Allegheny Sounds performs Opening Night of Christmas Carol

JUST ANNOUNCED:

The award-winning Allegheny Sounds, under the direction of Linda Wrhen, will be performing in the Barrow Little Theatre as part of the opening night festivities for the FCOA production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."

Opening night of "A Christmas Carol" is December 4th. Beginning at 7:00pm, for those who are attending the performance, there will be a wassail bowl, hors d'oeures, and music in the Barrow Little Theatre. In addition, there will be over 35 beautifully decorated holiday trees in the lobby. The performance of "A Christmas Carol" begins at 8:00pm.

For show tickets, please call 437-3440 or purchase tickets online at www.barrowtheatre.com

The Charles Dickens holiday classic "A Christmas Carol" plays LIVE on December 4, 5, 11, and 12 at 8:00pm. A special matinee is scheduled December 13 at 2:00pm. "A Christmas Carol" stars Al Shilling as Scrooge and is directed by John McConnell.

Box Office News for November 13, 2009

Please note correction to time for Ozark Jubilee:  Show times are 2pm and 7pm, not 8pm.  Thank you.

Box Office News for October 30, 2009

Interested individuals sought for Board of Directors

The FCOA Board of Directors is seeking motivated individuals committed to the development and enhancement of the theatre arts to serve on the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and oversight of the Franklin Civic Operetta Association and it's Barrow-Civic Theatre. Individuals should have an interest in promoting the arts, time and energy to work with various management, business, technical, and artistic areas of operations, and acting as a community ambassador for FCOA and Barrow-Civic Theatre as a member of a working and active board of directors.

Interested individuals should write a letter of interest in serving on the Board of Directors and submit it to Ted Smith, Board Development Chair, Barrow-Civic Theatre, PO Box 1089, Franklin PA, 16323 or can email their letter to barrowcivic@gmail.com.

Deadline for interest letters is Friday, November 13, 2009.

FCOA Youth Theatre presents Sleepy Hollow

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” comes to the Barrow-Civic Theatre for Halloween weekend. This show is part of the Youth Theater educational program. The youth theater offers three opportunities per year for area youth. In February, the all youth musical features all youth who want to be a part of theater ages 8-17. In the summer, there is a weeklong camp that features youth ages 7-16. Lastly in the fall an advanced show is offered for youth ages 10-18. This show features a strict audition where not all who audition are accepted into the show. In addition, the youth theater program features youth running all the behind the scenes of the production. Any youth age 10-18 for all three of the youth theater productions can be a part of the behind the scenes running lights, sound, props, curtains and scenery.


This year’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” features 34 cast members and 7 backstage. We are very excited because Joseph Perrotti makes his last appearance on the youth theater stage as the lead character Icabod Crane. He has been in many youth theater productions and is a senior at Oil City High School. In 2004, when the youth theater program put on the show, Joe played the part of Old Man Blackwell (played by Aaron Ritsig in this production) telling the story to the townspeople of the headless horseman in song. The cast and crew are so excited to have Joe play the leading charater for this production. The cast is rounded out by 32 other fine youth including Lane Behe, Grace Burwell, Bridget Carter, Alexandra Dashner, Stephen Dennis, Nick Dobson, Critter Fink, Allison Greenlee, Aaron Hoffman, Anne Marie Hutchinson, Megan Keelan, Harrison Keenan, Madeline Keenan, Grace Kellner, Jill Kellner, Conor Kingdom, Leisel Kober, Abby Larimore, Rachel Marlatt, Geralyn McMullen, Alix Noyes, Jordyn Plymire, Andrew Ritsig, Evelyn Sopher, Andrea Spence, Rachel Spence, Katherine Thompson, William Thompson, Jenny Williams, Chrissy Wolfgang, Alyssa Zlotnicki and David Zlotnicki. The behind the scene crew are Tim Dennis, AJ Fox, Elizabeth Fox, Veronika Lamphere, Rebecca Marlatt, and Daniel Pratt.

Directors for this production include stage and music Director Martha Heise, choreographer Kelly Zerbe, and back stage director (set and costumes) Jessica Rodriguez. All three directors are teachers from the Oil City School District who is a great supporter of the program. In addition, Rebecca Christie a newcomer to the area has begun helping with the youth theater program and the parents of the cast a crew donate much of their time to help the production go off. This year’s advanced youth theater program is sponsored in part by HOLeY Jeans youth choir, Chest Medicine Associates of Seneca and the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts.

Date of the show will be October 29th daytime show for area school children, and October 30 at 8:00pm and Sunday, November 1st at 2:00pm for the public. Tickets available online at www.barrowtheatre.com or through the Box Office at 814-437-3440.

Box Office News - October 23, 2009

Due to circumstances out of the control of Barrow-Civic Theatre, today's Box Office News did not appear in the Good Times.  

Two shows - Two Calls for Interested actors and "voices."

BCT has two shows coming up requiring actors and interested persons to perform.

Old Time Radio Show presents War of the Worlds

Come one, come all to lend your voices to the next Old Time Radio show at the Little Theatre Oct 31 at 8pm and Nov 1 at 4pm.  We are recreating Meridian 7-1212 from the Columbia Radio Workshop - what kind of people call the "time service?" We are also recreating the original Mercury Theatre War of the Worlds broadcast.

The "voices" meeting is Monday at 7pm at the theatre - we will be assigning roles and parts - all voices are need, women and men. No memorization is required as we perform at mic with scripts - along with amazing sound effects by Ed Ramage. No previous experience in acting or on stage is needed - just the ability to talk!

Rehearsals Tue-Thu at the Little Theatre next week. Please join us - if you can't make Monday and want to participate - let me know via email and I'll put you on the list for parts. The radio shows are extremely fun and have been drawing great crowds.

MESSIAH AUDITIONS!!!

October 24 ~ 10am-12pm & October 25 ~ 2pm-4pm Barrow Little Theatre. Directed by Zach Covington

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the choir who has never performed the work at the Barrow should prepare the first 30 measures on your voice part of the “Hallelujah Chorus”, No.44. Those interested in performing a solo should also plan to audition. Please prepare one of the recitatives from the work to use as your audition piece. Performance date is December 18.