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News from San Diego Junior Theatre
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Fall 2015 Classes Now Online
Meet our new Production Assistant, Kyle Waterman
A recent transplant to San Diego, Kyle Waterman originally hails from Kalamazoo, Michigan where he attended Western Michigan University as a Technical Theatre and Stage Management major. Growing up he got his formative arts education from the Kalamazoo Civic Youth Theatre, an expansive youth program that allowed him to work both onstage and behind the scenes. Upon graduating from the program, he worked as an assistant and instructor for the education department for over a decade. During this time, Kyle also worked with a multitude of theatres and schools, building up an impressive list of credits including directing, stage management, scenic and lighting design, choreography, technical direction, and performance. Since leaving Kalamazoo in 2013, he has continued to build his resume, working first in Memphis Tennessee with Theatre Memphis and Stage Door Productions, then most recently with SeaWorld San Antonio as a Stage Manager for Azul: Lure of the Sea.
Kyle is thrilled to be calling San Diego Junior Theatre his new home and looks forward to the new adventures ahead.
Announcing San Diego Junior Theatre’s 68th Season
Our Wonderous Journey begins!
What better way to fly into our 68th Season than with charming Mary Poppins and her talking umbrella? From there, we set out to find another popular little girl as she falls down a rabbit hole!
Around the bend, we come upon two seven-year old girls that conjure up a lot of fun and mischief. But just as things start to look easy, we turn around to find a young boy who is having the worst day of his life!
Remember the wooden puppet, who wants to be a real boy, with the growing nose? His story is told through a group of Italian construction workers. And then, we travel with a fine china rabbit through four decades of his remarkable life.
If that’s not enough, our next encounter is with a traveling salesman and Music Man, who wakes up a sleepy town with his scheming enthusiasm. We’ll snuggle up to watch a small stuffed rabbit bidding good night to everything in the room… only no one is ready for sleep just yet.
Our last steps go to the darker and more mysterious streets of long-ago London, with an eerie barber and his neighbor lady who sells peculiar meat pies. You will find this otherworldly adventure just as exciting and extraordinary as all of those that preceded it!
In our 68th year, San Diego Junior Theatre is honored to present a show season that promises enchantment, imagination and wholehearted joy to audiences of all ages. You will be hard-pressed to choose just a few of our productions, so we encourage you to experience all of them. Our performers and production team members – ages 8 to 18 – are continually learning to bring out the best of themselves in new and creative ways. When you, our audience members, join us in the theater, together we contribute collaboratively to a brighter light…a light that touches our hearts and enhances our souls.
It is an honor to welcome you to a full wonderous journey – one that you will definitely find Wonder-Full!
Rayme Sciaroni
Artistic Director,
San Diego Junior Theatre
Tickets go on sale August 17, 2015!
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Past Shows
Mary Poppins
Directed by Rayme Sciaroni
Original Music and Lyrics by
Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
Based on the stories of P.L. Travers
and the Walt Disney film
Almost Maine (Conservatory)
Directed by Kim Montelibano Heil
A play by John Cariani
Developed by the Cape Cod Theatre Project
Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr
Directed by Eric von Metzke
Music and Lyrics by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard,
Oliver Wallace and Cy Coban, Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert,
Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
Based on the works of Lewis Carroll and the 1951 Disney film
Ivy + Bean, the Musical
Directed by Teri Weisenberg Ang
Book, Music and Lyrics by Scott Elmegreen
Based on the Books by Annie Barrows,
illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Part of Rippledink’s Repertory
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Directed by Sean Boyd
Book and Lyrics by Judith Viorst
Music by Shelly Markham
Based on the books by Judith Viorst
Part of Rippledink’s Repertory
Pinocchio
Directed by Shirley Johnston
Adapted for the Stage by Greg Banks
Based on the Story by Carlo Collodi
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Directed by Ira Bauer-Spector
Adapted for the Stage by Dwayne Hartford
Based on the Book by Kate DiCamillo
Spring Swing 2016
Musically Directed by Richard Morrison
7pm, March 12, 2016
Casa del Prado Theatre
The Music Man
Directed by Rayme Sciaroni
Book by Meredith Willson
Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Based on a Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
Goodnight Moon, the Musical
Directed by James Saba
Script, Music and Lyrics by Chad Henry
Additional Musical Arrangements by Mark Rabe
Adapted from the Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Clement Hurd
Bye, Bye Birdie (Advanced Musical Theatre)
Directed by Rayme Sciaroni
Book by Michael Stewart
Lyrics by Lee Adams
Music by Charles Strouse
Originally Produced by Edward Padula
Pippin (Advanced Musical Theatre)
Directed by Rayme Sciaroni
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Sweeney Todd
Directed by Marjorie Mae Treger
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Based on an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
The Laramie Project (Advanced Acting Camp)
Directed by Jason Heil
With participation of Barb Pitts
Written by Moisés Kaufman
and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project
Teacher Feature Tuesday: Michelle Gray
It’s #TeacherFeatureTuesday! Meet Michelle Gray, one of our voice teachers at SDJT.
Michelle studied Music at UCSD and is an accomplished pianist and keyboardist. She has music directed and accompanied numerous Southern California theatre productions, ranging from youth to professional. Michelle has worked with several California regional theatre companies such as Moonlight, San Diego Musical Theatre, and Welk Resorts. In her spare time, Michelle teaches private piano and keyboard lessons and creates custom sound and backing tracks in her home studio. Michelle is teaching for summer camp as well as some classes in the fall.
We’re glad you’re one of us now, Michelle!