October IT! CAST Party (For theater alumni & their guests)

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE “A CHRISTMAS STORY”

A HALLOWEEN C.A.S.T. Party

(Committed Alumni Supporting the Theater)

at Imagination Theater!

Friday, October 28th 

6:30pm-9:30*pm

*Please plan to help clean up afterwards!

Socializing * Trivia 

* Talent Show * costume contest

• All casts, crews, and production teams from all shows at IT! invited
• Guests are welcome
• Members under 14, please bring an adult or responsible older sibling

Please bring a dessert and beverage to share

• Eat dinner at home and bring an after dinner treat.
• In addition, please contribute a bottle of wine or a six pack of beer if you wish to partake.  
• Soft drinks will be provided.
• Anyone under 30 wishing to drink alcohol should be prepared to show ID.

COSTUME CONTEST!

• Esteemed judges will award prizes!  Show off your skills!
• Family-friendly please, contest is optional

Karaoke/Talent Show 

• Sign ups begin at 6:30pm the night of the party!
• Sing your favorite karaoke song (via You Tube) or bring your own act!
• Open to anyone. Space may be limited. 
• Any talent appreciated (juggling?  poetry?  impressions?  foot-drawing comedy?) 

Volunteers Needed: Set up/clean up, Food Presentation, Bartenders.

Join our Facebook Group: IT! CAST

(closed group, invitation needed, ask a friend)

Michelle Harwell * Marc Bonham 

* Kate Barba * Jerri Myers

ImaginationTheaterCAST@gmail.com

Don’t Miss:

“A Christmas Story, The Musical” 

Runs November 25 - December 21 2016

Tickets:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2555477

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 

Runs February 3 - 26 2017

“Tuna Does Vegas”

Runs March 17-April 9 2016

IT! receives three Elly Nominations

Photo: Jan Le Pouvoir as Miss Skillon in See How They Run

Otto Coelho as Tito Merelli, the famous opera singer with his wife, Maria (played by Lori Whittle)

Imagination Theater is pleased to announce they have received three Elly nominations for two of their productions in the 2015-2016 season. Jan Le Pouvoir received a nomination for best supporting actress in her role as the uptight Miss Skillon in the British farce, See How They Run.  Two nominations were received for the comedy, Lend Me a Tenor.  Otto Coelho received a nomination for best supporting actor for his role as the opera star, Tito Merelli and Becky Jo Adams for Costume Design. 

The Elly Awards are presented annually by the Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance (SARTA) and honor outstanding achievements of community theaters and artists in the Sacramento area. The Elly Awards are named for the late Eleanor McClatchy, who was a devoted patron of the local arts.  Awards will be presented on September 25 in Sacramento.

Imagination Theater, a nonprofit organization, is now in the sixteenth season of presenting live theater in El Dorado County.  The theater has one more week of The Complete Works for William Shakespeare (Abridged) closing Sunday, August 28.  Upcoming productions include A Christmas Story, The Musical, playing November 25-December 21 and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in February 2017.  Tickets and information about these shows can be found at www.imaginationtheater.net.

Imagination Theater, located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, brings quality, live, local community theater to Placerville and El Dorado County. 

Are You an IT! Alum? Come to the IT! CAST Party. Fun for ALL ages!

No Stress, 

All Fun

A no-theme C.A.S.T. Party

(Committed Alumni Supporting the Theater)

at Imagination Theater!

Saturday, March 7th 

7pm-10pm

All casts, crews, and production teams from all shows at IT! are invited

Guests are welcome

Members under 14, please bring an adult or responsible older sibling

Please bring a light snack and beverage to share

Eat dinner at home and bring an after-dinner snack or treat.

If you wish to partake of the bar offerings, please contribute a bottle of wine or a six pack of beer as well.  

Soft drinks will be provided.

Anyone under 30 wishing to partake should be prepared to show ID.

Wear your favorite T-shirt (or come as you are) 

(talent show costumes ok, but not required)

Socializing * Theater Games 

* Talent Show * and More!

