WCT News

Hambone for Always...Patsy Cline

Congratulations to Paula Steinbacher for earning the Hambone Award for her performance as Louise Seger in WCT's recent production of Always...Patsy Cline. The Hambone is awarded to a cast member for their contributions, on and backstage, to the production and is vote on by the crew and WCT board members not involved in the production.

Congratulations, Paula!

Cast for Always...Patsy Cline

 Winfield Community Theater is please to announce cast selections for its upcoming musical "Always...Patsy Cline." Piper Leigh has been cast as Patsy Cline and Paula Steinbacher as Louise Seger, Patsy’s pen pal and good friend. The production is co-directed by Larry Junker and David Andreas. Performance dates are April 20, 21, 27 and 28, 2012. Tickets will be available at the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce in Winfield, (620-221-2420), McIntire Income Tax Center in Arkansas City (620-442-6227) and online on the WCT websiite.

Auditions for Always...Patsy Cline

 Winfield Community Theater announces auditions for the upcoming production of "Always...Patsy Cline" Monday, March 5, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at the Winfield Community Theater auditorium in Meyer Hall at Baden Square. The cast calls for 2 females, one age 20-30, the other age 40-60. Please bring a musical selection. There will be no accompanist. Production co-directed by Larry Junker and David Andreas. Performance dates April 20, 21, 27, 28, 2012.  For further information call 620-221-1610 or 620-221-7169.

Cast for Wife Begins at Forty

Julia Lambert, director for Wife Beings at Forty, has announced the cast for the February production.

• Linda - Tracy Flippo
• George - Bill Flippo
• Becky - Mary Prochaska
• Roger - David Andreas
• Bernard - Shawn Bean
• Leonard - Jonathan Pritz

Assisting her as stage manager is Melody Krueger.

The comedy by Ray Clooney, who wrote Run For Your Wife (WCT 1997), is about a couple having a marriage crisis will be presented February 17, 18, 24 and 25, 2012 at 7:30im in WCT's theatre in Meyer Hall. Ticket info is here.

Call for Show Proposals

WCT is beginning to plan our 2012-13 season. If you have to show you would like to propose or better yet direct, you can do that at the WCT board meeting on January 12, 2012. You should prepare information about the show and a rough budget the production. Please include the time frame you would like the show to be placed.

For more info, please contact the theatre by email.

wct67156@winfieldcommtheatre.com.

Play On Opens

WCT's Fall production, Play On! opens Friday. Performances are this Friday and Satuday (Nov. 11 and 12) and next Friday and Saturday (Nov. 18 and 19). Curtain is at 7:30pm at the Meyer Hall Theatre on Baden Square (15oo E 8th).

Play On! follows a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty authoress who keeps revising the script.

Tickets are available at the Winfield Chamber of Commerce, 123 E 9th; McIntire Tax Center, 119 W 5th Ave in AC; or at the door. Tickets can also be purchased online and picked up at the door. For all the ticket details, please see the ticket page of the WCT website.

Cast for Play On!

Daniel Simpson, direct of WCT's Fall production of Play On! has announced his cast:

• Aggie - Vickie Shafer
• Gerry - Mary Prochaska
• Polly - Melody Kim Krueger
• Henry - James Karasek
• Billy - Casey Hirner
• Violet - -Chelsea Redford
• Smitty - Michelle Lynn Leonard
• Saul - Cristina Carrasco
• Louise - Norma Carrasco
• Phyllis - Tracy Flippo

Play On! Will be presented on November 11, 12, 18 and 19, 2011 at 7:30pm at the Winfield Community Theatre in Meyer Hall on Baden Square. Tickets will be $9.00

StagePlays

WCT has joined the affiliate program for StagePlays.com. If you haven't used StagePlays, they are a great source of scripts and books for and about theatre and drama. Now, when you order from them using the link below or one of the links that will be appearing on our blog and website, WCT gets a percentage of your purchase price. This will help us fund our programs and and you get the theatre books you want.

WCT StagePlays Link.

Performances This Weekend

A Little Piece of Heaven - the final show in WCT's 2010-11 season opens this weekend. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights (4/29 and 4/30) at 7:30pm. If you can't get to one of the ticket outlets (Winfield Chamber in Winfield and McIntire Tax Center in AC) you will be able to buy tickets at the door. Ticket price is $9. Performances are in the WCT theatre in Meyer Hall on Baden Square (1500 East 8th in Winfield).

A Little Piece of Heaven is a heartwarming show about finding what was missing from your life. It will also be presented next weekend; May 6 and 7th.

2011-2012 WCT Season

The 2011-2012 season has been set.

• Guys and Dolls; August 12, 13, 19 and 20, 2011
• Play On; November 11, 12, 18, and 19, 2011
• Wife Begins at Forty; February 17, 18, 24, and 25, 2012
• A Patsy Cline Musical; April 20, 21, 27, and 28, 2012.

This season is tentative pending availability of rights and dates. More information will be posted as things are finalized.