May 29, 2025 • 14 mins
What makes Samantha Gray with Theatre Bristol a good neighbor?
Step behind the curtain as we explore the remarkable 60-year history of Theatre Bristol with Executive Director Samantha Gray. From its humble beginnings in the home kindergarten of a Juilliard-educated visionary to its current status as a thriving community institution with three performance venues, Theater Bristol has brought the magic of live performance to the Tri-Cities for six decades.
Gray reveals the beautiful misconception that surrounds their productions: those incredible performers you see on stage aren't imported professionals—they're your talented neighbors who've chosen community over Broadway. This volunteer-powered organization has created a space where anyone can participate in creating theatrical magic, whether they're building sets, designing costumes, or stepping onto the stage for the very first time. Their guiding philosophy? "If you have skills, bring them. If you don't, we'll teach you."
The conversation touches on the theater's commitment to accessibility through affordable ticket prices, their resilience during the pandemic when they were "among the first to shut down and the last to reopen," and their exciting expansion with the recent acquisition of the 500-seat Cameo Theater. But beyond the buildings and productions, what truly shines through is the theater's mission to create a place for everyone. As Gray puts it, "There is a place for you here," whether you're 7 or 75, experienced or brand new to theater. Want to be part of this extraordinary community tradition? Visit theaterbristol.org to discover how you can experience the transformative power of live theater—as an audience member, volunteer, donor, or perhaps even making your stage debut in their next production.
To learn more about Theatre Bristol go to:
Theatre Bristol
(423) 212-3625
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Skip Monty.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, hello everyone and welcome to the Good Neighbor
Podcast of the Tri-Cities.
So I am really excited today tohave a very special guest in
the studio with us and superexcited to learn all about her
and what she does.
And I'm sure you will be too,because today I have the
pleasure of introducing yourgood neighbor, ms Samantha Gray
(00:34):
of Theatre Bristol.
Samantha, welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Thank you, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Well, we're thrilled to have you and I've been very
fortunate to do podcasts with alot of theaters in the region,
and so I'm thrilled to finallyget you on the show.
You've been highly recommendedby a lot of people so, like I
said, I'm excited, and I'm sureour listeners are too, so why
don't you kick us off by tellingus about what you do?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Well, I'm the executive director of Theater
Bristol and we're a non-profitcommunity theater and this year
we're celebrating 60 years andwe put on plays and musicals and
have classes and summer campsand just try to produce some
really great entertainment andeven educational opportunities.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Very good, very good and 60 years huh.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yes, that's not a small thing when it's not easy
to be a community theater, whenyou really depend on volunteers
and grants.
And we really try to make surethat our tickets are really
affordable, because part of ourmission is to bring productions
to the community.
So, as such, when we price ourtickets, the price of a ticket
(01:48):
doesn't actually cover the costof a production so to make it to
60 years and um.
You know all the challenges youcan have.
Um and like a lot of non-profittheaters, we're mostly
supported by volunteers, so wedepend on people saying hey,
this is how I'd like to spend mytime acting in a show or um,
(02:10):
building a set or makingcostumes, or directing or stage
managing.
All those people are volunteers.
So we, um we always like to sayif you have skills, bring them.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
If you don't, we'll teach you we'll teach you there
you go, yeah, so we're a placeteaching a lot of people as well
.
Awesome, and how long have youbeen with the theater?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
I've been involved for kind of as a community
member since my oldest daughterwas five years old, so that's 22
years ago and my involvementbegan as a mom helping out
wrangling backstage which iswhen you take care of the
children backstage until it'stheir turn to go on, or just
(02:53):
vacuuming or helping out cleanupor whatever and so my daughter
and my two sons did shows overthe years, and then later my
husband too, and then I went onthe board in 2012, I believe and
became the board president.
And then you know, I think Ishould back up about to say is
that I wrote a book.
(03:14):
I wrote two books about thetheater the founding.
It was founded by KathyDiCaterina, and she's an amazing
story in and of herself.
She is from Bristol, but sheattended Juilliard and while she
was in New York she sang inclubs and, you know, hung out
with the ilks of like TonyBennett and folks like that, and
she met her husband, frankDiCaterina, and they married and
(03:37):
moved back to Bristol and Kathystarted this kindergarten.
