Kaleidoscope
Theatre Newsletter
November
2005
www.kaleidoscopetheatre.com
kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com
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Hello and welcome, to Kaleidoscope Theatre
Newsletter Issue 1.3!
Thank you all for continuing to spread the
word about our
newsletter! Welcome, all of our newest
subscribers, and thank
you everyone for your continued interest!
In our newsletters, we will inform you of
many things, including:
upcoming Kaleidoscope Theatre performances;
special offers
involving discounted tickets or merchandise;
new sale items; how
to bring Kaleidoscope Theatre’s
award-winning school-touring shows
to your school; updates on Kaleidoscope
Theatre company members;
and much, much more!
In this issue, you will be able to read
about…
1. Upcoming Kaleidoscope Theatre
performances
2. A Special Offer for “Cinderella’s
Christmas”!
3. Spotlight: An Interview with Bobby Macaux
4. Kaleidoscope Theatre Q&A
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1: UPCOMING KALEIDOSCOPE THEATRE
PERFORMANCES!
In this section, we will let you know about
any upcoming
performances we have that are open to the
public. This will NOT
include performances at schools, private
functions, or events
that the public would not be allowed to
attend.
***I’M SPECIAL – YOU’RE SPECIAL
*Wednesday, November 16, 2005; 9:30am
Stadium Theatre, Woonsocket, RI
Box Office: (401) 762-4545
* Touring for 26 years, this play never
fails to reach its
audience. The show deals with the inclusion
(mainstreaming) of
David Brown, a young boy with Down Syndrome,
into his brother's
and sister's school. See how he struggles
and triumphs in this
new situation, learning how to handle change
and make new
friends. This compassionate and sensitive
production was chosen
to represent the United States at an
International Convention on
Down Syndrome in Jerusalem, Israel, and
today is more popular
than ever.
***LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD’S CHRISTMAS
*Thursday, December 1, 2005; 10:00am
Shriner’s Auditorium, Cranston, RI
Kaleidoscope Theatre: (401) 942-3637
*This famous fairytale with a Christmas
twist is brought to life
in an original musical full of songs,
laughter, fun and
merriment! Audience members become part of
the play helping
Little Red and her Grandma outwit the Big
Bad Wolf! Children
learn to never go anywhere with a stranger
and to never play
with real guns - important lessons to be
learned at any age.
This is a show that everyone will enjoy!
***CINDERELLA’S CHRISTMAS
*Sunday, December 11, 2005; 2:00pm
Robert’s Hall Auditorium, Rhode Island
College, Providence, RI
Box Office: (401) 456-8144
*Friday, December 16, 2005; 10:00am & 7:00pm
Stadium Theatre, Woonsocket, RI
Box Office: (401) 762-4545
*Saturday, December 17, 2005; 11:00am
Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT
Box Office: (203) 265-1501
*Christmas is coming! The washing and waxing
and scrubbing
have been finished, but Cinderella's ball
gown is ruined and her
Stepmother and stepsisters have already left
for the Christmas
Ball! Will the Fairy Godmother arrive in
time to get Cinderella
and save the day? The mice seem to think
so...
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2. A SPECIAL OFFER FOR CINDERELLA’S
CHRISTMAS!
***CINDERELLA’S CHRISTMAS
*Sunday, December 11, 2005; 2:00pm
Robert’s Hall Auditorium, Rhode Island
College, Providence, RI
Box Office: (401) 456-8144
Tickets: $7 in advance, $8 at the door
*In order to show our appreciation to those
of you who have
supported us in the past, we have a special
offer just for you!
Purchase your tickets on or before November
11th, and receive
your tickets at $6.00 each! When you
purchase your tickets, be
sure to mention the word “NEWSLETTER” in
order to receive this
discounted price! This offer is only valid
for the performance
of CINDERELLA’S CHRISTMAS at Rhode Island
College.
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3. KALEIDOSCOPE THEATRE SPOTLIGHT:
AN INTERVIEW WITH BOBBY MACAUX!
On Thursday, November 3, 2005, Kaleidoscope
actor Bobby Macaux
stopped by for a quick interview with us.
Bobby is one of our
newer actors, having made his Kaleidoscope
Theatre debut in the
spring of 2005. He is an extremely talented
young man with
Down Syndrome, and we look forward to
working with him more in
the future. Here’s how the interview went!
KALEIDOSCOPE THEATRE: Hi Bobby!
BOBBY MACAUX: Hello.
KT: Thank you so much for coming here today
to do this
interview with us.
BM: Any time!
KT: Alright, first I would like everybody to
get to know who
you are, so why don’t you tell us who you
are, your name, some
theatre background, and what shows they
might have seen you in
before.
BM: Surely! My name is Bobby Macaux, I’m 23
now. I’ve been in
theatre since junior high school and I love
doing acting.
KT: And what Kaleidoscope Theatre shows have
you done with us
in the past?
BM: I’ve done “I’m Special – You’re
Special,” I got the role
playing David Brown. I also got the part
being Henry in “The
Frog Prince.”
KT: So you said you started theatre back in
Junior High School?
BM: Yes, Junior High.
KT: And what shows did you do then?
BM: Back then I did “Don’t Rock the Boat”. I
was a pirate.
And the second play, “Coming of Age,” I
played this guy named
Charles, who happens to be a club house gang
member.
KT: Wow! So did you know back then that
theatre was a great
activity for you?
BM: I think it was my destiny.
KT: That’s great to hear! So did you keep
doing theatre all
through high school as well?
BM: In high school, mm-hmm.
KT: Where did you go to high school?
BM: Tollgate High School.
KT: And when did you graduate?
BM: Class of senior year ’03.
KT: And then I understand that you went to
college after that
right?
BM: Yes, I’m in college.
