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The First Step

July 2nd, 2010 by Robert Easton

This past Wednesday (June 30th, 2010) was a day I believe I will look back on happily in the months and years to come.  On that day, JC Carter (ATG President) and I drove out to the Midvale Main Street Theatre and took the first step toward securing a bright future for the Around the Globe Theatre Company.  As we’ve announced before, the owners of the Midvale Main Street Theatre have welcomed us to perform next year on their stage.  Well, on Wednesday, we made it official.  JC and I signed the contract and I handed Tammy (the theatre’s owner) the deposit check; thus securing the space for July and October, 2011.  Afterwards–as soon as Beth Bruner (who will direct Tempest next July) and her husband Jacob arrived–we all took a tour of the entire theatre; from the stage to the tech booth and everywhere else.  It was amazing.  I fell in love with the place.  I only wish I could book a show or two there for this year, but I have to be patient and continue to allow ATG to build up resources for next year.  When the tour was over, JC and I walked Beth and Jacob a little ways down the street to their car–still chatting about ideas for the Tempest and how best to use the new space which we all loved.  Being on that main street in Midvale made me feel good.  It was idealic.  It was retro.  It was home… at least, it will be.  After more than a year of wondering if ATG was finished, if we’d ever put on another full scale production again, if it was time to end CPR and call the time of death, it was beyond good–beyond words–to be standing out in front of the Midvale Main Street Theatre on that warm Wednesday afternoon and know that the company had a bright future ahead.  I finally knew that what I had started five years ago was not over yet.  New life was in the company, and in me.  I was happy.  The first step had been taken, and my feet are ready to take many more.

Robert A. Easton / Artistic Director

Time to Bring out Your “Short Shorts”

June 28th, 2010 by JC Carter

Actors Needed for Page-to-Stage Festival

Wasatch Theatre Company and the Utah Association of Regional Theatres (U-ART) are holding auditions for the annual Page-to-Stage Festival (including their 10th Annual Shorts-Shorts program), which highlights the playwriting process from first draft to production. Performances will run September 9 – 25 at the Rose Wagner Studio Theatre.   Six original shorts by local playwrights have been selected for production, so many actors of all ages and backgrounds are needed.  Several local theatres (including Around the Globe Theatre, Avalon Isle, Babcock Readers, Holladay Arts, People Productions, Proletariat Theatre, and Pygmalion Theatre) will be involved in directing and producing the event. Running on alternating nights with the shorts program will be an evening of original plays based on Aesop’s Fables that will feature a troupe of actors playing multiple roles working with one director (Mark Fossen). Actors are needed for this production as well. We are also looking for people to participate in staged readings and a cabaret that will follow the Saturday evening performances.

Auditions will be held Wednesday, July 7th, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 10, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. in Studio A at the Rose Wagner (138 West 300 South).  Those auditioning will be asked to read from provided scripts.  For more information, call Wasatch Theatre Company at (801) 446-5657.

AtG’s JC Carter is directing the short Hello, Sweetheart and needs two actors, one male one female, who are in their 40s or older. He would love to cast the male African-American, as mentioned in the script, though that isn’t necessary. Still, if you are an African-American man (or know someone who is), who may be interested in this, please come to auditions or let us know you’re interested.

Rehearsals are very minimal. The cast will meet one night each week at JC’s home in August, and have a handful of rehearsals at the Rose prior to opening.

AtG will be very busy in the UART Page to Stage Festival

June 25th, 2010 by JC Carter

Mark your calendars for September 9 – 25, and join us as the Utah Association of Regional Theatres (UART) brings short scripts by local playwrights to life. From the Short Shorts performances, to staged readings and workshops, there is something for everyone!

AtG will be very busy at this year’s festival. First off, JC Carter is directing the short play, Hello, Sweetheart, for the Short Shorts presentation. Along with that, AtG is hosting an auditions workshop on Sept. 18 from 1-3 PM. If you want to improve your audition technique, whether you’re  an actor or a director/casting director, you should attend this workshop.

A New Home

June 25th, 2010 by JC Carter
Midvale Main St. Theatre

Our new home for 2011

After more than a year of wondering/worrying if this little theatre company of ours was going to end after Glass Menagerie, we’re pleased to announce a new season for AtG, thanks in large part to us finding a new home at the Midvale Main St. Theatre!

What happened to working at the Rose Wagner Center? First, they’re too expensive for a company that doesn’t have a non-profit status; second, they’re very difficult to book if you’re not one of their regular theatre companies; and third, we were told that they “didn’t need us.” Funny, in all of our time doing theatre there, we’ve always gotten good reports from the technical staff, we’ve never owed money when the show was over, and we’ve tolerated a lot of mis-schedulings and mis-communications (not something they can say about their regular theatre companies), but they don’t need us.

So, if they’re going to make it hard to rent their space both scheduling-wise and financially, and they don’t need our business, we’re happy to take it elsewhere, and the Midvale Main St. Theatre (7711 South Main Street, Midvale) is happy to have us!

We’re booked into the theatre for July, for The Tempest, directed by Beth Bruner, and October for Ten Times Two (that show JC and Bob are always talking about). So plan ahead and make a date to see AtG’s 2011 season at the Midvale Main St. Theatre!

New News Feed

June 25th, 2010 by JC Carter

As we move forward into what is hopefully a new era for AtG, I’ve decided to set us up with WordPress as a content management system. Until now, news updates featured me hard coding them onto a static web page and Bob blogging on MySpace. Now we’re bright and shiny, under one umbrella!