It’s Showtime! Cape Ann YMCA Presents Beetlejuice Jr. in Rockport 2 shows only July 31, Aug 1

AT EVANS FIELD IN ROCKPORT :)!

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The Cape Ann YMCA performs Beetlejuice JR. on July 31 and August 1 at 5:00 PM on Evans Field in Rockport , MA . Tickets are $16 for Adults and $12 for Children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased with cash at the door day of the performance. For more information: Contact YMCA Creative Arts Coordinator Heidi Dallin at dallinh@northshoreymca.org or 978-283-0499. 

The talented young cast of North Shore residents led by Director Heidi Dallin  and her  YMCA  Theatre Team have been working to bring this frightfully funny and magical modern  musical to the stage on Evans Field over the past 3 weeks. In addition to Director Heidi Dallin the YMCA The Production Team includes Music Director Anthony Prestigiovanni, Music Teacher at Gloucester’s West Parish Elementary School; Choreographer Seania McCarthy, Rockport Middle School Choreographer; and Stage Manager Julia Drost, Rockport native and Tufts University Senior.  

Based on the blockbuster motion picture turned Broadway musical, Beetlejuice JR. tells the story of a strange and unusual teenager named Lydia Deetz, who is grieving the loss of her mother. Lydia and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.

With music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Eddie Perfect and a book by the Tony Award–nominated pair Anthony King and Scott Brown, Beetlejuice was nominated for eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best New Musical.

“My team and I were so excited to produce Beetlejuice Jr. and make our YMCA theatre debut in Rockport on Evans Field this summer,” says Gloucester native and Harvard University graduate Heidi Dallin, the show’s director, “I am not sure if many theatre performances have been held on Evans Filed, but we love performing here!”    

Beetlejuice Jr.,” continues Dallin, ”focuses on family relationships, humor and imaginative magical reality. The movie song hits Day-O(The Banana Boat Song) and Jump in the Line are in the show, but the new original songs are contemporary masterpieces and really give out young actors a chance to shine especially Aubrey Hamm as Lydia and Molly Doherty as Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice JR. is sure to leave audience members laughing and singing those catchy tunes for hours after they leave the theater.”

Beetlejuice has a large and fervent fan base among people of all ages,” said Drew Cohen, Music Theatre International’s President and CEO. “The response to Beetlejuice JR. from audiences around the country is nothing short of astounding. Bravo to Director Heidi Dallin and her Cape Ann YMCA Theatre Team for bringing this musical so vividly to life…figuratively speaking, of course.” Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form.

 Beetlejuice JR. is presented through special arrangement with, and all authorized materials are supplied by, Music Theatre International 423 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019, 212-541-4684, mtishows.com.

The Cape Ann YMCA presents Beetlejuice  Jr.  on July 31 and August 1 at 5:00 PM on Evans Field in Rockport , MA . Tickets are $16 for Adults and $12 for Children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased with cash at the door day of the performance. For more information: Contact YMCA Creative Arts Coordinator Heidi Dallin at dallinh@northshoreymca.org or 978-283-0499. 

Attached Photos : Beetlejuice Jr Company 

Call for Vocalists! Sopranos Altos/Countertenors/Boy Sopranos for one program and altos, tenors and basses for another! cape Ann Symphony Auditions for 2 concerts. News from Heidi Dallin.

Reminder! Don’t miss an opportunity to join a major tradition.

Cape Ann Symphony Chorus Director Brittany Betts is Conducting Auditions for Vocalists to Perform with Cape Ann Symphony in Two Heralded Programs (Concerts Sept. 28, Nov. 29, Nov. 30)

The Virtuoso Orchestra: September 28: 2 PM
&
The Holiday Pops:
November 29: 2 PM & 7:30 PM;
November 30: 2 PM

Audition details

“Cape Ann Symphony kicks off the 74th season on Sunday, September 28 at 2:00 pm with The Virtuoso Orchestra Concert featuring Gustav Holst’s majestic The Planets where a chorale is featured in the final movement, Neptune. Cape Ann Symphony’s annual Holiday Pops Concert on November 29 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm and November 30 at 2:00 pm features The Cape Ann Symphony Chorus. 

