Annie Warbucks

06/08/2023

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* Please Note: Workshop participation does not guarantee being cast in the show. If cast, rehearsals begin Nov 14 for a production that runs Nov 29 thru Dec 17 with eight performances a week.

03/09/2022

Join us! Book a vacation in Ogunquit, enjoy your day while we share our Historic Playhouse with your children! Drop them off and our Professional Staff will energize and excite them as they participate in our Arts Ogunquit Playhouse Arts Academy!

Ogunquit Playhouse Arts Academy operates on the belief that theatre is a profound tool for students of all ages to not only exercise their imagination, but discover and evolve their innate skill sets. Our programs strive to create new opportunities for students’ success, by increasing self-confide...

10/02/2020

Limited enrollment! 10 students only. Don't miss your chance to work one-on-one with Broadway's Jeffry Denman. I cannot say enough about this exciting new series with our Online Academy. A new Broadway Star every week for 7 weeks! Take one class or all of the classes! Get ready for 2021, remain hopeful, and stay positive!

NEXT THURSDAY! Spend two hours learning from a Broadway Pro! Song and dance man, Jeffry Denman will be leading his Guest Star Workshop, Song Study, from 4PM to 6PM.

Open to ages 16 to adult!

Learn more: http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org/camps-ages-16-to-adult

09/08/2015

Sugar Load Performing arts Academy Auditions start tonight!

All Auditions will take place:
Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center
1351 Kings Highway
Sugar Loaf, NY 10981
845-610-5900

LES MISERABLES School Edition AUDITIONS
Students 13-19 years old
Tuesday 9/8 from 6 PM - 9 PM
Wednesday 9/9 from 6 PM - 9 PM
Thursday 9/10 from 6 PM - 9 PM

DEAR EDWINA AUDITIONS
Students 8 - 12 years old
Sunday 9/13 from 6 PM - 9 PM

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AUDITIONS
Students 6-7 years old
Monday 9/14 from 4 PM - 6 PM

For more information or to register for the Academy (you must be registered with the Academy to participate) please call 845-610-5900.

08/05/2015

HAIRSPRAY at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center is off to an AMAZING start!

Last night the cast sang through the score and the doors were nearly blown off!

Get your tickets now to be sure you get the best seats possible!
Bring a group and get a backstage tour and an autographed poster!

Stop by our Box Office or give us a call! 845-610-5900 or visit our website www.sugarloafpac.org

You loved them as Jena Valjean and Eponine in Les Miserables last summer, they are back together as mother and daughter in HAIRSPRAY!

During a break from rehearsal, Richard Koons (Edna) and Eliza Benfer (Tracy) enjoy a giggle!

07/16/2015

The cast continues to build on their already wonderful interpretations of their characters in FOOTLOOSE, the set is coming together, drops are being hung, costumes are almost done, lighting is being focused and the production staff is organizing schedules, backstage choreography, fittings, props, quick changes and everything else that goes along with putting together a large show.

Our Professional company of actors, along with our Professional Apprentice Company are almost ready for an audience! We cannot wait for our Professional musicians to arrive on Saturday for our Szitzprobe!

Here is a picture of our cast after rehearsal gathered under the train trestle. It's a pretty spectacular moment when Ren and Ariel climb 9 1/2 feet up the side to sing one of the most memorable songs in the show - "Almost Paradise!"

AND NOW FOR SOME EXCITING NEWS!

SECRET SEAT PROMOTION

Every day for the next week Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center is running a Special Ticket Promotion for their production of FOOTLOOSE!

Call the Box Office or come to our Box Office (during regular Box Office hours) and purchase your seats to FOOTLOOSE!

If you choose the “Secret Seats” along with your tickets, you will receive a Backstage tour following the performance to meet the cast and an Autographed Poster of the show! A Limited number of these seats are available each day.

So don’t hesitate! We promise our Professional Cast, along with our Professional Apprentice Company, and Live Orchestra will have you singing along and dancing in the aisles!

Thursday, July 23rd 7:30pm **Preview Performance**
Friday, July 24th 7:30pm **Opening Night**
Saturday, July 25th 2:00pm
Saturday, July 25th 7:30pm
Sunday, July 26th 2:00pm

Tickets: $55.00, $45.00, & $35.00, reserved seating plus $2.00 facility fee
Seniors & Students receive $5.00 off ticket price
Group rates available
Box Office Hours
Tuesday through Friday 10 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday 10 AM – 2 PM
845-610-5900

07/07/2015

SUMMER THEATRE HEATS UP AT SUGAR LOAF PAC WITH PRODUCTIONS OF FOOTLOOSE JULY 23-26 AND HAIRSPRAY AUGUST 27-30

Sugar Loaf, NY, July 2nd, 2015 – Two great musicals will grace our stage and have you dancing and singing in the aisles! Mark your calendars and save the dates, get a group together to book a backstage tour and meet the cast! Bring a picnic and enjoy the beautiful grounds before or after the show! But don’t miss these two wonderful productions featuring a professional cast, expert live musicians in our orchestra pit and sets and costumes that will delight the eye and to get your feet tapping.

