by Kate Lovelady, Director of Education, and Hannah Argüelles, Education Manager Kate Lovelady, Director of Education and Outreach Years at Casa: Teacher since 2016, Director of Education since May 2018 School attended: Texas Christian University Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Age you started in theatre: Age 3 in creative dramatics class at Casa Mañana… Read more »
by Kate Lovelady, Director of Education, and Hannah Argüelles, Education Manager 1. Self-Confidence Taking risks in class and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas and abilities. This confidence will apply in nearly every aspect of their future. 2. Imagination In a world addicted to technology, theatre provides an outlet for making creative… Read more »
I was lucky enough to have a holiday night out without kids and went to see the new show at Casa Mañana’s Reid Cabaret Theatre, Santaland Diaries. by Angela Weaver published December 10, 2018 on Tanglewood Moms Based on David Sedaris’ famous essay, Casa Mañana describes Santaland Diaries as, “a sardonic, irreverent holiday… Read more »
A Crumpet with Some Tea At Casa Mañana’s Reid Cabaret Theatre, Zak Reynolds delivers the biting wit of David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries. by Jill Sweeney published December 10, 2018 on TheaterJones.com It can be hard to develop new holiday traditions as an adult. One tends to stick with the tried and true from… Read more »
by Shawn Stalter published December 9, 2018 by onstageblog.com The holiday season is officially upon us. ‘Tis the season to celebrate the joys of time spent with friends and family, bake cookies, wrap gifts, roast chestnuts, hang stockings…have a nervous breakdown in the middle of a department store while desperately trying to subdue your… Read more »
It’s the Night Before Christmas at Casa Mañana “The feel-good hit of the summer!” You hear that all the time. Is there such a thing as the feel-good hit of the holiday season? If there isn’t, I am making one. Consider yourself in the know. by Angela Weaver published November 26, 2018 on… Read more »
by Shawn Stalter published November 24, 2018 on onstageblog.com Fresh off the heels of a Thanksgiving spent with friends and family comes an energetic and heartwarming holiday romp through New York City on Christmas Eve courtesy of the talented cast and crew of Casa Mañana’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” With uptempo, high-energy fueled… Read more »
Gotta dance, choreographer shares his passion in FW Christmas show by Nancy Churnin published on November 23, 2018 in The Dallas Morning News A sprinkle of magic and construction workers, marathon runners and store employees playing elves find themselves dancing in ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Holiday Musical and Parody Spectacular, an original… Read more »
Normal Who? Casa Mañana’s production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal is beautifully moving. by Jan Farrington published November 7, 2018 on TheaterJones.com DIANA: Why stay? Why stay? So steadfast and stolid And stoic and solid For day after every day Why stay? Why stay? Why not simply give in… Read more »
by Shawn Stalter published November 7, 2018 on onstageblog.com Casa Mañana’s exceptional performance of the emotionally evocative 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal, plunges headlong into the turbulent waters of a modern suburban family battling the painful, life-altering effects of mental illness. Through an intimate, roller coaster exploration of the twists, turns, peaks and steep… Read more »