Edalene Theatre with special arrangement with MTI presents 9 To 5 The Musical. Directed by Kerri Leier with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, music direction by Melissa Vidito and book by Patricia Resnick, 9 to 5 based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking, and even a little romantic.

Pushed to the breaking point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, ...
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We're a week before a brand spanking new production and I'm a bit anxious and excited at the same time. It's always scary to put a piece of yourself out in the world but I'm really proud of this show. In the past, I've written about family's and relationships and fighting stereotypes-but this show deals with some much larger issues that are really relevant to my part of the world right now. Its got a bit more meat than shows in the past, but it's still got a lot of quirky characters and relat...
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Last Sunday I got to revisit some great camp memories as the cast of Little Mermaid got together to watch their dvd. It was a fantastic event and it was really fun to see the kids enjoying their performances. Their excitement was really rewarding and I can't thank Kristy enough for her hard work on their video. 

This week I've started working on my School's musical-an adaptation of the film 10 Things I Hate About You. There have been some hiccups but there is something exciting about seeing ki...
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Camp is over and I have a bit of the blues! What an amazing experience it was this year. To top everything off, we got to work along side some amazing people-Roy,Alexa,Sarah,Alice, Cole and Kristy. I wanted to talk about Kristy in this post because of all the work she's doing for us and because of who she is.
Kristy Taylor is putting together a promotional video about camp to help us advertise and also filmed the production this year. She was in interviewing kids, us and capturing camp. I have...
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We've been madly preparing and now it's show week!!!! This week Kristy Taylor has been in filming for what we'll become a promotional video for camp. She put this together to advertise our show!! Check it out and don't forget to come to this amazing show!!!!
Little Mermaid Preview

Based on Disney's award winning movie, The Little Mermaid, this show combines the classic songs that everyone knows and loves with new material that is guaranteed to please. This production is the culmination of three...
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This week I've been doing a lot of prep for camp. After a horrific fail when trying to create Ariel's grotto, my father stepped in with a great solution.
I also purchased a bubble blowing machine.....essential to this show-at least in my opinion, and Patrick and I have been working on the powerpoint that will be used for the backdrop.

Not wanting to waste materials from my big fail, I decided to use the spray foam I bought to create Ursula's cauldron. It turned out really neat and I haven't pai...
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Edalene Theatre is looking for a male and female who fit the following descriptions to join the cast for a new musical mounting February 2014. If you are interested, please send a video of you singing a verse and chorus of a song of your choosing to kerri@edalenetheatre.ca

 

Sam Donovan- Strong singer. Widowed farmer who holds the town together while parenting his two children. Adamantly against the resort project. 35 to 55. A strong man with a sensitive soul. Never fully recovered his w...

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Based on Disney's award winning movie, The Little Mermaid, this show combines the classic songs that everyone knows and loves with new material that is guaranteed to please. This production is the culmination of three weeks of intensive study by local youths guided by Tracy Nasson Fritz as Choreographer, Melissa Vidito as Music Director and Kerri Leier as Director. This is a must see production that will delight and entertain the child in all of us.

Come under the sea and be part of our world....
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Today Tracy, Melissa and I had a great meeting at TAN. We discussed camp business, sorted out issues and bounced ideas off each other for future endeavors.
Every once and awhile I will have a moment when I wish I took another direction-did the production stream at York, went to Sheridan etc....then I meet with these two ladies and realize how much I could have missed if I'd gone down that road. To find two other people that compliment and drive you to create and push yourself is so rare and th...
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Due to some cancellations, we have two spots left for our amazing summer camp.  You don't want to miss being part of this amazing summer experience!

Edalene Theatre - is offering it's sixth theatre intensive summer camp for students 10-16 and will run from July 22- Aug 9. During this camp the students will be trained in dance, music and theatre technique while rehearsing for a full-scale musical production. This year's production will be the musical The Little Mermaid. Camp runs from 9:15-3:30...
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Edalene is proud to be offering its sixth Theatre Intensive Camp. Camp will be         offered for students 11-16 and run from July 22nd– August 9th. During this camp the students will be trained in dance, music and theatre technique while rehearsing for a full scale musical production. This years  production will be the Disney               musical “The Little Mermaid”. Auditions will be May 12th.

If you are interested in auditioning, please email kerri@edalenetheatre.ca  or call Kerr...

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It is official, we're a month away from production. I recently had the posters and tickets printed and Melissa has been working tirelessly on costumes....Only four more rehearsals and we're opening. Hard to believe.
 Edalene Theatre presents Jonathan Larson’s Tony award winning musical-RENT. RENT is a gritty rock re-telling of the Puccini opera La boheme. Directed by Kerri Leier, RENT is set in the impoverished streets of New York in the early ‘90’s, RENT follows a group of struggling ar...
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As we get underway with rehearsals, the cast and crew are starting to understand the importance of the story we're telling. 
We're also looking forward to our production dates (February 6th-9th) with anticipation.
We look forward to seeing the community experience this intense and important production.
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On September 23th , Edalene will begin casting for their ninth production– RENT. This show features high intensity music and tells the story of artists struggling through the AIDS crisis in the early 1990’s in New York. We’re looking for actors 16 to mature adulthood who want to participate.

 

For auditions you will be required to do a reading (of the directors choosing) from the script. If you have a character preference please prepare one of the following pieces to sing a verse and ...

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