Springfield Regional Arts Council

Vandivort auditions for VIRGINIA WOOLF, TINTYPE tickets on sale, 2nd Stage opens Aug/Sept

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Our Box Office is opens next week, Tuesday-Friday 12-4 PM, with tickets on sale for TINTYPES. The theatre is located at 305 E. Walnut Street, 4th floor, in downtown Springfield MO. Call 417-831-8001 (out of town 888-452-0930) for tickets or more information. Tickets may be purchased over the phone, using a credit card or in person, at our box office.Volunteer ushers are needed for most performances. Call to sign up a receive complementary seating for that performance. Ushers need to report to the theatre 45 minutes before each performance.

Auditions announced for WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Vandivort Center Theatre is producing Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, in September, 2008. The roles of Nick and Honey are open for casting.

Auditions will be held Monday 16 June, 6:30 PM at 214 West Commercial St. (between Boonville and Jefferson Avenues).

Individuals will be asked to read specific sections of the play. These two characters are both in their mid-to-late 20s. They are both somewhat naive. In the one long night in which the play takes place they receive an education that changes their lives.

Robert Bradley is directing this production. Rehearsals will start in early July. The production plays September 5-20 at the VCTheatre.

For additional information, please call the Vandivort Center Theatre at 417-831-8001.

TINTYPES, the red, white and blue musical, July 3-19. 2008

Return to turn of the century America, when the innocent, slower-paced days of ice cream socials and hoop skirts are giving way to a bustling world of automobiles, electricity and the telephone. The story of these changing times comes to life in a tuneful, high-spirited brew of popular songs from 1890 to 1917. A red, white and blue summer musical. Featuring “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “Hello, Ma Baby,” “In My Merry Oldsmobile,” “Toyland,” “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home?,” “Shortnin’ Bread,” “The Yankee Doodle Boy” and a cavalcade of music from pre-WWI America.

The cast features RACHEL GITEL, GARY LYONS, CONZY MITCHELL-BURNS, MELISSA SLAMB and SHAWN TEAGUE. Production staff: Conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle; Gary Lyons, director; Ned Wilkinson, vocal/music director; Marty Almaraz, choreographer; with designers: Barbara Dulham, Gary Lyons, Louis H. Schaeffer and Dennis Stewart. Production stage manager Kate Foster.

July 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 2008 at 7:30 PM, July 6 & 13 at 2 PM. Tickets: July 3 & 4 all seats: $15 ($10 children 12 and under); Fri & Sat: $20 adult/$18 student/senior/$12 children; Thurs & Sun: $18/$16/$12. Student Rush Tickets $10, if seats are available 30 minutes before each performance.

Mark your calendars. Our “Opening Night Lobby Reception” is Saturday, July 5, for this production. Plan to join the cast and production staff for summer refreshments following the evening performance.

Vandivort to add a second stage

Vandivort Center Theatre is expanding our production schedule with the addition of Vandivort 2nd Stage, 440 S. Campbell Ave, in downtown Springfield. The theatre space will re-open in August/September 2008 with a variety of productions, produced by the Vandivort. The small house will stage works that may be edgier, may need a more intimate theatre seating (60-85 seats) and may appeal to more specialized audiences.

The theatre, known as "Springfield's 2nd Stage Performance Theatre" last season, will undergo some cosmetic changes. The lobby will get a new central Box Office and Concession counter and new window display signs. The theatre space will remain flexible so it can adapt to a variety of staging possibilities.

Ticketing will be handled through the VCTheatre box office, 305 E. Walnut, 4th floor, during the day: 417-831-8001, out of town 888-452-0930. The V2S will have an open seating policy with night/day of performance tickets being available at the Campbell Ave. location one hour prior to all performances. Evening performances will start at 7:30 PM. Some productions may have Sunday matinee performances starting at 2:00 PM.

Ticket prices will be in the $10-$18 range. Vandivort Theatre’s popular “Flex Pass” tickets may also be used at both theatres for the Aug. 2008-July 2009 period.

Convenient free parking can be found all around the theatre, located between W. Elm and W. Pershing Streets (one and a half blocks south of W. Walnut St.)

The details of attractions at V2S will be announced soon. Executive Producer Lou Schaeffer has been meeting with perspective directors to decide what to present in the new space. Audiences can expect the same high quality of theatrical productions they have come to expect from the Vandivort. This opens the door to using more directors and more actors for a wider variety of programming. Watch for more information, as it becomes available, this summer.

To contact Lou Schaeffer, call him at 417-831-8001 or e-mail him at LSchaef305@aol.com.