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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.
2025 Scholarship Program
Each year, Stage Left awards scholarships to students who are studying various facets of theater.
Applications for the third year of their annual scholarship program are now being accepted. Those eligible would meet the following criteria:
- Acceptance to an educational program with theater implications (i.e. acting, set design, lighting, costuming, choreography, etc). Proof required. Eligible programs may include, but are not limited to: educational camps, college courses, work shops.
- Program term must take place in either 2025 or 2026.
- Applicant must have resided in Mason, Lake, Oceana, or Manistee Counties in the last 3 years.
- Prior involvement with Stage Left Theatre Company is a bonus.
Stage Left is offering THREE $500 scholarships for 2025, thanks to a sponsorship of $500 by Patrick Huffman in 2024.
The application can be found at stageleftmi.org and the application deadline is May 16th, 2025. The finalists will be scheduled for an interview/audition and recipients will be announced by May 31st, 2025.
2024 Scholarship Recipients
Andrew Schrader
Emily Schwarz
Past Scholarship Recipients
2023
Cady Brown
Karri Grillo
Upcoming Events:
Firebringer Auditions
The Stage Left Theatre Company will hold auditions for the musical comedy, Firebringer, on Sunday, May 18th and Monday, May 19th at 6pm at Backstage Hobbies & Games- 119 S. James St., Ludington.
The show is being directed by Nicki Danyluk and she is in search of approximately 10 actors age 15 and over to fill roles for the show. Those auditioning will be asked to cold read a few lines of 1-2 characters, learn/perform a 16-32 bar section of a song from the show, and learn/perform a small bit of choreography.
The show will run on Thursday, July 17th-Sunday, July 20th, 2025 at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts Performance Hall. Shows will be at 7pm on Thursday, Friday, & Saturday and at 2pm on Saturday & Sunday. Once cast, show rehearsals will be Mondays & Wednesdays-Thursdays starting at roughly 6:30 pm with location to be determined.
“Firebringer” is a comedic musical by StarKid Productions, which takes place in the Stone Age where a tribe of cave-people discovers fire. The musical delves into themes of tradition versus progress, the transformative power of fire, and the prehistoric threats they face, including woolly mammoths and saber-tooth tigers.
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
- Intro to Improve Workshop with Nathan Anderson & Logan Monson
- Murder at the Moon: Unmasked Dinner Theatre at the Blu Moon Bistro
Current 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
2025 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
- Elite Transport, LLC
- Thompson, Thompson & Glanville, LLC
- AMK Entertainment
2025 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
- 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
- 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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