“We were unable to do what we did every day in our ten years of existence.” “All theater was unable to continue,” says Matthew McGee, freeFall’s outreach and marketing director. The feisty theater, which labels itself as “unexpected, daring and authentic” and invites audiences to “escape awhile," could not escape from the disruption of the COVID pandemic. Petersburg’s freeFall Theatre was hit with a wallop. With the musical talents of Laura Wardrip composing all of our songs, and our former student, Ashleigh Wardell, choreographing, we will be bringing this 6th book of Baum series to the stage in musical form.Ten years into its existence, St. Frank Baum by my grandfather, (who named my mother Dorothy) I got one if his original copies of The Emerald City of Oz and decided to adapt it to the stage for the first time! Having played Dorothy Gale as a teen, and knowing the love of all things L. Not that there is anything wrong with them, we just wanted to do something fresh. We didn't want to do any of the old stand-byes. Also, as a bonus incentive, so many actors we have worked with have requested we produce one! "While we will always primarily focus on legitimate (an industry term meaning everything other than musicals) theatre, I felt it was time to honor my roots and produce a musical. We are ever so grateful to our fans! You are the reason we do what we do!ĭeedee's Musical Theatre days at the "Old Opera House Dinner Theare" at the Gold Rush Plaza in Auburn, circa 1970's We'll share with you some behind the scenes, photos, upcoming productions and classes, as well as some fun, interactive blogs! We could go on and on, but we will save that for our next blog, coming in TWO weeks! You can expect blog posts every 2nd and 4th Friday of each month. We are committed to being a part of the fight against human slavery and it is our strong desire to use this production as a way in which to inspire others to get involved in the fight-knowledge is power! We are the first Community Theatre to produce this play in the whole country! This is sure to be our most powerful production yet. Oh, and one of the most exciting things coming up, we are producing She Has a Name (an intense drama about modern day human trafficking). We are just finishing up our Winter/Spring Children's Theatre Class (students can be seen in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"). We are also currently in contention for KCRA 3's 2014 A-List (we came in 3rd out of 57+ theatres in 2013) and hope to make it to #1 this year! Please take a moment to vote for us (button at the top right of the page). Well, we are opening Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in less than two weeks (see our website above for tickets and details)-sure to be a great treat for the whole family! Since the start of the year, we produced our first musical ever (which was also an original adaptation by our own Deedee Eldridge, as well as original music and lyrics by the amazing Laura Wardrip) called The Emerald City of Oz! Oh, and we had two 1-Act romantic comedies in February which featured our 3rd Annual Valentine's Day Dessert Show (always a special, and packed, evening). We closed the 2013 season with our production of Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary and Charles Schulz's A Charlie Brown Christmas-both were great successes! Happy New Year (cough, cough, three months late, cough)! We have had a BUSY few months!
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