Theatre Work Day (Saturday, 4/19)
We Need Your Help!
We will be working Saturday, April 19th from 9:30 am through (at least) 3:00 pm. and ask that you please consider volunteering some time and helping us out. No prior experience necessary. There are jobs that anyone can do. Please consider donating some of your time to help us prepare our theater to make this one of the best seasons yet.
Any time you can provide will help out tremendously. We really need you, so please consider helping us out. You can help to make this one of the best seasons yet.
Lunch will be provided.
Questions? Please contact our volunteer coordinator, Steve Garvey, at volunteer@summergarden.com.
Community theatre enriches the lives of those who take an active part in it, as well as those in the community who benefit from live theatre productions. On either side of the footlights, those involved represent a diversity of age, culture, life experience, and a strong appreciation of the importance of the arts. Please join our team and make a difference in your community while supporting the arts.
Hope To See You There!
2025 Season Directors Chosen
Season Tickets on Sale Starting Nov. 15th!
We are thrilled to welcome back Shane Jensen to ASGT. Dr. Jensen will be directing our first show of the Season “Disaster!” (May 22, 2025 – June 14, 2025). He will also serve as the Music Director for this production. A creative and visionary educator and leader, we are confident Shane will knock this fun-filled show out of the park. His impressive resume includes two previous productions at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre: “Rock of Ages” (Director & Music Director) and “Chicago” (Music Director).
Mark Briner is returning to Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre to direct our second show “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (June 26, 2025 – July 19, 2025). An accomplished and multi-skilled director, we are sure Mark Briner is a great fit for this irreverent and rollicking show. You may remember Mark’s previous productions at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre: “Head Over Heels”, “The Wedding Singer”, “Altar Boyz”, and his Ruby Griffith Award-winning production of “Catch Me if You Can”. Mark’s creativity will be an asset to this show.
– Jerry Vess, who you may recognize as pirate “J.D.” from ASGT’s 2024 production of “Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville” will direct our final show of 2025, “Groundhog Day” (July 31 through August 31, 2025). Jerry, a multi-talented director and actor (and great set builder), has directed 11 shows at ASGT, including 2023’s amazing “Footloose”. Previous shows he directed at ASGT include “SHOUT: The Mod Musical”, “Anything Goes”, “Marvelous Wonderettes”, “Forever Plaid”, “Copacabana”, “Forever Plaid”, “Cabaret” and his Ruby Griffith Award-winning productions of “Bright Star” and “The Producers”. His attention to detail and creativity makes him the perfect choice to direct this technically challenging, yet fun, crowd-pleaser.
Season tickets on sale starting November 15th!
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE NOW!
2023 Season – Directors Chosen
We are Happy to Announce Our 2023 Season Directors!
- Mark Briner will be directing “Head Over Heels” (May 25-June 17th). An accomplished and multi-skilled director, we are sure Mark Briner is the perfect choice for this fun-filled show. You may remember Mark’s previous productions at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre: “The Wedding Singer”, “Altar Boyz”, and his Ruby Griffith Award-winning production of “Catch Me if You Can”. Mark’s creativity will be an asset to this show and a great start for the 2023 Season.
- Jake Schwartz is returning for a third summer at ASGT. Jake was featured in ASGT’s 2021 “Home Again” and starred as Billy in last summer’s “Bright Star”. Jake, who has amassed a great deal of experience already, will add his exuberance and point of view to our second show of the summer, “First Date”(June 29 – July 22, 2023). We were very impressed with his take on the show and his vision for its execution. This is going to be fun!
- Jerry Vess came to ASGT with a director proposal for “Footloose” and we jumped on the opportunity to work with him again. “Footloose” (August 3 – September 3, 2023) will round out our 2023 season in what we are sure will be an amazing production.
Jerry, also a multi-talented director and actor (and great set builder), has directed 10 shows at ASGT, including last year’s amazing “Bright Star”. Previous shows he directed at ASGT include “SHOUT: The Mod Musical”, “Anything Goes”, “Marvelous Wonderettes”, “Forever Plaid”, “Copacabana”, “Forever Plaid”, “Cabaret” and his Ruby Griffith Award-winning production of “The Producers”.
Welcome back to all of our 2023 directors!
We Stand in Solidarity with the Black Community
ASGT has built a theatre community that is broad and diverse. We are proud to have partnered with outstanding black directors, actors, and other artists in recent years and to have presented shows that champion inclusion and diverse points of view. And we believe that the theatre can and should be a safe space for conversation, creativity, and empathy. We know we can and must do more to ensure our organization reflects our community and entertains and inspires all people, and we are committed to continuing that work. Today, and always, ASGT stands with our black artists, volunteers, patrons, and donors in support of equity and justice.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
How can you help? Check out the Black Lives Matter Resources 101 from Playbill.
June 5, 2020
“Crazy for You” Receives 9 WATCH Nods
We are so proud to announce that Crazy for You has just received 9 Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH Awards) nominations! Congratulations to all who helped put together this amazing production, especially our nominees:
Outstanding Musical
Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, stage-managed by Jennifer Smith
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Vince Musgrave – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
Outstanding Music Direction
Anita O’Connor – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Emma Godfrey as “Polly Baker” – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Jonathan Jackson as “Bobby Child” – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
Outstanding Choreography
Andrew Gordon – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical
Bob Foery – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical
Miriam Gholl & Beth Deitrick – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical
Tommy Malek – Crazy for You – Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre
The full list of nominees can be found here.
Re-live a little of the magic of Crazy for You here:
The Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) is an organization founded for the adjudication and presentation of annual awards recognizing artistic and technical excellence in community theater throughout the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. ASGT was excited to join WATCH in 2019.
Click here to learn more. And a big thank you to all the WATCH judges who travel to Annapolis to see and review our shows!
January 20, 2020
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