4.20.2022 Newsletter
In this issue: Twelfth Night opens Friday Terra Nova auditions Deadline for new play ideas is April 30 Welcome Christie Smith Read the issue here.
Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night opens April 22
Pentacle Theatre’s second show of its 2022 season, Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, directed by Isaac Joyce-Shaw, runs April 22 – May 14. Twelfth Night is Shakespeare’s classic story of love, lust, mistaken identity, gender exploration and la dolce vita. When Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of a city called Illyria, and believes their…
03.22.2022 Newsletter
We have a lot to share. Here’s what you will find in this newsletter: Cast announced for Twelfth Night Changes in board, committee and staff membership Covid policy update Financial outlook Directors’ Forum New Office and rehearsal space DEI update Changes in the script review and season selection process Read it here.
Recognizing the contributions of Rachel Duncan
by Jenni Bertels Today, we would like to recognize the contributions of Rachel Duncan, the theater’s student and community services coordinator since 2013. Pentacle offers two free dress rehearsals for each production, community services night and student night, to our community service partners, educators, and students middle school through college to make our productions available…
Modern comedy Over the River and Through the Woods runs Feb. 4-26
Pentacle Theatre opens its 2022 season with the modern comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DiPietro, directed by Jo Dodge. The show runs Feb. 4-26. Nick is a single Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn’t mean his family isn’t still in Jersey. In…
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, A Live Radio Play, opens Dec. 3
Pentacle Theatre will celebrate the warmth of the holiday season with the perennial audience favorite, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, A Live Radio Play, by Joe Landry, directed by Debbie Neel. The show runs Dec. 3-18. Pentacle Theatre becomes a 1946 radio studio where an ensemble of actors gathers to perform a live broadcast of IT’S…
The Mousetrap That Roared: Opening Oct. 8
What: Pentacle Theatre celebrates the return of live performances to its intimate stage in West Salem with an audience favorite: Agatha Christie’s classic whodunnit murder mystery, The Mousetrap, directed by David Cristobal and assistant director Emma Thurston. When: Friday, Oct. 8 – Saturday, Oct. 23. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays–Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.…
Sept. 25, 2021 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter! * “The Mousetrap” opens Oct. 8 with new protocols to protect your health and safety * Auditions are today for “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” * Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative begins * Season announcement delayed Read more here.