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Rancho Bernardo Varieties show SOLD OUT!!
SAT.,  Aug. 21, 2pm. We’ve worked hard on this one and at a place that’s never had a big show before. Lots to think about and do, but after today’s rehearsal, we should be set. To our absolute fortune, Mary Jo Woods, whom I met a auditions for Star a couple of weeks ago, agreed [...]
AUDITIONS!
A couple of times a year, STAR holds auditions for singers, dancers, performers who would like to join us in the work we do. This year’s auditions are listed on the first page, printed on the Calendar. Please check it out and, if you’d like to come “play” with us, and feel you have the [...]
New summer VARIETIES in Rancho Bernardo
STAR will once again present Varieties, a musical revue, with some new additions to the cast and some terrific new numbers!  It’s a fundraiser for the Ed Brown Senior Center in Rancho Bernardo.  The new show is on Saturday, Aug. 21 at 2pm at the Ed Brown Senior Community Center, 18402 W. Bernardo Dr., San Diego 92127.  Tickets are [...]
Holiday Varieties a success!
Our first outing in N. County (at the Joslyn Center in Escondido) Memorial Day was a popular hit!  A cast of 16 performers and an audience of about 100 helped make the day a rousing celebration.  Sound problems still plagued the production as there was no one from the Center to help out as promised [...]
STAR presents HOLIDAY VARIETIES
An hour and a half of songs, dances, jokes, impersonations ranging from Broadway to Vaudeville and a special 40s segment and salute to the US Military.  All happening on Saturday, May 29, 2010, one day only, Memorial Day weekend.  Come party and celebrate our first show in N. San Diego County at the Joslyn Center, [...]
STAR SAN DIEGO NEWS!
So much has happened in the past year and a half!  Our 40s show didn’t happen due to my horrific car accident and subsequent challenges.  Carol Wahl, our “hostess with the mostess” in our last production, A Swell Party, passed away in April of this year from ALS. She was much too young and vibrant [...]
Star San Diego is BACK!
Auditions will be held for singers & dancers, both teens and adults, for 1940s musical revue, You Must Remember This. Sat., Sun, April 25, 26 from 2-4 pm and May 2, 3 from 2-4 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St., S.D. 92103. Singers, dancers bring own CD to perform to or [...]
Rains hit Star?s Storage!
There was a “flood” from the recent rains in the school storage area Star San Diego has used for the past 3 years.  Many costumes, some sets, microphones and electrical equipment have been damaged or dampened.  Washing seems to help most costumes and wigs; mics are ruined.  Many things to look through if you are interested. Meanwhile, Star [...]
STAR San Diego on HIATUS!
Back from the STUSA Festival in Baltimore…a grueling trip for many…..the show, A Swell Party, was very well received and is now being put to rest. Star San Diego members are off for summer travel and some “laid-back” time.  It has been the most difficult year in the group’s performing history and since the Cont. [...]
STAR San Diego busy preparing for Baltimore STUSA Festival!
Members of STAR San Diego are in rehearsals for the ONE-DAY ONLY performance of A Swell Party, June 1, 2008 at ECC  Theatre.  This show has been revised, revamped, recast and will be San Diego’s entry in the Senior Theatre USA Festival in Baltimore, MD, June 10-15 at Uof MBC. If you missed our performances in [...]

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