For most theatre groups, this is the time of year that they get started on the second half of their season. Like the school year, they start in the fall and stage one or two shows before the end of the year.
Now it's time to start the second act of their season, so it's time for auditions and rehearsals. Since it takes four to 10 weeks from auditions to the first performance to get a show ready (depending on how complex it is and how much rehearsal time you have available), you'll start seeing shows sometime in late February or March.
"CATS" is already way ahead of the game - because it's such a dance-intensive show, they had auditions months ago, and have already held several dance rehearsals. If you'd like to be involved in a show, keep your eyes open - those audition notices should be showing up in the paper anytime now (and I'll try to mention them here, too).
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I can't remember who the actor was, but I remember reading once about an actor who said that theater rescued him. He had been in quite a bit of trouble at school and ended up stuck in a class with the theater teacher, who let the kids express their anger, without judging them, through acting. Having sat in many a BD class (as a former sign language interpreter) in the local school systems, I have often thought that it would be such a great idea to have some kind of theater as therapy program. They bring therapists into the schools anyways, why not give it a try? They could form their own renegade theatre group, and perhaps learn along the way that there have been many, many people stuck in their same circumstances and worse. They could also "see" the course each character takes, and what happens to him in the end because of his choices. I have seen many lost, brave kids in the public school system. According to David Mamet in "True and False", bravery is the singular quality required in acting. It just seems to me that it might benefit the kids a little more than just talking or writing about their feelings to their therapist. They need to see that people who use 4-letter words are not all bad, that people without a mom or dad do just fine, that people who drink can be wonderful people, that others have either died from or recovered from drug abuse, that poor kids can be beloved by their peers just as a kid from a 6-figure family, and on and on. I just think it would be extremely theraputic for them!
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