Talent Show sign ups now begin at 7pm the night of the party!

Open to anyone. Space may be limited. Any talent appreciated (juggling?  poetry?  impressions?)

Volunteers Needed: Set up/clean up, Food arranging, Bartenders.

Join our Facebook Group: IT! CAST

(closed group, invitation needed, ask a friend)

Michelle Harwell * Marc Bonham * Kate Barba * Jerri Myers * Ali LaVanway

It's a CASTaway Beach Party for IT Theater Alums

Are you an alumni of Imagination Theater.  Involved in the cast or crew in a current or previous show?  The next CAST Alumni event is coming up at the end of April.  (p.s.  If this sounds fun to you, consider auditioning or getting involved in one of IT!s upcoming shows.)  

CASTaway Beach - A themed C.A.S.T. Party
Committed Alumni Supporting the Theater

at Imagination Theater
Friday, April 25th 7pm-10pm

Dress for a beach party! (Hawaiian shirt, sundress etc)(optional) Hawaiian Leis will be available for a small donation ($2 or 3/$5)

Please bring a light snack or beverage to share
Eat dinner at home and bring an after dinner treat, soft drink, wine or beer. Anyone under 30 wishing to partake should be prepared to show ID.

Socializing * Theater Games * Talent Show * and More!

RSVP no later than April 18 if you are interested in performing in the Show.  Space may be limited. Beach theme encouraged, but not necessary.

Join our Facebook Group: IT! CAST(closed group, invitation needed, ask a friend)

Michelle Harwell * Marc Bonham * Kate Barba * Jerri Myers

ImaginationTheaterCAST@gmail.com

Shows, Auditions, and More!

Shows, Auditions & More Telling Good Stories           Sharing Good Times         with Good Company

Winter 2014 Edition www.imaginationtheater.net

You Can't Take It With You Tickets Available Now Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1937, Kaufman and Hart's comedic three-act play takes place in the mid-1930s and focuses on what happens when a family of conservatives clashes with an eccentric family of free spirits.   Shows on Thursday and Friday nights at 7:00 p.m. Shows on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. (except 3/29 at 7:00 p.m.) All Tickets are $15.  Opening Night, Thursdays, and Groups $12 Purchase Your Tickets Here Auditions are coming! Get the inside scoop on our 2014 shows! Clothing Fundraiser Clean out your closets while we clean out ours!   Imagination Theater is currently accepting clothing, shoes, belts, handbags and stuffed animals. All items must be tied in black garbage bags, but do not need to be sorted. You'll be helping keep 3.5 million lbs. of unwanted clothing from reaching our local landfills. The used clothing collected is prepared for shipment around the world. Now those in other countries get good, clean, useable clothing for pennies. What's not wearable is recycled and turned into industrial rags or shredded into fibers used to make new products. To read more about the process: http://www.californiaclothing.net/eco-friendly-clothing-cycle/ All bagged items need to be a theater no later than Tuesday, March 25. Drop off during box office hours or rehearsal times.   All proceeds benefit the theater.   Thank you to our generous sponsors As a non-profit organization (Tax ID #680448569), our sponsors are an invaluable resource to produce our shows.  Donations are tax deductible (less the ticket value) and keeps our theater thriving and ticket prices affordable in our community.  In addition to recognition through our website and show programs, sponsors who contribute $250 and more receive season tickets. Director Level - 6 Season tickets Musician (500 Club) Level - 4 Season Tickets Actor Level - 2 Season Tickets If you have not already done so, now is is great time to become a sponsor.  We have some great shows planned in 2014:  You Can't Take It With You, Our Town (Readers Theater), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Oliver!   Thank you for your support! Join or renew today! Ad Space Available in Spring Program Target your advertising dollars!  Space is now available in the spring show program for You Can't Take It With You.   Sizes range from business card size to full page ads.  Simply email us your ad in jpeg format.  For additional details, contact boxoffice@imaginationtheater.net Audition: Our Town, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. A Readers' Theater of Thorton Wilder's classic Our Town adapted to Placerville in 1901. Seven rehearsals. Parts for adults and kids ages 12+ Performances: April 30-May 2 Learn More Audition: Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, April 19, 9:00 am Auditions include improvisation and cold readings from the script.  This is a non-musical production for adults and kids 8+ Show Dates: Sept. 5-29 Learn More Audition: Oliver! April 26, 9-Noon (Kids Vocal) and 1-4 p.m. (Adults) “Food glorious Food” and “Where is Love?”  are just two of the popular songs from Lionel Bart’s lively musical based on Charles Dicken’sOliver Twist. Show Dates:  Nov. 28-Dec. 21 Learn More IT CAST Party this Saturday If you have been involved in an Imagination Theater production on stage or behind the stage, this group is for you. The IT CAST (Committed Alumni Supporting Theater) is going Old Hollywood glamour this Saturday at the theater.  The Talent Show is full of variety and as always, some surprises!   Don't miss the fun Saturday Feb 22, 6-9pm!  To get on the alumni mailing list, contact ImaginationTheaterCAST@gmail.com "Consider Yourself Part of the IT! Family" Purchase Your Imagination Theater Shirt with the names of all the shows Imagination Theater has produced in the past 15 years on the back.  This shirt is sure to be a favorite!  More details will be available soon on how to order. 7th Annual Affair to Remember Fundraiser Mark your calendar now for Friday evening, August 15 from 7:00 - 10;00 p.m. for our annual silent and live auction event. We expect another fantastic evening with entertainment from the cast of Oliver!