There weren't reallykindergartens at the time.
She started in her home and thenstarted putting on plays and
the community said, hey, I wantwhat you're doing for your child
, for my children and that'swhat kind of began the Bristol
Children's Theatre, which thenbecame Theatre Bristol later on.
(03:59):
So I wrote a book about, or twobooks, a book for adults and
one for children and wepublished that in 2009.
So that was kind of along thepath there to then.
Later I became the executivedirector.
So that's my involvement isproducing shows and doing
whatever it takes, whether it'scutting styrofoam or painting
(04:24):
something or taking the trashout.
It's you know, it's allencompassing.
So that's kind of my story,with a little with more
important story, which is KathyDiCaterina and all she's done to
make this theater possible forour community.
So visionary and and brilliant.
So wow, so you wear a lot ofhats as executive director I
(04:45):
think, like a lot of non-profits, that's what happens, right,
you know you write the grants,you do the marketing, all the
things that have.
Whatever has to be done, you doit you gotta do it, you gotta
yeah well, what are some mythsor misconceptions in the theater
business?
oh, wow, um.
One is that we make a lot ofmoney off tickets, which that's
(05:07):
not how that works.
A fun misconception is that wedid Les Mis and we've done Music
man, and we've had people say,oh, who are those ringers that
you've paid to come in?
Who are those professionals youpaid to come in and they're not
?
Not, and that's what's reallycool is they are talented people
from our very community whomaybe made a choice to not
(05:30):
pursue broadway, but they saidyou know, I'm going to raise my
family here, or, um, you know,this is not the kind of
lifestyle I want, and I want tolive here and do community
theater, and so we try toprovide a quality experience for
everyone involved.
But no, they're not paid andthis is what they love to do.
(05:53):
So that's a misconception too.
And we get personally atTheater Bristol.
We get one, which is so, andthere's good reason for it.
But a lot of people think we arethe Paramount, and so Paramount
is a downtown theater venue andit's been here for 94 years
this year and we love theParamount it's.
(06:15):
It was closed down and then inthe 80s and then reopened in the
90s, and a lot of that wasbecause it was almost going to
be a parking lot and KathyDeCaterina it was given to her
and it needed work and needed acouple million dollars worth of
work.
But she raised the firstmillion with carl moore and some
others.
And then, you know, mary bethrenero came along and they
(06:38):
raised the other million andthey got the paramount restored.
So we that's our home stage,that's our main stage um, and we
performed there and um.
Now we do just two shows a theyear.
There were two big ones and butpeople get us confused but we
turned that over to a foundationafter receiving the Paramount.
So that's one thing, thatanother misconception.
(07:00):
We're not the same.
So people say, oh, I donatedalready Well to the Paramount,
but not to us, Not to you.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
That's very important .
Yeah Well, who are your target?
The people you're trying toreach, your target customers.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Oh, for us it's everyone and we have something
for every age.
We have a show called Playtimein the Art Space.
That's for parents and thelittlest ones, like zero to five
, where we teach kind of whatthe experience of theater is
like, and it's a show just forthem.
It's really short, it's reallycute, and the kids get on stage
after and they take a bow.
There's a lot more to it.
(07:35):
But we also have a youthprogram, our youth service board
.
We have young people involvedin that, um, ages 13 and up, and
they learn all kinds of skillsand of course, every show we
have ages.
We've had from 5 to 95 in ashow, wow.
So right now we're doingCharlie and the Chocolate
Factory and I think it goes fromseven to 65 is the age range in
(07:57):
that show right now and that'spretty cool.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Wow and how do you market your shows?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
We advertise on social media, right?
So we do all the ways thatdon't cost as much.
Anytime somebody asks us to doa podcast or an interview, we
say yes, please, thank you, so,thank you.
And we we do posters and wehave marquees and we have a
marquee.
So we have not only do weperform at the Paramount, but we
have the Artspace Stage, whichis our 100 seat black box
(08:27):
theater, and we have a marqueeout there.
And then we have like groups,like Modern Designs, we do
T-shirts and billboards andthings like that, and then we
have another marquee down thestreet where we just in February
purchased the cameo theater.
So we have three performancevenues and we'll also do parks
and senior centers and you knowother locations.
