The Mission of ShirleyArts! is to sponsor and promote the visual and performing arts for education and enjoyment.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
On Friday April 11th, ShirleyArts! will sponsor a performance about various musical theater styles by the Handel and Hayden Chorus. The audience will include Shirley students from grades 3-8. Thanks go to the Shirley PTA and the Shirley Cultural Council for their support of this performance.
All students from grades 1 through 8 are welcome to take part in the musical "Just for Grins." You do not need to be a Shirley student to take part. This is the musical story of the history of the smile, featuring a king who would not smile. Rehearsals will be Tuesdays from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Lura A. White School starting April 1st. The performance will be Friday evening June 13th. Participation fee is $30.
DIRECTIONS
For directions to the Shirley Middle School, where many of our events take place, Click Here.
RECENT EVENTS INCLUDE
Saturday January 26th five of our young women attended an all-day Barbershop Harmony Workshop in Worcester and then performed at 5:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. They are interested in continuing to sing barbershop harmony and will be looking for others to join them.
Sunday January 27th at 3:00 p.m., ShirleyArts! member Annika Quinones and her cast performed her original work "To Agree or Disagree" at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport. This play was developed as part of last Fall's Drama Workshop series. Also contributing to the play was Mary Lyon. Also performing were Stevie Schaeffer and Bobby Morse, with Ryan Morse as Stage Manager.
Our wonderful production of Little Women took place February 23rd and 24th. (The 22nd got snowed out) With a mixture of adults and teens, wonderful period costumes, a great set, and believable characterizations, the show delighted audience members. We are already searching for another adult play to do within the year.
Possibilities
If you know a professional or amateur class or performance that you would like to see brought to Shirley, Click Here for a production proposal form, or contact us at mail@shirleyarts.org.
SCHOLARSHIPS to arts events and arts classes are available through ShirleyArts! for All, a Youth Ventures program. ShirleyArts! will also be raising money to help SMS band students with their instrument rentals. Did you know that band and drama students do better on their SAT's than math or science majors ? Please help us support the arts.
Some ShirleyArts! productions receive financial support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council through the local Shirley Cultural Council. This help is much appreciated
For a history of our past productions, Click Here.
MEMBERSHIP is open to all on payment of annual dues as mailed to
ShirleyArts!, PO Box 49, Shirley, MA 01464.
Adults (ages 18+) $20 Junior (ages 7 – 17) $10 Maximum per family - $50
Participants in our adult shows must be members of ShirleyArts!
Participants in childrens shows pay tuition.
Members receive discounted admission to our amateur productions. ShirleyArts! members also become part of the Stage Source Circle of Friends with ticket bargains at many professional and amateur Massachusetts Theaters.
Contact mail@shirleyarts.org for further membership information.
Note that we are a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation
and all your donations are tax-deductible.
MORE WEB PAGES TO COME
We will be adding a photo gallery of past productions as soon as we have a few spare minutes between rehearsals. Thanks for checking in.
The Shirley Middle School Drama Club festival production "The Princess and the Pea" is in rehearsal Tuesday evenings. The Festival will take place Saturday May 1st. The cast includes - Justyn Clark as the Prince, Kayla Dill as the Queen, Robert Morse as the Wizard, Annika Quinones as the Page, Cassandra Vasquez, Vicki Doughty, Deanna Wood, and Tricia Sheen as the Princesses, and Stevie Schaeffer and Marissa Vasquez as the maids.