Mini-Tengus getting costumed!

As part of our global art project, we have asked 100 people to decorate 15 cm tengu statuettes. Here is one!

Morrie Enders of Kalamazoo guest directing in Osugi

Morrie, artistic director of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, arrived from Michigan on Saturday, and started right in on theatre games with our troupe. We then did a walk-through of our tengu show for him, and in the evening took him to a local musical. Sunday we had a seven hour rehearsal (with a generous picnic lunch break), during which he led more games and gave guidance to several scenes. (The gang loved group juggling and making human machines.) We had different scenes in rehearsal in three parts of the hall, so it was sort of like a three ring circus, with Morrie the ringmaster of all.
We gave him Monday off, but Tuesday will be a full day with a viewing of an elementary school musical (cast of 55). games and songs with kindergarteners, a tour of the Yamanaka-za theatre, and a sectional rehearsal for OMT in the evening. Well, Monday was off, but he helped us tweak the script with lots of great advice.

Costume Design Winners to be Announced!

Check our homepage July 1 to see the results of the space tengu costume design contest, for which we had over 600 entries. Top three winners will have their designs made and worn in our fall show, "The Greedy Tengu III: Adventures on the Tengu Planet." Next 100 get to put their costumes on tiny tengu mannekins for public display around the area and the world this fall.

Welcome!

Welcome to the first post of the Osugi Musical Theatre (OMT) News blog. This is a site to share info and updates about our theatre and our theatre friends around the globe. We are a community theatre group based in Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan. We put on original musicals at home and abroad.

Check out our homepage for details about our group (http://osugimusicaltheatre.com) Be sure to check the tengu pages!