The Young Company at Stoneham Theatre Announces Fall 2011 Classes

The following press report was submitted submitted by marycurtinproductions on behalf of Stoneham Theatre:

The young company at Stoneham Theatre is pleased to announce the following Fall 2011 Classes & Workshops being offered to area youth:

Eight different sessions (held either on Mondays or Saturdays) will start on Monday, September 19^th, and run through Monday, November 21^st.  The price per session is $175. Returning students receive a $25 discount.  Registration for classes is now open. Classes are limited to 15 students and enrollment is first come first served.  Further information can be obtained by contacting Laura Smith, Education Assistant, 781-279-7885 x114, laura@stonehamtheatre.org.

Monday classes include [no classes held on Oct. 10^th and 31^st]:
--Intro to Acting (3:30-4:40 pm, for kids in grades 4-6, instructor Caitlin Lowans);
--Next Level: Improvisation (3:30-4:40 pm, for kids in grades 4-6, instructor Michael Buckley);
--Intro to Acting (4:45-5:55 pm, for kids in grades 7-9, instructor Caitlin Lowans);
--Next Level: Character (4:45-5:55 pm, for kids in grades 7-9, instructor Michael Buckley);
--Improvisation (6:00-7:30 pm, for teens in grades 10 and up, instructor Matt Chapuran);

Saturday classes include [no classes held on Oct. 8th]:
--Musical Theatre Dance (9:00-10:10 am, for kids in grades 4-9, instructor Bradley Jensen);
--Acting & Dance (9:00-10:10 am, for kids in grades 1-3, instructors from the Resident Youth Ensemble);
--Musical Theatre Dance (10:15-11:25 am, for teens in grades 7 and up, instructor Bradley Jensen).

Stoneham Theatre also offers voice lessons, but there are only 20 slots left overall.

Season Subscriptions for Stoneham Theatre’s Season 12 now on sale:
Stoneham Theatre is located at 395 Main Street, Stoneham, in the center of town and close to several exits off of Routes 93 and 95.  More information regarding Season 12 can be obtained by calling the Stoneham Theatre Box Office at (781) 279-2200, open Tuesday through Saturday 1-6 pm, or online at http://stonehamtheatre.org/subs.html.

Coming up next to launch Stoneham Theatre’s Season 12:

Steel Magnolias
September 15 – October 2, 2011
[A beloved comedic drama; written by Robert Harling; directed by Paula Plum and featuring Lydia Barnett-Mulligan (as Annelle Dupuy-Desoto), Sarah deLima (as Clairee Belcher);Kerry Dowling (as Truvy Jones), Marie Polizzano (as Shelby Eatenton-Latcheri), Kathy St. George (as M'Lynn Eatenton) and Sheriden Thomas (as Ouiser Boudreaux).]

On the morning of her wedding day, Shelby Eatenton, her mother and her mother’s outrageous friends — the lovable curmudgeon Ouiser and small-town grande dame Clairee — gather in Truvy’s small town Louisiana beauty parlor to celebrate her future. Filled with humor and heartbreak, these "steel magnolias" make us laugh and cry, and finally admire their strength as they face life’s uncertainties with courage and humor.  This memorable play is loaded with remarks quoted long after the curtain falls, e.g.: "I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence" (recently tweeted by Dolly Parton, who played Truvy in the 1989 screen adaptation).

Buddy Cop 2
October 20 – November 6, 2011
[An off-beat comedic mystery; written and developed by Brooklyn-based The Debate Society collaborators: Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, & Oliver Butler; directed by Weylin Symes and featuring Melissa Baroni (as Darlene Novak), Jerry Bisantz (as Don McMurchie), Emily Sheeran (as Skylar), and Paul Richard Yarborough (as Terry Olsen).]

In this off-beat comedic mystery of holiday nostalgia and athletic rigor, nothing is what it seems...or is it? For the residents of Shandon, Indiana, it’s Christmas in August as the town rallies to honor a girl’s dying wish and the local police fight crime from the community center after a flood. Mysteries emerge and racquetballs fly.  As the fruitcakes and Christmas watermelons collect, this quirky and touching play shows how a community unites to help one of its own, and how, even in the smallest of towns, secrets are waiting to be revealed. Originally produced by the daring The Debate Society in association with the Ontological Theater in Spring 2010.

“This downtown gem, full of minor-key revelations and offhand epiphanies, roots its quirky charm in an earnest and surprising realism. Charming, offbeat, sneakily funny. Critic’s pick.” (New York Times)

Background information:

Stoneham Theatre is located at 395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA 01890, in the center of town and close to several exits off of Routes 93 and 95. Subscription order forms for the theatre’s upcoming Season 12, with an early bird special deadline by May 21, are now available at the Box Office either in person or by emailing BoxOffice@stonehamtheatre.org. Stoneham Theatre Box Office at (781) 279-2200 is open Tuesday through Saturday 1-6 pm.

Stoneham Theatre, a professionally producing regional theatre, is the only company founded within the past eleven years ranked by the Boston Business Journal among the area’s ten most popular performing arts organization. It is consistently praised by critics and audiences for its superior caliber of production, its connection to the communities it serves and its comfortable atmosphere. Weylin Symes serves as Stoneham Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director.  Visit www.stonehamtheatre.org.

Stoneham Theatre is also home to the Atelier Gallery, a satellite gallery of the Griffin Museum of Photography, showcasing fine art photography. For more information on the exhibition schedule, log onto www.griffinmuseum.org/exhibitions_atelier.htm. The Atelier Gallery at Stoneham Theatre is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1-6 p.m., and one hour before each theater performance. The gallery can be accessed through the theatre’s lobby; free and open to all.

Media Contact for Stoneham Theatre: Mary Curtin, 617-241-9664, 617-470-5867 (cell), marycurtin@comcast.net.