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Board Minutes for February, 2023

Board Minutes for February, 2023

SBMT Board Meeting Feb. 8, 2023 Time Start: 7:05pm End time: 9:01pm In attendance: Board Members - Dan Singletary, Ed Hunter, Barbara Henninger, Aly Suleman, Braden Taylor, Elizabeth Matthews, Steve Sammonds Ex. Officio: Sara Dean (EAD), Doug Hughes (Marketing), Jeffrey Henson (Facilities) Absent: Tıpu Purkayastha (Board), Stacy Levin (Board), Soni Kapoor (Board), Michael Hirsch (Board) Summary of Motion and Action Items Action: Annual Welfare Exemption Claims for city of Saratoga and set shop filed the week of 2/5 Action: Post show survey to go out 2/18 Action: Jordan and Sara working on Rotary Grant Action: Barbara and Kama working on [...]

By |2023-02-17T12:57:32-08:00February 8th, 2023|2022-2023 Season, Board meetings|
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The Spitfire Grill background

The Spitfire Grill is a musical that was first performed in 2001 and has since become a beloved classic in the world of theater. With its heartwarming story, touching themes, and memorable songs, this musical has captured the hearts of audiences everywhere. The Spitfire Grill is set in the small town of Gilead, Wisconsin, and follows the story of Percy Talbott, a young woman who has just been released from prison and is looking to start a new life. She ends up in Gilead, where she takes a job at the local diner, the Spitfire Grill. Despite the initial skepticism [...]

By |2023-02-06T23:32:10-08:00February 6th, 2023|2022-2023 Season|
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Board Minutes for Jan. 11, 2023

SBMT Board Meeting Jan. 11, 2023 Time Start: 7:06PM Adjourned: 9:02PM Board Members In attendance: Michael Hirsch, Dan Singletary, Ed Hunter, Soni Kapoor, Barbara Henninger, Stacy Levin, Tıpu Purkayastha, Aly Suleman, Steve Sammonds Ex Officio: Sara Dean (EAD), Doug Hughes (Marketing) Not Present: Braden Taylor (Board), Elizabeth Matthews (Board) Summary of Motion and Action Items:  Action: Sara, Nancy and Ed working on proposal on how to collect money for equipment fund Action: Barbara, Kama, and Sara working on Silicon Valley grant, re-submitting for Quick grant Action: Org/Dev Committee asked to create a new procedure/process for EAD end-of-year review and write [...]

By |2023-02-25T14:38:04-08:00January 11th, 2023|2022-2023 Season, Board Minutes|
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Inside The Grill: Set & Projection Design

The Spitfire Grill takes us to a small diner in Wisconsin, 1985.  Gilead is a fictional town, yet grounded in reality. When approaching the initial design work, a few elements were clear — an openness to the set and somehow, a way to bring the powerful impact of Wisconsin nature indoors.  The theme of nature as a healing resource is woven throughout the story. References in song titles, from “This Wide Woods” to “Ring Around the Moon,” and “Colors of Paradise” all hint to the way nature restores and revitalizes. We needed to feature mighty trees, with roots deeply planted, [...]

By |2022-12-20T10:18:46-08:00December 8th, 2022|2022-2023 Season, Behind The Scenes, Photos|
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Board Minutes for November 9, 2022

SBMT Board Meeting Minutes November 9, 2022 Board Members Present: Barbara Heninger, Michael Hirsch, Edward Hunter, Soni Kapoor, Elizabeth Matthews, Tipu Purkayastha, Steve Sammonds, Dan Singletary, Braden Taylor Ex Officio: Sara Dean (Executive Artistic Director), Jeffrey Henson (facilities) Not present: Doug Hughes (marketing), Stacy Levin (Board), Nicole Tung (Board) Summary of Action Items Board members must upload their vaccination record to Synopsys (Soni to provide link) Tipu will pick up breakfast items and find a lunch place to DoorDash for retreat Tipu and Elizabeth volunteer to connect with parent volunteers for local high school drama, music groups to sell tickets [...]

