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What's a sweet little town to do
in times like these?
See It Live + Drive-In Style
Heartwarming PYT musical with a variety of modern hit songs from popular artists and Broadway theater, this musical is an opportunity for our community to heal.
The "Heal 2020" musical "book" was written by Parker Harris, PYT's Music Director, and other members of Kids On Stage. The musical has been performed once previously in Snow Hill, North Carolina.
"Heal 2020" audiences will experience the often scary hardships shared by the musical's authors in North Carolina. Struggling to deal with the stresses of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, we all can find comfort and hope in the uplifting music we love.
"Heal 2020" musical features songs by:
Michael Jackson
Andra Day
Thomas Rhett
...and more great songs famously performed by:
Mac Huff
Billy Joel
Audrey Snyder
Roger Emerson
Charles Strouse
Randy Newman
Mark Brymer
Tia Sillers
4 BIG Shows + Oct. 9-17, 2020
4 Performance Dates: (rain or shine)
Fri. Oct. 9
Gate Open 5:45, Heal 6:30
Sat. Oct. 10
Gate Open 5:45, Heal 6:30
Fri. Oct. 16
Gate Open 4:45, PreShow 5:30, Heal 6:30
Sat. Oct. 17
Gate Open 4:45, PreShow 5:30, Heal 6:30
In Addition to "Heal 2020" musical by PYT,
the following special guests will perform:
• Haw River Christian Academy Theater Department will perform a short play, "The Prideful Princess" (PreShow) on Oct. 16 & 17
• Triggle Academy will perform an Irish Dance routine during intermission,
• Chatham Dance Connection will perform with PYT in sections of "Heal 2020."
Admission price:
$10 per vehicle and $5 per person
Attendance will be limited to 33 vehicles.
Every attendee must be in a vehicle.
Walk-ins will not be admitted.
Performances go on rain or shine.
It's a Drive-In!
Venue:
Haw River Christian Academy
2428 Silk Hope Gum Springs Road, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312
(behind gym on the grounds of Emmaus Baptist Church)
Early FALL SEASON PLAY CASTS in Rehearsal Now
• 3 Great Youth ZOOM Plays
• 2 Youth Improv Comedy Groups Meet Weekly
• "HEAL 2020" Musical Performed LIVE Oct. 9-17, Drive-In Style
• Check Out Our Awesome Recent Virtual Plays on YouTube
• Get Together, Rehearse On ZOOM with Optional In-Person Saturday Rehearsals*
outside with social distancing and masks • *Sat. in-person optional for all plays, required for "Heal"
"Virtually Ever After"
comedy farce with fairy tale characters
In rehearsal now
Coming Soon to PYT's YouTube Channel
"Dracula"
a comic thriller showing this Halloween
In rehearsal now
Coming Soon to PYT's YouTube Channel
• "The Odyssey", a comedy retelling of ancient greek myths
For Grades 8-12
Sept. 2 - Oct. 28, 2020,
Zoom Rehearsals W 6:30-7:30pm and S 11am-Noon
"Heal 2020" Musical Play
Heal is a musical play about how we as a community HEAL from this Pandemic. The story was written by our very own Parker Harris and a group of North Carolina kids. It includes songs from Broadway Musicals including: Tomorrow (Annie), Somewhere over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz), We'er All in This Together (High School Musical) as well as pop songs like Rise Up, Fight Song and much more! This show will be performed outside, drive-in movie style, with social distancing.
• Improv Comedy, Fun & Games
A one hour weekly class of nothing but fun, thinking on your
feet, performance training and acting games on Zoom! No lines to
memorize, just fun. The final class will be a showcase podcast live
online that friends and family can watch!
By PYT's Spring 2020 Young Advanced Cast
Old-time Radio Variety Show
Comedy with Spedial Musical Guest
David Quick Jazz
Rewritten and Reproduced in Pittsboro
By Chatham Community Players Adults
NEW RELEASES COMING SOON
Subscribe to PYT's YouTube Channel
and click the icon so you don't miss a single episode
"Pittsboro's Beautiful City Virtual Choir"
By PYT's Cast of Godspell 2020
The shared traumatic experiences, including
COVID-19, Pittsboro's courthouse fire and
confederate statue protests, contrasted against a message of hope vocalized by local children in the video are likely to strike a positive cord in viewers around Pittsboro, Chatham and NC,...
