Palatine Attorney Launches Theater Company

Attorney, businessman and 20-year Palatine resident Elroy “Sandy” Sandquist has created the Fremont Street Theater Company, Inc., an Illinois nonprofit organization.

A longtime theater aficionado, Sandquist’s childhood love for great theater was rekindled more than a decade ago when his young daughters were cast in productions by the Wood Street Theater Company that played for many years at Palatine’s Cutting Hall on the corner of Wood and Fremont streets.

“It changed their lives,” Sandquist stated in a press release. “And their experiences on that stage helped shaped them into the people who they are today.” Now that his daughters are grown, Sandquist wants to continue to offer an opportunity to those with a love of the theater to perform in great musicals at Cutting Hall.

Sandquist added, “To the thousands of new and veteran actors, singers, dancers, instrumentalists, designers, directors, staff, and crew who have walked through the backstage doors on Fremont Street to perform on the great stage at Cutting Hall since it was built in 1928 – to these people is the Fremont Street Theater Company dedicated.”

The Fremont Street Theater Company is pleased to announce that it will premiere its first production, Anything Goes, August 10-19 at Cutting Hall.  Anything Goes won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical on Broadway and features music and lyrics by the legendary Cole Porter.

Sandquist has assembled a veteran production team for Anything Goes, including Madeline Franklin, who will direct the production; Robin Rotela, musical director; Peter Rasey, choreographer; Jeff Greene, scenic and lighting designer; and John Congram, stage manager.

Auditions for Anything Goes will be held Tuesday, May 29 (the day after Memorial Day), and Wednesday, May 30, at a location yet to be determined.  Callbacks will be held Thursday, May 31. Musical theater experience is preferred but not required, and there will be a dance audition for all roles, none of which have been precast.

For more information on the show please join our Facebook Group, Fremont Street Theater Company – https://www.facebook.com/groups/268356439898343/  – or contact Sandy Sandquist, producer, at 847-963-8303 or fremontstreettheater@gmail.com.

Fremont Street Theater Company is an Illinois nonprofit organization whose mission is “to enrich, educate, and entertain our community through the experience of exceptional live theater.”

Information submitted by the Fremont Street Theater Company.