See You Next Year!
This year’s production of Peter Pan has come and gone! I would like to thank everyone who made it a record breaking success. We were hoping for 400 tickets sold for each of six shows and we reached that.
I believe that the auditorium at Catasauqua High School with its comfortable seating along with the lights and sound system has helped us to regain some of our loyal seniors who just couldn’t sit on those hard metal chairs for an entire show anymore. When we had our cast party back at Sheckler, I looked around and just couldn’t imagine how we were able to put on sixteen shows there .
For those of you who saw your first CAST production, I say “where have you been? I’m delighted that you came and I hope to see you back next May.” Please leave us a message of what you thought of the show. We love to hear the good stuff but are also interested in what you didn’t like so that we can improve on it for the next show.
We haven’t decided what the show will be next year but we do have dates for everyone to mark your 2011 calendars (when you get one, that is). We will once again be performing at the Catasauqua High School Auditorium the first two weekends in May thanks to the great working relationship we have with Bob F and Kurt A, among others.
Check back later to see some pictures from Peter Pan and also to find out what we’re doing next year. Also, check back later to see who is our Deb Nothstein of CAST Memorial Scholarship Award winner.
Your ACTING President of CAST,
-Bob Nolter
In the early 1990’s Bill Nothstein, the art teacher at the elementary school, and Ron DeMaio, a third grade teacher, got together to produce two shows that were used as fundraisers for sick children within the school. After consecutive successes the duo decided to formalize a theatre group, originally called “The Sheckler Players,” with its first official performance being The Wizard of Oz in 1993. The shows were originally performed by elementary school staff and students and their families.
Around 1996 the name was changed to the Catasauqua Area Showcase Theatre and was open to all families within the school district. However, it wasn’t before long that the doors were open to all who were interested no matter where they lived. Since then membership has significantly grown and in some of our biggest years, our cast size, of just performers, has reached above 90 individuals. CAST is fortunate enough to bring in talent from not only Catasauqua, but many of the neighboring cities and towns as well. Since its inception in 1993, CAST has had the privilege of working with 547 individual performers! The cast size was not the only aspect of CAST to grow over the years. Read more…