FOOTLOOSE is a classic tale of teenage rebellion and repression and features a non-stop retro-view of the 80’s with music, dance, and fashion. Featured songs include Kenny Loggins’ “FOOTLOOSE”, Sammy Hagar’s “THE GIRL GETS AROUND”, Jim Steinman’s “HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO”, Eric Carmen’s “ALMOST PARADISE”, and so many more that have become standards for generations of “Big-Hair Band” music lovers world-wide.

You loved him as Mark in our production of RENT, now see him dance and sing his way back into your heart as Ren in FOOTLOOSE! We are thrilled to announce Preston Pounds, also featured as Seymour in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and J.B. Biggley in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, will be joining us for the first show of our Summer Musicals!

Stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford, Music by Tom Snow with lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and additional Music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, and Jim Steinman.

Directed by Joyce A. Presutti,
Choreographed by M'Lanie Hunter
Music Direction by Patrick Rawdon Hoagland

Thursday, July 23rd at 7:30pm Special Preview Performance
Friday, July 24th at 7:30pm Opening Night!
Saturday, July 25th at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 26th at 2:00 PM

HAIRSPRAY is the winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score. You'll tap your feet to the beat as Tracy Turnblad and friends triumph over high school bullies, racism and enemies everywhere of big girls with big hair. Viewers young and old will be shimmying in their seats as they enjoy hit favorites such as "I CAN HEAR THE BELLS," and "YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT." It's hair-hopping family fun in dazzling color and style.

Ed Romanoff and Terita Redd, who both appeared in the Broadway production of HAIRSPRAY, will be playing Wilbur Turnblad and Motormouth Mabel, respectively. Tenor Richard Koons has toured Europe in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and the US in TITANIC and A CHRISTMAS CAROL, appeared with symphonies around the world and has recorded 4 Albums joins our cast as Edna Turnblad. NY-based actor Zack Crocker will play Link Larkin, the teenage heartthrob opposite Eliza Benfer, a young performer who has been bringing audiences to their feet with her powerful and emotional vocal performances across the region. Shannon Dionne last appeared as Joanne in our acclaimed production of RENT, is joined by NY natives Ayana Major Bey and Tyla Collier making up the Dynamite Trio.

Based on the book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan with music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters.
Directed by Joyce A. Presutti
Choreographed by Robbie Roby
Music Direction by Patrick R. Hoagland

Thursday, August 27th at 7:30pm Special Preview Performance
Friday, August 28th at 7:30pm Opening Night!
Saturday, August 29th at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sunday August 30th at 2:00 PM

Tickets: $30.00, $35.00, $45.00, $55.00, reserved seating, plus $2.00 facility fee
Special Rate for GROUPS of 15 or more. Call for Details 845-610-5900. Tickets are on sale now at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 or online at Ticketmaster.com

Ticket link: http://tinyurl.com/footlooseslpac2015 / http://tinyurl.com/hairsprayslpac2015

Sugar Loaf PAC: http://www.sugarloafpac.org/events/

Facebook Event “SAVE THE DATE”:
Footloose: https://www.facebook.com/events/1497063653917062/
Hairspray: https://www.facebook.com/events/1658722894346496/

06/21/2015

So many people missed Glen Macken and his powerful performance as Reverend Shaw in JOB's production of FOOTLOOSE a while back. Our shows sold out so quickly, we had waiting lists of people hoping for tickets! WELL GUESS WHAT!? You will get to see Glen reprise his role this summer at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center! On our magnificent stage, in our beautiful air-conditioned theatre, with VERY comfy seats, during intermission you can step out side and enjoy a glass of wine or beer under the stars, plenty of free, safe parking and a chance to buy a SEASON SUBSCRIPTION to our new BROADWAY SERIES! You will not want to miss FOOTLOOSE, HAIRSPRAY, GODSPELL and THE NUTCRACKER!! So give the Box Office a call for more information! 845-610-5900.

FOOTLOOSE will be directed by Joyce A. Presutti, choreographed by M'Lanie Hunter. HAIRSPRAY will be choreographed by Robbie Roby and star Broadway performers...so pack a picnic and come enjoy the day on our beautiful 5 acre property! Sit next to the lake, take a walk through the charming village of Sugar Loaf, New York!

Come see "Broadway Closer to Home" with our professional cast! www.sugarloafpac.org for more information or call 845-610-5900

05/27/2015

Very excited to announce that Rich Hotaling will be joining the teaching artists at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Academy!

Welcome Rich!

