Thank You Evening to Remember Donors

Thank you our donors and contributors to our Evening to Remember fundraiser.  We appreciate the support you have shown to our small community theater!   This list is a work in progress, so please let us know if your name is not listed.   We hope to see you at the event on Friday, August 14 at 7:00 p.m.   Tickets are available at the door.

Sarah Fike

Randolph Jewelers

Personal Fitness by MJ

Placerville Bike Shop

Lanny and Tish Langston

Apple Mountain Golf Resort

Tracy Klaus

Bluestone Meadows

Flowers on Main

Placerville Hardware

World Market

Robinson's Pharmacy

Max Muscle

Dr. Mary Maaga

Back Forty Texas BBQ

True Vine

Sylvia Parry

Singing Ceramicist

The Farm Table

Sylvia Parry

Imagination Theater

Pizza Factory - Pleasant Valley

Winterhill

DoTerra Wellness Advocate

Placerville Hardware

Napa Auto Supply

Robin and Dan Clark

Cantiga Winery

Kiddlywinks Toy Store

World Market

El Dorado Arts Council

Pottery World

Dr. Ryan Easterbrook

Runquist Winery

Becca Kaldunksi

WineSmith

Gold Hill Vineyard & Brewery

Paint Spot

Pizza Factory -  Placerville

Snooty Frog

Cantiga Winery

The Spoon Man

True Vine

Lorene Baum Davis

Vino Noceto Winery

Barrett Manning

El Dorado Coffee & Tea Company

Cuppa Coffee & More

Cassandra's Esthetics

Hey Day

Ambiance

Off Broadway

Jodar Vineyards

Crystal Basin Cellars

Sorensen's

Chrissie Addison

Palissandro Vineyard & Winery

The Inn on First

The Shafsky House

FART Bus

Don and Katy Peek

Adventure Connection

El Dorado Disposal

Arnolds for Awards

Narrow Gate Vineyards

Powerhouse Gym

Love's Barber Shop

Mel's Diner

Bumgarner Winery

Marc and Laura Bonham

Paul Bott

Madrona Winery

Mini's House of Pain

 Adeline Penn

It's Personal

Sylvia Parry

Love's Barber Shop

Lighthouse Nature Store

Cassandra's Esthetics

Adeline Penn

Annabelle's Chocolates

The Hair Design

Our Furry Friends Training

Table Nectar

Laura Bonham

Dash Organizing

Cassandra's Esthetics

Love's Barber Shop

Combellack's

Gularte's Deli

LaLa's Hitch'n Post

Sweet Score

Bricks

Mike's Grill

Foothill Dance Studio

Paul Bott

Dan Snow

Flowers on Main

Safeway

DK Cellars

Mira Flores Winery

Sean Conley-Widing

Sierra Vista Winery

Just a Sampling of Live Auction Items our Evening to Remember

Support the Performing Arts in El Dorado County

Live Auction Items for An Evening to Remember 2015

Ashland, Oregon Getaway – 2016 Season Oregon Shakespeare Festival Getaway

Lanny has done it again!  Four day and three night stay at Anne Hathaway’s Bed and Breakfast near the heart of Downtown Ashland.  Hit the bricks and prepare yourself for some great theater at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  Lanny will help you select a weekend of your choice and three shows and a backstage tour that will please and delight the winning couple!   

Palissandro Wine Makers Lunch

Wine Makers Lunch for 8

A guided tour around the vines and perhaps a game of bocci ball!  The vineyard and tasting room is located in Fairplay.

Short Bus Tour 

Every trip is a memorable occasion, on Sacramento’s #1 Party Bus!  Whether you’re looking to take a wine tour with friends or hosting a party for your favorite bachelor, you’ll have a gas with F.A.R.T.  You get twice the fun of a limo with features including bar stocked w/glasses, leather seating, a 32″ HD TV/DVD player, PS3, Rock Band 2, satellite stereo and CD player.  The bus leaves at noon for a group of up to 12 people to the destination(s) of your choice.

Private Blending and Bottling Party for 8 at Madroña Vineyards

Be the winemaker! “AWESOME”-blage.  Join Paul and Maggie Bush for a private blending party for 8. The event will be held in February 2016 in the barrel room at Madroña.  The participants will be blending a Bordeaux style (assemblage) blend using 5 varietals from barrel. These are the same wines that go into the Madroña flagship wine Quintet which currently sells for $32/bottle. Once the final blend is determined, Madroña will barrel the wines down, and bottle them when ready.  Karen and Peter Wolfe have agreed to design a special Imagination Theater label. Once bottled, each participate will receive 6 bottles of wine for their own personal cellar. The remaining cases will be donated to IT! to sell at performances. 

