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Young actor shares audition tips

Posted on: March 13, 2012 by Stage Mom No Comments

Phoenix actor Aaron Zweiback has been landing lots of roles lately, so Lynn Trimble invited him to share his tips for fellow kids/teens in a guest post. What’s his secret? Talent, hard work, training, professionalism and a positive attitude.

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Tags: Aaron Zweiback, Arizona auditions, Arizona School for the Arts, ASA, audition listings, audition tips, auditions for kids, Childsplay, Durant Communications, Green Eggs and Ham, guest blogger, guest posts, Gypsy, Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix Theatre, teen auditions, theater kids, Valley Youth Theatre, youth theater auditions

Between Oscars and Tonys

Posted on: March 13, 2012 by Stage Mom No Comments

Lynn Trimble shares the names of folks nominated for this year’s Governor’s Arts Awards — plus news of how you can join the celebration of their accomplishments.

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Tags: Arizona Citizens Action for the Arts, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona Governor, art awards, art volunteers, arts and culture. business and the arts, Arts Education, award ceremony, award shows, Herberger Theater Center, Jan Brewer, silent auction

Got scripts?

Posted on: March 12, 2012 by Stage Mom No Comments

Lynn Trimble shares news of calls for new plays, and places theater goers can enjoy readings and performances of new works.

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Tags: 2nd draft, Arizona playwrights, Childsplay, Dwayne Hartford, East Valley Children's Theatre, EVCT, Hormel, immigration, James Garcia, Jason Tremblay, L. Frank Baum, New Carpa, New Plays, Pandora Festival, play development, playwriting contests, Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts, Social Justice, TCA, Temper Center for the Perforning Arts, The Color of Stars, Theatre Artists Studio, Utah Shakespeare Festival, war in theater, women playwrights, World War 2

Once upon a shamrock

Posted on: March 12, 2012 by Stage Mom No Comments

Lynn Trimble, a proud Scotch-Irish spouse blessed with green eyes that protect her from the pinch, goes in search of family-friendly St. Patick’s Day fare, and shares the symbolism that’s made the shamrock famous.

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Tags: Celtic culture, Childrens Museum of Phoenix, Dr. Seuss, Georgia O'Keefe, Green Eggs and Ham, immigration, In The Heights, Irish arts and culture, Irish Cultural Center, Irish dance, Irish food, Irish music, Irish playwrights, Irish writers, John Doyle, John Williams, Karen Casey, Margaret T. Hance Park, Martin McDonagh, MIM, parades, PBS, Phoenix Symphony, Randy's, Religion and Ethics, religious holidays, religiousholidays, Salvador Dali, Shaw, St. Patrick's Day, Tramor/Overseas, Trotters Wake, Valley Youth Theatre, Wilde

A "Gypsy" tale

Posted on: March 11, 2012 by Stage Mom 2 Comments

Stage Mom Lynn Trimble reviews the Phoenix Theatre production of Gypsy starring Kathy Fitzgerald as stage mother Rose, who did her best to shove two daughters into show business when other options for women weren’t all that plentiful.

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Tags: Charlotte's Web, D. Scott Withers, Gershwin, Gleek, Greasepaint Theatre, Gypsy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Kathy Fitzgerald, Love Makes the World Go Round, Mama Rose, Michael Barnard, Momma Rose, new season, Pace University, Phoenix Theatre, S'Wonderful, Spamalot, Stage Mothers, Wicked, Wicked on Broadway

Remembering Japan

Posted on: March 11, 2012 by Stage Mom No Comments

Learn about the Arizona premiere of a film that rememebers the people in Japan whose lives were forever changed on 3/11.

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Tags: Anime, Arizona Historical Society, art contests, Cat Crazy in Japan, cherry blossoms, Discovery Channel, donating to help Japan, Himeji, Japan crisis, Japan disaster, Japanese drum, Japanese Friendshop Garden, John Fulton, Koi, manga, Must Love Cats, Peoria Center for the Performing Arts, remembering Japan, Ro Ho En, sister cities, Theater Works, Too Cute, tsunami, yukata

Sunday at Seton

Posted on: March 10, 2012 by Stage Mom No Comments

Lynn Trimble recounts a Sunday afternoon spent exploring both summer camps and arts offerings at Seton Catholic Preparatory High School.

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Tags: art camps, arts in education, Camp Fair, Catholic schools, performing art for kids, Seton, Summer Camps, visual art for kids

We take care of our own

Posted on: March 10, 2012 by Stage Mom 1 Comment

Getting a jump on her trip to NYC next week, Lynn Trimble sits spellbound in Scottsdale for a Sirius-XM broadcast of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing LIVE at the Apollo Theatre.

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Tags: Apollo Theater, Arizona Capitol, Bill Ayres, Bruce Springsteen, child hunger, E Street Band, fighting hunger, Harry Chapin, hunger in Arizona, MLK Day, Sirius XM, Social Justice, Springsteen LIVE, St. Mary's Food Bank, student artwork, Tom Chapin, We Take Care of Our Own, Why Hunger, Wrecking Ball, Young Arts, Young Arts Arizona

Scottsdale Arts Festival

Posted on: March 9, 2012 by Stage Mom 3 Comments

Lynn Trimble shares highlights, in words and pictures, from the Scottsdale Arts Festival — which runs through March 11 at Scottdale Center for the Performing Arts.

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Tags: art festivals, free museum days, gift ideas, jewelry, journals, LOVE sculpture, Scottsdale Arts Festival, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale's 100 Journals, SMOCA

Go Irish!

Posted on: March 9, 2012 by Stage Mom No Comments

Natalie Irish works with an unusual medium — lipstick. Lynn Trimble chatted with her recently, during the Scottsdale Arts Festival, and shares Irish’s tips for encouraging children to explore the arts.

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Tags: 100 Journals, art festivals, Arts Education, Bad Religion, Chuck Close, feminist art, journal project, kissing artist, Natalie Irish, Planned Parenthood, Public art, Scottsdale Arts Festival, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

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Stage Mom is written by Lynn Trimble, a Scottsdale arts enthusiast and mother of three who writes and blogs for RAISING ARIZONA KIDS magazine. She also has her own freelance writing/editing business called The Poised Pen.

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A "Gypsy" tale

Remembering Japan

Sunday at Seton

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