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LAKEWOOD, OH The Beck Center for the Arts will premier five 15 minute musicals.
The 15 minute musicals are part of a partnership between the Beck Center and the Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program. Each of the musicals is new and was chosen by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), the organization said. Pandemic or no, we were determined that this 10th anniversary of the Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace collaboration
must go on. With the addition of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre as a partner, we could not be more excited to offer the World Premieres of five brand new musicals, said Scott Spence, artistic director for Beck Center.
BEREA â Micah Simmons, of Portsmouth, was part of the cast and crew from Baldwin Wallace University that, under the direction of Victoria Bussert, created the first collegiate virtual production of the powerful Broadway rock musical âSpring Awakening.â
Simmons, a graduate of Portsmouth High School majoring in music composition, served as an assistant editor in the co-production between the BW Conservatory of Musicâs music theatre program and the department of theatre and dance.
While many college theatre stages went dark for the fall 2020 season, the BW creative team proved music theatre can thrive within the limits of a coronavirus safety net. The groundbreaking show, shot guerrilla film-style on iPhones at more than 40 locations throughout Northeast Ohio, premiered Nov. 19-22 and was profiled in American Theatre magazine and
Vigil for Wydallas Tobar
Friends and family release balloons at a Wednesday night vigil in Lake Station for Wydallas Tobar, who was killed a year ago in Gary. John J. Watkins, The Times
Vigil for Wydallas Tobar
Balloons carry messages of remembrance for Wydallas Tobar, who was killed a year ago in Gary. Friends and family held a vigil for the 37-year-old Gary man on Wednesday night in Lake Station. John J. Watkins, The Times
Vigil for Wydallas Tobar
Avori Austen, 15, one of Wydallas Tobar s daughters, signs a balloon as her mother, Jamie Austen, keeps them from flying away at Wednesday night s vigil in Lake Station on the anniversary of his death.
Sisters graduate with master’s degrees together, all teach in North Ridgeville: Short Takes on Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville
Updated Jan 09, 2021;
Posted Jan 08, 2021
The Castrigano sisters (L to R) Natalie, Noelle, and Nicole show off their diplomas from Baldwin Wallace University. The North Ridgeville City School teacher earned master s degrees.
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NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio The Castrigano sisters were raised in a household where the love of learning was instilled early in life. Nicole, 32, Noelle, 31, and Natalie, 24, have fond memories of their parents volunteering in their elementary school classrooms, attending field trips, and volunteering to teach religion classes at the family’s local church. Seeing this positive influence made it clear to the sisters that they wanted to be educators.Growing up in North Olmsted, the trio graduated from North Olmsted High School. Nicole and Noelle graduated in 2006 (Noelle, a year younger, skipped a grade to gra