Because the curtain prepares to rise on “Sister Act” on the Seminole Theatre in Homestead, two native Key Gamers actors are busy perfecting their singing numbers and brushing up on their traces.
Making ready for any present is a significant time dedication, however making the journey as much as the mainland a number of occasions every week for rehearsals requires added dedication.
“It simply exhibits you ways a lot all of us should actually be loopy or actually love the theater, one or the opposite,” mentioned Rhonda Crutcher with amusing.
Crutcher is the drama instructor at Marathon Excessive College and has been lively within the Key Gamers for six years. Since Could, she and fellow Key Gamers actor Cristina Salvesen have been making the journey to Homestead for rehearsals three to 4 occasions every week.
“It’s a bit of harder on Cristina, as a result of she has an actual day job. I’m a instructor, so I’m off in the summertime,” Crutcher mentioned.
“It’s quite a lot of planning your day and ensuring that you just go away work on the time it’s important to go away work in an effort to eat, then drive up after which rehearse after which go residence, take a bathe, go to mattress and rinse and repeat for the following day,” Salvesen mentioned.
It’s a juggling act for Salvesen, who works as an architect and scuba teacher in Key Largo.
“Sister Act” is a Tony-nominated musical comedy primarily based on the hit 1992 movie. The plot revolves round a nightclub singer who witnesses a homicide. To be able to escape the mob, she hides in a spot nobody would ever suppose to look, a convent. Whereas there, she helps the nuns discover their highly effective singing voices.
“I feel that is the largest manufacturing I’ve been part of,” mentioned Salvesen of the musical that features a forged of 26 actors.
Salvesen has been with the Key Gamers for seven years, however this can be a totally different expertise.
“It’s nearly like a Broadway-level-type manufacturing when it comes to it’s important to sing and dance and carry out, massive actions and all these items on stage,” she added.
Crutcher is the primary to confess that dancing shouldn’t be her factor.
“I all the time inform individuals I received into theater so I can stand on stage and sing, however I don’t wish to transfer whereas I’m doing it,” she mentioned.
Each girls say “Sister Act” is bound to get viewers members out of their seats and on their toes, singing and dancing alongside.
“I feel each track on this present is a banger; they’re all unbelievable,” mentioned Crutcher.
“As a result of it’s set within the ’70s, there’s quite a lot of disco vibes,” added Salvesen. “Nobody can sit nonetheless with disco music; it shakes you and makes you progress.”
The present additionally incorporates a dwell band.
“The whole lot is coming collectively. The set is trying very nice, the lights and the stage and the choreography and the singing. I feel it’s going to be actually pleasing for everyone, from all ages,” Salvesen mentioned .
“Sister Act” opens on the Seminole Theatre in Homestead on Friday, July 18. There will probably be a complete of six performances over two weekends. Extra info on present occasions and tickets is at seminoletheatre.org.