Starlight Theatre Company - Community Theater and Classes

Services

We offer a number of services to our local community.

Live Productions

We offer a number of different plays throughout the year. Each year features a different selection of plays, but the ones we choose from can be found below.

Acting Classes

Your child (children) will benefit in many different ways as they experience all the aspects of acting.

Voice Coaching Lessons

Perhaps acting is not a primary goal for your child (or for yourself), but you feel he/she would benefit from the personal instruction of an operatically-trained singer. Deborah Hayes has taught this skill to many people over her 25-year career.

Children's Birthday Parties

Would you like to give your child a group birthday party? The Starlight Theatre Company is a fantastic place to have a party with all his/her friends.

Benefits of Acting

The benefits of acting are many and varied. Each aspiring actor will learn different skills (many of which will benefit them even if they do not pursue acting as a career), grow personally to different degrees and discover many new things in and about themselves.

Confidence

If the aspiring actor considers getting up in front of a crowd to be a high pressure situation, what better framework to completely dispell this idea than in front of a group of loving parents, peers and teachers who want nothing but the best for themselves and all the other actors they are working with.

Stage Presence

The ability to speak clearly and eloquently and to project a strong and steady voice - all while delivering convincing, persuasive and believable dialog is one of the benefits which will be useful in all areas of life, from corporate to political to fund raising.

Teamwork

The performances, rehearsals, and class exercises that are part of the acting experience can only be accomplished successfully when the lessons of teamwork are learned and put into practice. Your aspiring actor(s) will benefit in all aspects of life as this lesson becomes a part of their life.

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List of Plays

Here are the plays we put on throughout any given year.

Aladdin

Aladdin, poor but wise in the ways of the streets, dreams of a brighter future and works to achieve it.

Annie

A fiery young orphan girl's adventures as she searches for a family that will take her.

Cinderella

Cinderella - the adventures of a young girl with a pure heart in a cruel world where she meets her prince.

- Starlight Theatre, Costa Mesa, California

Fiddler on the Roof

Tevye and his daughters in 1905 Russia. Their Jewish traditions are both embraced and challenged.

Guys and Dolls

Nathan Detroit, hardened gambler, is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana.

Hello Dolly

A matchmaker takes a trip to New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire".

Into the Woods

A modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format that follows the classic tales.

The King and I

Anna Owens moves to Siam with her son to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam.

Man of La Mancha

Miguel de Cervantes has been thrown into a dungeon for openly lampooning the Spanish Inquisition.

The Music Man

A con man, Harold Hill, uses different schemes to con money from unsuspecting townspeople.

Oklahoma

In Oklahoma in the early 1900s, two young cowboys vie for the hearts of the women they love.

Peter Pan

Their hero whisks Wendy and her brothers away to the magical world of Neverland.

The Sound of Music

A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.

West Side Story

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions build toward tragedy.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

An average day in the life of Charlie Brown, as he and his friends learn about happiness.

Cast Members

Become a cast member and have the time of your life!

Have you been bitten by the Acting Bug? Well, do something about it! The best cure is to come to the Starlight Theatre Company and get up on stage.

We have two types of auditions: 1) for entrance into our acting classes, and 2) to be part of the cast for our productions. Feel free to audition for either one, or both!

We are forming acting classes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. Each class is eight weeks with enrollment limited to eight students. After completing their classes, students will take part in a performance.

Class times are : 6:00pm - 7:30pm & 7:30pm - 9:30pm for ages 12 to adult (subject to change)

Our Starlight Cabaret is held on Friday Evenings with tickets priced from $15 to $25 each. This is an evening of scenes and songs from beloved theater classics. A fully-costumed professional cast is featured, with a full dinner included. This is one evening you don't want to miss.

Auditions are currently underway to find energetic new cast members for our Starlight Cabaret, including some paid postions and stand-by parts. Contact the Theatre to set an audition appointment.

See you on the boards!

Comedy

Come join us for some laughs on Friday and/or Saturday.

The Improv Collective OC

Unscripted - even they don't even know what they will be saying (exactly), but we know it will be funny!
Visit their website: The Improv Collective OC

When: Friday & Saturday

The doors open at 9pm.
The performance is from 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Family Friendly

On the first Saturday of each month The Improv Collective presents a Family-Friendly evening. A great place to have a fun time with the entire family. For a change, forget the movie, come enjoy some live entertainment.

Less than a movie!

No need for reservations. Walk-ins welcome. Pay only $5 at the door - cash or card.

Comedy night with the Improv Collective at the Starlight Theatre Company - Community Theater and Classes - Costa Mesa, California