Sunday, July 04, 2021

Live Theatre Workshop: ONCE UPON THIS TIME opens July 16 on the new indoor Children's Theatre stage

 

From: Live Theatre Workshop <livetheatreworkshop@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 4, 2021 6:06 AM
Subject: ONCE UPON THIS TIME opens July 16 on the new indoor Children's Theatre stage

 

 

 

ONCE UPON THIS TIME

In the new Children's Theatre

 

 

 

 

L-r: Cecy Abarca, Kyleigh Sacco, Tyler and Brian McElroy

 

 

Once Upon THIS Time

Written and directed by Richard Gremel

with music by Michael Martinez and choreography by Samantha Cormier

 

July 16 - August 1

Fridays + Saturdays at 7:00PM and Sundays at 3:00PM

Tickets: $10 for children + $12 for adults

 

This is our first show for children (and children at heart) to open in the new dedicated indoor Children's Theatre on the Live Theatre Workshop campus. It's going to be fun!

 

Everyone knows the classic princess stories; you know, the ones that always begin with "Once Upon a Time..." Those classic tales of magic, dreams, fantasy, and true love. But do you think those stories still hold up in today's modern world? Is there still true love and bibbity-bobbity-boos in this age of smartphones and Wi-Fi? Would all those princesses still live happily ever after?

 

Two narrators battle it out in an attempt to answer these questions. It is "Princess meets Present" when the stories of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Beauty & the Beast, and Cinderella are given a modern twist and told "Once Upon This Time."

 

"I truly enjoyed creating comparisons between the classic stories—which we know and love—and how the story could work in our modern times, while also putting my own comedic twist on it all," says playwright and director Richard Gremel. "We have six actors playing more than 40 roles and we had so much fun bringing these characters to life and making them fun and fantastic."

 

 

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Theatre Education

 

 

 

 

Young Playwrights Public Performances

 

Public performances of the six short plays by the winners in LTW's 2nd Annual Young Playwrights Competition will be performed on the following dates. Tickets are $10.

 

Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 2:00PM

Sunday, July 18, 2021 at 11:30PM

Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 2:00PM

Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 11:30PM

 

The Plays:

"Jack and the Beanstalk: The Giant's Stolen Goose" by Amelia Caporale

"Too Many Lindas" by Maddie Hill

"The End of the Universe" by Karen Jie

"Forest Safety 101" by Catherine Oda

"You Could Call it a Space Jam" by Catherine Oda

"Time Flies" by Katherine Prince

 

The five young playwrights come from a variety of Tucson schools, including Empire High School, City High School, The Gregory School, and home school. They were paired with local, seasoned playwrights who have mentored them, helping them cast, direct, and workshop their 10-minute plays. Auditions were held in March for young performers and tech students to partner with the playwrights and bring these award-winning plays to life.

Poster art by Catherine Oda.

 

 

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On the Mainstage: Last Chance!

 

 

 

 

A Life in The Theatre

Written by David Mamet. Directed by Molly Lyons.

Cast: David Johnston and Stephen Frankenfield.

 

Thurs. July 8 at 7:30PM

Friday, July 9 at 7:30PM

Saturday, July 10 at 3:00PM

 

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-The-Plow takes us into the lives of two actors: John, young and rising into the first flush of his success; and Robert, older, anxious, and beginning to wane. In a series of short, spare, and increasingly raw exchanges, we see the estrangement of youth from age and the wider, inevitable and endless cycle of life, in and out of the theatre.

 

"I hope the audience will feel like they're in the makeup room with the actors, a fly on the wall backstage, getting a glimpse of how it's done; almost onstage with the actors in the scenes that are plays within the play, and enjoying how they change from style to style," says Director Molly Lyons.

 

"But, mostly, like any good play, I hope audiences will enjoy watching the development of a complex relationship. Haven't we all admired someone, then learned their flaws? Mentor to mentee, artistic father to young up and coming actor, artist to artist, human to human. Both characters are fully flawed yet fully lovable. It's a beautiful journey of growth, creativity, respect, disappointment, and, ultimately, love."

 

 

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Live Theatre Workshop

 

 

LTW is hiring a Marketing/Communications Manager

 

Is this the job for you?

 

We are searching for a Marketing & Communications Manager to:

1) increase ticket sales, season subscriptions, and youth registrations for classes and camps;

2) communicate regularly with the LTW "family," which includes subscribers, ticket buyers, donors, theatre artists, students and parents;

3) provide communications support for fund development efforts; and

4) build brand awareness of the mission and programs of Live Theatre Workshop.

 

This professional also will help increase opportunities for theatre artists and tech professionals, and help LTW reach new audiences, especially those from marginalized communities.

 

Application deadline: July 15, 2021

 

 

Learn more about the job

 

 

 

 

 

We appreciate your support for our year-round programming for children, our thought-provoking and often funny productions for adult audiences, and our outreach to local artists.

 

 

 

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