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Sara Dean on She Loves Me

Sara Dean on She Loves Me

In our latest behind-the-scenes interview, SBMT Executive Director Sara Dean talks about SBMT's upcoming production of "She Loves Me," calling it "storytelling at its best." She provides a brief overview of the plot, and discusses the challenge of casting the show from the large pool of eager and talented actors who turned out for auditions. The show opens Jan. 25, 2020 and runs through Feb. 15 at the Saratoga Civic Theater. Watch the video embedded here, or read the transcript below. Video shot by David Simon; edited by Doug Hughes. https://youtu.be/bdMGc0QqWb4   My name is Sara Dean, and I am [...]

By |2019-11-26T18:41:55-08:00November 26th, 2019|2019-2020 Season, Behind The Scenes, Video Link|
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Board Meeting Minutes Nov. 13, 2019

November 13, 2019 Contents Actions Grant-writing (Jordan) Marketing (Doug) Tacos N Tunes (Kim) Surveys (Steve S) Diversity Retreat Year-end Award Nominations Executive Director Financial Report (Jen M) Actions Jordan: follow up with Sara on possible budget items for a grant. AED machines for set shop and rehearsal hall? ALL: Send feedback to Kim Kay about the Tacos and Tunes event. ALL AVAILABLE: Envelope stuffing for fund-raising drive at Sara’s house on Friday, November 15. Steve S: Send link to surveys Jennifer P: Create a diversity board ALL: Send suggestions for diversity board members to Jennifer P. ALL: Send Jay suggestions [...]

By |2020-06-21T21:51:53-07:00November 13th, 2019|Board meetings, Board Minutes|
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South Pacific cast announced

SBMT is pleased to announce the cast for South Pacific, which will run from May 16 through June 6, 2020. Thank you to all who auditioned. We are truly blessed to have such a talented community. Nellie Forbusch: Melissa Momboisse Emile DeBecque: Stephane Alwyn Lt. Cable: James M. Jones Bloody Mary: Eiko Yamamoto Billis: Aaron Hurley Liat: Melody Chen Henri: Edmond Kwong Ngana: Gianna Morales Jerome: Nicolas Maggio, Kalana Sarich Brackett: Stephen Sammonds Harbison: Linda Hume Male Ensemble: Kyle Arrouzet, Edmond Kwong, Luis Ferdinand, Maxwell Sherman, Peter T. Woolhouse, Female Ensemble: Samantha Ayoob, Colleen Doermann, Kristin Hall, Emily Maupin, Sarah Rosenberg, [...]

By |2019-10-29T02:45:54-07:00October 10th, 2019|2019-2020 Season, Announcements, Auditions, Meet The Cast|
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Spotlight on: Ed Hunter, Lighting Designer for Gentleman’s Guide

Our series of backstage videos on “The Art of Theatre” continues with an interview with Ed Hunter, Lighting Designer for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. Ed talks about the challenges of lighting a complicated show like this one, how many people it takes to do the job, and the role technology plays in making it possible. The show is currently playing at the Saratoga Civic Theater through October 19, 2019. Tickets are available at southbaymt.com/shows/ticket-sales/gentlemans-guide/ or by calling 408-266-4734. Watch the three-minute video below, or read the transcript that follows. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/N7rAO-jN_Zc   Transcript: My name is Ed [...]

By |2019-10-09T05:31:16-07:00October 9th, 2019|2019-2020 Season, Behind The Scenes, Photos, Video Link|
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Board Meeting Minutes Oct. 9, 2019

October 9, 2019 Contents Actions Motions Costume Sale notes Marketing Report Retreat Preparation (Nov. 23) Patron survey/survey change Chief Financial Officer’s Report Tacos and Tunes Next Season Actions Barbara ask Dan if we can pull data for single tickets to encourage season ticket conversions. Barbara H work with Barbara G to remove costumes from rehearsal hall before Wednesday, Oct. 16. Sara contact PA Players and ask how our reciprocal ad worked for them. Doug and Steve S. will work to send out the subscriber survey by October 19. Steve S. send out survey to GGLAM members after show closes. Kim [...]

