Artistic director Art Rotch just spent his birthday in “tech.” I get the feeling that’s how he’d like it to be. For designers–the artists that create the world of the theatre through sound, lighting, set, paint, costume, props, and more–technical rehearsals are when everything is finally layered together in real time with the acting and movement on the stage. Art snapped …
Raffle Winners Announced for 32nd Annual Travel Raffle
Perseverance is happy to announce the winners of our 32nd Annual Travel Raffle. Grand Prize Carolyn Garcia 2nd Prize Christ Goard 3rd Prize John Parsi 4th Prize Anya Maier 5th Prize Dave Lefebvre 6th prize Roger Birk 7th Prize Rafie Wilson 8th Prize Munkh-Urguu 9th Prize Barb Potter 10th Prize Adam Wilkinson 11th Prize Elaine Loopstra 12th Prize Laura Stats …
Moving Mountains: Annapurna goes from Anchorage to Juneau
…as if when you see the play it’s like a big a can opener had been taken to the trailer so we can peak inside.
A Letter from Artistic Director Art Rotch
Dear Friends, We are as shocked and saddened as anyone to learn of the serious allegations regarding one of our actors, Jack Dalton. The fact that Mr. Dalton is alleged to have preyed on a child, while participating as an actor in a play that depicts the damage such behavior does to families and communities, adds to the difficulty of …
STAR 2016
STAR 2016 Summer Theatre Arts Rendezvous Rehearsals and performances at Perseverance Theatre Summer Theatre Arts Rendezvous (STAR), Perseverance Theatre’s five-week youth acting program, provides theatrical training and performance opportunities to students who are excited about theatre. It is time to register for Perseverance Theatre’s Summer Theatre Arts Rendezvous! Work with local and out-of-town professional directors and designers on one of …
Perseverance Theatre 2016-2017 Anchorage Season
Peter and the Starcatcher By Rick Elice based on the book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson September 30 – October 16, 2016 The Neverland you never knew. 13-year-old Molly Aster adventures with pirates, a giant crocodile, and lots of angry Mollusks as she and three orphan boys attempt to return a trunk of precious star-stuff to her father. Pursued …
Perseverance Announces 2016-2017 Anchorage Auditions
Perseverance Theatre invites actors to open auditions in Anchorage at the Alaska Dance Theatre for the 2016-2017 season. Fifteen-minute audition slots are available from 12-5pm, Sunday, April 10. Audition sides will be available. If you would like to audition for a specific show, you can request audition sides to be sent to you in advance. To be considered for Peter …
PRESS RELEASE – Perseverance Theatre Bring Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room, or the vibrator play to Anchorage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joshua Lowman, Perseverance Theatre (907) 364-2421 x237 joshua@ptalaska.org Art Rotch, Perseverance Theatre (907) 364-2421 x229 art@ptalaska.org Perseverance Theatre presents In the Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl in Anchorage at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. March 25, 2016 – Perseverance Theatre presents …
Actor Tiffany Cooper Makes a Case for Theatre in Alaska
Earlier this week, actor Tiffany Cooper who plays Elizabeth in the current PT production of Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, (running through Saturday, April 2), visited the KTOO studios with our actor-in-residence James Sullivan to talk about the play and the ways that theatre supports the community, and our community in turn supports Perseverance Theatre. Tiffany …
Creating the sounds in the next room, part 2.
Recently, we’ve been in conversation with sound designer Lucy Peckham about her work on In the Next Room, or the vibrator play. You can read our first post where she discusses her original compositions. Today, Lucy tells us about the research she did for In the Next Room. As soon as I knew I’d been given the opportunity to design for the …