great new
site that was designed by Marianne Douglas,
a fellow
Kaleidoscopian! The new site has the same
user friendly
set up, but contains more color, pizzazz,
and current
photos!
Starting in September, both our old URL
(www.kaleidoscopetheatre.com) and our new
URL
(www.kaleidoscopechildrenstheatre.com) will
point
to the new site. For now, the updated page
can be seen at
the new web address only. Please feel free
to explore the
new site
and enter our new online contest!
Any questions,
please e-mail us at kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com!
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2. MARK YOUR CALENDERS IT'S A PARTY!
On Saturday, October 27th Kaleidoscope and
The Homestead
Group will be hosting "the party of the
year". Kaleidoscope
Theatre will be celebrating its 30th
Anniversary at the
beautiful Homestead Gardens in North
Smithfield, RI.
Starting at 5:00pm, come join us at this
picturesque
location for a night of good food, soft
drinks, desserts,
entertainment, a costume contest, a Chinese
auction, and of course wonderful memories!
Tickets for this event will be $15 for
children 12 and
under and $25 for adults. (This price
includes a
commemorative souvenir!) Space is limited,
so please buy
your tickets early! Keep checking our
website for new and
updated information!
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3. KALEIDOSCOPE THEATRE'S AWARD-WINNING
SCHOOL-TOURING PROGRAM:
Kaleidoscope Theatre's school-touring
program is underway
for the 2007-2008 school year! We have many
wonderful
shows on tour this year, which are all
available for booking
now!
B.U.L.L.Y. (Better Understanding by
Listening and Learning
about You) helps youngsters deal with the
ever-present and
often dangerous issue of bullying. This show
is a sensitive,
participatory presentation offering viable
solutions to
difficult situations via peer education. A
cast of middle
and high school students performs in this
show to create
an atmosphere of peer teaching that has been
very
successful for us in the past. As
entertaining as it is
educational, B.U.L.L.Y. is sure to be a hit
in your school!
Also available are:
I'M SPECIAL YOU'RE SPECIAL: a show of
compassion
and understanding about a boy with special
needs who is
included in his brother and sister's public
school.
BAD COMPANY: A soft-rock musical conveying a
drug-free
message using young performers and peer
education to
explain the drugs caffeine, nicotine,
alcohol, marijuana,
cocaine, and crack.
Some of our fairytale musicals are also
available to tour to
your school! These shows include
"GOLDILOCKS," and "LITTLE
RED RIDINGHOOD." To read more about these
and other shows,
please visit our website at
www.kaleidoscopechildrenstheatre.com/schooltouring.htm!
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4. $100-OFF COUPON
At this time, we'd like to remind all of our
summer patrons
that time is running out for you to pick up
one of our
$100-off coupons. These coupons, which are
available only
at our summer concession stands, are good
for $100 off any
of our school touring productions. Simply
give this coupon
to your child's principal or PTO president
and they can
book a show for the 2007-08 school year for
a $100
discount! (Show dates must be reserved by
October 15th.)
These coupons can still be picked up at all
our remaining
summer performances for a complete tour
schedule,
check out our new website!
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5. UPCOMING PERFORMANCES FALL PREVIEW
Although our Summer Tour is almost over,
Kaleidoscope
will be very busy in the months ahead.
Besides our school
touring productions and planning our 30th
Anniversary
party, we will be touring several of our
most popular
fairytale musicals!
On October 14th, Kaleidoscope will be
performing
"Cinderella" at Westborough High School in
Westborough,
MA. The show is at 2:00pm and is open to the
public.
Tickets are now on sale for $8.00 and can be
purchased
by calling Jackie Semalis at (508) 756-6519.
We hope
to see you there!
Also in October, we hope to continue our
fairytale series
at the Melrose Memorial Hall in Melrose, MA.
Shows on the
docket include: "Snow White", "Alice in
Wonderland", and
"Cinderella's Christmas". Please stay tuned
for more
information!
"Cinderella's Christmas" will also be
touring extensively
in December. The show will be performed at
Rhode Island
College on Sunday, December 9th, at the
Chevrolet Theatre
in Wallingford, CT on Saturday, December
15th, and at the
Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket on December
21st and 22nd.
December is also the time for our annual
winter performance
at Scottish Rites Auditorium! This year's
show is "Little
Red Ridinghood's Christmas," which will be
performed on
Thursday, December 6th. The show will begin
at 10:00am.
Any teachers, parents, or principals who are
looking to book
a field trip for their child's class, please
contact our
Managing Director, Bob Zannini, at (401)
942-3637.
Space is limited.
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6. SUPPORTING OUR MEMBERS!
A. Lee Rush (who has played many roles
for us, including
Rosina in "Dial M for Matrimony" and
Disgustia in "Cinderella")
will be directing Mill River's production of
"The Mousetrap" from
September 14 through October 14! For more
information, visit
www.millrivertheater.com or call (401)
721-0909!
B. Numerous Kaleidoscopians, including:
Emily Luther,
Kathrine Barnes, Mikey Iemma, Joe Catanzaro,
Aliya Thaler,
Sari Thaler, and Daniel Larson will be
featured in RISE on
Broadway's upcoming production of "The Sound
of Music".
For more information, check out their
website at
www.ristage.org!
*For our members If you're involved in an
upcoming
theatrical production, and would like
information included in
our newsletter, please e-mail the details to
us at
kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com*
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Well, that concludes this month's
newsletter. We hope to see
you all at our remaining summer performances
and throughout
the fall as we prepare to celebrate
Kaleidoscope's 30th birthday!
Remember, if you have any questions, contact
us by
e-mail at kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com!
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