OUR NEW SEASON!!!!!

I am so excited to announce our fifth season here in South Camden! Please join us on October 30, 31, and November 1st for Ed Shockley's "Slave Narratives Revisited: a celebration of freedom". Ed is the author of many plays and is a well known Philadelphia based writer. His play will move you as well as make you laugh with a brilliant two man story taking us from slavery to the present day. Joining Ed will be lary moten, who shares the stage as well as directs this exciting piece of theatre. You will only have 3 opportunities to see it and tickets are available now on our website and will be presented at our present home. Don't miss it!

On February 12th, 2010 we will be bringing you the funny and biting "Belmont Avenue Social Club" written by the dean of Philadelphia area playwrights Bruce Graham. I served as Assistant Director for this play back in 1999 at Theatre Exile under the incredible director Joe Canuso and love this play a lot. This is a powerful and indicting story and Ray Croce is the perfect director for it. This will run until February 28th also in our Sacred Heart basement theatre.

We will open the new Waterfront South Theatre with my play "Last Rites", (the play that started all of this) , in the spring of 2010. Much, much more on that later.

All three plays this year are written, directed and acted by Camden/Philadelphia area artists.

Please come out this season and see some great theatre. See you in October for "Slave Narratives Revisited"!

Auld Dubliner Fundraiser Cancelled

I am sorry to report that our fundraiser scheduled for Friday, July 17th had to be cancelled. Auld Dubliner told us late last week they were closing for the summer. I apologize to all of you who planned to attend and I will be letting you know when a new date is scheduled after they re-open. Also, we have next season set up and this will be the most exciting season ever! We will be making a formal announcement with the schedule shortly but, for now, keep October 30, 31 and November 1st open!!!

The Waterfront South Theatre continues to rise at 4th and Jasper. Take a ride by a see our new home.

Remembering Karl Malden

It's not often I use this blog to commemorate a celebrity but I really feel the need to mention the death of Karl Malden. He was the last tie to the original stage production and film " A Streetcar Named Desire" [written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Elia Kazan] and the incredible "On The Waterfront" [also directed by Kazan] as well as countless other works including "Baby Doll' with the still VERY alive Eli Wallach. With his death yesterday at 97, a golden era of theatre has almost now passed. We, the theatre artists of today that truly believe in our work, and we who believe that the art of theatre should always have something to say and something to stand for, have learned greatly from Karl Malden and the other masters I mentioned above.

In a week of more noted celebrity deaths, this man's passing needs to be remembered and respect and "attention needs to be paid".

Karl Malden was a legend. SCTC exists because of work like his.

Guest Bartender Fundraiser at Auld Dubliner

Please join us on Friday, July 17th at our sponsor, Auld Dubliner on Burlingotn Street in Gloucester City, NJ as we have our 2nd "Guest Bartender" fundraiser. Ashley Chambers and I will be tending bar from 8PM - 11PM and all of our tips go directly to SCTC. This past winter we raised over $400.00 at our first event. We will be announcing our next season shortly so come out with us and have a drink, sing a song and just celebrate that all of us are a part of bringing the arts and theatre to Waterfront South. See you then...and remember...tip well!