 Ms. Betts, entering her second season as CAS Chorus Director, is looking for Sopranos & Altos/Countertenors/Boy Sopranos who are able to read and render music quickly to perform with the chorus in Gustav Holst’s The Planets in The Virtuoso Orchestra Concert on September 28. To audition, please send a video to Brittany Betts at brittanybetts@gmail.com by August 1, 2025. The video should contain the following vocal material:  Sing a short piece you can sing well that showcases your range, especially your upper register; Sing a 9-Note Scale up and down at the top of your range on an “ah”; and Sing through 4 Octave Arpeggios (1, 3,5, 8, 5, 3, 1)on “ah” at the top of your range and holding the 8 for 4 long counts before returning to 1. If you are unable to create a recording, contact Ms. Betts at brittanybetts@gmail.com before the August 1 deadline to set up an audition.

 CAS Chorus Director Betts is looking for Altos, Tenors and Basses to sing in The Holiday Pops Concert in November. According to Betts, “We are not looking for Sopranos at this time.  The Soprano section is full for this year’s Holiday Pops Concert.” Altos, Tenors and Basses can contact Ms. Betts at brittanybetts@gmail.com to set up an audition appointment.  The audition deadline is August 10.”

About the upcoming season:

The Cape Ann Symphony’s 74th Season opens on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM with The Virtuoso Orchestra Concert followed by the annual Holiday Pops Concert featuring The Cape Ann Symphony Chorus on Saturday, November 29 at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM; and Sunday, November 30 at 2:00 PM. The  74th Season  continues in 2026 with The Mozart, Mendelssohn and Rodrigo Concert featuring Guitarist Grisha Goryachev on Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 PM and the season wraps up with The Rossini, Grieg and Tchaikovsky Concert featuring pianist Frederick Moyer on Sunday, May 10 at 2:00 PM. All concerts are held at the Manchester-Essex High School auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for the Cape Ann Symphony’s 74th Season. For season subscriptions, single tickets and further  information, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org

Tonight! William Pettit Artist Reception at Jane Deering Gallery #GloucesterMA

William Pettit | the sea between

Jane Deering Gallery 4-6pm July 10, 2025

From the gallery:

“This is an exhibit about the sea.
The horizon is the destination.
Where the sea and the sky meet, there is no reference to land.
Hope and longing are between here and there.
A storm might be approaching or subsiding, it’s not clear in the stillness.
There are questions of geomorphology, but distance is measured in the heart, not in miles.
These are paintings about painting.
They are an homage to Fitz Henry Lane, whose stillness of brush reflecting safe harbor contrasts and balances the perils of voyage and of distance.
They are an homage to Captain Harvey MacKay, whose home was the Jane Deering Gallery at 19 Pleasant Street in 1842. His ship “Boston” was struck by lightning and lost on May, 26, 1830.
They are an homage to poet Charles Olson, who saw Gloucester in mythical terms and in actual terms, a place made up of people.
In his poetry of space, Gloucester moves Outward—to the sea.
These paintings speak of the sea as a distance measured in the heart, not in miles.
They work in the space between geology and poetry, a mythical expanse of loss and hope. They are about moving forward and about what is left behind.
In the eternal space between here and there, there is the finite stillness of the present, measured by the heart. Solitude is the intimate and immediate present of being here, in a brushstroke or a drip, among the winds and the currents.

  • William Albert Pettit

    About the Artist

    William Albert Pettit III is a Professor of Studio Art at Temple University Rome and at Iowa State Rome Program, Italy. He specializes in historical materials and techniques related to Italian art. He currently teaches Fresco Painting, Medieval Materials, and Darkroom Photography. He is a painter and published poet and works with photography, sculpture, music, video, and installation. His recent shows at NBWM and at The Vincent House, MVY, are about working with museum collections and records to revalorize and reinhabit stories of our past. Pettit has exhibited extensively in the United States and Italy. He is the 2024-2025 recipient of the Dean’s Research Grant and 2019 recipient of the OVPR Arts and Humanities Grant from Temple University Rome. His research on pigments has been supported by residences and shared at conferences. The artist lives in Tarano, Italy, where he maintains a small vineyard, olive grove, and garden.

    This exhibition was supported by a Temple University Rome Dean’s Research Grant.

