SUGARCREEK The nomadic lifestyle of actors as they pursue their dreams on stage makes adjusting to life in Amish Country easier to take as they settle in for the summer production of The Best of Me.
Bobby Hall Jr., of Bluefield, West Virginia, Caroline Clay of Greenup, Kentucky, and Connor Murphy-White from Greenville, Alabama, all call Sugarcreek home this summer as they act and sing in several shows a week through Oct. 28.
The cast members are part of the production team of Blue Gate Musicals out of Nashville, Tennessee. Blue Gate is one of several companies that choose from a pool of around 500 actors to perform in venues like Ohio Star Theater across the country.
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The circus will ‘Prevail’
The show goes on for the Circus Arts Conservatory, which has put together a new circus production that will be presented in front of live audiences and be available for home streaming. “Prevail” features a number of veterans of Cirque du Soleil shows who have been unable to perform for the last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some have been working as coaches with the Sarasota Sailor Circus. “Prevail” will be presented Friday through Sunday and March 12-14 in the Sailor Circus Arena, 2075 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota. The lineup of talent includes aerial artist Alanna Baker, aerial strap artist Darren Trull, Native American hoop dancers Eric Hernandez and Shandien LaRance, slack wire artist Evgeny Vasilenko, silk artist Giulia Piolanti, Chinese pole artist Oli Poitras and unicyclists and acrobats Marie-Lee and Philippe, who competed in 2016 on “America’s Got Talent.” All are donating their time and performance to support CAC. In pe
Being Amish doesn’t come easy for Rachel Miller. Creating crooked quilts, burning homemade bread and living in a small, quiet town have her longing to trade in Amish apple dumplings for the Big Apple, where she hopes to become a Broadway star.
“The Best of Me,” a musical by Wally Nason and Martha Bolton and playing through March 29 at the Carlisle Inn in Sarasota, is created by Blue Gate Musicals, producers of a unique genre of musicals set in Amish Country America. Blue Gate presents its productions about Amish characters and with uplifting themes in venues in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and, now, Florida.
Sarasota Opera returns with a ‘Happy Deception’
A new Sarasota Opera season gets underway this weekend with the opening of Rossini’s one-act comic opera “The Happy Deception.” Soprano Hanna Brammer stars as the Duchess Isabella, who disappears and washes ashore in a small mining town, where she is taken in and cared for by a kindly miner, played by bass/baritone Alexander Charles Boyd (Brammer’s real-life husband). Tenor Christopher Bozeka plays her grieving husband, Duke Bertrando. The company also includes bass Joshua DeVane and baritone Joseph Beutel. Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi leads a smaller-than-usual orchestra and Martha Collins is the stage director. The production kicks off a four-show season that runs through April with shorter and more intimate productions to allow for social distancing and enhanced safety protocols. “The Happy Deception” will be presented live in the Sarasota Opera House for six performances through Feb. 25, and will later be made a
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