Summer Theatre Programming
Summer Theatre at Centennial is full of options for the whole family!
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Centennial Alumni Summer Stock Theatre - C.A.S.T. Presents Shakespeare Summer Theatre
Our July 2024 Productions Will Be:
Twelfth Night and The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Centennial Alumni Summer Shakespeare Theater (C.A.S.T.)
This summer we will be performing two One Act Versions of Twelfth Night and The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Directed by Shanan Custer and Eric Webster.
All ages are welcome from middle school to adult. Don’t be nervous about doing Shakespeare as we accommodate and teach all levels of experience and each play will have non-speaking and speaking roles. So don’t be intimidated! All experience levels welcome!
#2265 M-F July 15-26 10 am -noon
July 26 (performance day) 10 am-through evening performance (approx. 8 pm) with lunch and dinner breaks. LUNCH AND DINNER NOT PROVIDED.
11 sessions + dress rehearsal, (dress tech invite), at 2 pm and performance at 6 pm July 26
(friends and family are invited to attend either or both events on the 26th).
Centennial High School Performing Arts Center 10 am-noon
$150
Centennial Youth Theatre (CYT) In Partnership With Centennial Community Education
Snow White
Ages 7-16
Written by Twin Cities Playwrights Ryan and Tina North
Directed by Eric Webster
We rehearse the whole show in one week and perform at the end of the week. Each age group prepares and performs the same show. Please bring a nut free snack and water each day.
CHS Performing Arts Center $120 Rehearsals M-Th, 1-5 pm
Performance day for all 1-7 pm (performances at 3 & 6 pm) performances are free to attend for family and friends.
#2348A Entering Grades 2-5 M-F June 10-14
#2358B Entering Grades 6-9 M-F June 24-28
NEW Classic Movie Club
Ages 14+
Join us for a dive into classic movies. Classic films can inspire a new generation of actors and movie enthusiasts and provide a historical perspective unique to that filmmaker. Each Monday evening, we will show a different movie that will be hosted by someone who is an expert on that particular film. The host will provide an introduction and information on the film and why it is significant. After the movie plays there will be a post movie discussion with that evening’s host.
Mondays, 6-10 pm $25/per event
June 17 Movie: “The Maltese Falcon” – 1941
Described as “one of the best examples of action and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form. Suspenseful, labyrinthine, and brilliantly cast, The Maltese Falcon is one of the most influential noirs, as well as a showcase for Humphrey Bogart at his finest.” The film received three nominations at the 14thAcademy Awards: Best Picture, Sydney Greenstreet for Best Supporting Actor, and John Huston for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Host: Eric Webster/Shanan Custer
June 24 Movie: ”The Thing From Another World” – 1951
Considered to be one of the best films of 1951 and one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s. The US Library of Congress deemed the film “culturally significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. Time Magazine named it “the greatest 1950s sci-fi movie.”
Host: Tim Uren
July 8 Movie: “Yojimbo” – 1961
Akira Kurosawa’s “Yojimbo” marks an early high water mark in what would become a trend of cross-cultural inspiration in cinema. Kurosawa drew his inspiration from Dashiell Hammett’s detective novels (such as “The Maltese Falcon,” also featured in Classic Movie Club), as well as the western films of John Ford. Yojimbo would itself inspire its own influential western remake, “A Fistful of Dollars,” and Kurosawa’s films would be foundational for a young George Lucas as he began work on his opus, “Star Wars.”
Host: Aaron Fiskradatz
July 15 Movie: “Way Out West” – Laurel and Hardy
“Way Out West” is a superb film, distinguished by a magnificent score, excellent production values, a nimble pace, a great supporting cast, and most of all, the wonderful comedy of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, instrumental and important pioneers of American comedy.
Host: Joshua English Scrimshaw
July 22 Movie: “Dracula” – 1931
An American “pre-Code” horror film. Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man’s fiancée. Dracula was not only a commercial and critical success when released, it has had a notable influence on popular culture, and Lugosi’s portrayal of Dracula extablished the character as a cultural icon, as well as the archetypal vampire in later works of fiction. In 2000, the film was selected but the US Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Host: Eric Webster/Shanan Custer