Theatre Denton is set to perform its production of Singin’ in the Rain at the Daegu International Musical Festival in South Korea in July. The annual festival held in Daegu features various musical performances. The cast will perform five times over the last three days of the three-week festival, which closes with its final performance on July 6.
Theatre Denton's production will also participate in the festival’s red-carpet gala and awards event on July 7. The directorial team; including directors Aileene Stark, Pete Kelly and Jett Cheek; flew out on June 27 to get things set up. The rest of the company, accompanied by governing board member Pete Kamp, will follow on July 1.
Kelly and Stark said they were originally going to perform four days at the festival, but organizers added an additional performance day. “It's a huge adventure for a lot of them,” Kelly said. “It's very exciting for Aileene [Stark] and I.
We're going to be working with a professional theater team in a foreign country.” Last year, Singin’ in the Rain was a local success and a favorite of one of the orchestra members, Hank Chang. Chang contacted organizers of the Daegu International Musical Festival during last year's festival.
Kelly said that while there, the festival coordinators mentioned to Chang that they were looking for musical productions for their festival. That’s when Chang proposed bringing Theatre Denton to perform, and the organizers told him to send an audition link. Chang sen.
