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No Strings Theatre Newsletter  halloween-frog.jpg
October 2015
In This Issue
Breaking News!
Upcoming Events
New from the Emerging Artists Program!
NST Alumni: Where are they now?
Industry Buzz: Acting Up Stage Company
Theatre Quiz!
Contact and Link
Hi


No Strings Theatre is on the move!  

First of all, we are very excited about our new website ....thank you Adesh and RJ!  Please feel free to visit the website for more company details, updates on our programs and events, as well as our current opportunities.

We have a number of new events for our Emerging Artists Program, and some really exciting programming updates for the Young Company season are coming down the pipe! 

With a marked increase in our Twitter and Facebook followers through up-to-the-minute arts and community news, this is a great time to get connected with us socially if you have not already.  You can find all feeds online conveniently on our home page.

Let's keep connected.  We'd love to see you around!

Denise Williams
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Breaking News!
No Strings Theatre Holiday Festival featuring Amahl and the Night Visitors - tickets available at early bird rates!

No Strings Theatre is getting a jump on the holiday mood as we start work on this year's Holiday Festival.  The centrepiece of the show, our production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, has become a Toronto holiday tradition, and this year we are so pleased to bring it to the Artscape Wychwood Barns community.

We're excited to announce that Will Trigo Ebere will be back with us this year in the role of Amahl.  Daniel Lagover will not be available this season due to a recent voice change.  :(  

CASTING CALL!
As a result, we are currently opening up the casting search for a boy soprano or treble for our second cast.  Other solo roles open for a 2nd cast are Kaspar, Balthazar, and The Page.   We are also accepting chorus members and dancers of all ages.

If you're interested, please contact us promptly at: directors@nostringstheatre.com

The second half of the program will feature holiday selections from our cast members, emerging artists, and seasonal professionals of classical. secular, contemporary, jazz and gospel genres, and a live band.

Other cast members include Erin Cunningham, Denise Williams, Mikhail Boukhman, Norman Brown, Lawrence Cotton, and George Ossipov.
More Details... 

Holiday Festival, featuring Amahl and the Night Visitors
Sunday December 20th 2015
Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie St, Barn 2
3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Tickets: Adults $25, Students/Seniors $20, Children $15
BUY NOW AND SAVE $5 ON ALL TICKETS UNTIL NOVEMBER 15!  

BUT WAIT, AS A VALUED SUBSCRIBER, PLEASE USE THIS PROMO CODE 'NSTHOLIDAY' TO PURCHASE TICKETS 10% OFF ANYTIME IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT


So you can save more than 30% if you ACT NOW!
Upcoming Events

Audition Preparation Workshop - Starting November!

Tweens and Teens
9 sessions culminating in a mock audition.  Panel will include current industry professionals.

Don't miss your chance - sign up now and get the lowdown from the professionals.

Announcing Our Workshop Faculty: Susan Cuthbert and William Shookhoff

Susan Cuthbert is an accomplished singer, actor and dancer, and also an experienced teacher, director and choreographer.  Susan began her career as a dancer, but is best known as Anne in the Charlottetown Festival production of Anne of Green Gables-The Musical, and for playing the starring role of Christine Daaé in the original Canadian production of Phantom of the Opera. 

William Shookhoff is a noted conductor, pianist and vocal coach throughout Canada and abroad. Equally at home in music theatre, Mr. Shookhoff was the Associate Conductor of the inaugural Canadian production of Les Miserables, and of the Canadian Tour and Toronto productions of Phantom of the Opera. 

MORE DETAILS

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QUERIES


MORE SEASONAL UPDATES...
New from the Emerging Artists Program!

No Strings Theatre is Looking for Submissions! 

Are you an emerging Canadian playwright or composer?  Then submit your script or composition to No Strings Theatre for a chance to have it read in a professional setting in front of an audience in January 2016.  This is also open to established composers/playwrights and promises to be great for opportunity for new a work development!

    
Submissions should be sent to: nstemergingartists@gmail.com
or email us for more information. 

Also, watch for more news about these programs coming soon from the EAP: 
 
Staged Reading of New Works, January 23-24 2016

Fall in Love with No Strings Theatre, a Valentine's Cabaret: February 13

 The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown: March 2016 
No Strings Theatre welcomes Peterborough EAP troupe, Bronte Germain as Cathy and Ryan Hancock as Jamie

Next to Normal (Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt), Mentorship Program: June 15-19 2016 
NST Alumni: Where are they now?

Kurtis Whittle

Kurtis started with No Strings Theatre performing in our 2007 Summer Intensive show, Seussical.  Inspired by a love of singing and stage, he went on to study vocal performance in the Music Department at the University of Western Ontario.  Now back in Toronto, Kurtis says: 
 
"My last show with No Strings was Les Miserables (2010), where I had the privilege to portray none other than 24601 himself.  I had come a long way since my monkey debut four years prior in Seussical! I miss the program dearly, and No Strings Theatre helps remind me every day of why I went to Western to pursue my degree in Music, and why I'm back in Toronto pursuing theatre.  This past July, I performed an opera in Italy, and I owe so much of my success to the first teachings I received at No Strings Theatre."

No Strings Theatre wishes Kurtis great success in his career! 

Kurtis Whittle, performing opera in Italy  
Kurtis Whittle, performing in Italy. 
 

Industry Buzz: Acting Up Stage Company  
 
Toronto loves musicals, and we're very lucky to have Acting Up Stage Company here, offering top-quality productions.

The next production from Acting Up Stage will be Uncovered: Simon and Garfunkel (November 3-5, 2015), featuring "The Sound of Silence," "America," "The Boxer," "I Am A Rock," "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water."  Under the musical direction of Reza Jacobs, a cast of spectacular talents - including Louise Pitre and longtime seminar guest of No Strings Theatre Michael Therriault - will bring the songbook to life.  
Theatre Quiz!

Many of our No Strings Theatre friends know that Susan Cuthbert, an important member of our Creative Team, starred as Christine Daaé in the original Canadian production of Phantom of the Opera.  Another member of our No Strings Theatre team, William Shookhoff, was associate music director for the Canadian productions and worked with notable Phantoms Jeff Hyslop, Colm Wilkinson, Chris Groenendall, Peter Karrie, and Paul Stanley (of KISS). 

Now here's your quiz:

Who did Andrew Lloyd Webber originally write the song "Music of the Night" for, prior to deciding to use it in Phantom of the Opera?

Do you know the answer? Be the first to email it to directors@nostringstheatre.com to win tickets to our Holiday Festival! 

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No Strings Theatre, is dedicated to the education and promotion of the performing arts in the community.   Our youth music theatre programs are aimed at youths ages 13-21, to develop professional skills in singing, acting, and dancing, through working with industry professionals in the field.
No Strings Theatre
is a not-for-profit registered charity in Canada, registration number 80104 2409 RR0001.

 

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Catherine Marjoribanks
Bronwen Nicholson
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