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Cast of Titanic announced

By |2025-03-02T11:29:35-08:00March 2nd, 2025|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Meet The Cast|

The dictionary defines “titanic” as an adjective meaning "having exceptional strength, size, or power." With that in mind, South Bay Musical Theatre is pleased to announce the titanic cast of Titanic, In Concert. which will be presented twice in the Saratoga Civic Theater on April 12 and 13, 2025 (on the 113th anniversary of the ship's fateful voyage). The cast of 45 singers—pictured here in alphabetical order—includes: Top row: Emily Acosta, Amy Alexander, Kyle Arrouzet, Anat Baird, Kama Belloni, Francesca Cipponeri, Joseph Cloward. Second row: Elyse Cook, Stephen Crocker, Derek DeMarco, Nique Eagen, Aaron Eberhardt. Third row: Finn Hekkala, Jason [...]

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Season 63 shows announced

By |2025-02-18T13:42:23-08:00February 18th, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Announcements|

The Sound of Music, Little Women coming next season! To help spread the word about our upcoming 63rd Season, we put together a short video that summarizes the season in 78 short seconds. Click on the link below to play it. Or, if you want to know more the shows than the titles and authors, read the summaries below. Keep in mind that tickets are not yet available; season brochures will go out sometime in April, when you will be able to sign up for a subscription at a discounted price.  The Sound of Music Sept. 27 - Oct. [...]

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Brigadoon cast announced

By |2025-02-07T15:15:17-08:00February 7th, 2025|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Meet The Cast|

South Bay Musical Theatre is pleased to announce the cast of Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon, which comes to the Saratoga Civic Theater from May 17 through June 7, 2025. The characters and players are: Tommy Albright: Steve Allhoff Jeff Douglas: Zack Goller Fiona MacLaren: Brenna Silva Jean MacLaren: Tracy Fuller Harry Beaton: Michael Saenz Charlie Dalrymple: Cam Burchard Mister Lundie: Robin Melnick Meg Brockie: Alicia Teeter Maggie Anderson: Adisa Kruayatidee Jane Ashton: Elizabeth McClelland Andrew MacLaren: Michael Paul Hirsch Angus MacGuffie: Michael Yu Archie Beaton: Vic Prosak Sandy Dean: Jackson Velez Stuart Dalrymple: Braden Koch Frank McBarkeep: Kyle Arrouzet Male Ensemble: Tim [...]

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Brigadoon auditions announced

By |2024-12-16T12:37:50-08:00December 16th, 2024|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Auditions|

Walter M. Mayes, Artistic Director of South Bay Musical Theatre, announces auditions for  BRIGADOON Music by Frederick Loewe. Lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner Director: Doug Brook Assistant Director: Tonya Mara Choreographer: Esther Selk Vocal Director: Rachel Michelberg Music Director: Joe Kelly Stage Manager: Philip Jacke Initial auditions will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, from 1 – 4 pm and Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, from 10 am – 2 pm Please schedule a vocal audition slot at: https://sbmt.ivolunteer.com/sbmt_brigadoon_001 AUDITION INFORMATION Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show with sheet music in the [...]

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Board Meeting Minutes for Nov 13, 2024

By |2024-11-30T13:48:16-08:00November 30th, 2024|Board Minutes|

Start: 7:24 p.m. End: 9:16 p.m. Board Members In Attendance: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Braden Taylor, Nicole Tung, Ann Lucena,Tipu Purkayastha Ex Officio: Walter Mayes (Artistic Director), Ian Fullmer (Development Director), Doug Hughes (Marketing Director) Potential Board Members: Josh Limasa, Marcy Bates, Anita Carey, Andy Switky, Nancy Whitney, LaShonda Eagels Summary of Action Items ACTION: Walter will create job description for tech director/ production manager ACTION: Walter will create comparison/market analysis with other local theaters for Braden  ACTION: Salary discussion between Walter, Braden, and Michael for new hires ACTION: Ann to create instructions for Walter for company members to understand [...]

