Kaleidoscope
Theatre Newsletter
November
2006
www.kaleidoscopetheatre.com
kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com
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Hello and welcome everyone, to the
Kaleidoscope Theatre
Newsletter, Issue 2.11! A hearty welcome
especially goes out
to the many new subscribers who have signed
up for our
newsletter in the past month.
In our newsletter, 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 can read about:
1. Upcoming Performances
2. Q&A – “How can I become a member of
Kaleidoscope Theatre?”
3. Supporting our members – Other venues to
feature our performers
1. UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Tickets are now on sale for our annual
performance of
“Cinderella’s Christmas” at Rhode Island
College. This year we
will be performing on Sunday, December 10th
at 2:00pm. This
performance will feature several RIC
students: Jamie Dellorco, ’07
as Putricia, Eric Desnoyers ’09 as the
Prince, Rob Ferland ’05 as
the Technical Director, Nicole Frechette ’06
as the Stage Manager,
and Jillian Rivers-Keegan ’09 as the magical
Fairy Godmother.
Tickets are $8.00/person in advance and
$9.00/person day of show.
A special offer of $5.00/person is available
for groups of 25 or more.
Order your tickets early by calling the RIC
Box Office at
(401) 456-8144, Monday through Friday,
10am-4pm.
Tickets are still on sale for our Fall
Series in Melrose, MA.
The series will conclude with “Cinderella’s
Christmas” on
Sunday, December 3rd at 2:00pm. To purchase
tickets for
this series, please call (781) 979-4185. All
shows are
performed at the Melrose Memorial Hall.
Check out
our website for more details, and driving
directions.
Kaleidoscope will also perform “Cinderella’s
Christmas”
at a variety of other venues, including: the
Bourne
Community Center in Buzzards Bay, MA,
Northbridge
School in Whitinsville, MA, the Stadium
Theatre in
Woonsocket, RI, and the Chevrolet Theatre
in Wallingford, CT. Please check out our
website
www.kaleidoscopetheatre.com for information
on
how to order tickets.
2. QUESTION & ANSWER
Q: Recently, Kaleidoscope Theatre came to my
school and
Performed “B.U.L.L.Y.” It was excellent. The
director said
that you were always looking for new
performers. How can
I join Kaleidoscope Theatre?
~Sixth Grade Student, Oneco, CT
A: Since Kaleidoscope Theatre tours so
frequently with
“B.U.L.L.Y.” (and our other school touring
productions)
and our performers are all between the ages
of 12-18 and
in school themselves, we have found it
necessary to have
several casts available for touring. So,
yes, we are always
looking for young, talented, dedicated
students who
first and foremost have good grades so that
their principal,
teachers, and parents will allow them to
miss some school
in order to help educate younger children.
To become a
member of our theatre company you have to
audition.
That means you prepare a scene from a play
to perform for
our company director. When you come to
audition, you
must have a letter of recommendation from
your principal
or a teacher at your school, along with
written permission
to audition from your parents. Since
Kaleidoscope Theatre
does many musical productions, it helps if
you have voice,
dance, or gymnastics training. Just
remember, to even be
considered for an audition, you MUST have
good grades.
If you do, either e-mail or call us to set
up an audition.
We look forward to hearing from you!
3. SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS
When not working with Kaleidoscope Theatre,
our members
bring their varied talents to other venues.
Here’s a sampling
of productions that will feature our members
in the upcoming
months….
A. “Boys Next Door” directed by Connie
Anderson
Cinderella’s Stepmother), and featuring Greg
Bonin
(Beast. Giant), Mark Anderson (Heidi’s
Grandfather),
and Kevin Broccoli (Knave of Hearts)will be
performed
at Theatre Works from November 10th through
November
19th.Check out www.twri.org for more
information.
B. “Nuncrackers” at the Mill River Dinner
Theatre
will feature members Lee Rush (Disgustia,
Agrava Krispie),
Siara Padilla (Doc, Ralph Piggy), and Phoebe
Perelman
(Friendly, Little Red). This show will run
from November
10th through December 17th. You can order
tickets online at http://www.millrivertheater.com
or by calling the box
office at 401-721-0909.