KT: Where are you going to school?
BM: CCRI, Warwick.
KT: That’s great Bobby! Did you do any shows
since high school?
BM: I went to theatre camp in the summer or
2003 once I left
high school.
KT: And where was that?
BM: Rhode Island College.
KT: And what kind of stuff did you do there?
BM: We learned about character development,
putting together a
play, putting together a script of your own,
and stuff like that.
KT: Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun. Did
you just go that
one year in 2003?
BM: No, I went another 2 years.
KT: Great, are you going to go again this
next year too?
BM: No I’m not, I’m going to retire.
KT: So are you doing any shows right now, or
do you have any
current projects that you’re working on?
BM: Well right now I’m working on a class in
CCRI called
Theatre for Children. Mostly I have to write
some reflection
papers on different children’s plays.
KT: Are you doing any of our shows for that
class?
BM: “I’m Special – You’re Special”
KT: That’s wonderful.
BM: I decided to bring it in for extra
credit so that everyone
can decide what kind of a lesson you get
from that play about
children so that the children will know what
they learn about.
KT: That’s wonderful.
BM: Thank you.
KT: Tell me a little bit about Gateways to
Change.
BM: Gateways to Change is a non-profit
organization for young
adults with disabilities. What they do is
community-based
activities actually.
KT: And what are you working on there now?
What activities do
you do?
BM: I do theatre, and I do arts and crafts
at this place at the
artists exchange, which is located in
Cranston, 50 Rowlff Square.
KT: So tell me Bobby, do you have a favorite
movie or a
favorite play?
BM: My favorite movie is actually “Grease,”
with John Travolta
and Olivia Newton-John.
KT: Why is that your favorite movie?
BM: Mostly because of the rock-n-roll music
and mostly because
I love Danny Zuko.
KT: Is grease your favorite play as well?
BM: Yes it is.
KT: Do you have a favorite actor?
BM: I’ve got a lot of favorite actors, can I
just name off just
a few?
KT: Sure!
BM: Will Smith is my favorite, John Travolta
is my favorite. I
also like Dick Van Dyke, George M. Cohan.
KT: Wonderful - that’s quite a wide variety!
So tell me Bobby,
what are your aspirations for the future?
What kind of stuff
do you hope to do?
BM: In the future I was hoping I could go
into Broadway.
KT: All the way to Broadway!
BM: Yeah.
KT: Well I hope the best for you!
BM: Thank you!
KT: How about in the near future, is there
anything you were
looking at in the next couple years?
BM: Well I’ll continue working with
Kaleidoscope, of course,
hoping we can get our shows on the road
again! (laughs)
KT: You told me before that you were
interested in maybe
transferring to Rhode Island College and
majoring in theatre.
Is that still something you want to do?
BM: Yes, I am. I’d like to get a major,
actually a Bachelor’s,
in Musical Theatre. I was hoping I could
work to the best of
my potential.
KT: Well I wish you the absolute best of
luck, and thank you so
much for coming in to do this interview
today!
BM: Any time!
KT: Thanks, Bobby.
BM: Thank you.
Bobby’s next performance with us will be in
“I’m Special –
You’re Special” on Wednesday, November 7,
2005 at the Stadium
Theatre in Woonsocket, RI. For more
information, please call
the Stadium Theatre box office at (401)
762-4545.
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4. KALEIDOSCOPE THEATRE Q&A:
In this section, we will address questions
that you, our audience
members and our mailing list subscribers,
have about Kaleidoscope
Theatre. To ask us a question, just send an
e-mail to
kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com with
“Q&A” in the subject
line, and your question may be answered in
the next month’s
newsletter!
This month, Eileen writes:
“Where do you get your costumes? Do you have
a seamstress,
or do you buy them during Halloween time?”
Costumes are one of the most important
elements of a theatrical
production. They tell the audience a great
deal about a
character’s personality and background, and
also give clues
about “the world of the play” such as
location, time period,
economic conditions, etc. A good costume
must not only look
appropriate, but also allow an actor to move
comfortably.
Furthermore, because we perform many of our
shows outdoors in
the summertime, it is important that our
costumes are not too
heavy, that they “breathe” easily, and that
they are washable
or able to be dry cleaned.
A majority of our costumes were purchased
from other theatre
companies. Local professional companies such
as Trinity, Rep.
and Theatre By The Sea (before it closed)
have costume sales
every few years in order to get rid of
costumes they no longer
need. When this happens, we are always
there, looking for
costumes that would fit nicely into any of
our shows.
Many of our costumes are also donated. Very
frequently,
costuming aficionados donate pieces that
they have made,
parents donate old Halloween costumes, and
cast members donate
recycled costumes from other performances.
(If you have any
costumes or accessories that you think we
might make use of,
please let us know!)
Every now and then, we need a new costume
for a character and
are unable to use anything in our costume
closet. Other times,
we will rejuvenate a show by giving it brand
new costumes.
When this happens, we call on our costumier,
Sharon Charette,
to create new pieces from scratch. She will
produce a wardrobe
for the show with costumes that work
together, relate to each
other, come from the same color palette,
etc.
When our costumes are not being used, we
store them in a giant
costume closet in the rehearsal space.
Kaleidoscope Theatre
has been amassing costumes for the past 28
years, and as a
result, you might say that this closet is
“bursting at the
seams!” It is filled with
costumes of all sizes and styles to
fit the wide variety of actors we employ and
the even wider
range of characters they portray. Our
costume closet certainly
is a dream come true for anybody who likes
to play dress-up!
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Well everybody, that wraps up issue 1.3 of
the Kaleidoscope
Theatre Newsletter! We look forward
continuing to inform you
of Kaleidoscope Theatre news in the future,
and we are so
grateful for your continued support of our
company! Thanks
everybody, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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