Special Events
Check this site for information on our special events, as well as details regarding our productions.
The 2007-08 year is a busy one for North Theatre! There are many extra events planned this year to facilitate North Theatre’s fundraising efforts as we Take it to the Fringe!
Living Statues
Every year North Theatre presents statues at the Farmer’s Market. (See press release on this site.) This year North Theatre will also be presenting statues for the Bloomington Area Arts Council at the John Waldron Arts Center on Walnut St. in Bloomington. There will be students from 5:00 until 8:00 pm on Friday October 5, 2007 and on December 7, 2007. The statues are being presented to celebrate the Gallery Walk on October 5, 2007 and the Holiday Arts Fair December 7, 2007. Come and support the arts in our vibrant community!
Donations gratefully accepted.
dust
Join us for the premiere production of the AHSTF performance! Opening night is November 8, 2007 at 7:30pm, North Black Box. Reservations are recommended due to limited seating. A performance collaborative, this production is based on the stories of the 1930’s dust bowl. Don't miss special performances at the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium at 7:30pm on March 22, 2008, as well as a send-off performance of the play that will also include a traditional Scottish Ceilidh on June 6, 2008 at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Fee Lane. See separate listings for more information. All proceeds to benefit AHSTF Taking it to the Fringe
ALUMNI CABARET
Sure to be a fun-filled evening, North Theatre Alumni will gather to present a lively evening of song, dance and story at Tutto Bene on Rogers Street in Bloomington on January 2, 2008.
Check this website for details. All proceeds to benefit AHSTF Taking it to the Fringe
Dinner and Musical Theatre
On June 6, 2008 dancers in the dust will be performed at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Fee Lane in Bloomington. This special performance will be followed by a Scottish Supper and a traditional Highland fling with live music. Check this site for details regarding this special dinner-theatre event.
PRESS RELEASE
North Theatre is Taking it to the Fringe
The Bloomington High School North Theatre Department under the direction of Francesca Sobrer has been selected to perform in the Edinburgh Theatre Festival in Edinburgh Scotland in August of 2008 as part of the American High School Theatre Festival (AHSTF) The Edinburgh Theatre Festival is the largest and most prestigious performing art festival in the world. Each August, Edinburgh, Scotland becomes a magical place as performing artists from all over the world come to Scotland to take part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The whole city becomes a stage as visitors view performances from every possible venue, from playgrounds, to conference rooms, to city parks, to churches. The Fringe Festival includes over 18,000 different performances of music, theatre, and dance during its three week run. North Theatre’s performance will be showcased in the first week of the festival in August in 2008.
Bloomington North Theatre was selected by the AHSTF Board of Advisors as one of 60 high schools across the United States to participate in the festival. The Board, comprised of theatre educators and professionals, reviews all completed applications and identifies the top high schools based on their most recent bodies of work, community involvement, philosophies and recommendations. Most recently, North presented the ambitious production of My Fair Lady. Past productions have included West Side Story, You Can’t Take it With You and After the Fall. North Theatre has also been actively involved in the community performing children’s play at MCCSC elementary schools, creating original work for the Shalom Center Benefit and the community favorite, Living Statues at the Bloomington Community Farmer’s Market.
This trip will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those students who will serve as ambassadors representing the performing arts of Bloomington in the Edinburgh Festival. The trip will include a tour of London and Edinburgh, tickets to West End shows, pass to the festival as well as present four performances at the festival. Auditions for the AHSTF 2008 production will be the week of August 27, 2007. To help prepare students for their auditions, workshops will be held after-school the week of August 20, 2007. The workshops and auditions will be held at BHSN. Specific times will be posted at the beginning of the school year. As of yet, a program has not been selected. Production choice will be announced the week of August 13, 2007.
North Theatre needs help financing this trip. Students (and parents) involved will be participating in various fundraising activities to finance their two-week adventure to Scotland and England over the 2007-08 school year. Contributions and donations are welcome. All donations should be made payable to BHSN Theatre Boosters. For more information, please contact Theatre Program Director, Francesca Sobrer at 330-7724 ext. 3457