IMAGINATION THEATER IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE  EL DORADO COUNTY CHAMBER OF  COMMERCE, THE EL DORADO ARTS COUNCIL, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATERS,  ASCAP,  AND THE SACRAMENTO REGIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION (SARTA).   OUR MISSION IS TO TELL GOOD STORIES WELL IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF TRUST, RESPECT, PERSONAL GROWTH, & CHALLENGE

Contact Us | Phone: 530-642-0404 | boxoffice@imaginationtheater.net

Theater Alumni Event - February 22

Old Hollywood

A themed C.A.S.T. Party

at Imagination Theater

Saturday, February 22nd, 6pm-9pm

All casts, crews, and production teams from all shows at I.T. are invited

Guests are welcome

Members under 14, please bring an adult or responsible older sibling

Costumes/period dress encouraged but not required.

Think Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, etc.  

See the IT! CAST Facebook page for pictures and inspiration!

Please bring a “finger food” or beverage to share

Appetizer, Dessert, Soft Drink, Wine or Beer. 

Anyone under 30 wishing to partake should be prepared to show ID.

Piano Bar * Theater Games * Talent Show * and More!

Contact us no later than Feb 15 if you are interested in performing in the Talent Show.

Open to anyone. Space may be limited. Classic Film/Musicals theme encouraged, but not necessary.

Volunteers Needed 

Sign-in Table Greeters, Food Presentation, Wine and Beer pourers.

Join our Facebook Group: IT! CAST

Committed Alumni Supporting the Theater

Michelle Harwell  *  Marc Bonham  *  Kate Barba 

Sean Widing  * Jerri Myers

ImaginationTheaterCAST@gmail.com

It's beginning to look a lot like fall...

As fall begins, we reflect back on this past summer and we are grateful for those who supported us at our fundraiser this past August.  We appreciate those who have invested so much of their time in bringing Good Stories! Good Times! and Good Company! to your community theater.

If you haven't had a chance, come and see Deathrap, one of Broadway's longest running plays.  Not all is as it appears in this clever story.  It will keep you guessing!

We are also pleased to announce a special Gala Preview Show of Les Miserables on Saturday, November 23 at 6:00 p.m.  Tickets are $75 that are partially tax deductible.  Meet the cast and a special guest.  There will be wine and appetizers, with dessert and coffee at intermission.   The show opens the day after Thanksgiving on Friday, November 29 and runs through the end of December.

Tickets for all of our events are available online.

Also, if you are more comfortable on stage, we have a couple things coming up for you.

