But this year’s SummerStage will go down in history.
With High School Musical closing in less than an hour (they are currently on stage), our SummerStage cast is extremely proud of themselves, and deservedly so. High School Musical has shattered box office records, selling more than every previous SummerStage production at Charleston Stage. In fact, they’ve sold more than DOUBLE the tickets of any previous production! In fact, the current show has over 500 audience members in the house… which is significantly more than the Dock Street Theatre can even hold! Moving to the Sottile may have been the best decision we could have ever made!
While we are praising our wonderful students, I guess I should mention that you are reading a blog entry written by one of Charleston Stage’s new Resident Actors. My name is Sonny Kong, and I am joined by fellow Resident Actors Sarah Claire Smith, Viveka Chandrasekaran, Brian Zane, Andy McCain, and Michael Lasris. We are thrilled to be working with such a talented group of students and couldn’t be more proud of their work. Below is a picture of some of our SummerStage students during a High School Musical rehearsal:
-Sonny