Announcements

Doubled in December!

By |2016-11-28T08:44:06-08:00November 28th, 2016|Announcements|

At this generous time of year, South Bay Musical Theatre is excited to share a special opportunity. Two generous donors have offered to match up to $8,000 in donations made from now until December 31, 2016. Donate now, and double the value of your gift! As you know, ticket prices cover only about 85% of the costs of our quality productions. Your gifts make up the difference. If SBMT has brightened your life with the magic of live theatre, please consider contributing to the magic! Thank you for being part of the community in our community theatre. Feel like spreading the [...]

Our thanks to YOU!

By |2016-11-24T08:58:04-08:00November 24th, 2016|Announcements|

On this Thanksgiving Day, 2016, we at South Bay Musical Theatre would like to take a moment to thank YOU. We thank our tireless volunteers for hours of work producing, directing, rehearsing, and performing in shows. This includes the many hours spent designing and building sets, hanging lights and building light cues, designing and running sound, creating and maintaining costumes and wigs, managing the 'organized craziness' behind the curtains, overseeing tickets sales and the front of the house, choreographing dances, rehearsing vocals, performing in orchestras, singing, dancing, acting, and all the countless tasks that go into creating a live theatrical performance. [...]

SBMT Announces: The Bridges of Madison County

By |2016-10-20T21:35:18-07:00October 20th, 2016|Announcements|

South Bay Musical Theatre is excited to announce our opening show for the 2017-2018 season, “The Bridges of Madison County.” (Book by Marsha Norman. Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Based on the novel by Robert James Waller). The show runs in September and October 2017. Based on the best-selling novel, and developed by the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning creative team of Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World) and Marsha Norman, The Bridges of Madison County captures the lyrical expanse of America's heartland along with the yearning in the eternal question "What if...?" Winner of [...]

Our TBA Nominee, and Your Next Audition!

By |2016-10-20T00:02:14-07:00October 20th, 2016|Announcements, Auditions|

SBMT extends congratulations to all of the recent nominees for Theatre Bay Area Awards, 2016. The full list of nominees is published on the TBA Awards site. And SBMT is proud to say that one of our own productions, this spring's GYPSY, was honored with a nomination for "Outstanding Female Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tier III theatre)." We agree that Karen DeHart's performance as Tessie Tura, the stripper with the "artistic" bump, was a showstopper! We wish her all the best at the awards announcements on December 5! Karen DeHart (right) performs as Tessie Tura in [...]

Coming up Soon: CITY, PATSY, and SBMT Board Meeting

By |2016-09-15T22:17:48-07:00September 15th, 2016|Announcements, Board meetings, Photos|

Lots of activity for SBMT in the next few weeks! Saturday, September 17: CITY OF ANGELS CITY OF ANGELS opens at 8pm on Saturday, Sep. 17 at the Saratoga Civic Theatre. Join us for a gala opening, complete with bubbly champagne and delicious treats! And of course, the terrific cast, orchestra, and crew will dazzle you with this movie-within-the-show. Move from the black-and-white film noir world to the color of Hollywood in the 1940s ... and see what happens when those worlds collide! It's a a hilariously creative combination of film noire detective story and an all-too-real writer’s battle for his [...]

CITY OF ANGELS opens this Saturday!

By |2016-09-11T21:10:38-07:00September 11th, 2016|Announcements, Photos|

What's even better than a film noir feature with jaded detectives and alluring femme fatales? A double-plotted musical play about a 1940s novelist in Hollywood and his fictional creation! SBMT's production of "City of Angels" opens this SATURDAY, September 17, 8:00pm at the Saratoga Civic Theatre. With snappy songs in tight harmonies, witty dialog, and two fast-moving stories, this is a production you don't want to miss! Get your tickets now at www.southbaymt.com/shows/cityofangels.html Our opening night events include a sparkling champagne gala, with a chance to mingle with the stars. Join us! Photographs of the cast in rehearsal at the SBMT [...]

Tickets for "Always, Patsy Cline" selling out fast!

By |2016-09-03T08:57:57-07:00September 3rd, 2016|Announcements, Photos|

Christine Wait as Louise and Diane Milo as Patsy perform in the original Limelight Actors Theatre production in Gilroy. South Bay Musical Theatre's concert show, ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE, is coming soon, and tickets are selling fast! You won't want to miss this re-mounting of the sell-out production by the Limelight Actors Theater in Gilroy. It features two frequent SBMT performers, Diane Milo (as Patsy) and Christine Wait (as Patsy's friend Louise Seger), in a show based on Louise's memories of her famous friend. If you missed the show in Gilroy, now is your chance to see it! SBMT has [...]

Staff for My Fair Lady

By |2016-08-06T09:35:28-07:00August 6th, 2016|Announcements|

Staff for our Spring Production, MY FAIR LADY, is being assembled. We are happy to announce the following staff leads. If you are interested in joining the production team, please contact producer Walter Mayes. PRODUCER: Dan Singletary and Walter Mayes DIRECTOR: Morgan Dayley MUSIC DIRECTOR: Joe Kelly VOCAL DIRECTOR: Rachel Michelberg SET DESIGN: Brett Carlson COSTUME DESIGN: Sharon Peng SOUND DESIGN: Dan Singletary RIGGING HEAD: Rocco Veccellio MY FAIR LADY will run from May 20 to June 10, 2017. Auditions will be held later this winter - to add yourself to our audition email announcement list, please go to our auditions [...]

1776 Cast Announced; City of Angels and Always, Patsy Cline in Production

By |2016-07-30T12:31:35-07:00July 30th, 2016|Announcements|

South Bay Musical Theatre is pleased to announce the cast for its Winter, 2017 production of 1776. The Second Continental Congress President John Hancock - Ruthe Stein New Hampshire Dr.Josiah Bartlett - Ronnie Misra Massachusetts John Adams - Tim Reynolds Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins - Allen Siverson Connecticut Roger Sherman - Michael Cuddy New York Lewis Morris - Gregory Spear Robert Livingston - Gwyneth Price New Jersey Rev. John Witherspoon - Leslie Newport Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin - Terri Weitze John Dickinson - Andy Cooperfauss James Wilson - Brett Carlson Delaware Caesar Rodney - Tim Harris Col. Thomas McKean - Beverly Hansberry George Read - Alea Selburn Maryland Samuel Chase - Robert Weisman Virginia Richard Henry Lee [...]

1776 Auditions Coming Soon!

By |2016-07-15T08:45:25-07:00July 15th, 2016|Announcements, Auditions|

...TO AUDITION! Auditions for SBMT's January/February 2017 production of 1776 are just around the corner. Auditions will be held on: Saturday, July 16, 2016 - SBMT rehearsal space, 761 Mabury Road #20, San Jose Monday, July 18, 2016 - Saratoga Civic Theater, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga Please note: Auditions will be held at different locations. Keep this in mind when selecting your audition date and time. Callbacks will be held July 23 and 24 at the Saratoga Civic Theater. Callback times will be provided after auditions. To audition, please prepare: A short (16-32 bars) audition song excerpt that shows [...]

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