    UPCOMING AT JANE DEERING GALLERY

    DOWNTOWN AND ANNISQUAM SUMMER 2025

    The Blacksmith Shop Cafe is open! Check out the Menu #RockportMA

    Ribbon Cutting today!

    Check out the menu. What would you try? The Green Monster was yummy 🙂

    Happy 4th of July

    Gorgeous firework display in Gloucester last night. Looking forward to tonight’s!

    The sudden brilliance of St. Peter’s Fiesta: crowds beaming on the wave of great good humor. #GloucesterMA

    photos: Scenes from Sat & Sun. Fiesta 2025 flashed by. Summer is established now. Greasy Pole from Stacy Blvd., Seine Boat races, walkers, storefronts on Main (Stone’s Pub and Salon One), and a Tiramisu pop up at Mutha Shuckas.

    Crowds were out walking in the streets downtown—especially Main St., Roger, and Stacy Boulevard—funneling to St. Peter’s, Beach Court and Pavilion Beach. Police in blue shirts and Beauport Hotel valets in red were stopped or moving among them. Gloucester harbor was equally knotted with boats and a wide of variety of water sport conveyances darting in and out. As ever, St. Peter’s Fiesta 2025 was a tremendous success. the next St. Peter’s Fiesta is scheduled June 24-28, 2026. The 100th Anniversary is a mere two years away!

    Summer 2025 Performance Camp: Join the Cast & Crew of Beetlejuice Jr. & Be among the first on Cape Ann to perform in or behind the scenes for this fresh new Broadway Musical!

    The 2025 Cape Ann YMCA Performance Camp will run from July 7th through August 1st, culminating in two public performances of the fresh new Broadway musical comedy, Beetlejuice  Jr.   

    Here’s all the news from Heidi Dallin:

    Sign Up Now!

    JOIN THE CAST CREW OF

    BEETLEJUICE JR. 

    Be Among the First Actors on Cape Ann to Perform in This Frightfully Funny Magical Modern  Musical 

    Don’t be “Invisible”  this summer!  “Jump in The Line”  and Register for Camp! 

    Spend a Magical Summer in the World of BeetleJuice at the Cape Ann YMCA Performance Camp

    “The 2025 Cape Ann YMCA Performance Camp will run from July 7th through August 1st, culminating in two public performances of the fresh new Broadway musical comedy, Beetlejuice  Jr.   

    “We’re thrilled to announce that we will have our own dedicated space this summer at the Rockport Teen Center, 32 Pooles Lane, Rockport, MA! “, says Camp Director and Production Director Heidi J. Dallin. The camp meets Monday -Friday from 9am to 4pm. “We will spend our days singing, dancing and acting, making props and costumes and learning about costume & set design, stage makeup and stage magic! Our production of Beetlejuice will incorporate Stage Makeup and Stage Magic designed and performed by the actors!!,” according to award-winning professional actor and Gloucester native Heidi J. Dallin.  The staff consists of theatre professionals who work in theatre and education.  West Parish Music Teacher and professional musician Anthony Prestigiovanni joins the Beetlejuice Team as Music Director, and the Choreographer at Rockport Middle School Seania McCarthy joins the team as Choreographer!” 

    Flexible Pricing and Scholarships are available for all! Here is the ink to apply:  https://www.northshoreymca.org/flexible-pricing/

    Here is the link to sign up: 

    For further information , contact  Heidi Dallin at dallinh@northshoreymca.org or 978-729-1094

    Images: 2024 behind the scenes fun

    The vibrant Battle of Bunker Hill 250 reenactment was artfully portrayed at Stage Fort Park. After the Battle, more work! And smiles! #GloucesterMA

    How hot was the weather on June 17, 1775 at the Battle of Bunker Hill?

    Stage Fort Park came alive with hundreds of participants this weekend, each reenactor draped in layers of colorful, authentic period attire, creating an immersive spectacle worthy of a PBS miniseries. On this sweltering Sunday, the anniversary week of the fateful 1775 battle, spectators experienced firsthand how arduous the fighting must have been, getting a tangible sense of the summer conditions, too. Saturday there was a breeze. Participants found shade where they could. How hot were the tents? The temperature dipped into the 60s on Friday and Saturday and participants told me sleeping there was great.

