Join us for the 6th annual “Broadway in the Park”! What song from a musical would you love to sing? Find yourself an accompaniment track (YouTube is a great resource, so are https://www.karaoke-version.com/ and pianotrax.com) and show us your stuff! Solos, duets, trios are welcome!

Directed by Laura Taylor and Sarah Kirby

Auditions:
Sunday, Aug 2 and Monday, Aug 3 at 6:30pm
STAGE-M Scene Shop
708 West Ave.
Big Rapids

Reminder/Tip: Since there are limited rehearsals, please come prepared with a song/songs you know, and with an accompaniment track. We will have time to polish but not to start from scratch. The exception to this are optional group numbers that you will have the chance to participate in. We will learn those together!

New this year: To help celebrate STAGE-M’s 45th Anniversary, we will have multiple group numbers, and if you’ve ever been in any STAGE-M production, you are invited to join us! No need to audition alone to participate in the group numbers. If you’re an alum of any play or musical, you’re in!

So far we have two group numbers planned: ‘There is Nothin’ Like a Dame’ from “South Pacific” (featuring our fabulous men) and ‘Seasons of Love’ from “Rent” (it’s the 30th anniversary this year!).

Remember, if you’d like to participate in one or more of the group numbers you do not have to sing alone at auditions. Just come and pick up lyrics sheets and fill out the rehearsal availability calendar.

Three Performances:
Sept 4,5,6 at 6:30pm
Big Rapids Bandshell

ANNOUNCING OUR FALL PRODUCTION!

STAGE-M presents “LEAVING IOWA” by Tim Clue and Spike Manton.

“Leaving Iowa” follows middle-aged writer Don Browning on a mission to scatter his father’s ashes at his childhood home. But when Don discovers Grandma’s house is now a grocery store, he finds himself on a hilarious and nostalgic adventure across America’s heartland, reliving the family road trips of his youth… all while searching for a proper resting place for his father.

Premiered in Chelsea, Michigan at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in 2004.

Minimum cast size 6 (3/M 3/F)
(May be expanded to 4/M 4/W, 18 any gender)

AUDITIONS

Aug 29 at 6:30pm
Aug 30 at 1:30pm and 6:30pm
STAGE-M Scene Shop
708 West Ave., Big Rapids

PERFORMANCES

Oct 22, 23, 24 at 7:30pm
Oct 25 at 2:30pm
Crossroads Charter Academy Auditorium

Rave reviews …

“A road trip in search of one’s self. Four out of four stars.”
-Detroit Free Press

“A comedy with a surprisingly deep soul…Simultaneously hilarious and touching.” -Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

Directed by Frank Hartley

Presented through special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing of Woodstock Illinois.

STAGE-M is thrilled to once again partner with Big Rapids Public Schools to offer a fun and educational summer theatre camp!

This year’s camp will culminate in a performance of a special 30 minute “KIDS” version of Meredith Willson’s six-time-Tony-Award-winning musical comedy, “The Music Man”! Featuring some of musical theatre’s most iconic songs and a story filled with wit and warmth, “The Music Man KIDS” is family entertainment at its best…a bold, brassy show that will have the whole town singing!

Cost is $125, and includes a script, a custom camp t-shirt, and two (2) tickets to the performance of “The Music Man KIDS” on July 25.

Families registering multiples pay $125 for the first camper and $100 for each subsequent sibling.

*SAVE THE DATES! Campers interested in solos will need to attend one of the two nights of pre-camp auditions, either Saturday, May 30 at 6:00 p.m. or Sunday, May 31 at 4:00 p.m. at Big Rapids High School.