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Hillbarn Theatre 2014/15 - A Season of Awakening
Announcing the 2014/15 season for Hillbarn Theatre, Foster City CA
Film, effects & editing: Tracy Martin - tracymartinphotography.com
Photography: Mark Kitaoka - markkitaoka.com
Final show art: August Laguio
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Hillbarn Theatre 2016-17 Season
We are excited to welcome new and returning patrons to our 2016-2017 Season. Watch the video to learn more about our bold and exciting new season. See what Executive Artistic Director Dan Demers has to say about Hillbarn's 76th Season! Our first production, LEGALLY BLONDE opens Thursday, August 25th! Single Tickets for all shows are now on sale!!
Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than ourselves. This yearning is so primal that we often try to secure it by seeking the approval of others in order to fit in, which is not only a hollow substitute for belonging, but often a barrier to it.
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As we awaken to our personal path and reach for our unique dreams, we must find the trust, love and self-acceptance to belong to something bigger than ourselves.
In each of the eight stories selected for our 76th Season, we’ll share the journeys of beautifully drawn characters who awaken to self discovery and self worth, allowing them to find belonging within themselves.
I am honored and excited to once again be working with amazingly talented performers and musicians, production teams, staff, teachers, students, and people like you to create Hillbarn Theatre’s exciting launch into its next quarter century.
We believe the ARTS belong to everyone, so come join us and experience the strong
sense of love, community and connection we share because, Hillbarn Belongs to You, and You Belong here at Hillbarn!
Dan Demers
Executive Artistic Director
Hillbarn Theatre
Foster City | State of the City 2019
In this year’s State of the City video, Foster City Mayor Sam Hindi reflects on the City’s major accomplishments in Fiscal Year 2018-2019.
To learn more about the City’s achievements, view the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Community Annual Report at: fostercity.org/communityannualreport2018-2019.
Holden Boger - YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME from Soutb Pacific
Holden Boger performs Younger Than Springtime for Hillbarn Theatre's Conservatory fundraiser
ONE DAY ON BROADWAY.
Hillbarn summer intensive 2012 american idiot
so for the hillbarn summer intensive, leslie meils came in and taught about 10 of us the original choreography for american idiot x) hope you enjoy !
barbheninger sisteract
Audition for Sister Act, for Hillbarn Theater
Meet the Cast of Sweet Charity: Monique Hafen
Don’t miss your chance to see Monique Hafen, in Sweet Charity May 5-29, at the historic Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City. Tickets available at hillbarntheatre.org
Today, we shine the spotlight on Monique Hafen, who plays the role of Charity Hope Valentine in our upcoming mainstage production of Sweet Charity.
Monique Hafen makes her Hillbarn Theatre debut! Monique’s work includes shows at the San Francisco Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Center Rep, The Pear Theatre, SJ Stage Company, among others. She is a winner of three BATCC Awards for her roles in Company (Amy), Camelot (Guenevere) and My Fair Lady (Eliza). She is also the humble recipient of a TBA Award for The Threepenny Opera (Polly, SJ Stage).
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SWEET CHARITY Synopsis
Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Charity Hope Valentine, a taxi dancer at a seedy ballroom in New York's Times Square. She dreams of a romantic future with Mr. Right, but he proves ever elusive, with one man after another dashing her hopes but never quite extinguishing her optimism. Charity sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances and mishap adventures in Sweet Charity.
All of us here are so proud of this final show of our 75th Anniversary Season. This is a bright and sophisticated musical that will capture your heart and closes our season with a healthy dose of love. You'll hear wonderful musical numbers like Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This. With a star studded cast of local and professional talent, this show is truly not-to-be-missed! Don't wait tickets are selling fast as this hysterically funny musical comedy takes off with opening week!
Now playing on the Hillbarn Theatre stage May 6-29, 2016. Go to hillbarntheatre.org or call the box office at 650.349.6411x2, Tuesday through Friday 11am-3pm and book those tickets!!
'Annie' at Hillbarn Theatre
ANNIE
November 30 – December 17, 2017
Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC.
Lauren Mayer In Concert - Gratitude
Original comedy music by award-winning entertainer, about meditation, serenity, and chakras, performed live at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, CA, Sept. 14, 2008. For more information about Lauren, or to order CDs, visit laurenmayer.com.
Henry Kaiser Audition Hillbarn Theatre
I hope you enjoy this three minute video audition, beginning with my song and right into a short monologue from Distracted by Lisa Loomer.
Meet the Cast: LeighAnn Cannon
Fiddler On The Roof, winner of 11 Tony Awards, is now playing at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, December 3-20, 2015.
Today, we shine the spotlight on LeighAnn Cannon, who plays the role of Chava in our upcoming production of Fiddler on the Roof!
Don't miss your chance to see LeighAnn Cannon in Fiddler On the Roof, December 3 -20, at the historic Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City. — at Hillbarn Theatre.
Meet The Cast of Sweet Charity: John Rinaldi
Sweet Charity - Now playing May 5-29, 2016
Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, CA
MEET THE CAST: JOHN RINALDI
Today, we shine the spotlight on John Rinaldi, who plays the role of Herman in our upcoming production of Sweet Charity.