Auditions for You Can't Take It With You are on October 5.  Details and information about that is here on our blog.

If you have been involved in an Imagination Theater production, you are invited to come to the IT CAST Party on the evening of October 5 at 6:00 p.m.  The theme is Villians!

IT CAST wants YOU!

IT! CAST (Committed Alumni Supporting the Theater) is an alumni group for Imagination Theater participants, past and present.  If you have ever been on stage, painted a set, sewn a costume, moved a piece of furniture, pushed a control room button, or directed others to do so, you are a member!  It is our hope that this group will keep our relationships to the theater and each other strong so that we can support each other in every sense of the word.  Plus, we want to have fun!

Come join us at our quarterly CAST parties (see invitation below) as we stretch our imaginations and cast off our perceived limitations with the help of a supportive and appreciative IT! CAST family. Participate in games, sharpen your skills, stand in the spotlight and deliver something that no one knew you could do. Or, just sit back and enjoy the good company.

The idea behind these events is simple: to re-connect, have fun, meet new people, and display talents. After a run, we always say we should get together again but we seldom do. A new show or activity takes precedence and life gets in the way. You’ve got other friends to hang out with, sure…but deep down you know you long for the kind of fun that is, quite frankly, unique to the theater. We are theater people: we enjoy improv games, put new twists on old songs, love wearing costumes, crave the spotlight, want to be around people who know the words to Broadway showtunes, and crack up when we do really bad accents. It’s fun!  Hope to see you there!

You are cordially invited to

The Summer

IT! CAST* Party

(*Committed Alumni Supporting the Theater)

Imagination Theater 

Saturday, June 22nd 6pm-9pm

*

Please bring a finger food, dessert, or beverage to share

Dress as yourself. (Or somebody else…we won’t judge.)

*

All casts, crews, and production teams from all shows at IT! are invited

Significant others, children and parents are also welcome

(members under 14, please bring a parent or responsible older sibling)

Want to get involved?

• Piano Bar: We have added a sing-a-long Piano Bar to the party festivities!  Jerri will play a set of musical numbers requested by YOU!  Join our Facebook group and submit your song requests.  An official song list will be posted about a week before the party so we can all be prepared (or not, this is informal).
• Improv/Theater Games: Join the fun with Who’s Line Is It Anyway’s style performances.  Please plan to attend one of two rehearsals/logistics coordinations prior to the party so we’re ready for an audience!  Rehearsals are Wednesday June 19, 10-11am OR 6-7pm at Kate's house in Camino.  RSVP to Kate at the CAST email below for directions.
• Bartending: We are looking for adult volunteers to take shifts tending the beer/wine bar.  You will be asked to open and pour the wine, as well as ID anyone under 30 and monitor the bar area.
• Talent Presentation: If you want to prepare a solo or group presentation for your peers, please contact Michelle ASAP at the CAST email below, and plan to provide any accompaniment you may need. The sound system, a keyboard and mics will be provided, please contact Marc and/or Sean with technical concerns.  Though not necessary, if you are interested in borrowing props and/or costumes, please contact us ahead of time to arrange a meeting at the theater.  

The program will be pre-arranged on a first come first served basis, so reply as soon as possible

We hope to see you there, but if you can’t make it this time, please know that there will be more IT! CAST Parties in the not-so-distant future. If you prefer not to be contacted in the future, simply let us know and we’ll remove you from our list. Whatever your preferences, please pass this invitation on to anyone in your cast/crew who may not have been contacted due to email address changes, etc. We don’t want to leave anyone out!

IT!’s motto: Telling Good Stories, Sharing Good Times with Good Company. 

IT! CAST motto: We’re the Good Company

For more information:

Email us: ImaginationTheaterCAST@gmail.com

Join our Facebook Group: IT! CAST

Or call the IT! Box Office and your message will be passed on to us. 530-642-0404

Your IT! CAST Party Committee

Michelle Harwell * Marc Bonham * Kate Barba * Sean Widing * Jerri Myers