Save the Date! / Wanted: Production Manager

Save the Date! It's time to mark your calendars for our January Membership Meeting. At this meeting we celebrate our members, share SBMT news, and announce the shows lined up for the coming 2017-18 season. The event will take place: Thursday, January 5, 2016 at 7:00 pm, at the Saratoga Civic Theatre Come and listen to members of the 1776 cast perform an excerpt from the show, and enjoy an informal reception afterward! Wanted: Production Manager SBMT is hiring a part-time production manager. Could it be YOU? Interested parties should reply by e-mail only (no phone calls) no later than December [...]

By Barbara Heninger|2016-11-19T17:07:52-08:00November 19th, 2016|Board meetings, Uncategorized|

SBMT Announces: The Bridges of Madison County

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 [...]

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

Our TBA Nominee, and Your Next Audition!

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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

CITY OF ANGELS opens this Saturday!

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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

SBMT Members Meet; City of Angels Builds!

SBMT Summer Membership Meeting a Success Props Wizard Ruthe Stein and newest Board members Jennifer Young and Ron Bowman staff the costume and lobby booths at the fair. Board CFO Braden Taylor presents his report. The summer SBMT Membership Meeting was a rousing success! On August 14, members sampled delicious tacos while participating in a Volunteer Fair to learn about different ways they can help the organization. Volunteer opportunities include helping with set building, creating a costume and prop database, fund-raising, marketing, accounting, working the lobby, helping to produce shows, and more. If you would like to [...]

By Barbara Heninger|2016-08-23T23:28:05-07:00August 23rd, 2016|Board meetings, Photos|

Staff for My Fair Lady

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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

1776 Auditions Coming Soon!

...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 [...]

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

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