Soo Theatre By Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale Last Sunday’s article expressed the loving appreciation that parents have for The Soo Theatre Project. Many expressed not only thankfulness for the classes and instructors, but the entire package – the welcoming and hospitable environment into which families enter each week for lessons in dance, theatre, art, voice, piano, and strings. This … Read more
Karen Beacom will be starting a 4-week session of First Steps in Music this Thursday, November 21st at 10:15 am. If you have a toddler 18 months to 3 years old who loves music and wants to have fun singing and being silly, go ahead and give the office a call at 632-1930! Pictured above, … Read more
By Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale Love, commitment, and appreciation. These three things feed each other in a never-ending cycle of artistic goodness. First, love of the arts is at the center of The Soo Theatre Project. It’s what motivates the commitment to offer stimulating classes with high quality instructors all year long. Then, Soo Theatre Project’s commitment … Read more
By Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale It’s time for The Soo Theatre Holiday Tour of Homes and Tea 2013! (See poster) Once again, The Soo Theatre Project has assembled five beautiful homes, which will be professionally decorated with floral designs by business partners Petals on Ashmun and Co-Ed Flowers. The homes will be open for your viewing on … Read more
By Karen Hughes Beacom HAUNTED THEATRE ENTERTAINS CROWDS Pickford middle school student Sydney Smith finishes volleyball practice after school with excitement for what is to come on her Friday night. Sydney eagerly anticipates attending the Soo Theatre’s Haunted Theatre as part of the downtown trick-or-treating event. Having attended in 2012, Sydney, along with hundreds of … Read more
The stage of the historic Soo Theatre hosted over 30 performances this summer, from seminars and showcases to musicals, concerts, dance shows, and an opera. While every production featured a long list of participants, on stage and behind the scenes, only one person had a hand in every single performance of every single show: the … Read more
By Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale Please note: There are multiple events happening at The Soo Theatre Project: (1) The Haunted Theatre will be open starting at 5 p.m. Friday, October 25. Tickets are $2 a person. (2) Saturday, October 26, is the Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society’s Fright Fest Movie Marathon from noon to midnight. Tickets are … Read more
On Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, the Soo Theatre project held a thank-you party for the supporters who have been so critical to the organization’s success in its first ten years. The evening featured the premieres of two new videos created by loyal volunteer Tom Ewing. Both are now available for online viewing.
By Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale Countless volunteer hours have been the backbone of The Soo Theatre Project in its ten years since 2003. These volunteers have helped in all areas of the theatre and STARS program from manning the front desk to painting walls to being house guides on the annual Tour of Homes in December. These … Read more
By Lizabeth Jenkins-Dale and Karen Hughes Beacom The wonderfully talented mezzo-soprano vocalist and former LSSU librarian, Maureen Delaney-Lehman, has been a regular on the Soo Theatre’s historic stage since 2006. Maureen moved to the Soo in 1989 to work in the LSSU library, and retired in 2009 in order to devote more time to … Read more
