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Newsletter Volume 5, Number 4 April 2009 Happy Spring! We hope you’re all enjoying the first few days of warm weather! Here at Kaleidoscope we’re gearing up to start rehearsals for our 2009 Summer Series! We’re very excited to announce our line up in this issue! Click on the link for a complete list of our upcoming performances For up-to-date information about Kaleidoscope Theatre, you can also 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 or find us on YouTube or Facebook! In this issue you can read about: 1. 2009 Summer Series 2. The Frog Prince 3. Sleeping Beauty 4. Aladdin 5. Motif Awards 6. Supporting Our Members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. OUR 2009 SUMMER SERIES We are happy to officially announce our 2009 Summer Series! Performances will run eight weeks from July 7th – August 26th. For complete details, please visit our blog Shows will include: “Aladdin”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Snow White”, “The Frog Prince”, “Beauty & the Beast”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Cinderella”, and “Goldilocks & the Three Bears”. Our home base will again be at Robert’s Hall Auditorium at Rhode Island College. With times being as difficult as they are, Kaleidoscope is offering the best “staycation” in town! Without buying expensive travel tickets, you can excite your child’s imagination by bringing them to see their favorite fairytale come to life on stage! Tickets at Rhode Island College will be on sale Monday! They can be purchased for $8 in advance or for $10 at the door. A special season pass for all eight shows is available for only $50! A special rate, for groups of 25 or more, is also available. For more details, please call the RIC Box Office at 401) 456-8144. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. THE FROG PRINCE If you don’t want to wait until the summer, we have several performances coming up this month! If you missed our recent performances of “The Frog Prince,” you can catch us at several New England venues in May! In Massachusetts we will be performing the show on Sunday, May 10th at the Saugus Senior Center in Saugus, MA. The show will begin at 2:00pm and the admission price of $12 also includes an ice cream! For more information, please call (781) 230-EXPO! Then, in Rhode Island, we will be performing the show on Thursday, May 14th at the Scottish Rites Auditorium in Cranston. This show begins at 10:00am and tickets can be purchased for $6 directly from Kaleidoscope by calling (401) 942-3637. You can also preview this production by visiting the Kaleidoscope YouTube account Two clips of the show were recently filmed at the Kelsey Theatre in New Jersey! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. SLEEPING BEAUTY Besides “The Frog Prince” you can preview another one of our summer shows in June!! The Saugus Senior Center is hosting “Sleeping Beauty” on Sunday, June 21st! Promo shots should be available on our Myspace account soon! www.myspace.com/kaleidoscopetheatre ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. ALADDIN Kaleidoscope’s Summer Series will open with “Aladdin” on July 7th. Kaleidoscope has not mounted this show since 1996 and we are very excited to be bringing it back this summer! In preparation for the return, Kaleidoscope applied for grant money and received it from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) to produce three new backdrops in conjunction with local artist Laura McPherson. These drops represent the bazaar, the Sultan’s palace, and the magical oasis scenes in the show. Laura, along with volunteers from Kaleidoscope, recently completed the third and final drop! Photos of all three completed drops are available on our MySpace account. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. MOTIF AWARDS! Kaleidoscope Theatre has been nominated for several local awards organized by Motif Magazine! Our nominations include: * BEST DIRECTOR - Tommy Iafrate – “Hansel and Gretel” * BEST CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION – “Cinderella’s Christmas” * BEST CHILD PERFORMANCE – Jeffrey Sewell- “Jack and the Beanstalk” Rebekah Philip – “Little Red Riding Hood” Nikki Speciale – “Hansel and Gretel” Please show your support by placing your votes before May 15th! VOTE at http://www.vmassociates.com/motiftheatreawards09.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. SUPPORTING OUR MEMBERS A. Sandy Cerel (Mrs. Johnson in “BULLY”) is directing and playing the role of Mrs. Baker in “Butterflies Are Free” at the Newport Playhouse, which runs April 16-May 24. Newportplayhouse.com. B. Sandy is also active at other community theatres. In June, she will be directing the Community Players production of “Moonlight and Magnolias”. For details, check out the group’s webpage. C. Siara Padilla (Ralph in “The Three Pigs”) is in town as Tessie in “Annie!” The show is at PPAC May 4-6th. www.annieontour.com D. Sam Hood (Jake in “BULLY”) will be featured in the All Children’s Theatre production of “Twelfth Night” from May 1-9 at the Vartan Gregorian School. www.actinri.org. E. Emily Luther (Flora in “Beauty & the Beast”) will be starring in Woonsocket High School’s production of “Chicago”. May 14-16. F. Nicole Frechette (Office Manager), James Lambert (Jake in “BULLY”) and Alex Valentine (Minister in “Cinderella”) will all be featured in the Courthouse Center for the Arts production of “Violet”. This show runs May 7-23. For more details, check out www.courthousearts.org. G. Gina Wesley (Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella”) along with her band DreamCatcher, will be the opening act on the Main Stage of the 29th Annual Heritage Festival on July 18th! That concludes April’s newsletter. Sorry for the delay, but we wanted our summer series to be official before we announced it! Remember, if you have any questions, you can always contact us by e-mail at kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com or call our office at (401) 942-3637. |
