Double Time: Weekly Newsletter
An all-new, student-written, student-directed musical at Catalina Foothills High School, 5 Acts, 5 Macs, and more!
This Week’s Tucson Theatre Highlights:
5 Acts, 5 Macs from The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, Saguaro City Music Theatre, Winding Road Theater Ensemble, Borderlands Theater, and Unscrewed Theater
“Four Tucson performing arts companies join the S&S for a Macbeth-inspired evening of creative interpretation! Scoundrel and Scamp, Saguaro City Music Theatre, Winding Road Theater Ensemble, Borderlands Theater and Unscrewed Theater each take one act for a wickedly magical evening of music, improv and theater!” (The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre).
This unique theatrical experience is showing this weekend only at The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre. Tickets are available at scoundrelandscamp.org.
“Wolfe Bowart and Xochitl Martinez of The WoBo Show will join to host the event with The WoBo Show’s unique blend of magic, mystery and wonder.” - The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre
Romeo & Juliet at The Rogue Theatre
“Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet, the two fall in love. One of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies is finally given a passionate rendering at The Rogue” (The Rogue Theatre).
Romeo & Juliet opens this weekend and runs through May 18th, 2025. Tickets and more information are available at theroguetheatre.org.
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.” -William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet
Kinky Boots at Arts Express Theatre
“Kinky Boots is the big-hearted musical extravaganza that won 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score for pop icon Cyndi Lauper. Inspired by true events, this dazzling, sassy, and uplifting story takes you from the floor of a men’s shoe factory to the glamorous catwalks of Milan! An unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible … and together forge their own futures making the sturdiest and flashiest red stiletto boots the world has ever seen!” (Arts Express Theatre).
This fan-favorite, Tony-winning musical opens on April 24th. Tickets and more are at arts-express.org.
“Everybody say Yeah!” -Kinky Boots
Featured Story:
Catalina Foothills Students Introduce Original Musical
A group of students at Catalina Foothills High School are debuting Double Time, an all-new student-written, student-produced musical. Katie Pawloski, Zach Pittner, Fox Foster, and Bryan Zhang worked to write, compose, and orchestrate the musical, under the direction of senior Kiera Kuehnle. The production is the group’s senior capstone project and has been in the works since the summer of 2024.
“There’s always something so difficult between balancing perfection and time… so you really have to prioritize what’s the most important in every song and in every scene,” said composer Zach Pittner in an interview with KGUN9’s Andrew Christiansen.
The production also features a live band, composed of members of the Foothills Falcon Band program, one of the largest band programs in the state.
Double Time, performed by the Advanced Theatre class at the high school, is set in the 1940s. It centers around Otto, a spy investigating the murder of famed Hollywood director Richard Clark. When Clark’s assistant, Connie, and the studio head, Herb, realize that they need to hide Clark’s death from the public, they hire Otto to pose as the director while simultaneously investigating the case. The main question in the audience’s mind: Who wanted Richard Clark dead? Was it Josephine, the actress? Valentina, the seductress? Connie, the director’s assistant? Herb, the studio head? Or was it Otto, the spy?
With music that draws comparisons to Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood,” and other jazz classics, this production is a testament to the strength and talent of the theatre program at Catalina Foothills. It is also a brilliant representation of how dedication, over six months of it, can create a show that hundreds of audience members will undoubtedly enjoy.
Multiple students involved, including Pawloski and Pittner, will receive the Arizona State Seal of Arts Proficiency on their high school diplomas, and were awarded a Catalina Foothills STAR Award at the district’s board meeting on April 22nd.
Double Time runs April 24th-26th, 2025. Tickets are available at cfhs.booktix.com, where you can also find tickets to Falcon Theatre’s final production of the year, Totally Murder, student directed by Vivianna Colson.
In Other News…
Hey! Productions presents Anastasia
“From Tony winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, creators of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On This Island, this dazzling show transports its audience from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love and family” (Concord).
Tickets can be purchased at heyproductions.org. Performances are May 29-31, 2025 at the Sahuarita District Auditorium.
Tucson High Magnet School Performs Kodachrome
THMS is gearing up to perform their spring production of Kodachrome by Adam Szymkowicz.
“Welcome to Colchester, a small town where everybody knows each other and the pace of life allows the pursuit of love to take up as much space as it needs. Our tour guide is Suzanne, the town photographer, who lets us peek into her neighbors’ lives to catch glimpses of romance in all its stages of development. A play about love, nostalgia, the seasons and how we learn to say goodbye.”
Tickets are more information are available at onthestage.tickets/tucson-high-magnet-school.
Upcoming Community Auditions
Upcoming Community Open Auditions: “Arts Express, Borderlands Theater, Live Theatre Workshop, Invisible Theatre, Saguaro City Music Theatre, The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre & Winding Road Theater Ensemble in partnership with Pima Community College and the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film and Television will hold open auditions for the 2025-26 season at Pima Community College - West Campus on Friday, May 16th and Saturday, May 17th.
Each audition slot will be 5 minutes. All seven theaters will be attending the open auditions at the S&S to learn more about the amazing talent we have in Tucson.
Open audition actors should prepare either:
two contrasting monologues, no more than one minute long each
OR a monologue and a 16 bar song, to be sung acapella or accompanied by a track” (The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre).
More information and sign ups are now open at scoundrelandscamp.org.
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