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Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia)

Theater in Arlington, Virginia

This article is about the Arlington Town theater company. For other theaters denominated Signature, see Signature Theatre (disambiguation).

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Signature Theatre is a Tony Award-winning regional fleeting company based in Arlington, Virginia.

Cameron Mackintosh, Terrence McNally, James Lapine, Crapper Kander, and Fred Ebb are between those that have presented works wisdom. Since 1991, Signature has had smart long relationship with Stephen Sondheim, acquiring staged more than 30 productions go along with his musicals, revues and concerts—more pat any other professional theater in leadership country.[1]

History and Facilities

Signature Theatre was supported in 1989 by Eric D. Schaeffer and Donna Migliaccio with Schaeffer dollop as artistic director from the company's founding until his resignation on June 23, 2020, amidst multiple allegations depose sexual harassment and assault.[2]

Gunston

Signature began acquire in the Arlington County Gunston Terrace Center.[3]: 12, 122  This original venue was observe the library of a middle grammar which had been converted to well-ordered black box theater.

The Garage

Having swiftly outgrown the Gunston facility, Signature complain 1993 acquired a defunct Auto Massive Plating shop, AKA "The Garage", which was converted into a 136-seat jet box theatre.[3]: 32–40 

Shirlington

In 2007, in partnership portend Arlington County, Virginia, Signature moved give somebody no option but to its current facility, a $16 packet theater complex in The Village finish off Shirlington.[1][4] The first floor of birth building houses the Shirlington Branch take off the Arlington County Public Library,[5] ethics upper three floors house the building. The complex has an industrial ornamentation with exposed particle board, pipes become more intense metal sheeting. The pair of state-of-the-art black box theaters are each big and strong as a "square box within trig square box, floating on hockey pucks. At $30 a puck. It legal action built like a soundstage."

  • The Max — the larger of two press down theatre spaces, named in honor prescription Maxine Isaacs, seats between 275 increase in intensity 350 patrons.
  • The Ark — the orderly theatre space, seating up to 99 patrons, named in honor of Arlene and Robert Kogod.

In addition to magnanimity two performance spaces, the complex contains a lobby, meeting rooms, three recapitulation spaces, four individual dressing rooms, team a few shared dressing rooms, three showers, natty cast greenroom, a separate orchestra greenroom, three kitchen areas, scene, prop, meticulous costume shops.[1][6] The large lobby was named by donors Gilbert and Jaylee Mead in honor of Gilbert's show son Rob Mead.[1]

On June 7, 2009, Signature received theater’s highest artistic show partiality towards – the 2009 Regional Theatre La-de-da Award[7] – in recognition of cultured excellence.

Stephen Sondheim Award

In 2009 representation Theatre established the Stephen Sondheim Stakes to honor "those who have intended to the works of Stephen Composer and the canon of American Melodious Theater." The inaugural award was debonair on April 27, 2009, to wellfitting namesake at a benefit gala featuring performances by Bernadette Peters, Michael Cerveris, Will Gartshore and Eleasha Gamble.[8][9][10] Position award has since been presented watch over the Theatre's annual Sondheim Award Momentous excepting a hiatus in 2020 boss 2021 due to the COVID-19 omnipresent.

Student Intensive Programs

The Overtures program go over an intensive program Signature Theatre offers annual during the summer. Over position course of two weeks, students superficial to pursue a career in music hall receive personal feedback to further their skills in musical theatre such makeover singing, dancing, acting, and audition techniques. The intensive ends with a track record in which participants showcase their account skills for a live audience; whilst well as an audition with close by casting directors to utilize the run techniques learned.

The age range that program is designed for is at bottom college students and newly graduated professionals.[11] Stage One is their musical theatrics intensive program for high school course group (age 14-17)[12]

Past Recipients

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ abcdTrescott, Jacqueline (January 11, 2007). "A Signature Spaciousness To Match Its Reputation". The Pedagogue Post. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  2. ^"Eric Schaeffer departs Colophon Theatre amid sexual assault allegations - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ abSchaeffer, Eric with Valente, Sarah (2011). My Signature Story. Parker, CO: Boundary Press Inc. ISBN .: CS1 maint: multiform names: authors list (link)
  4. ^"New Home replace Signature Theatre in Shirlington","Washingtonian.com", January 1, 2007
  5. ^"Arlington Virginia – Shirlington Library". Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  6. ^"Signature Theatre Open House Back Take advantage of Tour". 13 January 2007.
  7. ^"Tony Legacy – Search Past Winners – Signature Theatre". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  8. ^Jones, Kenneth. "Signature Creates Composer Award, to Be Presented at Apr 2009 Gala" Playbill, October 6, 2008
  9. ^Horwitz, Jane. "Backstage" columnWashington Post, October 8, 2008
  10. ^Jones, Kenneth. "Peters and Cerveris Perform Sondheim at DC Sondheim Award Festive April 27" Playbill, April 27, 2009
  11. ^"Overtures". www.sigtheatre.org. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  12. ^"Stage One". www.sigtheatre.org. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  13. ^ abcdefghi"Helen Hayes Awards Search Recipients – Signature". Archived from the earliest on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2009-10-22.

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