Mini’s House of Pain

2-month personal fitness training in El Dorado Hills

If you are part of the House of Pain family, you a part of a committed team.  Mini’s House of Pain is not a typical gym or place to get a workout in when you feel like it.  They believe in lifestyle changes starting with the mind and resulting in amazing physical changes.  Their first priority is to create a safe, challenging work out environment and to provide you with the tools needed to achieve a strong body and mind. 

Jodar Vineyards

Private tasting and food pairings for you and ten guests.  Includes club discount for the day, plus one bottle of Jodar 2012 Barbera and one bottle of Jodar 2012 Apollo’s Lyre.

3 Day 2 Nights Stay at The Inn on First in Napa

Thanks to Lanny and our local B & B, The Shafsky House, we are pleased to offer a three day two nights stay at The Inn on First in Napa. This wine country B & B includes a full award winning breakfast and $25 Shell gift card

Mary Poppins Party for 12

Bid on the Birthday Party Matinee for 12 at our Evening to Remember Fundraiser on August 14. Includes meeting the actors, photo with Mary, a backstage tour, and a Mary Poppins gift basket with lots of goodies! (Matinee Shows only, book early for preferred seating.)

Celebrity Chef Dinner for 8 with Paul Bott

We are really excited about this live auction item: A custom designed 5 course dinner for 8, prepared in your home. Local wines can be suggested, and paired with your menu. Floral decor, China, flatware, and linens prepared by celebrity chef and event designer, Paul Bott

Sorensen’s Mid-week Getaway with Dinner

Mid-week two days and one night stay in Hope Valley. Includes a $50 gift certificate for dinner for 2.  Not too far from home with a restful night away.

Vino Noceto

Private Tour and Tasting for up to 8 people and Magnum of Vino Noceto 2010 Sangiovese

Three Day Two Night Stay at The Inn on First in Napa

Thanks to Lanny and our local B & B, The Shafsky House, we are pleased to offer a three day two nights stay at The Inn on First in Napa. This wine country B & B includes a full, award winning breakfast and $25 Shell gift card.

Early Bird Tickets to Mary Poppins available until August 15

Now is a great time to get your tickets to Mary Poppins.  Early Bird pricing available until August 15.  Get your tickets at www.imaginationtheater.net or call 1-800-838-3006.  Get a group together and save!

Make It An Evening to Remember, August 14 at 7:00 p.m.

It will be an Evening to Remember at Imagination Theater 8^th Annual fundraiser on Friday, August 14, 2015 from 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. at the theater located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds.  

There will be a live and silent auction during the evening as well as entertainment and a preview from the holiday musical, Mary Poppins!    Enjoy wines from the vines of El Dorado County as well as tasty fare from local caterers, Capital Sierra Catering and Diane Wilkinson.   

Many items have been donated by generous local businesses and individuals in the community.  A peaceful evening and dinner at Sorensens, a weekend stay at the Inn on First in Napa, and an all-inclusive getaway to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, as well as wine tours, gift baskets, and season tickets are just a few of the items that await.   Proceeds will allow the theater to continue to provide quality, live theater in the foothills. Tickets can be purchased at www.imaginationtheater.net or by calling (530) 642-0404.   IT is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.

Become a Sponsor - Small Bite and Wine Nights

Upcoming Sponsor Nights 

Sponsors, please join us an hour before the show for a glass of wine and some small bites and a visit with previous cast members.  

See How They Run

Sept. 18, 6 p.m.

Wine by Lava Cap

Mary Poppins

Dec. 4, 6 p.m.

Wine by Madrona

This special event is open to sponsors only.  To become a sponsor, contact the theater.  

Scenic Art for the Theater Workshop coming this August

The workshop will consist of four, 2-hour sessions at Imagination Theater and is for adults and children over the age of 10.  

Tuesday, August 4, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 6, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 20, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 27, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Activities will include selection of media, colors, and materials, the use of brushes, rollers, and air-brushes in scene painting, setting up large painting projects for set walls and backdrops, the use of computers and projectors in preparing scenic art, and planning set painting projects. The sessions will be hands-on--everyone will paint. The workshop is free due to the generosity of the El Dorado Arts Council and the El Dorado Community Foundation.  Participants are required to attend all sessions of the workshop to maximize their learning opportunities. Space is limited. 

