During the fall semester, the Sinclair Community College Theatre department will be holding its biggest production thus far, as well as undergoing some constructional changes.
Marketing Specialist for the Theater and Dance department at Sinclair Community College, Patti Celek said there is much to be excited about for Theater major students, as well as the rest of the campus.
The Theater department is currently working on one of their productions this fall, entitled, “Spam-a-lot” — which will be the largest production that Sinclair has ever conducted.
“We’re in the undertaking of the largest production we’ve ever done,” she said.
Celek said Spam-a-lot is not only the largest production Sinclair has done, but also the largest in cost, amount of crew members, cast members and orchestra.
The new production will be trying an earlier show time of 5 p.m. for Wednesday, Oct. 9, for Cash Only Night.
Celek is hoping the earlier time will make students want to stay and get more involved with the campus.
During Cash Only Night, students can pay $5 if they show their Tartan ID. Non-students are welcome to attend, but must pay $10. The rest of the showings will be $10 for students and $15 for non-students.
“It is an excellent way to bring students to campus, and a way to keep students on campus, for more engagement”, she said. Another new project the Theater department is undergoing is the installation of a black box theater.
Celek said the black box theater is a smaller theater where students can rehearse productions and work on independent pieces.
According to Celek, the grand opening of the black box theater will include two pieces. One piece will be written by a faculty member, and the other by a student. The productions will be done in a way in which the two writers will be directing each others’ pieces.
Celek believes that the opening of this brand new space will give students more hands-on opportunities.
“[The] opening of a brand new space will give students a chance to do things on their own…more hands-on opportunities,” she said.
The main theater has also gone through upgrades. Celek said the theater has all new LED lighting and a new sound system.
She said it’s good to have different types of equipment to give theater students more ways to become more marketable in the job world.
The new construction of the theater is expected to be done sometime in October.