As it works out, but yeah, wejust purchased the 500 plus seat
(08:52):
cameo theater and justcompleted two shows there and
are very excited to have it.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Wow, Wow.
Have you ever you said you takethe opportunity to be on
podcasts you ever thought aboutdoing your own podcast?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
I have not.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Well, you should give us some thought.
You sound like a professional.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Nobody's ever asked me that before.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Oh, okay, well well, we'll talk later um outside of
work.
What do you like to do for fun?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
oh, I am one of those terrible people to ask that if
you asked my husband he wouldsay she works.
That's what she does outside ofwork.
Yeah, theater is kind of mywork and my hobby but but I do
love to read and I'll alwayshave a few books on my, you know
, listening to on audio.
I play the piano and myhusband's a pastor and so we
(09:43):
have a church and that's reallyimportant to us.
And going to see my kids' shows, and not just my kids' shows
but other kids' shows thatinvolve in the theater.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Very cool Time with family.
Always the right answer forsure.
Kids shows, and not just mykids shows, but other kids shows
that involved in the theatervery cool time with family,
always the right answer, forsure, yes, oh yeah, that's the
problem.
Yep, absolutely so.
Let's switch gears for just asecond, and this is either
professionally or or personally.
Can you describe a hardship ora life challenge that you've
overcome and how it made youstronger in the end?
Anything come to mind?
Speaker 3 (10:15):
yeah, I don't know, maybe everyone talks about this,
but, um, going through thepandemic was very frightening
and, um, as a theater, we wereamong the first to shut down and
among the last to open back up.
Wow, and it was very hard tokind of keep us going through
that time, and I also I teachparenting classes and so it's
(10:38):
something that I'm passionateabout, and during that time, I
was spending a lot of time kindof supporting and helping
parents who were now home withtheir kids all day, and they
were struggling with cooperationand peacefulness in their homes
, so that I should have probablymentioned that is what I do as
my hobby, because that's my bigpassion is parenting education,
(10:59):
and I've been doing that formore than 20 years.
But that the pandemic was arough one, yeah, yeah.
But, we overcame it, becausehere we are, 60 years and we've
done it.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Here you are.
Here you are very successful.
So if, samantha, if you couldthink of one thing that you
would like our listeners toremember about you and theater
Bristol, what would that be?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
That there is a place for you here, whether it's
seeing a show or helping toshare about our shows, or coming
in and helping with sets orprops or costumes, or ushering
or concessions or acting onstage even for the very first
time.
Someone this morning said to methey were afraid to do it
because they have stage fright,and I said that's what we do.
Our process is something Itrust so much that that's not
(11:50):
something to worry about.
We prepare people and there's aplace for everyone.
It really, really there is, andmaybe some people it's being a
sponsor or being a donor oradvertising in the program.
There's a way to support yourcommunity theater, because it
really is community.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Very good thing to remember.
And if any of our listeners areinterested in potentially
acting in a play or volunteeringor helping in some way, how can
they learn more?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
They can go to theaterbristolorg and all the
information is there Volunteerforms, audition forms.
The season we're in right nowwe have a great season with
Charlie and the ChocolateFactory and the Mockingbird
Sings and the Odd Couple andIrving Berlin's White Christmas
at the Paramount.
Charlie will be at theParamount season with Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory andthe Mockingbird Sings and the
Odd Couple and Irving Berlin'sWhite Christmas at the Paramount
(12:40):
, and Charlie will be at theParamount.
And then, um, yes, virginia,there's a Santa Claus and
Schoolhouse Rock Live and SummerCamp in June.
all of that registration andforms to fill out are all online
awesome, awesome, very goodtheaterbristolorg, and if people
have just yeah theaterristolorgand if people have just, yeah,
theaterbristolorg and somepeople if they just have a
(13:01):
little bit of time, but they'dsay, like I have today, I'd like
to help.
We do work days, most everySaturday cleaning, organizing,
sorting.
We're right on State Street, at512 State Street, and our
theater is at 506.
And then, of course, 703 is thecameo, and then of course, 703
is the cameo, but we havethousands and thousands of
square feet of workshops.
We have wood shop, a scene shop, paint shop, costume shop and
(13:24):
we need lots of help andwardrobe, lots of help keeping,
keeping it all organized, andit's a huge, huge space.
