The second annual Take The Stage event has come and gone in a blur for us at Acting Up Stage - but that’s nothing compared to the whirlwind day that our five competing teams had this past Sunday! In only four hours, these five teams - each from Etobicoke Musical Productions, Scarborough Music Theatre, Sheridan College, the R.A.T. (Really Amateur Theatre) Pack, and one made of individual participants known as the Public Team - learned a group song with four-part harmonies and even choreography. At the end of the day, each team did an amazing job performing their song for a panel of three judges: talent agent Daniel Birnbaum, producer Derrick Chua, and critic Carly Maga.
But before all this - these teams successfully raised over $10,000 in support of Acting Up Stage Company! We’re forever indebted to their enthusiasm and love for musical theatre in Toronto. And we feels o lucky they chose to spend a rainy Sunday with us!
A special congratulations to Team R.A.T. Pack, which won a prize for being the top fundraiser - tickets to see Mirvish Productions’ Titanic! And also to Etobicoke Musical Productions which won the coveted Spotlight Award - for the second year in a row!
Check out the photos (courtesy of Mike Scott) below to see how the day went.
- Rehearsals with Team Etobicoke Musical Productions on “Pinball Wizard” from Tommy
- Rehearsals with Team EMP
- Rehearsals with Team EMP
- Team EMP with trainer David Lopez and musical director Doug Price.
- In rehearsal with the Public Team on “What I Did For Love” from A Chorus Line
- In rehearsal with the Public Team
- The Public Team members with trainer Lisa Hornder and musical director Noah MacDougall
- Team Scarborough Music Theatre rehearsing “For Now” from Avenue Q
- In rehearsal with Team Scarborough Music Theatre
- Team Scarborough Music Theatre with trainer Michael Therriault and musical director Lily Ling
- Team R.A.T. Pack rehearsing “Without Love” from Hairspray
- Team R.A.T. Pack with trainer Steve Ross and musical director Mark Selby
- Team Sheridan with trainer Thom Allison and musical director Tara Litvack, who performed “Being Alive” from Company
- Let the performances begin!
- Team EMP kick it off with “Pinball Wizard”
- The Public Team blew us away with “What I Did For Love”
- Team Sheridan delivered a moving “Being Alive”
- Team R.A.T. Pack performed a hilarious “Without Love”
- Team SMT ended on a high note with “For Now”
- Congrats to the winners of the Spotlight Award - Etobicoke Musical Productions!