Four Seasons Theatre Company, with its focus on learning and its connections to the community, encourages the development of drama, music, dance, and technical skills through educational outreach, workshops, and performances. Using musical theatre as a means of engagement, our goal is to create a strong organization which provides a consistent, high quality experience for everyone involved onstage, backstage, in the audience, and in the community.
Education, which is central to our company mission, is the core component of both Four Seasons Youth Theatre and FST Mainstage Outreach activities.
Lecture Series
In August 2005 Four Seasons Theatre presented the Ragtime Lecture Series which helped give context and meaning to a socially relevant show through discussions led by our featured speakers Professor Sandra Adell, Professor Michael Leckrone, and Professor Diane Lindstrom.
In Summer 2006 the Sweeney Todd Lecture Series featured "Sweeney Todd: Musical or Opera" with FST Artistic Director Andrew Abrams and Madison Opera General Director Allan Naplan and "The Music of Sondheim" with Jim Tucker, Director of Opera at Northern Illinois University.
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Behind the Scenes Workshop
Samantha Sostarich accompanied by FST Artistic
Director Andrew Abrams during the Telly Leung
Masterclass.
Photo by George Garrabrant.
In December 2005 veteran actor and teacher Michael Bofshever presented "The Journey of a Working Actor."
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In March 2006 Telly Leung, whose Broadway credits include Pacific Overtures and Flower Drum Song, led a musical theatre masterclass and audience talkback.
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Backstage Arts Internship Program
Set for FST's production of The Last Five Years.
Scenic Design by Jenn Johnson.
Photo by Sarah Marty.
Our internship program provides exposure to technical theatre careers as students learn about the production process from design to final product. Supervised student interns work with theatre professionals who serve as both educational mentors and production staff for FST. Internship areas include Stage Management, Costume Design and Construction, Wig and Make-up Design, Lighting Design, Scenic Design and Set Construction, Sound Design and Properties.
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Season Sampler Programs
As part of our continuing commitment to community outreach and audience engagement, Four Seasons Theatre is proud to present its Season Sampler program. The program includes songs from Four Seasons Theatre productions past, present, and future. With FST Artistic Director Andrew Abrams at the piano, the Season Sampler stars some of the best and brightest performers in the Madison community.
Past Season Sampler program venues have included service organizations (Madison Breakfast Rotary Club), retirement communities (Oakwood West & Attic Angels), and local concert series events (First Unitarian Society's Noon Musicale Series & the Rural Musicians Forum Unity Chapel Concert Series).
We'd love to present our Season Sampler program for your next function! Please contact Sarah Marty, FST Managing Director, at smarty@fourseasonstheatre.com for information about program scheduling and costs.
Listen to Season Sampler Sound Clips. (Coming soon!)
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