Morgan-Wixson Theatre

Behind the Curtain

June 2009 newsletter for volunteers, parents, and friends 
 
Legally Blonde -- The MusicalSunday, August 30
6:30 pm
Pantages Theatre


A limited number of discounted tickets are available for this Broadway sensation. Orchestra seats regularly are $95, but $86 with the MWT group discount. Your seats are assigned based on the date you email your reservation to Jennifer Polhemus. Snaps for the Morgan!
 

Audience Talkbacks

Talkback during The Secret Garden

Mainstage and Y.E.S. productions now have audience talkbacks after selected performances. This is your chance to ask questions of the cast and director, and to extend the theatrical experience for you and your family.

Reserve your tickets for an upcoming talkback performance
In the Wings 
 
June
6/27 Millie Opening Night
6/28 Talkback for Millie
 
July
7/11 Lyle opens with talkback
7/19 Volunteer Appreciation event
7/21 Board meeting
7/24 Talkback for Millie
7/26 Lyle closes

August
8/1 Millie closes
63rd Mainstage season ends
 
Start Spreading the News ...
  • After you've enjoyed a Mainstage or Y.E.S. show,  call or email two friends and talk up the show.
  • Bring a friend or significant other when you volunteer.
  • Do you know of a local nonprofit or school having a fundraiser or silent auction? Contact Karin Wholey, our ticket donation coordinator, to request donation of an MWT gift certificate. This helps to get our name out into the community and supports other nonprofits.
  • Do you have an idea for how we can publicize our shows, or spread MWT news out into the community? Send an email.
Coming this Saturday:
Opening Night for Thoroughly Modern Millie, Starring Krystal Karpel-Combs

Thoroughly Modern Millie show logoMeet up at the Morgan: Saturday night, June 27, 8 pm. And enjoy the conviviality at the post-show reception.* This summer musical, directed by Anne Gesling, will have you doing the Charleston all the way home.

We'd love to meet you. Click here to buy tickets online, or call the box office at 310-828-7519.

*Donations accepted to cover costs for the optional reception; you can feed the kitty on the bar.
Boat set poece
Looking for a Good Home

This wonderful sailing boat set piece, created by Lewis Stout for My Father's Dragon, is looking for a new port. A great gift for your school or another theatre. Sailors are not included. For more information and photos, send an email.
Please vote every day through July 15Please
click-vote
today 

Y.E.S. has been nominated as Best Children's Theatre in L.A. With three weeks before online voting closes, we are nearing first place!

Can you put a Vote for Y.E.S. Post-It  Parents Connect Awardson your computer, to remind you to vote daily? Or just return to this newsletter and click either image. You (and your family & friends) can vote once a day from every computer you access.

To learn more about Parents' Picks 2009, click here.
Did You Know?  with clickable links
  • Welcome to new SMTG members the Sherouse family (Colette, Ronnie, Rebecca, & Isabelle). Find out about the benefits of becoming a member.
  • Overcoming the limitations of our current website, Liz Reinhardt has improved the layout and added an archive feature, permitting you to access past issues of the MWT's e-newsletters, including Behind the Curtain.
  • Large-scale revision of our website is in the early planning stages; contact Bambi Martins to join the committee. Thanks for using the website to purchase your tickets whenever possible.
  • Y.E.S. alums Kelly & Patrick Moore, as well as Jessica Breslow, have all returned from college to perform in Millie this summer. Y.E.S. actor Glenn Rodriquez is also in the cast.
  • The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs was performed for six Y.E.S. school shows (a record) and sold out two of the weekend performances. 
  • Recent actions by the Board of Directors:  moved opening nights from Fridays to Saturdays; ticket prices will remain unchanged for next season; Volunteer Appreciation Open House is being planned for Sunday, July 19. Please send your feedback to the Board.

Applause and Thanks to:

  • Cathy McGowan, Caroline Westheimer, & Rosario Sindel for heeding a last-minute plea for help with a Father's Dragon school show, although their own kids were not in the show. Way to demonstrate the Y.E.S. spirit!
  • Newcomer Eileen Garrity, who said she knew nothing about set-building, and just showed up to help.
  • Anne Gesling for completing the contracts for our latest grants with one hand, while directing The Secret Garden with the other.
  • Diane Cummings for moderating audience talkbacks.
  • Steve Weber for connecting the MWT with a USC graduate student consulting project.
  • Saul Saladow for conducting the audience survey during Fences performances.
  • You for supporting live, local theatre!
To reserve your seats, call Luke in the Box Office at (310) 828-7519 or buy tickets online.
Questions or comments? Send an email to info@morgan-wixson.org