Soo Theatre is proud to announce its 2018 summer season. From a popular 50’s rock-n-roll musical, an enchanted garden in England, to an up and coming band that is quickly becoming a music sensation, the season line up has something for everyone.
The first show after our spring April and May series of recitals and concerts by students and faculty, highlighted in last week’s section, will be June 3rd when Soo Theatre will host the Northland Barbershop Chorus in The Last Voyageur! This show highlights life back in time of the fur trade between folks of the twin Saults. A perfect show to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Soo! We love having the Northland Barbershop Chorus on our stage. Come enjoy their excellent showmanship and musical precision.
As tradition stands, Soo Theatre will kick off the Music in the Park series on Wednesday, June 13th at the Soo Locks Park. If the weather is not on the sunny side, the show will go on on our stage at 534 Ashmun. This evening of entertainment highlights students, faculty, orchestras, and more. It will feature some favorite performance pieces from the past year and will showcase some of our upcoming summer performances.
A 350th Anniversary Musical Celebration to Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Soo Theatre Project will be putting together a musical celebration, featuring many community members from throughout the Eastern Upper Peninsula and more. There are four songs about Sault Ste. Marie that will set our historical journey through the evening, in addition to new songs composed by you. Be sure to check out our SOO SONG WRITING CONTEST for a chance to win prizes and to be a part of this fun evening celebrating 350 years of Sault Ste. Marie.
“Willy Wonka Jr.,” Soo Theatre’s first summer musical theatre camp, will be a fun look into the world of the famous Willy Wonka’s factory. Elementary, middle, and high school ages will be performing in this wacky world June 29 and 30. Anyone and everyone are welcome to sign up for this camp and the many camps that are offered through Soo Theatre Project. Please visit the theatre’s website for inquiries at www.sootheatre.org and/or contact the main office.
“Grease” is the word for 2018. Soo Theatre will be producing this wildly popular musical. The movie sensation featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John will live in infamy as one of the most classic movies in cinematic history. Adapted for the stage before it was brought to cinema, this show sells out venues nearly everywhere it goes. Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s as we bring this story to life on Soo Theatre stage. Let’s fill our house July 12-15 feel that “Summer Lovin’ with the musical “Grease!”
AUDITIONS for this summer musical will be held in early May at the Soo Theatre. See website for details.
“Thwacked” musical theatre camp is set for elementary students to take the lead! This camp is similar to the 2-week camp, but takes place in one week. This camp will focus on music, theatre, and movement, in addition to addressing the basic aspects of putting on a theatrical production. At the end of this camp is a performance of “Thwacked,” a fractured fairy tale about frogs, which will highlight the achievements of the week and the great teamwork that goes into staging a production on Friday, July 20th at 2pm.
Soo Opera’s Vocal Gala highlights students participating in the Vocal and Opera Workshop the week of July 23-27. This will feature pieces they have been intensely working on with professional opera singers through the Vocal Workshop. This vocal workshop is designed for students and adults, from college voice majors, pre-career singers and young singers who are working on technique and artistry. This is a one-week vocal intensive that focuses on vocal technique and performance of songs from musical theatre and opera. The Gala is Friday, July 27 at 7pm.
The Accidentals, named among Yahoo Music’s “Top 10 Bands to Watch in 2017,” are coming back to the Soo on Monday, July 30th!!!! The Accidentals’ adventure began in their hometown of Traverse City, MI, when Larson, a sophomore cellist, and Buist, a junior violinist, were paired for a high school orchestra event. The gifted young musicians became fast friends and before long, bandmates. Having both grown up in musical families with professional pianists for fathers and vocalists for mothers, their shared influences bounced between classical, jazz, bluegrass, country, alt-rock, and the obscure. This is the 3rd time that they have performed in the historic Soo Theatre.
Soo Opera presents “The Secret Garden,” a story about a spoiled orphan girl who is sent to live with her uncle on the Yorkshire moors and discovers a renewed life, for herself and her sickly cousin, in bringing her dead aunt’s secret garden back to life. Tenor, Chris Hollingsworth and soprano Karen Hughes Beacom will lead this cast of many current and former locals including Melanie Case, Gabbie Pepin and more. With a cast including children, Soo Opera will hold auditions in early June for roles to be filled by local talent. Sponsored in part by the Mackinac Arts Council, Soo Opera will perform on August 10 and 12 at Soo Theatre and on August 13 at Mission Point Theatre on Mackinac Island.
Don’t forget: Summer Camp registration is well under way and you’ll want to register in April to get the best rate! Check out our summer camp flyer and descriptions on our website. Registration for summer lessons is also open now. Registration for fall lessons and classes will be coming soon! Watch here and on our website for more details.
Soo Theatre Project, 534 Ashmun Street, SSM 49783 (906) 632-1930, www.sootheatre.org.
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