TICKETS!
presents
October 24, 25, 30, 31 & November 1, 2008 7:30 PM
Matinee, Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:00 PM
Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center
For Reserved Tickets: 608-845-2383 www.vact.org
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Verona Area Community Theater presents 
Oct. 24-Nov. 1, 2008
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Equipment,
Costumes,
Sets
Rentals
VACT Scholarship Info
Scholarship Application
Camp Scholarship Application
Verona Area
Performing Arts
Series
Wisconsin Association
of Community Theatre
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Verona Area Community Theater, Inc. offers the Verona, Wisconsin area community opportunities to participate in and enjoy all facets of community theater. The mission for VACT, Inc. is to support productions and projects that augment and enhance the artistic experience for all who participate whether on stage, behind the scenes or in the audience. These productions are understood to be occasions to refine skills, learn new ones, and have fun. It is an organization goal to offer affordable access to theater to the wider community and to provide educational activities for Verona area residents in all aspects of staging theatrical productions. |
Our number one priority is to have fun!
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VACT Children's Theater | |||||||||||||
| October 8, 2008 -- VACT Children's Theater announces auditions for G2K: Once Upon A Mattress and Three Piggy Opera. The "G2K" Getting to Know Series, from Rodgers & Hammerstein, features uniquely adapted musicals specifically for youth performers. Auditions will be on January 4, 2009 at 12:00 and 3:00 PM at the VACT building. "Once Upon A Mattress" will cast children ages 7 - 12 and "Three Piggy Opera" ages 4 - 6. | |||||||||||||
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Nunsense II Tickets | |||||||||||||
| October 7, 2008 -- Verona Area Community Theater's production of Nunsense II opens Friday, October 24 and runs through Saturday November 1. Go to the VACT Tickets Page to find out how to order tickets. Performances are at 7:30 PM at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center. A Sunday Matinee is at 2:00 PM. | |||||||||||||
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Summer Show Director | |||||||||||||
| October 7, 2008 -- Verona Area Community Theater is accepting applications to direct the 2009 Summer Musical, Wind in the Willows. Applications can be submitted to the VACT Board, in care of the VACT President, Dick Vock. The deadline for application is November 1, and the VACT Board will select a director at its November meeting. For more information on director applications, please see the VACT Policies page. | |||||||||||||
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Winter Show News | |||||||||||||
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September 15, 2008 --
As many of you may have heard, we were unable to secure rights to perform Guys and Dolls for
the Winter show. The Winter show will now be Camelot. Auditions will
be Monday & Tuesday, November 3rd & 4th, at the Verona Area High School
Performing Arts Center, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Registration will begin at 6:45, so come early. Please bring
a song to sing for your audition. It does NOT have to be
from the show, but please bring music for the accompanist. Be prepared to learn and perform a brief dance
audition. Following music and dance auditions, readings will be provided for those auditioning for
lead roles. Callbacks for lead roles will be Wednesday, November 5th.
Performances will be January 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, and 31; the 25th is a matinee. Contact director, Philip Doll, or producer, Dale Nickels for more information. Don't forget that November 4th is Election Day. Be sure to vote before coming to auditions. Don't worry, we'll wait up! Or better yet, audition on Monday! | |||||||||||||
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VACT Annual Meeting | |||||||||||||
September 9, 2008 --
Here are the results from the VACT Annual Meeting, held Monday, September 8. For the
VACT Board of Directors elections:
Selections for the 2010 production year:
The music and lyrics for Children of Eden were written by Stephen Schwartz, who also wrote the music for Wicked. Stephen Schwartz will be in Madison at the Overture Center on Thursday, September 25th. | |||||||||||||
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VACT Board | |||||||||||||
The VACT Board of Directors meets monthly. Members are always welcome to attend.
The next meeting is Monday, October 13 at 6:00 PM at the
VACT Building, 405 Bruce Street.
MEMBERSHIP| Become a member of VACT! Membership entitles you to vote at the annual meeting for the new
Board of Directors and for the Winter and Summer productions (see article elsewhere). There
are only two requirements for membership. First you have to have been involved, in some way,
in a VACT production in the previous year and, second, you have to be 17 or older. Students
16 years and younger can be "apprentice members" and attend meetings and serve on committees,
but are not entitled to vote. Membership dues are $5 for an individual and $10 for a family.
Family membership entitles all qualified members (17 and older and in a previous year
production) to vote. If you are not able to come to the annual meeting, but would like to
be a member, you can download the handy membership form.
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