Stage Notes - Performance With A Purpose!

Broadway Professional Joins Stage Notes' Creative Team

In a surprise announcement to the Stage Notes cast of Les Miserables on Saturday, May 24, Artistic Director Ticia Marra announced that Stanley Joseph, New York, NY would be joining our creative team as Associate Director and Music Supervisor.

Our students were taken aback by the sudden appearance of Mr. Joseph, who had met students when they attended a theater workshop April 5 at a Broadway studio in Manhattan in conjunction with Broadway Classroom, and directed by Arbender Robinson, a cast member of the current Broadway Cast of Les Miserables. Mr. Joseph was impressed by our “incredibly talented” group of students, and spoke to Ms. Marra after the workshop to exchange contact information.

Stanley Jospeh rehearses with Stage Notes. Photo credit: Amanda Morrison, Watertown Daily Times

Mr. Joseph will also be conducting our orchestra for the show, and is working with the Stage Notes creative team to stage and create a new, exciting vision of Les Miserables for the North Country.

We believe our students are going to give you a performance of Les Miserables you won’t soon forget!

Performances are July 9-12, 2014 at JCC Sturtz Theater at 7pm each night. Tickets will be available at all Watertown Kinney’s Drugs locations, and through contact info on this website! Proceeds from our performance will be used to benefit the Watertown Urban Mission, so come out and support Stage Notes, and help us support the Urban Mission!

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“Do you hear the people sing?” Stage Notes is proud to present Les Miserables. Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Miserables holds the record as the longest-running musical in the world and continues to thrill and captivate audiences in every corner of the globe.  Epic, grand and uplifting, Les Miserables is a treasured tale about the survival of the human spirit.

Our theatrical budget for Les Miserables is $20,000.00. The budget includes royalty rights to perform the production, rental of the Les Miserables scripts, vocal scores, and orchestration, rental of The JCC Sturtz Theater, rental of costumes, hiring of a sound technician, and the cost for building our set. Also included in our budget are production costs such as posters, tickets, and programs. Stage Notes’ goal is to have Les Miserables paid for by opening night so that proceeds from ticket sales can truly benefit The Watertown Urban Mission. We are excited to be producing the world’s most loved musical and hope to make a substantial financial donation to The Watertown Urban Mission.

Through this new partnership with the Community Foundation, they will formalize their community grantmaking and also provide donors with the opportunity to make tax-deductible gifts to support their work and mission. “Stage Notes is committed to a long-term relationship of supporting the needs of our community. What better way to ensure performances with a purpose than to partner with the Northern New York Community Foundation? We respect their commitment of connecting donors who care with causes that matter,” said Michele Glover, Stage Notes board president.

Two funds will be established at the Community Foundation, one for grantmaking and one to help build a permanent endowment fund. “As a Community Foundation, we have all the systems in place to help organizations maximize their impact on the community, both through the important charitable work they do, but also by helping them build long-term capacity to continue to fulfill their missions. We are honored that a group so committed to giving back is now an official member of our family of partners,” said Rande Richardson, Community Foundation executive director.

Anyone interested in learning more about supporting Stage Notes through their newly established funds, can contact Mr. Richardson at (315) 782-7110.Through this new partnership with the Community Foundation, they will formalize their community grantmaking and also provide donors with the opportunity to make tax-deductible gifts to support their work and mission. “Stage Notes is committed to a long-term relationship of supporting the needs of our community. What better way to ensure performances with a purpose than to partner with the Northern New York Community Foundation? We respect their commitment of connecting donors who care with causes that matter,” said Michele Glover, Stage Notes board president.

Two funds will be established at the Community Foundation, one for grantmaking and one to help build a permanent endowment fund. “As a Community Foundation, we have all the systems in place to help organizations maximize their impact on the community, both through the important charitable work they do, but also by helping them build long-term capacity to continue to fulfill their missions. We are honored that a group so committed to giving back is now an official member of our family of partners,” said Rande Richardson, Community Foundation executive director.

Anyone interested in learning more about supporting Stage Notes through their newly established funds, can contact Mr. Richardson at (315) 782-7110.Through this new partnership with the Community Foundation, they will formalize their community grantmaking and also provide donors with the opportunity to make tax-deductible gifts to support their work and mission. “Stage Notes is committed to a long-term relationship of supporting the needs of our community. What better way to ensure performances with a purpose than to partner with the Northern New York Community Foundation? We respect their commitment of connecting donors who care with causes that matter,” said Michele Glover, Stage Notes board president.

Two funds will be established at the Community Foundation, one for grantmaking and one to help build a permanent endowment fund. “As a Community Foundation, we have all the systems in place to help organizations maximize their impact on the community, both through the important charitable work they do, but also by helping them build long-term capacity to continue to fulfill their missions. We are honored that a group so committed to giving back is now an official member of our family of partners,” said Rande Richardson, Community Foundation executive director.

Anyone interested in learning more about supporting Stage Notes through their newly established funds, can contact Mr. Richardson at (315) 7Stage Notes respectfully seeks your assistance in our bold endeavor of bringing Les Miserables back to a local stage. Your financial support of Stage Notes will aid us in educating our students through this dynamic production as well as giving them a life lesson in philanthropy.  All gifts will be recognized in our playbill for Les Miserables.

At the very least, we hope to see you July 9-12, 2014 at the JCC Sturtz Theater for Les Miserables. Curtain each night is 7:00 pm. See you at the show!

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