So we love help, even if it'sjust temporary.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
All right, Very good to know.
Well, listeners, you heard it.
Even if you just have a littletime, you can donate.
You can, you can contribute.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Well, we have families, everyone.
It's great.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Awesome, awesome.
Well, samantha, I can't tellyou how much I appreciate you
taking time out of your scheduleto chat with us and tell us all
about theater bristol and wishyou and your family and theater
bristol all the best movingforward great.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
I really appreciate it well, thank you, and maybe we
can have you back sometime whenyou got a big event coming up.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Sounds good, all right, thanks, so much, smith
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(14:32):
Thank you.
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Skip Monty.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, hello everyone and welcome to the Good Neighbor
Podcast of the Tri-Cities.
So I am really excited today tohave a very special guest in
the studio with us and superexcited to learn all about her
and what she does.
And I'm sure you will be too,because today I have the
pleasure of introducing yourgood neighbor, ms Samantha Gray
(00:34):
of Theatre Bristol.
Samantha, welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Thank you, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Well, we're thrilled to have you and I've been very
fortunate to do podcasts with alot of theaters in the region,
and so I'm thrilled to finallyget you on the show.
You've been highly recommendedby a lot of people so, like I
said, I'm excited, and I'm sureour listeners are too, so why
don't you kick us off by tellingus about what you do?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Well, I'm the executive director of Theater
Bristol and we're a non-profitcommunity theater and this year
we're celebrating 60 years andwe put on plays and musicals and
have classes and summer campsand just try to produce some
really great entertainment andeven educational opportunities.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Very good, very good and 60 years huh.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yes, that's not a small thing when it's not easy
to be a community theater, whenyou really depend on volunteers
and grants.
And we really try to make surethat our tickets are really
affordable, because part of ourmission is to bring productions
to the community.
So, as such, when we price ourtickets, the price of a ticket
(01:48):
doesn't actually cover the costof a production so to make it to
60 years and um.
You know all the challenges youcan have.
Um and like a lot of non-profittheaters, we're mostly
supported by volunteers, so wedepend on people saying hey,
this is how I'd like to spend mytime acting in a show or um,
(02:10):
building a set or makingcostumes, or directing or stage
managing.
All those people are volunteers.
So we, um we always like to sayif you have skills, bring them.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
If you don't, we'll teach you we'll teach you there
you go, yeah, so we're a placeteaching a lot of people as well
.
Awesome, and how long have youbeen with the theater?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
I've been involved for kind of as a community
member since my oldest daughterwas five years old, so that's 22
years ago and my involvementbegan as a mom helping out
wrangling backstage which iswhen you take care of the
children backstage until it'stheir turn to go on, or just
(02:53):
vacuuming or helping out cleanupor whatever and so my daughter
and my two sons did shows overthe years, and then later my
husband too, and then I went onthe board in 2012, I believe and
became the board president.
And then you know, I think Ishould back up about to say is
that I wrote a book.
(03:14):
I wrote two books about thetheater the founding.
It was founded by KathyDiCaterina, and she's an amazing
story in and of herself.
She is from Bristol, but sheattended Juilliard and while she
was in New York she sang inclubs and, you know, hung out
with the ilks of like TonyBennett and folks like that, and
she met her husband, frankDiCaterina, and they married and
(03:37):
moved back to Bristol and Kathystarted this kindergarten.
There weren't reallykindergartens at the time.
She started in her home and thenstarted putting on plays and
the community said, hey, I wantwhat you're doing for your child
, for my children and that'swhat kind of began the Bristol
Children's Theatre, which thenbecame Theatre Bristol later on.
(03:59):
So I wrote a book about, or twobooks, a book for adults and
one for children and wepublished that in 2009.
So that was kind of along thepath there to then.
Later I became the executivedirector.
So that's my involvement isproducing shows and doing
whatever it takes, whether it'scutting styrofoam or painting
(04:24):
something or taking the trashout.
It's you know, it's allencompassing.
So that's kind of my story,with a little with more
important story, which is KathyDiCaterina and all she's done to
make this theater possible forour community.
So visionary and and brilliant.
