Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The 30-minute yoga class allows employees to de-stress and stretch mid-week. Every week Proctors employees attend a quick meeting. Standing in a circle, they talk about what’s going on at the theatre, give shout-outs for outstanding work and address anything that needs to be fixed or improved. That’s where yoga at... Read more » ... Read More
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Students from all over the Capital Region came together for the first High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors. They had less than a week to learn music, lyrics and choreography for the shows big numbers and medleys. Watch what it was like for these students to be part of the... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Jack Aernecke asks questions and guides the conversation during TheatreTalk, but he doesn’t consider himself the host. “I call it verbal traffic cop,” Aernecke said. He’s directed traffic between cast and audience members at Proctors for the last seven or eight years. But the program has been in existence since... Read more » ... Read More
Monday, May 15, 2017
Cabaret cast and crew took over the Proctors stage. Cabaret came to Proctors as part of their 50th anniversary season in May. Production stage manager John Atherlay answered questions about the setup as crew members prepared the stage for opening night. Go behind the scenes and hear what some of... Read more » ... Read More
Monday, May 15, 2017
During a busy press tour, Cabaret’s Ben Eakeley and Jon Peterson took a few minutes to introduce themselves. Get to know the actors and hear how they prepare for a show and what they think of Proctors. ... Read More
Monday, May 15, 2017
The actors from Cabaret made time for a brief press tour between shows. Cabaret’s Ben Eakeley and Jon Peterson made the rounds talking about the production with local press. Peterson swapped stories with Tamani Wooley on “Weekend Buzz”, Eakeley and Peterson took a deep dive look at the show with... Read more » ... Read More
Monday, May 15, 2017
Proctors hosted the TM conference for the second year in a row. Employees and volunteers from theatres across the country gathered at Proctors for the four-day TM conference in May. The Theatre Manager Second National Conference brought together Theatre Manager users. These users apply the program for box office, marketing, patron development, accounting, volunteer... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Proctors announced finalists for our first annual High School Musical Theatre Awards on May 1. In attendance, were high school students from Ballston Spa, Niskayuna, Schoharie and Voorheesville. Times Union Editor in Chief, Rex Smith, and Proctors CEO, Philip Morris, were on hand to announce nominees. It was an exciting day under... Read more » ... Read More