Hi all Upstage Folks,In my first "official" act as the new President of the Upstage Theatre for Youth Board of Directors, I thought I'd take a few minutes to introduce myself. My name is Adam Cannon. I have 6 kids (a couple of whom loved participating in Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood, and another of whom was a key member of the awesome Stage Ninjas helping Of Sound Dreams be as awesome as it was. I've been involved in theater for 25 years. Ever since I played a drunken factory worker in The Pajama Game as a sophomore at East High School. (Yes, THAT East High School--made famous by Troy, Gabriela, Sharpay and Ryan and all the rest).
I've worked in almost all aspects of the theater: behind the scenes as a stage manager, techie, fly master (I helped the witches and monkeys fly in PCT's production of Wizard of Oz). I've acted on stage in numerous shows. Most recently I've found my passion in directing. For the past four I've directed A Wonderful Life: The Musical, Arsenic and Old Lace, Oklahoma!, Singin' in the Rain, and The Music Man.
I love the theatre and I am so excited and honored to be a part of the fabulous Upstage tradition. The ladies of the board, Dawn, Michelle, Carrie, Norma, Liz, Lisa, and Shaelyn have welcomed this "token male" with open arms. Upstage does such an amazing job of helping the young people in our community find the love of theatre. What an awesome bunch of kids we've got involved in Upstage.
It's been my pleasure over the years to work with several Upstage alums: Daniel Mason, Samantha Parks, Liz Coughanour, the Moyano sisters (Evil Queen and Little Red), the other Adam (Little A--L.A) Cardoza, Jason Colver and many, many others.
We have some great things in store for 2011, starting with the a musical version of that classic Chronicles of Narnia story The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe coming up in early 2011 (put on by three of my wonderful stars of The Music Man in Spanish Fork this summer). Then we're looking at a great summer production yet to be decided, but directed by that amazing team of Chad and Tina Mortensen. Then at Christmas time we're looking to put on one of my all-time favorite Christmas shows: The Forgotten Carols.
Ok, that's enough for now. If you have any questions for me, please feel free to contact me. I'm on Facebook (www.facebook.com/aqcannon), via email (aqcannon AT gmail DOT com) or you can call or text me (please sign your name when you do) on my cell phone: 801-420-8519.
Thanks.
-El Presidente :-)
