My View of Life on the Dock
Showtimes tomorrow and Friday!
“Some of the cast took over the camera from our Counselor/Videographer, the talented Martina Gallo. Enjoy!”
Heidi Dallin
The Cape Ann YMCA Presents Disney Frozen Jr. performances tomorrow! And Friday!
Printable flyer
The YMCA of the North Shore & Manchester-Essex Middle School blooms and grows with “The Sound of Music – youth edition” in May 2023. Heidi Dallin shares the lovely performance flyer for next week’s shows May 5, 6, and 7. Tickets can be purchased here.
The Sound of Music opened on Broadway in 1959–an instant smash hit and perennial cultural favorite ever since. It’s special when there’s any production on Cape Ann: Thanks to Russel Crouse, much of the stage musical was written during stints in their Annisquam neighborhood in Gloucester.
News from Heidi Dallin
September 2022- Mondays – Cape Ann YMCA sign up is open! Begins next week.
An introduction to the basics of professional acting taught by professional actress Heidi Dallin. Learn acting techniques, develop stage presence and build self-confidence through theatre games, pantomime, improvisation, public speaking, and storytelling!
Acting 101 is designed to provide young people an outlet to discover their creative potential through building self confidence, and developing communication and teamwork skills to use in their daily life as well as introducing them to skills necessary for professional theatre.
Ages: 6-12 years old. Mondays 4-6pm.
Great notice and wonderful Paul Bilodeau rehearsal photos in the Gloucester Daily Times today! Performances this week on Thursday, June 9, and Friday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are FREE but reservations necessary dbiondo@gloucesterschools.com
Read the article and see more photographs here
Plum Cove Elementary School: Spring 2022 musical performed by 4th and 5th grade students under the direction of Heidi Dallin. The photo caption notes Miss Hannigan played by Evelyn Taplett and Annie played by Bianca Numerosi.
Can you remember an elementary school performance or arts educator*? Chances are if you attended elementary school in Gloucester, you can. Gloucester has a long, strong and colorful history of professional theater artists enriching community theater for young and old, and prioritizing arts education in area schools. It’s no surprise that East Gloucester Elementary School (EGS)– only blocks away from Rocky Neck and former sites of Atwoods’ Playhouse-on-the-Moors, Little Theater, and Bass Rocks Theater–included a theater and stadium seating for little ones right in the school. Productions have been mounted in all the schools, and evidence shows year round activity in some decades. Poets and playwrights, choreographers, industry professionals (stage direction, lighting, costume design, etc), and insiders engage and collaborate. Nan Webber inspired generations at the GHS drama department and on Cape Ann. Heidi Dallin has devoted 30+ years to youth theater development.
Congratulations to all involved with this Annie Kids production! Enjoy this magic time.
*note: I don’t, but I did not grow up here. A couple of early memories that come to mind are the children’s museum recycle arts and crafts shop (fill a shopping bag), and seeing the Fantasticks at Priscilla Beach Theater, Plymouth, MA, summer vacation ca.1972-74.
We hope you can join us in Gloucester this summer for a great performance opportunity. We are launching The Cape Ann Y’s first ever all ages 4 week Summer Performance Camp. All participants(age 5-17) will be in a production of The Wizard of Oz at the CAY. There will be two public performances at the end of the final week.(July 21 and July 22 @ 4pm)
The camp will be led by a professional adult production team and participants will learn about all aspects of professional theatre and producing a show!
Heidi Dallin
PLUS OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS!
Performance Camp Details here: https://www.northshoreymca.org/programs/cape-ann-ymca-camps. The sign up details are here
Print the broadsheet for Cape Ann YMCA Summer Performance Camp 2022 – Wizard of Oz
Reminder from Cape Ann YMCA
“It is official. We have a terrific schedule of February Vacation Acting, Scene Study and Performance Classes for ALL ages at the Cape Ann YMCA! Classes are divided by age. We have a class for 5 to 9 year olds and a class for 10 to 17 year olds.”
Both classes are taught by Gloucester native Heid Dallin, an award-winning professional actress.
According to Dallin who recently wrapped up directing Annie Jr at Manchester Essex Middle School,
“After the incredible excitement I saw from young people on the stage and in the audience at the performances of Annie Jr it was clear that live theatre is back for young people on Cape Ann. They are eager to get back on the stage and perform! And now they can spend their February vacation acting!”
-YMCA of the North Shore Theatre Specialist Heidi Dallin
courtesy photos
Contact Dallin at 978-729-1094 or dallinh@northshoreymca.org with questions
It’s Cape Ann YMCA showtime at Ames Hall in Salem matinee time. Good luck to the cast and crew! Heidi Dallin adds a small reminder: “The tickets for the 2021 Holiday Delights are closed to the public. Friends and family only. Stay tuned for holiday scenes from Holiday Delights later this week!”
photo caption: Cape Ann YMCA of the North Shore Theater Company on location at Ames Hall in Salem. Dress Rehearsal! And the Actors Perspective!
photo caption: A neat and organized backstage
photo caption: The March sisters living room waiting for Little Women Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth!
Families love the North Shore Theater Company at the Cape Ann YMCA.
Contact Heidi Dallin | Cape Ann YMCA (P) 978-283-0470 (E) dallinh@northshoreymca.org
Happy winds of change-
“Theater at the Cape Ann YMCA kicks off with a Holiday Delights Performance Workshop during which student actors can learn the basics of professional theater as well as be part of a Cape Ann holiday tradition.
The 7 week session culminates in a workshop performance of scenes from Holiday Delights for family and friends at Ames Hall in Salem. Set in Gloucester, Holiday Delights is a festive evening of stories, music and movement recounting the special traditions that other cultures and families experience as seen through a young child’s magical journey on Christmas Eve to discover what is really important during the holiday season.
Theater training at the Cape Ann YMCA provides young people an outlet to nurture their creative potential while developing self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills as well as introducing them to the skills necessary for professional theatre. The YMCA of the North Shore Theater Company– NOW Offering Theater Training Performance Opportunities at the Cape Ann YMCA!”
Heidi Dallin | YMCA of the North Shore Theatre Specialist
Theatre Kids Save the dates –
Contact Heidi Dallin | Cape Ann YMCA (P) 978-283-0470 (E) dallinh@northshoreymca.org 
www.northshoreymca.org
YMCA of the North Shore arts programs
Dallin is also running a program at Manchester/Essex Middle School. Look for their “Annie” notices soon!
Awesome news from Heidi Dallin – Happy musical for Happy spring!
-Heidi Dallin
Here is the link for the West Parish show. The show is free and you can watch anytime on Friday and Saturday (this week) but you must sign up for the event to get the link. The Bye Bye Birdie young performers’ edition is about an hour long. Please share!
Support the students’ efforts and arts in Gloucester Public Schools. There’s a decades long tradition of 5th grade plays.
| West Parish’s 5th grade production of Bye Bye Birdie Jr (YPE)We are so excited to share with you this year’s 5th grade show, Bye Bye Birdie (young performers edition)www.eventbrite.com |
Theater history trivia-
Who starred in the original Broadway production? Answer below 🙂
Good Morning Gloucester 