    ‘Pastureland’ images: View of the City of Boston from Breeds Hill in Charlestown (Library of Congress) | View from Stage Fort Park in Gloucester.

    Photos: Frank Ryan. Scenes from Saturday and Sunday.

    Photos: C. Ryan. Sunday. Minute Men were busy every minute. After the battle, the breakdown commenced!

    Suddenly, resplendent. Summer blue days #GloucesterMA

    photos: Good Harbor Beach. Long Beach. Inn at Good Harbor Beach. June 20, 2025. The weather forecast for next week is more unbroken fine summer weather for beach and Fiesta 🙂

    Photos: June 19, 2025. Mesmerizing fog then the sun broke out and the sky was cloudless and blue. And June 12th.

    video clip: Unusual seagull line up. They usually tuck in clumps along Long Beach for weather events.

    We shall lose the battle but we’ll win the war! Scenic bustle on the eve of the Battle of Bunker Hill 250 reenactment. Checkout the map and schedule! Stage Fort Park #GloucesterMA.

    Battle of Bunker Hill 250th

    ON the eve. Events all day Saturday and Sunday.

    Website schedule here. Map “V” is for Viewing Areas

    Meanwhile, a street hockey game is underway

    Beetlejuice! Bettlejuice! Bettlejuice! YMCA Summer Performance Camp in Rockport this summer! contact Heidi Dallin

    “The wacky ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice Jr., the frightfully funny musical based on the hit motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. The camp culminates in two public performances of Beetlejuice Jr. Participants ages 6-17 will have the opportunity to learn from theatre professionals in all areas of production: acting, music, dance, scenic, prop, costume and stage makeup design”

    JULY 7 – AUGUST 1, 2025. M-F 9-4. ROCKPORT TEEN CENTER.

    -Contact Heidi Dallin

    Ann Ledy Paints

    Ann Ledy Paints. Solo Exhibit at Jane Deering Gallery

    June 6-29th, 2025

    Reception 4-6, June 7, 2025

    Today! We, The People Jane Deering gallery reception. Ftg. Jazz pianists and more #GloucesterMA

    Benefit group art exhibition, We, The People, is on view now at Jane Deering Gallery in Gloucester, MA. Reception today 1-5. Special guests jazz pianists Matt Jenson and John Cameron will play at the opening. JoAnne Chirico presents the rap We, The People

    To see more work by the generous artists participating in this benefit group show, visit Jane Deering Gallery here

    Save the date! Cape Ann Symphony Pride Event 2025

    Cape Ann Symphony Pride Event June 1, 2025

    Info and tickets HERE

    Love the preppy palette of early spring in Gloucester: mimosa, pink blossoms and lime green baby leaves

    and that magnificent magnolia downtown.

    THE SWIRLING ROMANTIC CONCERT this weekend! Featuring Great Pianist Myron Romanul | Cape Ann Symphony 𝄞 🎼

    Heidi Dallin shares a reminder about the Cape Ann Symphony upcoming concert and a fun fact:

    “The guest artist Myron Romanul made his Cape Ann Symphony debut performing the Mozart Concerto No. 27 in…1966! 

    Cape Ann Cultural History moment from Myron Romanul:

    On August 25, 1966, I made my full-concerto debut with the Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra with the Mozart: Concerto No. 27 and Jerome D. Cohen was the conductor for that concert. I don´t remember too much about it except that I was very excited to perform with an orchestra and they were very kind to me. This was the beginning of more appearances with orchestras.”

    Myron Romanul

    Read the press release about the concert here

    Photo 1: Guest Artist Myron Romanul returns to perform with CAS almost 60 years after his CAS debut
    Photo 2: CAS Music Director and Conductor Yoichi Udagawa

    Pass at your own risk! Charming art on Long Beach

    Friendly octopus garden? Kraken Billy goats gruff? The tentacled creature crawling under the sea, amid the rosa rugosa seaweed coral, is sure to engender imaginative story walks on the Long Beach seawall. And this metal art is a playful calling card.

    photos: I spy one rosy fog sunrise in May

    Voices carry: Piping Plovers on Long Beach One April Morning

    zoom images: digiscoping hack (cell phone camera through binoculars)