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2018-19 Season

Auditions for In The Heights Jan 4 and 7

By |2025-12-02T09:11:37-08:00November 30th, 2025|2018-19 Season, 2025-2026 Season, Announcements, Auditions|

Walter M. Mayes, Artistic Director of South Bay Musical Theatre announces auditions for In The Heights performing May 16 – June 6, 2026. Music and Lyrics and Book by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda Director & Vocal Director:Dave Leon Music Director:Tony Gaitan Choreographer:Michael Saenz Stage Manager:Carla McCreight Initial auditions will be held Sunday, January 4 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday, January 7 from 7:00 – 10:00  p.m. Please schedule an audition slot here. (Audition sign-ups are open at 1:00 a.m. December 1.) AUDITION INFORMATION Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the [...]

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Saying Thank You to the South Bay Musical Theatre Community

By |2025-11-26T15:07:26-08:00November 26th, 2025|2018-19 Season, 2025-2026 Season, Blog-erviews!, Fundraising, Opinion|

By Ann Lucena, SBMT Board Vice Chairperson During this Thanksgiving week, all of us at South Bay Musical Theatre want to take this opportunity to convey our deep gratitude to you. Whether you are a regular patron coming to enjoy our productions, a donor who generously supports our organization, a volunteer helping us behind the scenes, a performer gracing our stage, or another member of our community, we are grateful for you! Your contributions help our theatre company thrive. SBMT is the wonderful treasure that it is thanks to you. From the joy of Broadway By The Decade, to the [...]

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Meet the cast of On The 20th Century

By |2025-11-24T15:53:50-08:00November 24th, 2025|2018-19 Season, 2025-2026 Season, Announcements, Meet The Cast|

We are delighted to announce the actors who will be performing in our spring fundraiser production of On The 20th Century. They include: NAMED CHARACTERS OSCAR JAFFE...Walter M. Mayes LILY GARLAND...Alicia Teeter LETITIA PEABODY PRIMROSE...Ruth E. Stein BRUCE GRANIT...Steve Allhoff OLIVER WEBB...Michael Rhone OWEN O'MALLEY...Derek DeMarco MAX JACOBS ...Braden Koch GROVER LOCKWOOD...Steve Sammonds DR. JOHNSON...Evalina Maas-Espinoza AGNES...Sierra Bolar IMELDA THORNTON...Elizabeth McClelland MAXINE FINCH...Angie Alvarez EMILY...Adriana Hokk CONDUCTOR FLANAGAN...Brandon Schroeder ACTOR IN CHICAGO...Kyle Arrouzet TRAIN SECRETARY...Kayvon Kordestani PORTERS Kyle Arrouset Michael Saenz Kyrie Timbrook Jennifer Yuan ENSEMBLE Elyse Cook Janet Miller Jennifer Seguin Kayvon Kordestani Barbara Heninger Leslie Newport Cam Burchard [...]

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Happy Halloweeding

By |2025-10-14T17:03:49-07:00October 14th, 2025|2018-19 Season, 2025-2026 Season, Blog-erviews!, Fundraising, Opinion, Photos|

Special event breathes new life into old costumes by Michael Paul Hirsch, Executive Director Hundreds of costumes have found new life after last Saturday’s Great Costume Give-Away, and we could not be happier! This event was an opportunity for SBMT to reduce our large inventory of costumes accumulated over many years of productions and see they get a good home, while also raising funds through generous donations to help underwrite the amazing shows we have in store for you during the 2025-2026 season and beyond. Almost a hundred people came to visit our rehearsal studio/costume storage in San Jose to [...]

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At your service

By |2025-05-23T14:34:17-07:00May 23rd, 2025|2018-19 Season|

For SBMT, this season is shaping up to be one of the strongest we’ve ever had. Our staff, volunteers, artists, Board, and you, our dedicated audience and patrons, have all stepped up to support the performing arts in the South Bay when we all needed it most. If you haven’t seen Brigadoon yet, get your tickets now as word is getting out about how fantastic the show is - one audience member last weekend described the entire experience as “lush”. Very fitting. We are now actively looking for new Board and committee members to join us as we leap into [...]