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Cast announced for Urinetown the Musical

By |2024-10-08T19:45:37-07:00October 8th, 2024|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Meet The Cast|

South Bay Musical Theatre is pleased to announce the cast of Urinetown, the Musical, which comes to the Saratoga Civic Theater from January 25 through February 15, 2025. The characters and players are: Role ... Actor Bobby Strong...Andrew Cope Hope Cladwell...Michelle Vera Caldwell B. Cladwell...Michael Rhone Mr. McQueen...Don Nguyen Senator Fipp...Clara Walker Penelope Pennywise...Angela Jeffries Officer Lockstock...Doug Brook Officer Barrel...Jackson Velez Little Sally...Lizzie Izyumin Joseph "Old Man" Strong / Hot Blades Harry...Lex Rosenberg Josephine "Ma" Strong...Juliet Green Little Becky Two Shoes / Ms. Millennium...Dana Cordelia Morgan Soupy Sue / Cladwell's Secretary...Illeana Yanez-Pastor Tiny Tom / Dr. Billeaux...Mark Wong Robby the [...]

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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes for Sept 2024

By |2024-10-02T12:07:38-07:00October 2nd, 2024|Board meetings, Board Minutes|

Board Meeting Minutes  9/11/24 Start: 7:07 PM End: 9:33 PM Board Members In Attendance: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Braden Taylor, Nicole Tung, Ann Lucena,Tipu Purkayastha Ex Officio: Walter Mayes (Artistic Director), Doug Hughes (Marketing), Karyn Morton (Production Manager) Summary of Action Items ACTION: Karyn and Walter to put together a plan/budget for the next season crew/staff needs.   ACTION: Walter will create comparison/market analysis with other local theaters for Braden  ACTION: Nicole to reach out to contacts at WVC and SJ State regarding students to potentially work on crew, train as sound designer, etc. ACTION: Kathy Switky offered to spearhead Board [...]

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Auditions for Broadway By The Decade and Titanic

By |2024-10-01T15:43:02-07:00October 1st, 2024|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Auditions|

South Bay Musical Theatre announces two audition opportunities! Broadway By the Decade: Musicals of the New Millennium A cabaret evening of songs from 2000-2009 Created and Directed by Brad Handshy One performance: February 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM and Titanic: The Musical in Concert Music & Lyrics by MAURY YESTON Story & Book by PETER STONE Directed by Walter M. Mayes Music Direction by Asa Stern Vocal Direction by Anita Hsuing Carey Two performances: April 12 & 13, 2025 Video auditions for both shows will be accepted through Oct 31, 2024 There will be no live auditions. Directors will review [...]

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Urinetown auditions announced

By |2024-09-10T15:13:21-07:00September 10th, 2024|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Auditions|

Walter M. Mayes, Artistic Director of South Bay Musical Theatre, announces auditions for URINETOWN Music by Mark Hollmann. Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. Book by Greg Kotis. Director: David Mister Choreographer: Jennifer Cuevas Vocal Director: Walter M. Mayes Music Director:  Christine Lovejoy Saturday, Sep. 28, 2024 from 12 – 5 pm Sunday, Sep. 29, 2024 from 6 – 10 pm Please schedule a vocal audition slot at: https://sbmt.ivolunteer.com/sbmt_urinetown_001 AUDITION INFORMATION Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show with sheet music in the correct key. No recordings, please. An accompanist will be provided. Bring a headshot, resume, conflict [...]

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How’s It Going?

By |2024-06-27T15:27:17-07:00June 27th, 2024|2023-2024 Season, 2024-2025 Season, Behind The Scenes, Blog-erviews!, Opinion|

by Walter M. Mayes, South Bay Musical Theatre Artistic Director As we close the books on SBMT’s 61st season, I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to reflect on our work, our challenges, and our triumphs in bringing musical theater enjoyment to our patrons during the past year. When I stepped into the role of Artistic Director, my predecessor had already selected the season. Covid was still affecting us, and we were dealing with staff changes and a dwindling number of board members. With the support of Board Chair Michael Hirsch and the outstanding core of SBMT staff and [...]

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