Community Theater and School Productions master list

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Re: Community Theater and School Productions master list

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CJ-Rochester wrote:With the rapidly growing number of productions in the US and Canada I felt it a good idea to separate out the community and school productions from the professional ones. Here is the complete list of the known community theater and school productions of BETM announced or completed:

Now playing:


Coming soon:
Atlantic Light Theatre, St. John's, NF (Canada) - Feb 2-5, 2017
Center Stage, Evergreen, CO - Feb 24-Mar 12, 2017

Announced for 2017:

Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ - Mar 10-19, 2017
Huntington High School, Huntington, MD - Mar 31-Apr 8, 2017
FARGO MOORHEAD COMM THEATRE, FARGO, ND - Apr 6-16, 2017

Theatre Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, IA - June 30-July 16, 2017
Historic Palace Theatre, Lockport, NY - Jul 13-23, 2017
Regis College Casey Theatre, Weston, MA - Jul 13-30, 2017
Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, Simi Valley, CA - July 22-Aug 27, 2017
Kelowna Actors Studio, Kelowna, BC - July 27-Aug 5, 2017

Modesto Performing Arts Assoc, Modesto, CA - Aug 05-13, 2017
The Square Foot Theatre, Wallingford, CT - Aug 10-13, 2017
Riverwalk Center, Breckenridge, CO - Aug 25-Sep 04, 2017
The Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County CC, West Windsor, NJ - Sept 2017 (postponed from 12/30/2016 to 1/15/2017)
Road Company Theatre, Williamstown NJ - Oct 19-Nov 4, 2017

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Completed:

Archbishop Stepinac H.S. - May 1-2, 8-10, 2015

Kimberly Senior High School Kimberly WI - Apr 8-16, 2016
Grandstreet Theatre, Helena, MT - Apr 29-May 15, 2016
Hexagon Players, Mendham NJ - May 13-21, 2016
La Crosse Community Theatre, LaCrosse, WI - May 12-29, 2016
The Rio Center, Santa Cruz, CA - May 20-Jun 04, 2016
Landmark Community Theatre, Thomaston, CT - Jul 9-24, 2016
Fairfield Performing Arts Center, Fairfield, OH - Jul 21-24, 2016

The Firehouse Theatre, Dallas, TX - July 28-Aug 14, 2016
Diamond Head Theatre, Honolulu, HI - Sept 23-Oct 16, 2016
Children's Castle Theate, Lakeville, MN - Oct 14-23, 2016
Verona Area Community Theatre, Verona, WI -Oct 20-23, 2016
HIGHLAND PARK PLAYERS, NORTHBROOK, IL - Oct 21-Nov 6, 2016
Cincinnati Music Theatre, Cincinnati, OH - Nov 4-12, 2016
Venice Theatre, Venice, FL - Nov 8-Dec 4, 2016
Oconomowoc High School, Oconomowoc, WI - Nov 11-19, 2016
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Announced for 2018:


Thanks, CJ. I see that the Road Company is listed as a Community Theater. How do you make the distinction between Regional and Community? I attended the Venice Theatre production and it was one of the best productions anywhere, so the distinction could not be based on quality, since Venice is a Community Theater.
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Re: Community Theater and School Productions master list

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accessmenj wrote:Thanks, CJ. I see that the Road Company is listed as a Community Theater. How do you make the distinction between Regional and Community? I attended the Venice Theatre production and it was one of the best productions anywhere, so the distinction could not be based on quality, since Venice is a Community Theater.
That's a very good point accessmenj. I don't believe Community Theaters should be lumped in with School or Youth group theater (not that some of the latter two haven't been of very good quality as well). But the difference is, in the latter two cases, the casts consist of all young people as opposed to age appropriate casting for both Regional and Community Theatre productions.

And you can't say the definition is all Regional Theatre casts are paid and all Community casts are not, because we often don't know if the actors are paid (unless the theatre advertises as an all Actors Equity shop). In many cases, in preparing the articles for theskykid.com's BETM coverage of the shows, we are sent cast lists for shows that definitely have mixed Equity and non Equity cast members. We know that because very often the actors who are members of Actors Equity are asterisked (*) on the cast lists.

So, in order to eliminate the confusion that separating the two causes to the Forum's readers, I'd be in favor of combining the list of Regional and Community Theatre productions, as we do at https://betm.theskykid.com/billy-elliot ... und-world/
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Re: Community Theater and School Productions master list

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Updated the master list to add: Cawthra Park Secondary School, Mississauga, ON - Nov 30-Dec 2, 2017 and ShenanArts, Staunton, VA - Mar 16-25, 2018.
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Re: Community Theater and School Productions master list

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Updated master list at the top of the thread to add Bishop Center, Aberdeen, WA - Mar 2-11, 2018
ShenanArts, Staunton, VA - Mar 9-18, 2018.
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