07 Aug 2013

Theatre Cedar Rapids was born in the roaring 20's so we are celebrating with a speakeasy party!

By Theatre Cedar Rapids

"Powerful and Poignant!"

$60 per ticket ($50 for TCR Members) - OR, become a "Host" and get 10 tickets (plus more benefits!) for $500.
  • Program includes 80th season preview performances, surprise guests and special announcements.
  • Entertainment includes prohibition era music before & after the program.
  • Food and moonshine provided (with a cash bar available)
  • Cocktail attire (If you prefer, dress for the era or add a hat for fun!)
  • To get your ticket and password, contact the TCR Box Office or go to www.theatrecr.org/curtainraiser.
  • Ticket and password required for entry.
  • Make sure you are not being followed by anyone as to tip off the whereabouts of the soiree.
31 Jul 2013

Theatre Cedar Rapids was born in the roaring 20's so we are celebrating with a speakeasy party!

By Theatre Cedar Rapids

CLICK HERE TO BUY TODAY!

$60 per ticket ($50 for TCR Members) - OR, become a "Host" and get 10 tickets (plus more benefits!) for $500.

  • Program includes 80th season preview performances, surprise guests and special announcements.

  • Entertainment includes prohibition era music before & after the program.

  • Food and moonshine provided (with a cash bar available)

  • Cocktail attire (If you prefer, dress for the era or add a hat for fun!)

  • To get your ticket and password, contact the TCR Box Office or go to www.theatrecr.org/curtainraiser.

  • Ticket and password required for entry.

  • Make sure you are not being followed by anyone as to tip off the whereabouts of the soiree.

 

SUBSCRIBE TO NEXT SEASON ONLINE

Pick at least three shows...

TCR's magical 80th season is available online for three show (minimum) Starter Packs, or full subscriptions with mix/match and ala carte options.  Click the link, and purchase the shows you want for the performances you want.  Don't forget, the 80th Season will end with the international hit... Les Misérables!

 

A new DIVAPALOOZA show you won't want to miss. Imagine Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and Bette Midler all together on one stage, and you've got DIVAPALOOZA. Janelle Lauer, Jane Pini , and Lynne Rothrock will entertain with a band of the finest musicians. Something for everyone - rhythm & blues, jazz, musical theatre, rock & roll, folk, and country.

 

The Music Man In Concert w/ Orchestra Iowa
at The Paramount September 25-29, 2013

LAST CHANCE TO GET PRIORITY SEATING - Single Tickets go on sale August 9th, but TCR Subscribers can take advantage now by ordering three or more productions.  Contact TCR Box Office or order online today!

Join us for Meredith Willson's "The Music Man: In Concert" collaborating Theatre Cedar Rapids and Orchestra Iowa in an evening of incredible singing with classics such as: "76 Trombones" "Shipoopi" "Goodnight My Someone" and other favorites from one of the greatest and most beloved musicals of all time.

 

FINAL TCR Camps Begin August 5th

It's not too late to register!

3rd-5th Grade Theatre

Master the essential techniques of theatre - onstage and behind the scenes.  Through improvisation, acting and scene work, as well as learning some basis of the technical elements of theatre, each session will develop an original play or series of scenes to present at the showcase.  Come develop the confidence needed to make a splash at your next audition or performance - confidence you will carry through the school year and your lifetime.  $195 (TCR member rate $156)

  • Session 7: August 5-August 16, 9:00am-12:00pm OR

  • Session 8: August 5-August 16, 1:00pm-4:00pm

3rd-5th Grade Musical Theatre

Are musicals your thing?  If you can't get enough of singing show tunes, this camp is for you.  You'll hone your singing, dancing, and acting skills while working on pieces from famous musicals.  $195 (TCR member rate $156)

  • Session 11: August 5-August 16, 1:00-4:00pm

 

24 Jul 2013

Christmas in July?

By Theatre Cedar Rapids
For every $75 in Gift Certificates purchased between now and July 31st, you will receive ONE FREE TCR VOUCHER, good for any of the following 2013/14 plays! ...That's up to a $35 dollar value!
Neil Simon's Jake's Women
For Colored Girls...
God of Carnage
To Kill a Mockingbird
Call the TCR Box Office at (319) 366-8591 to order your Gift Certificates. Show vouchers will be tracked and mailed individually by August 15.
05 Jul 2013

Theatre Cedar Rapids Call for Actors

By Theatre Cedar Rapids
July 1, 2013 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Theatre Cedar Rapids will hold auditions for the upcoming musical production of The Music Man in Concert at:
  • 6pm to 9pm MONDAY July 8th       (Kids)
  • 7pm to 10pm TUESDAY July 9th   (Adults)
  • 7pm to 10pm WEDNESDAY July 10th   (Adults)
Those wishing to audition only need to attend one of the times.

With an expected chorus of 80 local singers and performers, this is a collaborative event between Theatre Cedar Rapids and Orchestra Iowa, in an evening of incredible singing with classics such as: "76 Trombones" "Shipoopi" "Goodnight My Someone" and other favorites from one of the greatest and most beloved musicals of all time.  To be performed at The Paramount Theater with Orchestra Iowa and Conducted by Maestro Timothy Hankewich September 26-29, 2013.