Rich Hotaling has been working in the professional theatre for over twenty years, primarily as a performer and has held employment in all theatrical capacities including directing and choreographing, company management, marketing, production, fund-raising, administration, properties, scenic design, set construction, stage operations and wardrobe. His acting class, Inter:Acting was developed during his tenure as Program Director for children at The Interactive Museum in Middletown, NY. Rich’s students have appeared in starring roles on Broadway, in major motion pictures and national commercials.

A familiar face on local and regional stages, Rich has worked with such notable companies as Maine State Music Theatre, New York Stage and Film, Just Off Broadway, Inc. (current Board of Trustees), 4th Wall Productions, Up in Arms, Melanie Hunter Dance Studio, Summerstar Theatre and The Acting Out Playhouse. He has performed Off-Broadway as David in Hindenburg: The Musical and Blake in Everything’s Coming Up Roses and has originated many roles in his career including The Englishman in The Measure of a Man, Frederick in Next Year in Jerusalem and Patrick Ryan in the new musical Pond Beyond the Meadow. Rich’s most recent performances include Man in Chair in “The Drowsy Chaperone“, We Beseech Thee” in Godspell, Levi in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Horst in Bent for which he won and Outstanding Achievement in Acting Award from the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS). Other credits include: Jesus, Godspell; Mark, A Chorus Line; Rooster, Annie; Riff Raff, The Rocky Horror Show; Leading Player, Pippin; Officer Lockstock, Urinetown: The Musical (Tanys Award); The Cat, Suessical the Musical; King Triton, The Little Mermaid; Jonathan Harker, Dracula (TANYS Award); Zebulun, Joseph; Harry Beaton, Brigadoon; Fyedka, Fiddler on the Roof, Police Sergeant; The Pirates of Penzance and Carl in The Baltimore Waltz.

Here is Rich Hotaling as Cat in Seussical!

05/08/2015

TONIGHT!!!
Join us at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center for a great night of family fun!
Show is at 6:30 PM, tickets at the door!

04/26/2015

Did you know that STUDENTS AGES 13-18* enrolled in the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Academy Summer Sessions become members of the Professional Apprentice Company and that the program culminates with a NYC Showcase in Manhattan for Agents, Managers and Casting Directors!

*Students age 18 who are just graduating or have completed their freshman year of college and are still 18 are welcome to attend.

Don't miss your chance to perform on our Main Stage in FOOTLOOSE and HAIRSPRAY! Work alongside professional actors, directors and choreographers!

Spend your Summer with us! YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS STARTS HERE!

Classes for students age 4-12 are also available!

Register at www.sugarloafpac.org or call 845-610-5900 for more information.

The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center is dedicated to enriching the lives of the community of the Hudson Valley through the presentation of the finest local, national and international artistic performances.

04/19/2015

What an exciting day at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Academy ! We welcome Ann Arvia (pictured) as our Guest Instructor!

If you would like to study with top notch professionals direct from the Broadway stage, do not hesitate to sign up for our Summer Academy! www.sugarloafpac.org or call 845-610-5900 to find out how you can become a part of the most exciting professional theatre company and theatrical training academy in Orange County!

About ANN ARVIA:

A highly respected Broadway performer, Ms. Arvia appeared in the original company of Mary Poppins as Miss Lark and subsequently assumed the role of the Bird Woman, she was seen as both Madame de la Grande Bouche and Mrs. Potts in the Broadway company of Beauty and the Beast, and as Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables where she enjoyed over 10 years with the company both on Broadway and with the First National Tour. Ms. Arvia played the role of Mother in Ragtime during its successful First Broadway National Tour and has appeared regionally with Walnut Street Theatre, Arena Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Seattle Rep, Maine State Music Theatre, and others playing such diverse roles as; Mother Abbess in Sound of Music, Rebecca in Rags, Mama Rose in Gypsy, Lady Thiang in King & I, Carlotta in Phantom, Alice Beane in Titanic and recently Golde in Fiddler On the Roof. She has been an original cast member of many new works appearing in the workshop productions of Curtains, Time & Again; moving with the show when it played Off-Broadway, Pebbles and recently Disney’s Freaky Friday. On Film, Ann has been seen in Man on a Ledge, 3 Backyards and Let It Snow, on television she has been seen frequently on Law & Order, as well as Made in Jersey, The Big and Nurse Jackie. Ann can be heard as one of the voices in Disney’s Enchanted with Amy Adams and is a much sought after voice over performer for movies and recordings. Ms. Arvia has the prestigious honor of being a finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti/ Philadelphia International Opera Company Competition. As a professional voice instructor, Ms. Arvia has coached many celebrities who have gone on to appear in Broadway Shows and has a private voice studio where she teaches the stars of many Broadway musicals. Traveling around the country and even to Croatia, Ms. Arvia has taught Master Classes in vocal production, audition technique and the business of Show Business.