By |2023-01-16T23:13:08-08:00November 9th, 2022|Board Minutes|
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Auditions for 60th Anniversary Show

South Bay Musical Theatre is thrilled to announce auditions for our one-night concert “Welcome to the Sixties,” a celebration of SBMT’s past 60 years, and our next 60! This production will rehearse on weekends, around the performers’ schedule, between February and April 2023, and has a low commitment. We will work around your calendar! We welcome all auditioners, regardless of their relationship with SBMT, to show the diversity of talent in the South Bay. Tech Week rehearsals April 17, 18, 20, and 21, 2023, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Performance April 22, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. at the Saratoga Civic Theater In-person [...]

By |2022-10-19T15:05:23-07:00October 19th, 2022|2022-2023 Season, Announcements, Auditions|
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Board Minutes for October 12, 2022

SBMT Board Meeting Minutes Convened at 7:06 Present: Barbara Heninger, Michael Hirsch (late), Soni Kapoor, Stacy Levin, Elizabeth Matthews, Tipu Purkayastha, Steve Sammonds, Dan Singletary, Aly Suleman, Braden Taylor Ex Officio: Sara Dean (ED), Doug Hughes (Marketing), Jeffrey Henson (Facilities) Absent: Ed Hunter, Nicole Tung Summary of Actions Braden will share annual budget and forecast spreadsheet with Board members, so they know where to find it in the Google Drive. BOARD: Block your calendar for December 3 for a Board retreat Soni & Barbara & Tipu: Discuss having Synopsys host the retreat, or Tipu’s current company. BOARD: Asked to consider [...]

By |2022-10-19T11:27:06-07:00October 12th, 2022|Board Minutes|
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Auditions for Singin’ in the Rain

South Bay Musical Theatre announces auditions for SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN About the show Written by: BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN Songs by: NACIO HERB BROWN and ARTHUR FREED Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. Music published by EMI, all rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. (Original Movie Choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen). Produced by Arrangement With Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker, Inc. Directed & Choreographed by Lee Ann Payne Auditions Saturday Oct 1, 2022 from 10 am – 2 pm Sunday Oct 2, 2022 from [...]

By |2022-09-19T18:39:36-07:00September 19th, 2022|2022-2023 Season, Auditions|
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Board Meeting Minutes for September, 2022

SBMT Board Meeting Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Time Start: 7:03PM Ending: 8:55PM Board Members In attendance: Michael Hirsch, Nicole Tung, Steve Sammonds, Tipu Purkayastha, Stacey Levin, Aly Suleman, Ed Hunter, Barbara Heninger Ex Officio: Doug Hughes, Jeffrey Henson, Sara Dean, Kama Belloni Absent: Braden Taylor, Elizabeth Matthews, Dan Singletary, Soni Kapoor Summary of Motions and Actions Action: COMMUNITY Committee and EAD will come up with a date to invite SBMT community to participate in creating a youth program Action: EAD will pull scripts for potential future shows Action: Barbara and Sara interviewing potential facilitators for Board retreat, will report back [...]

By |2022-09-26T21:16:57-07:00September 14th, 2022|Board Minutes|
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The governor’s signature could save community theatre

by Sara K. Dean, Executive Artistic Director, South Bay Musical Theatre While live performances are definitely back, as anyone involved with community theater knows, the process of making art is now very different than it was three years ago. When we were allowed to reopen in spring 2021 after more than a year of virtual productions, it was thrilling. Finally, we could create art together—in person, and with audiences in the same room! We’ve had to learn, and relearn, many new tasks to keep artists, crew, and audiences safe. Frequent testing. Mask mandates at rehearsals and for our audience. And [...]

By |2022-09-13T10:06:09-07:00September 12th, 2022|Opinion|
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