C. “A Christmas Carol” at Trinity Rep will
include the
wonderful performance of Max Theroux, age 7,
as Tiny Tim
in the Holly cast. He was last seen on the
Kaleidoscope Stage
as Happy in “Snow White”. “A Christmas
Carol” will be
running from November 17th through December
31st. For
tickets or more information, check out
www.trinityrep.com
or call their box office at (401) 351-4242.
D. “A Christmas Carol” performed by Encore
Theatre
Co. at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket,
RI, will feature
Cameron Connaughton as Tiny Tim. For
Kaleidoscope,
Cam has appeared as Doc in “Snow White”, as
Baby Bear
in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, and as
Pinocchio in
“Pinocchio”. Michael Iemma, an actor who has
recently
joined our school touring program, will also
be featured
as Young Scrooge/Peter Cratchit. “A
Christmas Carol”
will run from December 1st through December
10th. For
more information, check out Encore Rep’s
website at
www.encorerep.org
E. “Grease” at Cranston-West High School
will feature
several of our fairytale performers
including our Snow White
and her Prince…otherwise known as Jessica
Sepe and David
Mizzoni. They will be joined by fellow
Kaleidoscopians
Brendan Macera (Iggy Piggy) and Alex Whitney
(Jake in
B.U.L.L.Y.). This production will run from
December 1-3.
F. “A High School Musical” at LaSalle
Academy will
feature a performance by Colin Whitney
(Alex’s younger
brother who plays both Hank and Gary in
B.U.L.L.Y.)) and an
active member of our school touring program.
This show will
also be up the first weekend of December.
G. “Romeo & Juliet” featuring Graham Duff as
Benvolio
was performed this past weekend at Bishop
Hendriken.
Graham was last seen onstage with
Kaleidoscope as Jack in
“Jack and the Beanstalk.” He is also an
active member of
our peer-education school touring program.
H. “Thoroughly Modern Millie” will be
performed this
spring at Woonsocket High and will feature
performances by
our Cinderella, Emily Luther (as Millie) and
by our Assistant
Technical Director Chris Cournoyer (as
Jimmy). More details
to follow in the coming months…
I. “My Little Pony Live – The World’s
Biggest Tea Party”
will be at the Providence Performing Arts
Center (PPAC)
from November 22-26 and will feature Tim
Caouette as one
of the ponies. Tim was last seen on the
Kaleidoscope Stage
as the Hunstman in “Little Red Riding Hood”.
For information
about this show, checkout PPAC’s website:
www.ppac.org.
The website also includes a link to a video
trailer, which Tim
shot a couple of weeks ago!
J. Another version of “A Christmas Carol”
(at the Black
Box Theatre at 50 Rolfe Square in Cranston,
RI) will feature
our own Bobby Macaux. This show will run
December 7, 8, 9
and 11, 14, 16 and tickets are $20.00. This
summer for
Kaleidoscope, Bobby played Dominic in
“Sleeping Beauty”
and William the Great in “Jack and the
Beanstalk.” Bobby
also plays the part of David Brown in our
production of
“I’m Special, You’re Special” – a celebrated
school touring
production that deals with the inclusion of
a young boy with
Down Syndrome into his siblings’ school. For
more information
about our school touring programs, please
look at our School
Touring Brochure on our website,
www.kaleidoscopetheatre.com!
K. Jamie Dellorco, last seen at Kaleidoscope
as the Empress
in “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is the
Assistant Director
for “The Lesson”. This show, a growing stage
production at
Rhode Island College, will run from December
14th through
the 16th. The show will be performed in the
Little Theatre at
the Nazarian Centre for the Performing Arts.
Tickets are
limited and are sold on a first come, first
serve basis; the RIC
Box Office does not handle ticket sales for
Growing Stage
Productions.
That brings us to the end of this month’s
Newsletter.
Remember, if you have any questions, contact
us by
e-mail at kaleidoscope@kaleidoscopetheatre.com
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