The classes will be taught by Peter Wolfe, an Architect and experienced local scene designer and director. Karen Wolfe will be assisting with the class. Karen is an accomplished painter and paper-mache artist.

Sign up for the workshop by emailing the box office at boxoffice@imaginationtheater.net

Thank You Imagination Theater Sponsors (2015)

Producers ($5,000+)

Lanny and Tish Langston

Peter and Karen Wolfe

Joyce Amlick

Wendell Jacob

Vince & Kathleen Mini

Associate Producers ($2,500+)

Virgil & Lucile Langston

Madroña Vineyards

Directors ($1,000+)

Cal.Net

El Dorado Disposal

Western Sign

Chrissie Addison

Gretchen Cypin

Dave & Shirley Smythe

Joyce Sobelman

Virgil and Annabelle Toothaker

Music Directors ($500)

Gate Technologies

Metropolitan Arts Partnership

ShortBusRides.com

Jeff and Barbara Cameron

Erick and Brenda Lindley

John and Sue Prock

Actors ($300+)

El Dorado Savings Bank

Carl Hagen Agency/Farmers Insurance

John & Susan Dockter

Frank & Diana Erickson

Jerry & Beckie Galloway

Jim & Marie Moore

The Penn Family

Patrick & Nancy Weddle

Paul Zappettini and Erin Dealy

Stage Managers ($150+)

Lorrene Baum-Davis

John Herrman

Eric and Deanne Johnson

Dennis & Debbie Murphy

Stage Crew ($50+)

Arnolds for Awards

El Dorado Lake Tahoe Film & Media

Karin and Jack Aguilar

Dick and Leslie Bush

S. Jean Castberg

Dan & Robin Clark

Bill & Sue Greer

Jan LePouvoir

Dean Sands, DDS

SARTA looking for Elly Judges

Exceptional Elly Judges Wanted

It's officially Spring! And, that means that it's time to start looking for Exceptional Elly Judges. An Elly judge is a super-human volunteer that ADORES community theatre and is willing to travel up to 70 miles one-way to view and score anywhere from 20 - 50 shows a year. There is space available in the following categories - Original Scripts and Young People's. It is a BIG time commitment but it allows you and a guest to see some of the BEST community theatre in the greater Sacramento region.


Qualifications include the following - must own a computer, laptop or smart phone; must have reliable transportation; must attend all shows in assigned category; must commit to a one-year season starting July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016; must be willing to attend FREE training sessions. Additionally, all Elly judges receive two FREE tickets to the Elly Awards and are invited to a Volunteer Thank You event.


If you are interested, please email our Elly Judging Coordinator, Larry Russ, atellycoordinator@ljjoey.com or visit
http://www.ellyawards.com/JudgeApplication.aspx

Adult Acting Workshop Scheduled this summer

Join us this summer for an Adult Acting Workshop. This four session workshop is for adults ages 18+. Includes acting fundamentals, audition tips and tricks, acting styles, critical thinking for actors. The main instructor will be Lanny Langston, award-winning director and Imagination Theater owner. 

• Refine your acting skills:
• Create a character
• Maintain character
• Emotions on stage

Auditions for Lend Me a Tenor follow the workshop on September 12. Whether or not you plan to audition, this is a wonderful opportunity to refresh and develop your acting skills. Limited to 20 participants. Must attend all sessions. Dress comfortably and be prepared to move.

Friday, July 31 from 7-9 p.m.
Saturday, August 1 from 1-3 p.m.
Saturday, August 8 from 1-3 p.m.
Thursday, September 10 from 7-9 p.m.

Thanks to the El Dorado Arts Council and the El Dorado Community Foundation for the arts grant to make this workshop happen.

To sign up for the workshop, contact the theater.

Box Office Closed During El Dorado County Fair

The Imagination Theater Box Office will be closed until June 30 due to the El Dorado County Fair.  Come on out to the "Hog Days of Summer" and enjoy the all the fun the fair has to offer!

Meanwhile, order your tickets for See How They Run and Mary Poppins online.  Tickets are available 24/7 and can be printed at home.   If you prefer not to order online, tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-838-3006.  This is also the number to call if you have a question about your online purchase.  

Thank you for being such a great audience!  See you soon!

