Santa Monica Theatre Guild Newsletter • September 18, 2024

NEWS from the MORGAN-WIXSON THEATRE

• Bat Boy: The Musical

• President's Message

• Join the Play Reading Committee

• Piano For Sale

• Tickets now on sale for The Prom

Tickets now on Sale

Bat Boy: the Musical

Thursday - Saturdays at 8pm

Sundays at 2pm

Plus an extra matinee on October 5th

A late night show on October 11th at 10pm

Check out the schedule and get your tickets by clicking the link below.

Based on a story in The Weekly World News, BAT BOY: The Musical is a musical

comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia.

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Usher and see show for Free

As seen in Broadway World

Morgan-Wixson, straight from the tabloids,

Bat Boy: The Musical opens September 28th

By: Gil Kaan

Sep. 15, 2024

Next up for Morgan-Wixson, straight from the tabloids, Bat Boy: The Musical opens September 28, 2024. Meghan Ripchik directs and choreographs the cast of: Ashton Bianchi, Diana Cabell, Cassandra Caruso, Jack Colyer, Aaron Ellis, Nico Fisher, Connor Tyler Gray, Lauren Josephs, Kalani Lopez, Lorne, Tommi Jo Mongold, Johnathan O’Neal, Carter Santos, Norman Thatch, Abigail Torrence, Roni Renee Williams and Javon Willis. Meghan found time in between all her various duties to answer a few of my queries. Thank you for taking the time for this interview, Meghan!

Broadway World: The Musical hasn’t been produced in Los Angeles for almost ten years. What inspired you to put on Bat Boy: The Musical now?

Meghan for Bat Boy: The Musical is wonderfully crafted to provide an entertaining story, but also prompts viewers to subconsciously reflect on their own intolerance. With this major election coming up, I can’t think of a better time to get folks to look inwardly on these topics of hypocrisy, and just how easy it can be to be influenced by religious and/or political powers. Not only is this story so timely, click here to continue reading

President's Message

Tickets Now on Sale for

the PROM

Our 28th Annual Youth Musical opens November 9th and features a talented group of performers.

Directed by Eve Keller with choreography by Michael Marchak and musical direction by Martha Thatcher, this hit Broadway show comes to our stage.

Get your tickets now, they're going to sell fast!

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Wanna help choose our 2026 Season?

We just announced next year's 2025 Season, but it's already time to start the process of selecting our 2026 Season!

If you want to be a part of the process, join the Play Reading Committee. Monthly meetings begin in October. For more information, contact Committee Chair, Jonathon Saia.

Contact Jonathon Saia

Board Elections are November 3rd

Consider joining us!

This year we have five open Board positions. Want to be a part of the change and growth? Want to participate in making live entertainment? Consider joining the Board. For more information and all the details, write us at:

nominations@morgan-wixson.org

Coming Up

September 28 - October 13

BatBoy the Musical on the MainStage

October 4 - First Talkback for Bat Boy

October 6 - Bat Boy Karaoke

October 10 - Second Talkback for Bat Boy

October 11 - Late Night Show and Costume Contest

November 3

The Annual Membership Meeting will start at 6:30. All Members are asked to mark your calendars and plan to join us.

November 9 - December 1

The 28th Annual Youth Musical is The Prom

December 8

The 72nd Annual Geoffrey Awards

FOR SALE

STUDIO PIANO

We have an upright grand piano from a Hollywood Sound Studio that we are not able to use. It's in excellent condition. $500 OBO. Contact president@morgan-wixson.org

Contact

Thanks so, Cori Goldberg who has been working overtime taking care of our theater. Not only is she a dedicated member of the YES Committee, a producer for YES shows, and proud YES mom - as VP Front of House, we've had a lot of maintenance to be done this past months (repairing seats, wasp nests, lobby carpet cleaning) and Cori takes care of it all. Next time you see her, tell her how grateful we are to have her as a member of our community.

Luck Be a Lady

We have two MWT veterans performing in Conundrum's production of "Guys and Dolls." Bouket Sea, who had been an actress on our stage, and has Produced and Stage Managed behind the scenes at the Morgan-Wixson plays Adelaide. Carter Santos, who was just played Ren in our on summer production of "Footloose" and who is in the soon-to-open "Bat Boy" plays Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls." The show runs in Burbank through September 22nd. You can get more information and tickets at G&D Tickets.

Cleaning out our Closets

Big thanks to Bill Willday, Ethan Kuwata, Eve Keller, Jonathon Saia and Michael Heimos for spending their Sunday morning clearing out old furniture from the Furniture Loft. What a difference it makes! Thanks everyone.

On that note, while we really appreciate donations, we kindly ask that you don't bring items to the theatre unless we are specifically looking for a particular piece of furniture or costume. Thanks.

Do you know a Member who deserves some recognition? Just Email us at:

website@morgan-wixson.org

Can you Find this photo on the Lobby Photo Wall?

Looking Back in our archives - 2020:

Can you find this photo on our Lobby Photo Wall? During the pandemic, we did zoom readings on our Virtual Stage each month. One of those reading was Nathan Ramos-Park's "As We Babble On." After the reading, we were grateful to have Nathan join us for a talkback about the piece. This photo (right) shows the virtual cast of the show, along with playwright and screenwriter Nathan Ramos-Park, and moderator Michael Heimos.