The Auburn Players Community Theater are showing what it means to be part of the community. Their production of Avenue Q has been raising money for the Cayuga-Seneca Arc Spotlight Studio (formerly known as F.A.M.E.). The Arc is the largest provider of services for persons with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in the Finger Lakes region. For more information about Spotlight Studio go to www.arcofsenecacayuga.org/ or read this past feature from the Auburn Citizen.
It’s traditional in Avenue Q that during The Money Song in the second act, the cast goes out into the audience and raises money for a cause dear to their hearts. The cast of Avenue Q decided that they wanted to support people with disabilities who share the common interest of performing. As The Money Song goes, “When you help others, you can’t help helping yourself.”
The Auburn Players Board of Directors has put an emphasis on giving back to the community and partnering with community members. In February, they were able to give away free tickets to all performances of The Giver to local students. Students could see on stage what they were studying in their English classes.
The planned 2016-2017 season continues on this theme of community engagement and partnership. The season will open with The Future of Broadway, a showcase of local teens, directed by local teens. Auditions are happening soon for Almost Maine. In November the Auburn Players are one of the co-sponsors of the TANYS Festival, a celebration of amateur theater in NYS that will bring in performers from around the state. In December we will present Scrooge, a hit musical based on A Christmas Carol in partnership with CCC’s Harlequin Productions and Auburn Public Theater. Another partnership with a great community organization is our staged concert of H.M.S. Pinafore with the Auburn Chamber Orchestra in March. Our season will close with Of Mice and Men and we hope to find a sponsor so we can give away student tickets for another literary masterpiece.
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