Those auditioning are asked to prepare music selections in advance based on the part but may be asked to sing any of the selections listed. Prerecorded accompaniment will be used for auditions; these tracks are available online at the Theatre Cedar Rapids website.

Roles and audition numbers:

 

HAROLD HILL :

  • 76 Trombones or Till There Was You

MARIAN PAROO:

  • Good night My Someone

Chorus:

  • 76 Trombones, Goodnight My Someone or Wells Fargo Wagon

AMARYLLIS

  • Wells Fargo Wagon

MARCELLUS:

  • Shapoopi verse 1 and refrain

WINTHROP:

  • Wells Fargo Wagon or Gary, Indiana

**Pick a Little" ladies, Mayor Shinn, Eulalie Shinn, Ms. Paroo etc. will all be chosen out of the CHORUS cast.

More About THE MUSIC MAN...

An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize - this despite the fact he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain's fall. 

This award-winning, critically acclaimed Broadway classic is an all-American institution, thanks to is quirky characters, charmingly predictable dramatic situations, and one-of-a-kind, nostalgic score of rousing marches, barbershop quartets and sentimental ballads which have become popular standards. 

By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, THE MUSIC MAN is family entertainment at its best.

Director & Music Director: Cameron Sullenberger

Choreographer: Alisabeth Von Presley

Assistant Director: Brian Glick

For more information on this show, the roles available, or to check out a script, call 319-366-8592 or go to www.theatrecr.org. All auditions will take place at Theatre Cedar Rapids, 102 3rd Street SE.

07 May 2013

Tickets now on sale for TCR's "Our Town"

By Theatre Cedar Rapids
Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," the story follows the small town of Grover's Corners through three acts: Daily Life, Love and Marriage, and Death and Eternity. Tickets for this special production are now available.

This unique production will be a "staged reading" with script in hand while narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets. Audiences will follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually-in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre-die. Our Town won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1938.

A limited-run engagement at Theatre Cedar Rapids opening on June 6, 2013, and running in TCR's Grandon Studio through June 16, 2013. Tickets are $15-$12.50 for adults, $10 for students, and may be purchased online at www.theatrecr.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ic458bJ9jaipeeitRb9TowE9ETzzTjkJIyHNtiKt0gKzu_2sT9pzRHsWt-ZPpdY5vFwN0UTc7sNYUp6utqyv-VXqjQBqrBxldIDWWIi7QHn24b7KCLrB6Q==] or via the TCR Box Office in person or (319) 366-8591 Monday-Friday 11am-5pm.

Our Town is part of TCR's Grandon Series, and is Directed by TCR Artistic Director, Leslie Charipar.  Cast includes local performers both returning and new to Theatre Cedar Rapids: Katie Andreasen, Mary Crandall, Lyle Fisher, Seth Friedman, Alisa Gerhold, Duane Larson, Basilio Light, Mary Locher, Max Locher, Marnie Marshall, Ben Schmidt, Philip Schramp, Brian Smith, Susan Streit, Rick Titus, Mike Wilhelm and Bonnie Williams.

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19 Apr 2013

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the TCR Ladies Luncheon

By Theatre Cedar Rapids
April 17, 2013 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  For Immediate Release: Reserve your seat at
the Theatre Cedar Rapids Ladies Luncheon .

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the annual Theatre Cedar Rapids Ladies Luncheon.
Now in its ninth year, the Ladies Luncheon is set for Thursday, May 2, 2013, at
the Cedar Rapids Country Club.

Attendees will shop in the exclusive garden and gourmet marketplace, have lunch
with friends and enjoy a live performance by cast members of the upcoming TCR musical
The Wizard of Oz.  The market, known for its unique fare from potted herbs to specialty
items for your home to homemade gourmet food delicacies, opens for shopping at 10:30
followed by lunch and the program beginning at noon.

The event goals are to:

·        raise $30,000 in operating funds for Theatre Cedar Rapids

·        support Theatre education and programming especially for youth

·        celebrate and support the community relationships inherent in TCR's mission

·        increase community awareness of TCR's current and upcoming season

Sponsors of the Ladies Luncheon are Neil Boudreaux Salon, CarePro Health Services
and The Wright Touch Bake Shoppe.
Individual tickets are $60 and are available at www.theatrecr.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001pUTQ_mcA1BoKxCtnhoZJ1gSA9GiwDpRJeDVr4KTVWZw1limkiLB-YeQOWg1GNkQQqQZvzHdzMciP_HNRBoGYMvCVbAqSlssU68KfmEUnKheSTam7Fwvphg==]
or by calling the TCR box office at 319-366-8591. For information on hosting a table,
email info@theatrecr.org [mailto:info@theatrecr.org].

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17 Apr 2013

$ave on TCR Summer Camps!

By Theatre Cedar Rapids
Our Town Cast Announcement
Congratulations to the cast of Our Town!  Tickets for this very special staged reading
production will go on sale May 7th.

