Tickets for Leavenworth Summer Theatre’s 2016 shows are on sale now! I’m performing in all three productions this summer: The Sound of Music, Singin’ in the Rain, and Beauty and the Beast. Sound of Music and Singin’ in the Rain are both outdoor productions.
Tickets do sell out, and there are no wait lists, so get your tickets while you can! It’s going to be a wonderful summer.
I’m happy to announce that this summer I will return to Leavenworth, WA, where I will perform in all three musicals at Leavenworth Summer Theatre!
This season I will reprise my role as Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music as well as play the Wardrobe in Beauty and the Beast and Zelda (Lina Lamont understudy) in Singin’ in the Rain.
Come out and see the shows, if you can. It’s sure to be a wonderful summer.
Tickets go on sale June 3rd.
Show dates here.
See you there!
Seattle Musical Theatre presents perhaps the sweetest musical around, She Loves Me (directed by Alan Wilkie, musical direction by Joshua Zimmerman), opening Dec. 4th and running through Dec. 20th. Click the image for more info.
She Loves Me is a musical adaptation of the 1940 Jimmy Stewart classic, Shop Around the Corner, which itself was based on a Hungarian play by Miklós László. And if those don’t ring a bell, surely you’ve seen You’ve Got Mail, yet another in a long-ish line of adaptations. It’s a charming bit of theatre (with some stunning voices), and I recommend that you make a date of it (no, really….if you’ve got a date, this is good for that). Or if you’re more like me and take in your theatre dateless, come for a bit of light, warm, fuzzy cheer. Like egg nog, a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils or, in this case, vanilla ice cream.
Oh yeah, I’m in the ensemble. So there’s that reason to come, too. 😉
Support local theatre artists (and some of my friends) by giving to the Crossroads Recording Project. Ryan Anderson is a talented young force, and a friend of mine. Please help him make this happen!
“Crossroads Recording Project is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Crossroads Recording Project must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The purpose of creating “Crossroads” is to collaborate with the phenomenal theatre talent of Seattle, to create a recording to give back to the education programs that are prominent in the Pacific Northwest and to offer the world a new version of classic showtunes in an artistic format that is tangible.
We hope to raise $30,000 to make this special and unique recording of Broadway show tunes and we are trying to raise 2/3 of that budget through this campaign.
The recording will feature collaborations of some of Seattle’s finest theater artists – along with members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Once the album is completed, 40% of sales will go to the 5th Avenue Rising Star Project and the Northwest Choirs education programs so that young actors, singers and dancers will continue to have opportunities to perform and grow artistically.”
(from Indie-Go-Go Page)
I will play Charlotte in Tacoma Musical Playhouse Family Theater’s musical production of Charlotte’s Web. It’s sure to be a fun show for the whole family. The show runs November 1-9th. Click here for tickets.
We closed The Drowsy Chaperone last night. I am sad to see that show end, but I woke up this morning to find a heartfelt note from a couple that saw the show last night and The Sound of Music the night before. Here are their kind words:
“Hello Sarah….
Greatly enjoyed your Trix performance last night as well as Schraeder the night before. Great stage presence and a fun transformation between the two very different roles. What really blew us away was the unexpected the “bigness” of your voice, in particular after the sub-dued and classy role in “Sound..” Congrats and many thanks. You are a great talent.
We are visiting from NY which we do a couple of times. . . . Do keep us posted of you upcoming roles and we’ll be on the look-out. Next visit to Seattle will be Christmas later this year. And should you be in NY.,…
All the best, Karin & Al”
Thank you, Karin and Al. Your kind words have lifted my spirits, encouraged me during this week of endings, and reminded me that I have many people to thank. Most of those people I can talk to, keep in touch with, hug. But there is one group that I cannot reach so personally: the audience.
I hope that some of you who came out to see our shows this summer will find this note and know that you were just as much a part of our summer as anyone in the cast and crew. Five nights out of the week for two months, you showed up, supported the arts, and shared this beautiful summer with us. I’m sorry that I only got to meet a few of you and thank you in person. I’ll never forget the small family that spent a weekend introducing their young children to live theatre or the people that took the time to remember my name and thank me personally. You have overwhelmed me in the best sense.
So, here’s to you. To your handshakes, your laughter, your warmth, your jokes, your reactions, your applause, your ovations, and your smiles. To each of you, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your memories. It means more than you can know. And as you exit the theatre these last few nights with “thank you” on your lips, I say from the deepness of my heart, it has been a pleasure.
I’ve been in Leavenworth for almost three weeks and in rehearsal for all three shows for two weeks. Things are really coming together, and on top of learning the shows, I’m meeting some truly delightful people. It’s a pleasure and a blessing to get to spend an entire summer doing what I love with other people who love it, as well.
We’re about to head into tech for The Sound of Music (eep!). The amount of work that we, the cast and crew, have accomplished in such a short period of time is incredible. It’s going to be a lovely show, and I hope that you decide to make the small trek to see it.
With The Sound of Music opening soon, we’re shifting rehearsal focus to Fiddler on the Roof, which will open July 16th. I spent an hour this morning screeching away as Fruma Sarah, surrounded by a slew of Jewish Undead. I’m having far too much fun playing with different vocals, sounds, and movements with that character.
Though it’s been a few days since we’ve worked on it, PUT The Drowsy Chaperone ON YOUR CALENDAR. It’s going to be SUCH a fun/funny/fun-tastic show. Be there, or be there.
Last I heard, tickets were flying, so call the box office ASAP to reserve your seats: (509) 548-2000
Tickets for Leavenworth Summer Theatre’s 2014 shows are on sale now! I’m performing in all three productions this summer: The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Sound of Music and Fiddler are both outdoor productions.
I hear that tickets sell out (and there are no wait lists), so get your tickets while the getting’s good! It’s sure to be a wonderful summer.
Sarah Karnes 