By PYT's Spring 2020 Youngest Cast
Pittsboro Youth Theater's
Family of Community Arts Organizations
Activities During COVID-19
Updated: 11am, 5/11/20
Dear PYT Family, Patrons, Friends and Lookieloos,
Tammy and Craig, co-founders and -operators, wish to share the following updates on our family of community arts organizations. Click on the following organization links for details about activities, programs, performances, online endeavors and specific impacts and changes due to COVID-19.
Red figures below reflect monthly revenue declines since mid-march 2020. Suffice it to say, if our family of arts organizations were a medical patient today, we would be in "serious" condition. Without some successful cash-infusion treatment we expect to be in "critical" condition sometime in August 2020. Please watch our virtual performance videos on our YouTube channel and...
• Pittsboro Youth Theater -25%
(PYT local youth performance troupe based in CFTA)
• Center for the Arts, Pittsboro -100%
(CFTA arts campus in downtown Pittsboro, NC)
• CFTA Music School -40%
(professional private music lessons)
• CFTA Art Gallery/Gift Shop -100%
(professional private music lessons)
• Sweet Bee Theater -100%
(live-performance theater/stage in CFTA)
• Sweet Bee Caffe -100%
(purveyor of fine coffees. chocolates and more in CFTA)
• Chatham Community Players N/A
(local adult community theater performance troupe based in CFTA)
Small businesses in general and performance arts organizations in particular are being hit hard by economic conditions, social distancing and restrictions of the size of gatherings. We encourage our patrons to keep this in mind as you make decisions about how, where and when to enjoy/support the arts.
The family of arts organizations at the Center for the Arts, Pittsboro will do our best to addapt and economize. This so we can continue to provide wonderful cultural arts skills and experiences to area children and adults during COVID and come back stronger long term.
If you would ordinarily support us in ways that new circumstances change, please consider donating the value of our virtual performances to continue our financial solvency and increase the likelihood that our organizations will be here when circumstances improve.
Here's a short list of Summer 2020 activities we hope will brighten the spirits of wonderful folks in Chatham county and beyond:
• Summer Virtual Theater Activities for kids. More info.
• YouTube Performance videos by PYT’s Spring season casts... a dozen are in production now. Subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss one video!
... Godspell Musical, PYTs spectacular musical of the season
... Tinker Bell, a gem of a comedy play by PYTs talented middle-aged cast
... Pixies, Kings & Magical Things by PYTs youngest cast
... The Show Must Go Online! Terfficic comedy about theater
during social distancing by PYT veterans
... Announcing Episode 1 of PBO R&R, "Buddy's Closet"... The first in a series of locally rewritten and reproduced old time radio style programs starring adult members of our Chatham Community Players with performances by local musicians. LISTEN NOW!
More information about our operations and activities during this COVID mess and our wacky family of arts organizations is below and all over this website.
Thank you and bee safe!
Tammy and Craig, Owners and Founders
Pittsboro Youth Theater's
Family of Arts Organizations in the
Center for the Arts, Pittsboro
COVID-SCHMOVID!
WE STARTED THE BRAND SPANKING NEW
Coolest, Darned, Pittsboro Rewritten & Reproduced series of old-time radio, feel-good comedy programs with local musical guests.
by Chatham Community Players acting troupe.
LISTEN to Episode #1 on Our YouTube CHANNEL!
Old-time Radio Entertainment
by the Chatham Community Players
Rewritten and Reproduced in Pittsboro more info...
Sam Ezell, Featured Artist
Folk and geometric artworks on exhibition in CFTA's Great Room Gallery
Starting when we reopen
Pat Stucke, Accordion Player
Enjoy live European cafe music in CFTA's
Sweet Bee Caffe select weekend afternoons.
Starting when we reopen
The Center for the Arts, Pittsboro (CFTA) and our resident arts organizations, services, events and activities only exist because people in our community know about us and choose to come here.
Great for Pittsboro to Know...
Check out all the goings on at CFTA. You might be surprised!
