Plays - A Fortune of Friendship

My wonderful summer theater group was back and at it again and on August 4th we put on another amazing play. The cast was aged 9-13.This time we left fantasy and magic behind for a story about a rundown town overcoming the power, while making sure never to forget the importance of friendship.

Shining Stars Theater

The story followed Skid Row, a rundown town where nobody was rich, but nobody was quite miserable. The show opened with Old Lady Jenkins (Brianna Fuchs), the caretaker and lovable old lady of the town making sure that Finn (Lucas Stoddart), the newspaper sales boy on Skid Row started to work. Then we all sang a song that expressed how poor we all were. Then you met Julia (Emily Proctor), a waitress at Kathy's Restaurant who has dreams of going to Broadway and being a singer, and Kathy (Riley Klauza), Julia's best friend and owner of Kathy's who just wants more costumers. Then terrible strikes as Dorinda McGready (Meghann Butchart) and her son Danny (Dominic Tomasi), who befriends Julia, move into down with Dorinda playing to ruin the town so she can make money. The town along with a sassy, conceited singer, Lola LaRain (Bethany Stoddart), Dorinda's maid, Mary Ann (Arianna Sawyer), a homeless, but spunky kid, Trixie (Kennedy Klauza), a newspaper reporter, Marissa Watson (Amanda Pomorski), and a hotdog cart owner, Jessie (Alyssa Griglio)  must overcome Dorinda's power, while trying not to lose each other and friendships that are worth more than what money can buy.

Kathy's Restaurant Singing Contest Scene

This play took a lot of hard work. We worked so hard to make this play what it was. We sang our hearts out and danced like crazy and we made the story look so amazing. The cast was even more amazing. We made friendships and memories and I love Summer Theater. So, so much. 

Kathy and Trixie's Guitar Solo

Sometimes all it takes to find the perfect cast is a bunch of outgoing people ready to go one summer day. You work hard, make new friends, all while performing with them and turning a great scirpt into an amazing show. I'm so proud of everyone in the cast. 

"I've come for the rent," - Dorinda

The tracks in this play were super fun too. The play started with 'Downtown' a song about working hard and being poor on Skid Row. And ended with 'Don't Stop Believin' again. We did 'Don't Stop Believin' in the scene where we have the singing contest.

Downtown, Money Money Money, Diamond's are a Girl's Best Friend, Don't Stop Believin', Yellow, Anything You Can Do, Easy Street, I'll Be There For You, Seize the Day, Pricetag, Don't Stop Believin'. I love Shining Stars Theater and I hope I can do it again next year!

Go Shining Stars!
Emily :)