The making of an omelet
There's A Girl In My Soup rehearsal For our latest production There's A Girl In My Soup, actor Russell Alan Rowe plays renowned chef Robert Danvers. For one [...]
Guest post from Christmas Carol actor Tessa Kruczek
It’s so warm outside I can’t believe that Christmas is around the corner. AND A Christmas Carol STARTS THIS WEEK! I can’t wait! I think everyone is going to love this [...]
Musical Improvisation
Which famous musicians improvise? I bet you didn't know that Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Miles Davis were some of the best improvisers of all time. Most of us associate musical [...]
Fun Facts about the Ukulele!
Bruno Mars, Jason Mraz and Train (just to name a few) all have hit songs featuring the ukulele. Ukuleles come in 4 sizes: soprano, concert, tenor and baritone. The ukulele [...]
Submit your play for our New Play Festival
We're reviving our New Play Festival this winter! Which means we're already collecting submissions of new works for consideration for the festival. Here are the highlights of the event: 3 [...]
Guest post from Christmas Carol actor Megan Storti
All In the Family I just returned home from a Cratchit Family rehearsal. It takes me approximately 45 minutes to an hour to drive back to Chicago from Arlington Heights, [...]
Guest Post from Christmas Carol actor Tessa Kruczek
The Cratchit Zoo? Rehearsals are starting to get busy! Sometimes actors can have awkward moments. When our Director Brad Dunn was giving a tip to Belinda Crachit (Gina) the other night, [...]
Making it in the Theatre Biz
One key to finding success as a working actor in theatre is mastering audition etiquette. Here are some quick answers to questions we hear all the time about the audition [...]
Guest posts from Christmas Carol actor Tessa Kruczek
Greetings from Tiny Tim Tessa! I am so excited to start A Christmas Carol as Tiny Tim! I have always loved this story. My mom used to read it to [...]
Christmas Carol rehearsal videos
Check out these fun videos from rehearsals of our production of A Christmas Carol. Thanks to Stage Manager Holly Marshall for the footage! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIyo4oHfbho] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp-6RRPmzXs]