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Stage Left Theatre Company

The Stage Left Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the mission of providing a variety of unique theatre experiences to the community and offering educational workshops and acting opportunities to people of all ages and skill levels.

2024 Summer Workshop Series with opportunities in July and August:

Intro to Improv with Nathan Anderson & Logan Monson

Saturday, July 20th, 2024 from 10am-1pm at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts- 107 S. Harrison St., Ludington

About the Instructors

Nathan Anderson is a board member of the Stage Left Theatre Company and has been improvising his way through shows for 10 years, and improvised his way through life for 16 years prior to that.

Nathan has been in multiple productions, both with Stage Left and at West Shore Community College.

He has also written and directed pieces for Stage Left in the past.

Nathan Anderson

Logan Monson, a Ludington native, is an actor, comedian, and alumnus of the Stage Left Theatre Company. He trained in improv at ‘The Comedy Project’ in Grand Rapids starting in 2019 and has been in multiple productions locally. Before moving to Detroit, Logan starred as ‘Wadsworth’ in West Shore Community College’s 2021 production of ‘CLUE’.

Since then Logan has integrated himself into the Metro-Detroit comedy scene, joining ‘Ants In The Hall’ in 2022 for a yearlong run where he helped to put on a “partially scripted, mostly improvised, & completely different” themed comedy show at Planet Ant on a weekly basis. Logan is currently cast in two separate house troupes in Metro Detroit where he plays with ‘DoubleClap’ at Planet Ant coached by Lauren Bickers, Mondays at 7:30pm (shameless plug) and ‘MYSTIC POINT’ at GO! Comedy Improv Theatre in their ‘Weekend Finale’ coached by Tess Hannah, Sundays at 7pm (even more shameless plug). 

‘Ants In The Hall’ is still active with their latest project ‘BUTT ROCK: The Musical’ opening for one night only July 24th at GO! Comedy in Ferndale, MI (Okay okay, last plug I swear).

Logan Monson

Workshop information for August, coming soon!

Cast & Crew of the 2019 Stratford on the Avenue Theatre Festival. | Photos by Stage Left Theatre Company

Upcoming Productions

Murder at the Moon, 2024!

Did you love “Murder at the Moon: Boo Goes the Bride?” Join Stage Left for our next installment of this spooky series on November 15th-17th & 22nd-24th, 2024! Watch this page for further updates!

Past Events

  • Stratford on the Avenue Theatre Festival
  • Shakespeare in Love Dinner Theatre at the Blu Moon Bistro
  • ShakesBeer: Choose Your Own Adventure Featuring Hamlet at The Mitten
  • Whose Tragedy is it Anyway? at Timbers
  • The King “Shakes” Up House of Flavors
  • Youth Theatre Workshops & Performance
  • Acting for Film Workshop with Dominic Daniel
  • Annual Performing Arts Scholarships
  • Murder at the Moon: “Boo! Goes the Bride” Dinner Theatre at the Blu Moon Bistro
  • “Love on Earth” Valentine’s Date Night at the Blu Moon Bistro
  • Intro to Acting Workshop with Thomas L. Phillips

SLTC Board of Directors

  • Lexi Kosla, Managing Director

  • Amanda Collene, Technical Director

  • Terra McIntosh, Artistic Committee Member

  • Nicki Danyluk, Artistic Committee Member

  • Nathan Anderson, Artistic Committee Member

  • Mel Hargreaves, Creative Advisor

  • Nate Peterson, Creative Advisor

Scholarship Program

Each year, Stage Left awards scholarships to students who are studying various facets of theater like acting, set design, lighting, costuming, choreography, etc. Eligible students must have resided in Mason, Lake, Oceana, or Manistee Counties in the last 3 years and be pre-enrolled in and eligible such as educational camps, college courses, or workshops.

2024 Scholarship Recipients

Andrew Schrader
Emily Schwarz

Past Scholarship Recipients

2023

Cady Brown
Karri Grillo

The Stage Left Theatre Board of Directors presents scholarship check to this year’s recipients. In front from left: board member Lexi Kosla, recipient Andrew Schrader, recipient Emily Schwarz, and board member Terra McIntosh. In back from left: board members Amanda Collene, Nathan Anderson, Nate Peterson, Nicki Danyluk, and Melanie Hargreaves.

2024 Sponsors

The group is a certified 501(c)3 non-profit with the State of Michigan and always welcomes sponsors for the company as well as for individual events.

Platinum

  • Barry & Evelyn Mathews

Gold

Silver

Patrons

  • AMK Entertainment

2024 Sponsorship Opportunities:

Premier Company Sponsor (only 1 available): $1,500

  • 8 tickets to each SLTC Performance
  • Top mention on the SLTC Website
  • Name/Logo on any advertising
  • Mentions at all performances (verbal and within the program- if one is created)
  • Facebook Mentions
  • One- 1-Year Family Membership to the Ludington Area Center for the Arts
  • 4 tickets to any West Shore Community College Performing Arts Event

Platinum Sponsor: $750

  • 6 tickets to each SLTC Performance
  • Second level mention on SLTC Website
    Mentions at all performances (verbal and within the program- if one is created)
  • Facebook Mentions
  • One- 1-Year Family Membership to the Ludington Area Center for the Arts
  • 2 tickets to any West Shore Community College Performing Arts Event (available only to the first Platinum sponsor to sign on)

Gold Sponsor: $350

  • 4 tickets to each SLTC Performance
  • Third level mention on SLTC Website
    Mentions at all performances (verbal and within the program- if one is created)
  • Facebook Mentions
  • 2 tickets to any West Shore Community College Performing Arts Event (available only to the first Gold sponsor to sign on)

Silver Sponsor: $150

  • 2 tickets to each SLTC Performance
  • Fourth level mention on SLTC Website
  • Facebook Mentions

Patrons: $1-$149

  • Fifth level mention on SLTC Website

Donations are tax-deductible and may be made through PayPal by sending money to stagelefttheatreco@gmail.com. Checks may be sent to:

Stage Left Theatre Company
803 E. Filer St.
Ludington, MI 49431

History of Stage Left

The Stage Left Theatre Company was created in 2016 by Kara Rose and Lexi Kosla. The two worked together through the Ludington Area Jaycees to create and produce the Stratford on the Avenue Theatre Festival in the summer of 2016, along with the help of local actors and supporters. The pair decided to create their own company with the mission of providing a variety of theatre experiences to the community and educational workshops and acting opportunities to people of all ages and skill levels.

Since that time, the group has held productions at local restaurants, the Ludington Area Center for the Arts, the Scottville Clown Band Shell, and more!

Stage Left has also held theatre workshops for both kids and adults and has created an annual scholarship fund for those pursuing a career in performing arts.

Questions? Contact us by calling (231) 425-7768 or stagelefttheatreco@gmail.com

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