Read and Rant is the Aurora Fox’s script-reading book club. We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7pm – 10pm to discuss 2 or 3 scripts that were assigned the previous month. The only requirements to become a member are that you attend the meetings and that you do not discuss the scripts [...]
The Fox is absolutely bursting with artists! Over the last few weeks we have hosted over 200 actors, writers, dancers, models, musicians and painters. Last night from the green room I could hear Ignite’s Kit Kat girls and our Church Ladies all singing out. We’ve had rehearsals in the lobby and warm-ups in the parking lot; dancers on [...]
A whole lotta auditions coming up: Metamorphoses – our 29th Season Opener in the Fox Studio Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – just in time for Halloween! Men, women, young adults, kids…. Check out all the opportunities!
The crocuses are coming up but I have not yet planned for my kids’ summer. If you have school age kids you understand the panic that’s setting in. I remember summers in the 70′s, riding bikes and running around barefoot. My mom was at home. But it’s not like that anymore for a lot of families. Maya [...]
Over the years I have spent more and more time in the office and less and less on the stage. Brandon doesn’t even let me use power tools anymore. I feel very lucky to work full time at the theatre but I must admit I am often jealous of the artists. I had a great [...]
Metamorphoses (In the Studio Theatre) by Mary Zimmerman August 16 – September 22, 2013 Nine inter-related tales based on ancient Greek and Roman mythology, each enacted in and around a large pool of water. Using contemporary language and familiar characters, such as King Midas and his golden touch and Orpheus and Eurydice in the underworld, [...]
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY by Richard R. George Based on the classic by Roald Dahl Directed by Robert Michael Sanders Performances: June 11-June 27 (Several Performances are SOLD OUT. Reservations are strongly suggested) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 10:00am Monday, Wednesday, Saturday at 1:00pm Who wouldn’t want to join Charlie Bucket in his adventurous [...]
Play with us & exercise your right brain! Acquisition of performing arts skills builds muscle, brains & self esteem. Ages: 4-6 ACTING UP, SUMMER STYLE Express yourself! Make-believe! Your little performer will love the games, play-acting & fun in this class. Share a performance piece on the final day. $116 ($96 Resident) Instructor, Jamie [...]
My mom still hangs an ornament I made in about 1975. We made them in Sunday School. It is a small sugar cookie, baked hard with my picture and glitter glued on. I actually have a pretty clear memory of making it. The smell of the glue, cutting a photograph (they were precious and expensive) [...]
It finally got cold enough for a traditional Fox s’mores night. Brandon lit a fire; audience and actors from Picasso and Bloody Bloody gathered around roasting marshmallows and sipping hot cocoa. And we all discussed the plays and argued a little and told stories. Some thousands of years ago humans gathered around a fire and Theatre was [...]
