Yes, we are finally putting on our first youth talent show (or showcase as Dale likes to call it)!!!
We will be presenting our scholarships at the talent showcase as well as featuring some of the best talents under the age of 21 that Kitsap County can claim!
Tickets are $10 for 12 and older, $7 for 11 and under. All proceeds go to our youth programs.
Showtime is 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm. Please support our youth programs and scholarships by attending!
I am just wondering if you have a favorite role that you haven’t had an opportunity to play yet. I have been lucky enough to have played characters that became ‘dream roles’ after I started rehearsing for the production and I’ve had a few roles that I was dying to do luckily earned the opportunity to perform BUT there’s still a handful of roles I’m dying to do!
Kate in ‘Kiss Me Kate’, 
Corrine or Hesione in ‘Triumph of Love’ 
Margaret Johnson in ‘ The Light in the Piazza’, 
Miss Peretti in ‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ 
Mrs. Lovett in ‘Sweeney Todd.’ 
How about you??? What’s on your short list?
Putting on a show is difficult. Yes, it’s fun but it’s still work and it costs money. It’s also difficult to find good directors, choreographers, music directors and musicians, designers, stage managers and crew who are willing to put in months of effort and not receive a lot of money (or no money in some cases!).
So with that in mind, CSTOCK has been selecting productions based on directors submitting a show to the board. You may wonder why you’ve never seen ‘Cats’ or ‘Phantom’ done there. Well, it takes a director who is willing to do the show, submit the show and have a full staff ready to do it. It takes a lot of effort behind the scenes to get that production ready to go. By the time you, the actor, have auditioned that group has been working on the show for almost a year in some cases.
After a submission is made, the board has to decide if
So…it’s not easy to figure out what shows to do. The theatre has a huge responsibility to create a great season that the patrons, actors and musicians will like as well as one that is ‘doable’ in our facility.
I hope this explains and de-mystefies some of the process for you. It’s fun to pick the shows but it’s very hard work too!
Auditions were held for this summer’s kids production ’The Pirates of Penzance’ over the weekend. We had a terrific turnout of 80 young people between the ages of 8 and 21 and just over half the group of auditioning young people were new to CSTOCK. Wow! The talent was absolutely amazing and we are all waiting with anticipation for director Dan Estes & music director Bob Forman to announce their cast by Wednesday, April 30th.
While I know not everyone will get cast I just wanted to say how talented and brave these kids are! Each kid had to learn a song and sing it by themselves. I’m really proud of everyone who tried out!
This past weekend saw the opening of C-STOCK’s latest production, “Play On!,” the side-splitting story of a theater group frantically attempting to put together a show at the last minute, in spite of the crazed playwright who keeps changing the script!
The early buzz has been extremely positive. Hardcore thespian and regular C-STOCK contributor, Charles Platten, had this to say after Sunday’s performance:
“Holy Cow!!!!! I laughed so hard, I had a headache afterwards. I was exhausted. Talk about an incredibly funny show. What a great show!!!”
Even local Kitsap Sun Entertainment critic, Michael Moore, who is typically rather harsh and negative towards C-STOCK, had ’some’ positive things to say:
(so, according to Mr. Moore, even though “Play On!” is something of little value or importance, at least it’s funny!)
Historically, C-STOCK has a longstanding tradition of producing only musical shows. “Play On!” is our second attempt to expand our theatrical horizons by including at least one ‘non-musical’ show in our season line-up. This will hopefully help us to attract a wider audience, and allow the ‘non-singing’ members of our community the opportunity of participating in our productions.
Support our local arts and have a ’side-splitting’ night of fun at “Play On!” (Now showing May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18)