* Katie Andreasen -  Rebecca Gibbs
* Mary Crandall -  Woman in Balcony/Dead Woman #2
* Lyle Fisher -  Stage Manager
* Seth Friedman -  Man in Auditorium/Baseball Player/Sam Craig
* Alisa Gerhold -  Emily Webb
* Duane Larson -  Mr. Webb
* Basilio Light -  Constable Warren
* Mary Locher -  Mrs. Webb
* Max Locher -   Joe Crowell/Wally Webb/Si Crowell
* Marnie Marshall  -  Mrs. Soames
* Ben Schmidt  -  George Gibbs
* Philip Schramp -   Dr. Gibbs
* Brian Smith  -  Howie Newsome/Baseball Player/Dead Man
* Susan Streit  -  Mrs. Gibbs
* Rick Titus -   Professor Willard/Joe Stoddard
* Mike Wilhelm  -  Simon Stimson
* Bonnie Williams  -  Lady in Box/Dead Woman #1

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9th Annual Ladies Luncheon

FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD... Join us for The 9th Annual Ladies Luncheon to benefit
Theatre Cedar Rapids.  Thursday, May 2, 2013 at The Cedar Rapids Country Club


* 10:30 - Market Opens for shopping
* Noon - Lunch and program

Tickets to this Luncheon are available online or by calling the box office at  319-366-8591.
Individual tickets - $60. Click here to buy online now! [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ZHF2xgWzuU93ipj6hxgUyYDZGALrgLRBhuOPAOiEcU2Os4DbUZNuhZ_tvS57TWEltgeY51JBzqAqDZZOoAcfGMiKggGrb1wGDY-3C3drZaOoScDMnliR6_WXAHQoYof6_y8sf8popWiL3HQuob-zzFX0rDdfGHLn1brjDkcZ1gY=]For details on hosting a table, please
email  Julie@theatrecr.org.

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Digging Deeper at NCSML

Experience Theater in a New Way at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library.
Go behind scenes of a renowned Czech play when the National Czech & Slovak Museum
& Library hosts "Digging Deeper," a preview and talkback for "Rossum's Universal
Robots."

Beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, Digging Deeper will feature the cast and
director of Theatre Cedar Rapids' production of the 1921 play by Karel Capek. Guests
will get to view select scenes and ask questions about the show.  This event will
be held at The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, 1400 Inspiration Place
SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. Cost: $7.  A cash bar will be available. For more information,
call (319) 362-8500
03 Apr 2013

Robots & Wizards & Camps, Oh My!

By Theatre Cedar Rapids

TCR's Vision: To be the champion of the arts enriching our community.

Auditions This Sun/Mon for Our Town
Note: This unique production will be a "staged reading" with script in hand. Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," the story follows the small town of Grover's Corners through three acts: Daily Life, Love and Marriage, and Death and Eternity. Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually-in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre-die. Our Town won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1938. Audition Dates: April 7 & 8, 2013  @7pm Performance Dates: June 6-16, 2013

Great Movies Coming Up!

Thur April 4 at 6:30pm:

BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID

Fri April 5 at 7:30pm:

GREASE

All movies only $3

Tickets available online or at the door.

Learn what shows TCR will produce next season... Members are finding out THIS WEEK!
Donate today and we'll mail you the 2013/14 lineup with a subscription form to secure the best seats early! Click the image below to donate online.  Thank you for supporting TCR!

01 Apr 2013

Join us for TCR's 80th Season of THEATRE MAGIC! Featuring shows you never knew existed, but we know you will LOVE!

By Theatre Cedar Rapids
CHANGE OF PLANS!  We have decided to replace Les Miserables as our 80th Season anchor.  TCR will now produce the following to take its place...

*In reference to Mama Mia, TCR is NOT producing that show, but we would like to remind you it will be a part of The Paramount's Broadway series in December.  Unrelated but equally important reminder... Incidentally, we are partnering with Orchestra Iowa to produce a Concert version of The Music Man, which will be presented at The Paramount Theatre in September.  Yes this is a shameless plug.  :)
Do you REALLY want to know what TCR's 80th Season has in store?
BECOME A MEMBER and you will find out via mail later THIS WEEK!
to donate now, and you'll be added to the list.  Thank you for supporting Theatre Cedar Rapids!
28 Mar 2013

Tickets on Sale: Wizard of Oz!

By Theatre Cedar Rapids

Spring Classes Begin March 30th

ENROLL TODAY, AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Saturday March 30 will kickoff the next session
of Classes at TCR!  Definitely something for EVERYONE and a wide spectrum of ages
and abilities.  You won't find a better way for your little one to spend a few hours
on Saturdays!

* Intro to Theatre (3rd-5th Grade)
* Stories on Stage (K & 1st Grade)
* Intro to Musical Theatre Dance (2nd-5th Grade)
* Acting Through Improv (6th-12th Grade)
* Special Needs Classes
* Early Dismissal School Options
* Click for more information and to enroll!

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