Greetings theatre fans!
We trust that everyone had some safe and very merry holidays! The stage was dark here at the STC for a two-week period, but we’re back in the swing of things and we’re working hard to ensure that the second half of the 09/120 season is just as good (and maybe even better!) than the first. We want to wish you the very best in 2010, and we hope that you’ll join us as we continue to celebrate the magic of live professional theatre.
We’ll be kicking things off here at STC with a very important fundraising event. Although we’ve decided to give the semi-annual PG Eh? Indoor Golf Tournament a break—it’ll be back in 2011, we promise!—another STC fundraising favourite is making its triumphant return: the hilarious “Celebrities do…” series! This year it’s all about finding the funny in our local surroundings, as forty-five Sudbury celebs take to the stage to perform sketch comedy routines skewering local news headlines from the past year. The wonderfully talented Judi Straughan has done it again, as she’s put together a show that gives us permission to laugh at ourselves and this beloved crater we call home. Recognizable personalities from television, radio, print media and the political scene will all be accounted for, so if your idea of fun is seeing respectable citizens in uniquely humiliating (but always good-naturedly so) situations, we’ve got you covered!
Check out this partial list of participants:
- Marcus Schwabe & Jason Turnbull (CBC Radio)
- Luke Nugent & Shannon Dowling (KICX Radio)
- Jim Szilva, Rick Wyman & Carrie Tantalo (Big Daddy 103.9)
- Terry Callaghan & Mellaney Dahl (Q92)
- Janet Gasparini, Russ Thompson & Doug Craig (City Councillors)
- Rich Griffin & Gary Beech (EZ Rock 105.3)
- Michelle Toner (CTV)
- Glenn Thibeault & France Gelinas (Politicans)
- Randy Pascale (Channel 10 News)
- Vicki Gilhula (Editor, Sudbury Living Magazine)
…and many, many more!
Not too shabby, eh?
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And now, here are some snaps of the Sleeping Beauty cast members and STC staff spreading a little Christmas cheer around 170 Shaughnessy Street.
Catherine East (Evil Witch Modron), Leah Coombs (Briar Rose) and Anita Ansamaa (Paint & Props) share a laugh while enjoying the festivities.
Anita Ansamaa (Paint & Props), Ben Whiteman (Sound & lighting), Curtis Tweedie (Prince Owain) and James Wallis (Gryff) evaluating a particularly funny entry into the staff colouring contest.
Judi Straughan (Education Coordinator) holds up one of the winning entries--a lovely little picture called "Drag Sleeping Beauty"--while Deborah Drakeford (Good Witch Branwen) and David Savoy (Artistic Director) look on.
Roni Clark (P/T Box Office), Sheila Proulx (Seamstress) and Mike Johnson (Head Carpenter) are all smiles.
David Savoy (Artistic Director), Kathy Heimbecker (General manager) and Marie Whitehead (Board President) sample Leah Coombs' prize-winning enrty in the cookie baking contest.