A "by-accident" organization, Pittsboro Youth Theater is CFTA's anchor tenant
and the only reason this hot-mess of arts-related goodness exists in Pittsboro.
CASTS ARE STILL REHEARSING ONLINE.
SEE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS ON OUR YouTube CHANNEL
Social Justice Theater of the Carolinas
A joint endeavor of a volunteer ensemble cast and the Center for the Arts, Pittsboro to change the fraying social fabric of the US
5 Instructors 6 days a week teaching singing voice, guitar, violin, piano, ukulele, cello, stand-up bass, fiddle and more.
PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS STILL GOIN' ON ONLINE
Fine fresh Coffee and Chocolates
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 'TIL FURTHER NOTICE
Paintings and hand-made art glass jewelry and hangings by local artists)
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 'TIL FURTHER NOTICE
Area adult actors and actresses audition, rehearse and perform 3-4 shows a year in Sweet Bee Theater
COVID-SCHMOVID! WE STARTED THE BRAND SPANKING NEW
Coolest, Darned, Pittsboro Rewritten & Reproduced series of old-time radio, feel-good comedy and local music entertainment programs
by Chatham Community Players acting troupe and local musicians.
LISTEN to Episode #1 on Our YouTube CHANNEL!
The one and only public theater in Chatham County! Home to Pittsboro Youth Theater, Chatham Community Players and Social Justice Theater of the Carolinas, events, private parties, conferences, movies and more
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 'TIL FURTHER NOTICE
...Please Tell Your Friends!
March 4, 2020
As We Address Coronavirus Together
Dear Patrons of Sweet Bee Caffe, Pittsboro Youth Theater and the Center for the Arts, Pittsboro.
As members of the family of fine organizations within the Center for the Arts, Pittsboro, we are dedicated to improving the lives of area residents.
The ongoing good health of our customers, neighbors and vistors is of great importance to us.
All employees and owners of organizations here are working hard to keep our facility as clean and sterilized as we can. We have added extra cleaning procedures with bleach and Lysol before, during and at the end of every day we're open.
In addition, we've instituted new hand washing procedures in the theater and caffe. Every cast and crew member must wash their hands with soap and water before every rehearsal or performance.
Caffe workers must wash their hands before handling drink or food materials, supplies or equipment–after receiving payments, after touching their face or touching anything other than clean equipment, materials or supplies.
We strongly believe that the elderberry products we serve and sell in our Caffe will help keep our loved ones, y'all, healthy.
Below we offer professional medical and scientific research which supports our belief that drinking elderberry extract will help keep us safe from viral infection.
Sincelely,
Craig Witter
General Manager, Sweet Bee Caffe
and
Executive Director, Center for the Arts, Pittsboro
Robust Body of Research
Supports Immune System Benefits
of Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra) Extracts
for professional and scientific articles published by:
December 2019
We are so happy to have multiple cast members recognized in Chatham Life & Style's "Best of the Year" performing arts awards.
One of our Pittsboro Youth Theater Ensemble cast members, Fiona Tiegreen, was honored as a "Rising Star" for her performance in Dorothy Meets Alice. At age 9, Fiona was the youngest performer to be honored in any category.
Additionally, Jon Woolard was honored for his performance in October's Arsenic and Old Lace by the Chatham Community Players. Jon played a scarily accurate Jonathan Brewster and gave show-stopping performances every night!
It's great that Pittsboro's own family of Theater organizations were recognized as "Outstanding" alongside Triangle region heavyweights, such as DPAC, Raleigh Little Theater, Ward Theater, Burning Coal Theater and other much larger, well established and funded organizations and venues.
In the heart of downtown Pittsboro
Sweet Bee Theater
is the only
public theater in Chatham county.
COFFEE SHOP
NOW OPEN
in Center for the Arts, Pittsboro
Hours of Operation through Sun. 2/16/20
Monday-Friday 1-6:30pm
Saturday 8am-5pm
Sunday Noon-5pm
...and for local and theater Events
CAFFE CLOSED 'TIL
FUTHER NOTICE.
HOURS
M,T,W,F 1pm-6:30pm
Closed Thursdays
Sat. 8am-5pm
Sun. Noon-5pm
...& for CFTA events
CAFFE CLOSED 'TIL
FUTHER NOTICE.