John Rinaldi (Herman) most recently played Ladislav Sipos in “She Loves Me” at Foothill Musical Theatre. Other credits include Mister in “Sunday in the Park with George” at Foothill, King Herod in “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Coastal Rep, Oscar Shapiro in “Curtains” at Hillbarn, and Pops/Padua Priest in “Kiss Me, Kate” at Broadway By the Bay. John also works frequently as a music director for the Hillbarn Conservatory and runs his own voice studio.
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ABOUT SWEET CHARITY
You’ll fall for this Neil Simon smash Broadway hit that aptly captures the gritty rhythms, sounds and fun of 1960s New York.
Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Sweet Charity, the girl who wants to be loved so much that she has lost sight of who she is. Charity sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances with the “animal magnetism” hero, the “ultra-chic continental” hero, and the “impossible-to believe-but-he’s-better than nothing” type hero. Her world is the all too real world of Times Square, and the people who pass through her world are as deceptively charming a group as ever swept across any stage. From her cynical, hard-core trio of girlfriends at the dance hall, to the phony evangelist, the Coney Island “fun people,” the Central Park “strollers” and the YMHA “self-improvers,” every character is interesting.
This is a bright and sophisticated show in every sense. Cy Coleman has captured the rhythms and sounds, and Dorothy Fields the vernacular and fun of New York. It’s a comedy in every sense of the word. Neil Simon has a particular talent for looking at the truly amusing side of life. It’s a dancing show too, with great opportunity for use of dramatic movement. Wonderful musical numbers include Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I’m a Brass Band and Baby, Dream Your Dream.
Directed by ERICA WYMAN-ABRAHAMSON
Musical Direction and Vocal Direction by TRACY CHIAPPONE
Musical Direction and Conducting by RICK REYNOLDS
Choreography by ALEX HSU
2014 06 15 Xavier Martin De Ocampo Summer Recital
At Hillbarn Theater, Foster City, CA presented by Scherzo Music School
Meet the Cast: Alan Hafter
Fiddler On The Roof, winner of 11 Tony Awards. Now playing at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, December 3-20, 2015.
Today, we shine the spotlight on Alan Hafter, who plays the role of the Rabbi in our upcoming production of Fiddler on the Roof!
Don't miss your chance to see Alan Hafter in Fiddler On the Roof, December 3 -20, at the historic Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City.
Meet the Cast of Sweet Charity: Adam Flowers
SWEET CHARITY is a bright and sophisticated show in every sense. Cy Coleman has captured the rhythms and sounds, and Dorothy Fields the vernacular and fun of New York.
SWEET CHARITY is now playing at the Hillbarn Theatre May 5-29.
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SWEET CHARITY is a comedy in every sense of the word. Neil Simon has a particular talent for looking at the truly amusing side of life. It’s a dancing show too, with great opportunity for use of dramatic movement. Wonderful musical numbers include Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I’m a Brass Band and Baby, Dream Your Dream.
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Don't miss your chance to see Adam Flowers, who plays the role of Vittorio Vidal in our upcoming production of Sweet Charity.
Adam is thrilled to be making his Hillbarn Theatre debut. Adam has performed principal tenor roles in opera houses throughout North America, Hawaii, and Japan. In July 2006 he completed a five year Artist-In-Residency for Opera San Jose, performing over 32 roles. He is currently a member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus. His Musical Theater credits consist of Charlie Dalrymple in Brigadoon for Davis High School’s Spring Musical during the first Clinton Administration.
The Full Monty Teaser
Don't worry. The Full Monty is about a lot more than you think it is.
Playing May 4-19 at The Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden, UT.
Tickets at zigarts.com
Meet the Cast of Sweet Charity: Doug Greer
Sweet Charity - Now playing May 5-29, 2016
Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, CA
MEET THE CAST: DOUG GREER
Today, we shine the spotlight on Doug Greer, who is a featured dancer and in the ensemble in our upcoming production of Sweet Charity.
Doug is ecstatic to be performing in his second show at Hillbarn! When not waiting for elevators and selling ice cream in Sweet Charity, Doug likes watching disgusting amounts of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, poorly belting showtunes in his car, and getting lost on walks throughout the Bay Area. He'd like to thank his friends and family for always supporting him (even when they probably shouldn't).
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You’ll fall for this Neil Simon smash Broadway hit that aptly captures the gritty rhythms, sounds and fun of 1960s New York.
Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Sweet Charity, the girl who wants to be loved so much that she has lost sight of who she is. Charity sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances with the “animal magnetism” hero, the “ultra-chic continental” hero, and the “impossible-to believe-but-he’s-better than nothing” type hero. Her world is the all too real world of Times Square, and the people who pass through her world are as deceptively charming a group as ever swept across any stage. From her cynical, hard-core trio of girlfriends at the dance hall, to the phony evangelist, the Coney Island “fun people,” the Central Park “strollers” and the YMHA “self-improvers,” every character is interesting.
This is a bright and sophisticated show in every sense. Cy Coleman has captured the rhythms and sounds, and Dorothy Fields the vernacular and fun of New York. It’s a comedy in every sense of the word. Neil Simon has a particular talent for looking at the truly amusing side of life. It’s a dancing show too, with great opportunity for use of dramatic movement. Wonderful musical numbers include Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I’m a Brass Band and Baby, Dream Your Dream.
Directed by ERICA WYMAN-ABRAHAMSON
Musical Direction and Vocal Direction by TRACY CHIAPPONE
Musical Direction and Conducting by RICK REYNOLDS
Choreography by ALEX HSU
The Hillbarn Theatre celebrates 77 years
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