Baldwin City Theater

Baldwin City Theater

Baldwin City Theater is a production of The Baldwin City CLEAR Foundation, a not-for-profit organization pledged to create and support activities that nurture community fellowship and family unity for the residents of Baldwin City and surrounding areas.

Community theatre offers unique opportunities. For example: High School and college productions are limited to a very narrow age group i.e.- people between the ages of 15 to 23 years of age.

The production "Music Man" was typical in that, those engaged in all phases of the production (144) had a range in ages from three to seventy seven years of age. Thirty youngsters' ages 3 to 17 years had active on-stage parts.

The Foundation's productions provide for children and parents to participate. At the same time they participate on a level playing field i.e., they participate in a "team" activity and are governed by the same "ground rules". This gives an opportunity for the children to see that regardless of age all must exercise self-discipline in order to achieve a successful end result. The children also see their parents responding to the direction from others in order to achieve successful results.

Further, since rehearsal time is about six weeks, it keeps children occupied and "off the streets". Small communities have very limited creative activities and theatre productions give all ages a chance to develop talents, and express their individuality. They also learn the benefits of group cooperation. All in all, it is a fun activity. Each person's contribution is recognized and shown to be important.

Since inception (1991) the following shows have been produced:

2002  June - Annie Get Your Gun
      June - Day Out with Thomas
      May - Spring Mystery Train - Cut Off at the Tracks
      May - Mom - Dad & Me Teddy Bear Tea
      May - Soc Hop
      April - Youth Workshop
      February - It Runs in the Family

2001  November - Cabaret
      October - Terror Tracks 2001
      Melo-Drama at MapleLeaf - The Po-Taters
      Sept-Oct - Fall Mystery Train 
      August - Youth Work Shop 
      June - "Annie" 10 year Celebration
      May - Spring Mystery Train
      April - Cabaret

Year  Dinner Theatre      Summer Musical       Melodrama              Halloween Train 
2000  I do I do           Music Man            Murder on the Midland   Terror Tracks 2000 
1999  Nunsense            Show Boat            Shakespeare in Trouble  Terror Tracks 
1998  The Foreigner       The King & I         Belle of Baldwin 
1997  Steel Magnolias     Peter Pan            Oh no a UFO* 
1996  Picnic              Oliver               Leather & Lace* 
1995  Arsenic & Old Lace  Side by Side         Empire Strikes Back* 
1994  Curious Savage      Wizard of Oz         Wild Wild Western* 
1993  Tomb with a View    Oklahoma             Curse of a Mummy* 
1992                      Fiddler on the Roof  Bell of Baldwin 
1991                      Annie                Stop that Villian

One major production is chosen to highlight children on stage. The productions showcase children in one or all areas of acting, singing and/or dancing. The dinner theatre is presented in the spring and is suitable for viewing by all age groups. The Melodrama is staged during a community wide celebration during the fall Maple Leaf Festival and this too is a production where families participate in all phases.

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