So wow, so you wear a lot ofhats as executive director I
(04:45):
think, like a lot of non-profits, that's what happens, right,
you know you write the grants,you do the marketing, all the
things that have.
Whatever has to be done, you doit you gotta do it, you gotta
yeah well, what are some mythsor misconceptions in the theater
business?
oh, wow, um.
One is that we make a lot ofmoney off tickets, which that's
(05:07):
not how that works.
A fun misconception is that wedid Les Mis and we've done Music
man, and we've had people say,oh, who are those ringers that
you've paid to come in?
Who are those professionals youpaid to come in and they're not
?
Not, and that's what's reallycool is they are talented people
from our very community whomaybe made a choice to not
(05:30):
pursue broadway, but they saidyou know, I'm going to raise my
family here, or, um, you know,this is not the kind of
lifestyle I want, and I want tolive here and do community
theater, and so we try toprovide a quality experience for
everyone involved.
But no, they're not paid andthis is what they love to do.
(05:53):
So that's a misconception too.
And we get personally atTheater Bristol.
We get one, which is so, andthere's good reason for it.
But a lot of people think we arethe Paramount, and so Paramount
is a downtown theater venue andit's been here for 94 years
this year and we love theParamount it's.
(06:15):
It was closed down and then inthe 80s and then reopened in the
90s, and a lot of that wasbecause it was almost going to
be a parking lot and KathyDeCaterina it was given to her
and it needed work and needed acouple million dollars worth of
work.
But she raised the firstmillion with carl moore and some
others.
And then, you know, mary bethrenero came along and they
(06:38):
raised the other million andthey got the paramount restored.
So we that's our home stage,that's our main stage um, and we
performed there and um.
Now we do just two shows a theyear.
There were two big ones and butpeople get us confused but we
turned that over to a foundationafter receiving the Paramount.
So that's one thing, thatanother misconception.
(07:00):
We're not the same.
So people say, oh, I donatedalready Well to the Paramount,
but not to us, Not to you.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
That's very important .
Yeah Well, who are your target?
The people you're trying toreach, your target customers.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Oh, for us it's everyone and we have something
for every age.
We have a show called Playtimein the Art Space.
That's for parents and thelittlest ones, like zero to five
, where we teach kind of whatthe experience of theater is
like, and it's a show just forthem.
It's really short, it's reallycute, and the kids get on stage
after and they take a bow.
There's a lot more to it.
(07:35):
But we also have a youthprogram, our youth service board
.
We have young people involvedin that, um, ages 13 and up, and
they learn all kinds of skillsand of course, every show we
have ages.
We've had from 5 to 95 in ashow, wow.
So right now we're doingCharlie and the Chocolate
Factory and I think it goes fromseven to 65 is the age range in
(07:57):
that show right now and that'spretty cool.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Wow and how do you market your shows?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
We advertise on social media, right?
So we do all the ways thatdon't cost as much.
Anytime somebody asks us to doa podcast or an interview, we
say yes, please, thank you, so,thank you.
And we we do posters and wehave marquees and we have a
marquee.
So we have not only do weperform at the Paramount, but we
have the Artspace Stage, whichis our 100 seat black box
(08:27):
theater, and we have a marqueeout there.
And then we have like groups,like Modern Designs, we do
T-shirts and billboards andthings like that, and then we
have another marquee down thestreet where we just in February
purchased the cameo theater.
So we have three performancevenues and we'll also do parks
and senior centers and you knowother locations.
As it works out, but yeah, wejust purchased the 500 plus seat
(08:52):
cameo theater and justcompleted two shows there and
are very excited to have it.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Wow, Wow.
Have you ever you said you takethe opportunity to be on
podcasts you ever thought aboutdoing your own podcast?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
I have not.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Well, you should give us some thought.
You sound like a professional.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Nobody's ever asked me that before.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Oh, okay, well well, we'll talk later um outside of
work.
What do you like to do for fun?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
oh, I am one of those terrible people to ask that if
you asked my husband he wouldsay she works.
That's what she does outside ofwork.
Yeah, theater is kind of mywork and my hobby but but I do
love to read and I'll alwayshave a few books on my, you know
, listening to on audio.
I play the piano and myhusband's a pastor and so we
(09:43):
have a church and that's reallyimportant to us.
