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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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Cast announced for No, No, Nanette

By |2024-06-19T10:48:03-07:00June 19th, 2024|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Meet The Cast|

South Bay Musical Theatre is proud to announce the cast for its fall 2024 production of No, No, Nanette. The characters and players are: Sue Smith - Christina Bolognini Jimmy Smith - Michael Hirsch Lucille Early - Jessica Whittemore Billy Early - Michael Rhone Nanette - Melissa Momboisse; with Anat Baird taking the role Oct. 12 & 13 Tom Trainor - Ryan Liu Pauline - Judith Miller Flora - Beth McClelland Winnie - Lauren Jiang Betty - Heather Mae Steffen Ensemble: Kyle Arrouzet, Anat Baird, Peter Bullen, Maya Efron, Ashwin Raman, Divakar Saini, Kaitlyn Scadina, Jennifer Yuan, and Qian Zhang. [...]

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Board Meeting Minutes for May 8, 2024

By |2024-05-18T12:43:35-07:00May 18th, 2024|Board Minutes|

Meeting start: 7:06 p.m. Meeting end:  9:20 p.m. Board Members in attendance: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Braden Taylor, Nicole Tung, Barbara Heninger, Tipu Purkayastha Ex Officio: Walter Mayes (Artistic Director), Doug Hughes (Marketing) Not Present: Soni Kapoor (Board), Ann Lucena (Board) Summary of Action Items Doug to introduce new staff in our blog.  Post job descriptions for job openings, Michael will edit down description Walter needs a list of possible people SBMT can hire for next season in technical jobs and what pay SBMT can offer Staff reviews will begin soon. Tipu providing a feedback form for everyone to use [...]

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Half-time Development Director wanted

By |2024-05-15T11:58:53-07:00May 15th, 2024|Announcements|

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT:  South Bay Musical Theater Development Director (half-time) Posted May 2024 Location: Remote with occasional work at the organization’s office in San Jose or at the Saratoga Civic Theater in Saratoga, CA Compensation: Half-Time ($25/hour for 20 hours/week), Hours are flexible. Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume to hiring@southbaymt.com.  Reports To: Board of Directors (pending hiring of an Executive Director) JOB DESCRIPTION South Bay Musical Theatre (SBMT) seeks an experienced strategic thinker, fundraiser, and leader to serve as Development Director (DD). The Director has responsibility for the institution’s fundraising programs and will create, develop, and execute both short-term [...]

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Family Giving Tree is designated charity for Mary Poppins

By |2024-05-08T16:21:12-07:00May 6th, 2024|2023-2024 Season, Announcements, Fundraising|

SBMT is excited to partner with Family Giving Tree (FGT) as our designated charity for Mary Poppins by sponsoring a backpack and back-to-school supply drive. Nearly half (46%) of households in the Bay Area struggle to meet all of their needs and many students go to school without the basic tools and supplies they need to learn and be successful. FGT, with community support from sponsors like SBMT, brings equity to the classroom and offers hope through backpacks filled with school supplies. While many are already looking forward to summer vacation, FGT is already busy ramping up to find enough school supplies and backpacks so [...]

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Auditions for No, No, Nanette

By |2024-05-03T19:15:06-07:00May 3rd, 2024|2024-2025 Season, Announcements, Auditions|

Walter M. Mayes, Artistic Director of South Bay Musical Theatre announces auditions for NO, NO, NANETTE Book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. Music by Vincent Youmans. Lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach. Adapted and originally directed on Broadway by Burt Shevelove. Director: Doug Greer Choreographer: Lee Ann Payne Vocal Director: Kristin Pfeiffer Music Director: George Yefchak Saturday, June 1, 2024, from 12 – 5 p.m. Sunday, June 2, 2024, from 6 – 10 p.m. Please schedule a vocal audition slot at: https://sbmt.ivolunteer.com/sbmt_alnm_003 All should plan to stay to the end of the hour to attend the dance/movement call. AUDITION INFORMATION Please prepare 32 bars of a song [...]

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