2025-2026 Season

Season’s Pleadings: Selling Season 63

By |2025-08-02T13:26:04-07:00July 31st, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Blog-erviews!, Opinion|

by Doug Hughes, Marketing Director As Marketing Director for South Bay Musical Theatre, my job is to sell you on our upcoming season. That usually means hyping the shows, teasing the titles, and dazzling you with reasons to subscribe. Easy, right? Well—this year, there’s a twist. I can only talk about two of the three shows. The third one? It’s fabulous. It’s Tony-winning. It’s a total crowd-pleaser. And it’s top secret until mid-September (when the rights house lets us talk about it). So, what’s a marketer to do? I decided to flip the script. Instead of pitching shows, I’m pitching [...]

Performance dates announced for double-cast actors

By |2025-07-26T12:09:22-07:00July 26th, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Meet The Cast|

This week, we happily announced which of our double-cast children in The Sound of Music would be performing on which dates. (The six youngest Von Trapp children are double cast, with each actor assigned to half of the performance schedule.) Based on a variety of factors, the performers were matched up strategically to provide a consistent and balanced production for all our audiences. The two groups will appear on the following dates: “Schnitzel With Noodles” Cast (Augustus Solomon, Madelyn Simon, Gavin Wong, Coco LaMarche, Adeline Choi, and Isabella Simon) Sept 26 (Preview NIght), Sept. 28*; Oct 4, Oct. 10, Oct. 12*, and [...]

What It Takes To Plan a Season

By |2025-07-24T11:09:16-07:00July 24th, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Behind The Scenes, Blog-erviews!, Opinion|

by Walter M. Mayes, Artistic Director What if I told you that the next season’s story begins before the curtain rises on this one? While audiences are anticipating the Abbey bells, singing nuns, and adorable Von Trapp children of our 2025/26 season-opener, The Sound of Music, I’m already deep in the next act—reading scripts, tracking rights, and assembling the puzzle that will become South Bay Musical Theatre’s ‘26-’27 season. At first glance, planning a season might seem like picking your favorite shows and hoping for the best. In truth, it’s a nuanced, months-long process—one that blends artistic passion with financial [...]

Why The Sound of Music at SBMT is the smart choice

By |2025-07-11T09:49:15-07:00July 11th, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Blog-erviews!, Opinion|

Broadway Quality, Affordable Prices by Doug Hughes, Marketing Director If you’ve been dreaming of seeing The Sound of Music, you have two options in the coming year: wait until mid-2026 and pay over $100 per person to nab good seats for a touring production—or experience the magic much sooner, for a fraction of the cost, at South Bay Musical Theatre, your premier amateur musical theatre arts company in the South Bay. From Sept. 27 to Oct. 18, 2025, SBMT brings The Sound of Music to the intimate Saratoga Civic Theater. With just 298 seats and only 13 rows, every spot [...]

Meet the cast of The Sound of Music

By |2025-05-23T15:07:46-07:00May 23rd, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Announcements, Meet The Cast|

South Bay Musical Theatre is proud to announce the cast for our fall 2025 production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Congratulations to the entire company, and thanks to all who auditioned! We had 120 talented actors apply and it was a difficult decision. Lauren D'Ambrosio — Maria Rainer Brad Satterwhite — Captain Georg Von Trapp Kama Belloni — Mother Abbess Mohammed Ismail — Max Detweiler Jessica Whittemore — Baroness Elsa Schraeder Jackson Velez — Rolf Gruber Coraline Christian — Liesl Von Trapp Mandy Carmack — Sister Berthe Miriam Stern — Sister Sophia Erika Robertson — Sister Margaretta [...]

Auditions for The Sound of Music

By |2025-04-25T16:19:01-07:00April 3rd, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Announcements, Auditions|

Walter M. Mayes, Artistic Director of South Bay Musical Theatre announces auditions for  THE SOUND OF MUSIC Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp. Director: Walter M. Mayes Choreographer: Francesca Cipponeri Vocal Director: Rachel Michelberg Music Director: George Yefchak Initial auditions will be held Saturday, May 3, 2025 from noon – 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 4 from noon – 5 p.m. Audition sign-ups will begin on Saturday, April 5. Please schedule a vocal audition slot at: https://sbmt.ivolunteer.com/sbmt_soundofmusic_001 AUDITION INFORMATION Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show [...]

Season 63 shows announced

By |2025-04-15T09:05:43-07:00February 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 about 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 - [...]

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