And going to see my kids' shows, and not just my kids' shows
but other kids' shows thatinvolve in the theater.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Very cool Time with family.
Always the right answer forsure.
Kids shows, and not just mykids shows, but other kids shows
that involved in the theatervery cool time with family,
always the right answer, forsure, yes, oh yeah, that's the
problem.
Yep, absolutely so.
Let's switch gears for just asecond, and this is either
professionally or or personally.
Can you describe a hardship ora life challenge that you've
overcome and how it made youstronger in the end?
Anything come to mind?
Speaker 3 (10:15):
yeah, I don't know, maybe everyone talks about this,
but, um, going through thepandemic was very frightening
and, um, as a theater, we wereamong the first to shut down and
among the last to open back up.
Wow, and it was very hard tokind of keep us going through
that time, and I also I teachparenting classes and so it's
(10:38):
something that I'm passionateabout, and during that time, I
was spending a lot of time kindof supporting and helping
parents who were now home withtheir kids all day, and they
were struggling with cooperationand peacefulness in their homes
, so that I should have probablymentioned that is what I do as
my hobby, because that's my bigpassion is parenting education,
(10:59):
and I've been doing that formore than 20 years.
But that the pandemic was arough one, yeah, yeah.
But, we overcame it, becausehere we are, 60 years and we've
done it.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Here you are.
Here you are very successful.
So if, samantha, if you couldthink of one thing that you
would like our listeners toremember about you and theater
Bristol, what would that be?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
That there is a place for you here, whether it's
seeing a show or helping toshare about our shows, or coming
in and helping with sets orprops or costumes, or ushering
or concessions or acting onstage even for the very first
time.
Someone this morning said to methey were afraid to do it
because they have stage fright,and I said that's what we do.
Our process is something Itrust so much that that's not
(11:50):
something to worry about.
We prepare people and there's aplace for everyone.
It really, really there is, andmaybe some people it's being a
sponsor or being a donor oradvertising in the program.
There's a way to support yourcommunity theater, because it
really is community.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Very good thing to remember.
And if any of our listeners areinterested in potentially
acting in a play or volunteeringor helping in some way, how can
they learn more?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
They can go to theaterbristolorg and all the
information is there Volunteerforms, audition forms.
The season we're in right nowwe have a great season with
Charlie and the ChocolateFactory and the Mockingbird
Sings and the Odd Couple andIrving Berlin's White Christmas
at the Paramount.
Charlie will be at theParamount season with Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory andthe Mockingbird Sings and the
Odd Couple and Irving Berlin'sWhite Christmas at the Paramount
(12:40):
, and Charlie will be at theParamount.
And then, um, yes, virginia,there's a Santa Claus and
Schoolhouse Rock Live and SummerCamp in June.
all of that registration andforms to fill out are all online
awesome, awesome, very goodtheaterbristolorg, and if people
have just yeah theaterristolorgand if people have just, yeah,
theaterbristolorg and somepeople if they just have a
(13:01):
little bit of time, but they'dsay, like I have today, I'd like
to help.
We do work days, most everySaturday cleaning, organizing,
sorting.
We're right on State Street, at512 State Street, and our
theater is at 506.
And then, of course, 703 is thecameo, and then of course, 703
is the cameo, but we havethousands and thousands of
square feet of workshops.
We have wood shop, a scene shop, paint shop, costume shop and
(13:24):
we need lots of help andwardrobe, lots of help keeping,
keeping it all organized, andit's a huge, huge space.
So we love help, even if it'sjust temporary.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
All right, Very good to know.
Well, listeners, you heard it.
Even if you just have a littletime, you can donate.
You can, you can contribute.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Well, we have families, everyone.
It's great.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Awesome, awesome.
Well, samantha, I can't tellyou how much I appreciate you
taking time out of your scheduleto chat with us and tell us all
about theater bristol and wishyou and your family and theater
bristol all the best movingforward great.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
I really appreciate it well, thank you, and maybe we
can have you back sometime whenyou got a big event coming up.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Sounds good, all right, thanks, so much, smith
thank you for listening to theGood Neighbor Podcast.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to gnptry-citiescom.
That's gnptry-citiescom, orcall 423-719-5873.
(14:32):
Thank you.
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