By |2020-06-22T05:06:23-07:00October 9th, 2019|Board meetings, Board Minutes|
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Spotlight on: A Change of Character

Have you already seen A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and want to gain additional insight to the backstage magic (or should we say madness?) that resulted in such a carefully choreographed continuous cavalcade of costumes? In this 15-minute video, capping our ongoing series on “The Art of Theatre,” we interview Michael Paul Hirsch, who plays nine unique characters in the show. Over the course of two-and-a-half hours, Michael undergoes 13 complete costume changes as he portrays members of the ill-fated D'Ysquith family—and some of them take place in less than half a minute! He and his three dressers (Taylor [...]

By |2019-10-07T06:38:44-07:00October 7th, 2019|2019-2020 Season, Behind The Scenes, Meet The Cast, Video Link|
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Spotlight on: Lobby designer Karyn Rondeau

At South Bay Musical Theatre, the immersive entertainment experience begins as soon as you enter the lobby. In this interview, Karyn Rondeau talks briefly about the decor she is creating to harmonize with the set design for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. The show runs Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2019 at the Saratoga Theater in Saratoga CA. Tickets are available by calling 408-266-4734 or by going to southbaymt.com/shows/ticket-sales/gentlemans-guide/. Watch the 80-second video below, or read the transcript that follows. https://youtu.be/9ykDTf1Ug-s TRANSCRIPT Hi. So, I’m Karen Rondeau and I am doing the lobby display for A Gentleman’s Guide [...]

By |2019-09-14T20:57:14-07:00September 14th, 2019|2019-2020 Season, Behind The Scenes, Video Link|
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Board Meeting Minutes Sep. 11, 2019

September 11, 2019 Present: Dallas Carter, Denise Reynolds, Doug Hugues, Jen Maggio, Kim Kay, Michael Hirsch, Sara Dean Meeting was presided over by Kim Kay Contents Actions Board Offsite Tacos and Tunes Update Donation Drive Productions Gentlemen’s Guide She Loves Me South Pacific Costume Sale Donation Acknowledgement Courses Financial Report Marketing Season Selection Actions ALL: Send photos and video of last year’s Tacos and Tunes to Doug. Dallas C and Michael H: Will lead the November fundraising drive, Doug H will assist from Marketing. Michael H: will ask Dan Singletary to set up a donation account in Vendini for the [...]

By |2020-06-22T05:10:41-07:00September 11th, 2019|Board meetings, Board Minutes|
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Cast of She Loves Me brings familiar and new faces

SBMT is thrilled to announce the cast for our winter production of She Loves Me. Ben Hatch, who played Huckleberry Finn last season in Big River, returns as leading man Georg, a perfume shop employee who feuds with new saleswoman Amalia, played by Marie Putko. As fate would have it, the bickering colleagues respond to one another's "lonely hearts" ads in the newspaper and develop feelings for their anonymous-yet-amorous personas. If the plot sounds familiar, you may be thinking of the 1998 movie, You've Got Mail, with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan—or the classic film The Shop Around The Corner. Take [...]

By |2019-09-16T18:51:52-07:00September 9th, 2019|2019-2020 Season, Announcements, Meet The Cast|
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Spotlight on: Hair & Makeup Designer Gwyneth Price Panos

Fun fact: Did you know that in Edwardian times, hair styles were big and "poofy"? So much so, in fact, that people collected discarded hair (from brushes, etc.) and stuffed it under their own hair to make it appear fuller? In this new video, Gwyneth Price Panos tells us what to expect with the hair and wigs in A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, how she finds her inspiration, the differences between men's and women's hair styling, and why this is going to be such a don't-miss-it production. Listen to the interview in the embedded YouTube link, or read the transcript [...]

By |2019-08-27T20:50:19-07:00August 27th, 2019|2019-2020 Season, Behind The Scenes, Video Link|
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