BCT UNPLUGGED Tickets available here!

You may be asking yourself, “What exactly is this?” Trust me—you’re not alone. Throughout this process, our creative team’s unofficial motto has been: “We’re building the plane as we’re flying it.” And while that phrase may give some people the heebie-jeebies, I can assure you: theatre—especially professional theatre—is so often exactly that. We leap. We adjust. We discover what the piece wants to become by doing it together.

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When auditioning each of the young actors you will see onstage today, I gave them a simple prompt: “Tell me a quick story of a time when life threw more at you than you thought you could handle.” For me, what ties these stories and songs together is that, at their core, they are about coping with life’s…funny little moments… How we handle rejection, how we handle anxiety or fear, how we handle the thrill of being in love, and how we handle…some pesky pigeons that are lingering in the park.

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I invite you to lean into the most simple and quintessential elements of theatre: the actors, the stories and music, and a shared suspension of disbelief. Watch as these brilliant young actors use a mostly barren space to transport you to a different time and place. Our piece highlights the magic of storytelling in its simplest form and invites you to fill in some of the blanks for yourself—and practically begs you to laugh while doing it. Unplug, relax, and enjoy the show.

 

Thank you for your continued support of local youth theatre, and welcome to the first-ever BCT Unplugged!

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Tyler J. Martin

Director & BCT Alumni