On Broadway Thespians

10/31/2026

📰 COUNTDOWN IS ON: 4 DAYS UNTIL NEWSIES AUDITIONS! 📰

Auditions for Disney’s NEWSIES: The Broadway Musical are officially this coming week! Have you picked your song and practiced your monologue yet?

Here is your weekend audition prep checklist:
✅ Prepare your song & monologue: Choose a short piece that shows off your vocal range and acting.
✅ Backing track ready: Make sure your backing track is loaded on a Bluetooth-enabled phone or device.
✅ Comfy clothes: Plan to wear clothing you can move around in for a short choreography combo (Note: Non-dancing roles are available too!).

📍 SWOCC Campus – Empire Hall, Black Box Room (near Hales Center)
📅 Nov 3 & Nov 4 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
🎭 Callbacks: Nov 5 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Newcomers are warmly welcomed! Drop a comment below if we’ll see you there

10/09/2026

EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! Newsies show dates confirmed, and auditions announced!

09/20/2026

FREE autism friendly performance at 2pm today!

08/31/2026

At the end of Joe’s party… cheers! 🥰

06/26/2026

With The Jimmy Awards – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

06/26/2026

🏴‍☠️ : TAKING FLIGHT IN 2005! 🧚✨

Let’s travel back in time to the year 2005, when On Broadway Thespians took a magical trip to Neverland! Who could possibly resist staging a brand new adaptation of the beloved children's classic, "Peter Pan"? not us!

This beautiful production was brought to life by an incredibly talented cast of young people, led by:

- Jake Countryman as Peter Pan
- Melissa Freeman as Wendy Darling
- Brandon Vos as John
- Kellen Freeman as Michael
- Isabelle Barton as Tinkerbell
- Tim Novotny as Captain Hook
- Joe Vos as Smee

🌟 Where It All Began: Chris Seldon 🌟
Every community theater star has a beginning, and for Chris Seldon, this 2005 production was the very first show he ever did!

It is wild to think about how much time has flown! Since sharing the Neverland stage back then, Chris grew up to become an absolute powerhouse adult performer on the OBT stage, treating us to incredible performances like:

💪 The swaggering Gaston in Beauty and the Beast
🎸 Roger in RENT
💈 The flamboyant Pirelli in Sweeney Todd

Rounding out this phenomenal 2005 ensemble were the amazing talents of: Rebecca Kaufman, Logan Emlet, Tatiana Havill, Jonathon Hobbs, Christopher Brown, Jordan Hobbs, Christopher Reynolds, Aloura Di Gillilarou, Tristan Morgan, Liz Vos, Desiree Ownens, Erica Shultz, Mark Havill, Karen Fowler, and McKenna Spencer.

And of course, a huge shoutout to Director Michael Gonzalez for steering the Jolly Roger and bringing this magic to Coos County over two decades ago! 🦜🍂

Drop a comment if you remember watching this show or if you were part of the magic! 👇

06/23/2026

If you ❤️ musicals as much as we do, you don’t want to miss The Jimmy Awards ! 🎭

The 17th annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards® just wrapped up, and the talent is unbelievable. 🌟

📺 Watch the full event on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/live/yi6gj-GcFEE?t=1026s
📲 Check out their page for tons of short song clips and highlights!

Meet the future of Broadway as Bowen Yang hosts the 17th annual Nat...

06/21/2026

🎭 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO JOE VOS! 🎭

On Father’s Day, we’re celebrating a man who has been a pillar of strength, creativity, and dedication both at home and across our community.

Joe has officially retired from the On Broadway Thespians (OBT) Board. While audiences know him as a brilliant artist, he is cherished most by his family as a devoted husband and wonderful father. He has been our resident actor, director, set designer, master builder, and above all, a dedicated family man and public servant.

🛠️ A Legacy of Service: On and Off the Stage
Joe’s footprint stretches far across the Coos Bay and North Bend community:

- 40 Years of Public Service: Joe recently celebrated 40 years of public service as the wastewater collections foreman for the city of North Bend!

- The Master Builder: Most recently, Joe built the jaw-dropping, intricate set for Sweeney Todd—completely transporting audiences to Victorian London.

- The Visionary Director: Who could forget his brilliant direction of Mary Poppins, Annie, and more, bringing heart, warmth, and flawless staging to our local stage?

Whether keeping the city running smoothly or collaborating with every theater group in the area, Joe has spent decades building up our community.

🍕 Save the Date: Let’s Celebrate Joe!
We are throwing a celebration to honor Joe and his years of service.

Where: Abby’s Legendary Pizza
When: This August
Details: Keep your eyes glued to this page—more details are coming soon!

Thank you, Joe, for the countless hours, the creative vision, and the example you set as an amazing husband, father, and community leader. Happy Father's Day! 🥂❤️

06/19/2026

We are so excited to support our friends at Coos Bay Shakespeare in the Park for their production of The Comedy of Errors! It opens this Saturday—and it’s free!! 🎟️✨

One of the most incredible things about our community is the phenomenal talent we have here. You’ll spot some very familiar faces bringing the laughs, including pictured here:
🌟 OBT’s amazing Board President, Juliana! (The nun)
🌟 The brilliant Jane Stebbins (who recently directed our production of Sweeney Todd as Adriana)!
🌟 And the incredible Kylee Malaguti, who completely blew us all away with her transcendent voice as Johanna in Sweeney Todd!

It’s a wonderful, hilarious show and you won't want to miss it. Grab your lawn chairs and come support local live theater! ☀️🌲

👉 visit for all the details

Would you take marriage advice from a nun? See how Adriana responds in “The Comedy of Errors,” opening this Saturday at 3pm!

06/19/2026

🎰 to when OBT went full Vegas! 🎰

You know what they say: what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas... unless you're a nun doing a musical revue! After five incredible Nunsense shows, in 2006 OBT decided to go for broke and bring the glitz, glamour, and habits to the desert with NunSensations: The Vegas Revue!

Remember this powerhouse cast?

- Barbara Booth keeping everyone in line as Reverend Mother
- Leatha Lewison-Gonzalez pulling double duty as Sister Robert Anne and our director!
- Cheri Stuart bringing the laughs as Sister Amnesia
- Yvonne Frey delivering the soul as Sister Mary Hubert
- Erika Schultz spinning around as Sister Leo

Shoutout to the Mount Saint Helens pupils—Amanda Vos, Karen Fowler, and Adrian Huyck—and, of course, the ultimate scene-stealer, Isabel Stuart as the Sign Girl!

None of it would have been possible without the divine rhythms of Tom Collins on piano and Amy Bryan keeping the beat on drums. 🎹🥁

Drop a comment if you were in the audience for this jackpot of a show! What was your favorite moment? 👇