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Board Meeting Minutes for May 14, 2025

By |2025-05-21T21:36:18-07:00May 21st, 2025|2018-19 Season, Board meetings, Board Minutes|

Board Meeting Minutes  5/14/25 Start: 7:06 PM End:  9:01 PM Board Members In Attendance: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Ann Lucena, Marcy Bates, Braden Taylor, Tipu Purkayastha, Ray Smith, Andy Switky Absent: LaShonda Eagels Ex Officio: Walter Mayes (Artistic Director), Doug Hughes (Marketing) Summary of Action Items ACTION: Officer voting, committee chair assignments ACTION: Michael finishing blog post, sending to Doug for upcoming newsletter ACTION: Ray and Marcy to send headshots for site to Doug ACTION: Walter to send Doug next season staff names for SBMT website ACTION: Nicole to organize Zoom meeting for next week ACTION: Board Members please read [...]

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Board Meeting Minutes for Jan. 8, 2025

By |2025-01-30T12:59:10-08:00January 24th, 2025|2018-19 Season, Board meetings, Board Minutes|

Start: 7 PM End: 9 PM Board Members In Attendance: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Ann Lucena, Andy Switky, LaShonda Eagels, Ray Smith Ex Officio: Walter Mayes (Artistic Director), Ian Fullmer (Director of Development), Doug Hughes (Marketing) Absent: Braden Taylor, Nicole Tung, Josh Limasa   Summary of Action Items ACTION: For Joshua, LaShonda, Andy, and Ray: go to southbaymt.com/about -> leadership, and look at bios and headshots…send to Doug. ACTION: Michael to follow up with WVLO on next season’s calendar. ACTION: Michael to follow up on committees with board members. ACTION: Braden & Michael will work on the date for the [...]

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musicals

By |2023-07-30T13:06:05-07:00July 30th, 2023|2018-19 Season, 2023-2024 Season, Behind The Scenes, Blog-erviews!, Opinion|

Timeless Tales of Artistic Triumph: Comparing Rent with other Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musicals In the 105 years since the first Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded in 1918, only 10 Broadway Musicals have won that honor. SBMT’s upcoming production of Jonathan Larson’s RENT will be the fifth Pulitzer-winning musical to be staged by the company. In this blog post, we will attempt to examine some of the reasons RENT was so honored, and compare it to other musicals in the same elite group.   From the political satire Of Thee I Sing years ago, to last year’s winner, A Strange Loop, [...]

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Board Meeting Minutes for August, 2022

By |2022-09-08T11:14:35-07:00August 16th, 2022|2018-19 Season|

SBMT Board Meeting Minutes for August 16, 2022 Board Members present: Barbara Heninger, Braden Taylor, Dan Singletary, Ed Hunter, Elizabeth Matthews, Michael Hirsch, Nicole Tung, Soni Kapoor, Steve Sammonds, Tipu Purkayastha Ex Officio: Doug Hughes, Kama Belloni, Jeffrey Henson, Sara Dean Not present: Aly Suleman, Stacy Levin Meeting Agenda & supporting information: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LlIXuvCq9YSkEKTMii_l8iJtzXxWhdIiUy6SNJB9ggY/edit#slide=id.p1 Summary of Motions and Actions Board members added themselves to committees Looking for carpenter and truck driver for Company load-in; also need light board programmer Moved to increase performer and crew compensation. Motion passed. Sara and Braden will meet to discuss details of budget changes to support [...]

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2020 Members Meeting video highlights

By |2020-04-20T20:33:27-07:00April 19th, 2020|2018-19 Season, 2019-2020 Season, Awards, Board meetings, Video Link|

On April 11, 2020, the South Bay Musical Theatre Board of Directors conducted its annual Members Meeting. The event was held online over Zoom, due to the shelter-in-place restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic. We have edited the video recording (see below) to provide a quick summary of the key topics that were discussed. The meeting normally takes place in January, along with a formal unveiling of the slate of shows for next season. The date was delayed this year, however, due to a number of unusual circumstances combining to throw obstacles in the way of our plans. Each of these obstacles [...]

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