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Answer Man: What happened to the Springfield Contemporary Theatre?


Answer Man: Is Springfield Contemporary Theatre still active? Its charming black-box space off Pershing Street in downtown looks like it has been cleaned out.  newsroom colleague Gregory Holman, of Springfield
Yes, the space is now empty, Greg, but Springfield Contemporary Theatre is alive and embarking on a new season.
It has moved. The new location is 2025 E. Chestnut Expressway, which is at the intersection of East Chestnut Expressway and East Pythian Street. It s in a large building  suites C and D, facing Pythian  called Chestnut Corners.
When I went there Monday to take a photo there was a notice on the door announcing auditions tonight 6:30 p.m. for Desperate Measures, a musical comedy. ....

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Springfield Contemporary Theatre Presents Online Version of "Fugitive Songs"


Rick Dines, director of Springfield Contemporary Theatre s online production of Fugitive Songs.
“Some of those are really bold choices, and some of those are just everyday kinds of choices. But really, it s a very dynamic piece as we meet all these different people in all these different circumstances, some outrageous and crazy and some some very relatable.” Are they fleeing from something? Are they fleeing toward something?  Once thing is for sure, said Dines: “they’re kind of on the run, in a way.”
“Fugitive Songs” is described by SCT as “half musical, half hootenanny,” which, says Dines, is an absolutely accurate description. “It is not a traditionally structured musical. There are times where the songs are very ‘story’ songs, and they are very much telling a story. And there are times where the songs are there in celebration, in… there s one song in the show that honestly was the song, as a director, I was most struggling with. And this is ....

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