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Auditions for ‘Mamma Mia!’
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Auditions for ‘Mamma Mia!’

By ERIK MEDINA “Mamma Mia!” is a musical about a mother, a daughter, three possible dads and a trip down the aisle.  Pima Community College Center for the Arts will perform “Mamma Mia!” in the Proscenium Theatre in the spring, with tickets already on sale. The cast still needs to be determined, however. The Center for the Arts will hold auditions for the musical at 6 p.m. on Nov. 26, 27 and 28 at West Campus.      All Pima students are encouraged to audition. You must be a registered student and be present at all three auditions to be considered for a part. “I am hoping that they can be the best that they can be,” said Mickey Nugent, choreographer of “Mamma Mia!”, about what he expects from students. “I want them to be well prepared and look as confident and professional as possible.”...
Worming your way through Pima’s library
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Worming your way through Pima’s library

Interview and photo by ERIK MEDINA Dani Stuchel is an interim librarian for this semester at Pima Community College’s West Campus.  We recently sat down with Stuchel to talk about his job at the library. Q: Why this job? A: “I really like working with students. That was my favorite thing about working in archives in the libraries. Working with researchers and patrons. So I wanted to be where people who are curious and had questions and let me be helpful.”  Q. What’s your favorite book? A: “ ‘Blood Memory’ by Martha Graham, who is a modern dancer from the early 1900s until she died in the ’90s and it’s just a weird story of her life and her really obsessive way of thinking about art and dance.” Q: What’s the most fun thing about this job? A: “It’s really fun to get in front of a bu...
Be sure to Shrek out this play
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Be sure to Shrek out this play

By ERIK MEDINA CYT Tucson will be bringing the Tony award-winning performance “Shrek the Musical” to the stage at Proscenium theater at Pima Community College Center for the Arts.  The show will run from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28.  Tickets cost $15 if purchased online at least one hour before curtain; $17 at the door; and $13 per person if bought as a group of at least 12. All ticketing information can be found on the CYT website (see FYI box).  CYT Tucson is a non-profit youth theater based in Southern Arizona. The theater is a two-time winner of the Arizona Daily Star’s Reader’s Choice Award for Best Youth Theater.  Since 2005, the volunteers at CYT Tucson have put on over 50 productions. Auditions were held, and any student ages 8 to 18 could audition.  Fifty-plus students were cast for...
Groups perform in concert at Pima West
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Groups perform in concert at Pima West

By ERIK MEDINA The Chorale and College Singers will perform its first concert of the Fall semester at 3 p.m. Oct. 21.  The concert will be presented by Pima Community College Music and will be under the direction of Jonathan Ng and accompanied by Shuo Pan.  The program will feature the Chorale singing “Stars Tonight” by Judith Herrington; “Flying Free” by Don Besig; and “Medley from Les Misérables” arranged by Ed Lojeski.  After that, the a cappella choir College Singers will perform “Ubi caritas” by Ola Gjeilo; the motet “Ave Maria” by Josquin des Prez; and selections from “Zigeunerlieder” (Gypsy Songs) Op. 103 No. 6-9 by Johannes Brahms. The Chorale and the College Singers will come together for the final part of the concert to perform the English part song “The Blue Bird” by Charl...