Theater Ticket Prices to Increase

Imagination Theater has not raised ticket prices in five years. However, the price of materials for our sets, cost of utilities and other expenses have risen substantially during this time.

To transition to the new prices, our current 2014 pricing will be in effect for Mary Poppins until August 15. Due to limited office hours during the summer, these Early Bird tickets must be purchased online, or through the 800 number (1-800-838-3006) to receive the discount. This also includes tickets for groups.

Ticket prices will go up $2 for regular reserved admission to $17 and $1 for groups of 10 or more to $13.

IT! Acting Veterans Offering Summer Camp (Courtesy Listing)

For Rising 2nd through 6th grade students:
3 one-week Mini-Musical sessions starting June 15th 

Jeff and Jennifer Jackson are offering a summer camp at Cedar Springs Waldorf School.  They will be doing three mini musicals, one per session/week. They are short, simple, and fun and do-able in a week. Students will be creating costumes and scenery and practicing during the week to perform for the younger campers and parents at the close of each Friday. They will also be mixing it up with animal care, gardening, cooking, and outside games and movement so it should be a full week of fun for a reasonable cost. 

Call today to enroll or inquire!! 530-642-9903 or enrollment@cedarspringswaldorf.org.

Audition Notice: 101 Dalmations

Mark your calendar now!  

Crafty Cruella is chasing every spotted puppy in town. 

101 Dalmations is coming to Imagination Theater!

Audition: November 14 at 9:00 a.m.

Call backs: November 16, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Cast will be comprised of adults and children. Specific audition information will be announced at a later date. Performances are scheduled for April/May 2016.

More details TBA as they become available.

Audition Notice: Lend Me A Tenor, September 12 at 9:30 a.m.

Mark your calendar. Audition Details TBA at at later date.
Call Backs: September 13, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Show Dates:  February 12-March 6, 2016.
Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome world famous, Tito Morelli, Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as Otello. The star arrives late and, through a hilarious series of mishaps, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he’s dead. In a frantic attempt to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into Morelli's Otello costume and fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume ready to perform. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap, screwball comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter. 

"An accelerating snowball of laughter, Lend Me A Tenor has the class and charm of a Kaufman and Hart comedy plus all the door-slamming hilarity of a Marx Brothers' classic like Room Service." - Jim Helsinger, PA Shakespeare Festival

Mary Poppins Tickets Go on Sale May 15

Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins delighted Broadway audiences for over 2,500 performances and received nominations for nine Olivier and seven TONY Awards, including Best Musical. 

The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces the audience to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she has a profound effect upon. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”

Friday, November 27, 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 28, 7 p.m.
Sunday, November 30, 2 p.m.

Thursday, December 3, 7 p.m.
Friday, December 4, 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 5, 2 p.m.

Thursday, December 10, 7 p.m.
Friday, December 11, 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 12, 7 p.m. - Gala
Sunday, December 13 2 p.m.

Thursday, December 17, 7 p.m. (Kiwanis Night)
Friday, December 18, 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 19, 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 20, 2 p.m AND 8 p.m.
Monday, December 21, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 22, 7 p.m.

Tickets will only be available ONLINE and 1-800-838-3006 between May 15 - August 15:  $15 reserved admission and $12 group.  Buy early and save!  Ticket prices will go up to $17 reserved admission and $13 group after August 15 for Mary Poppins. 

Congrats to the Cast of Mary Poppins!

We know how much courage and preparation it takes to "put yourself out there" and we thank all who came out to audition.  Whether it was your first time or if you're a theater veteran, we appreciate your guts to get on stage and let us get to know you better! 

Mary Poppins- Kate Barba
George Banks- Rick Gaylord
Winfred Banks- Michelle Harwell
Jane Banks- Grace Salvestrin & Taryn Harwell (role is double cast)
Michael Banks- Brenden Carlson & Jayce Kaldunski (role is double cast)
Katie Nanna- Lorrene Baum-Davis
Miss Lark- Dianna Grainger (Also Ensemble)
Admiral Boom- Bob Steele
Mrs. Brill- Karen Wolfe
Robertson Ay- Jack Loeprich (Also a Puppeteer)
Bert- David Zarka
Neleus- Anna Salvestrin
Bank Chairman- Bob Steele
Miss Smythe- Maggie Bush
Von Hussler- Andrew Molinari
Bird Women- Lorraine Baum-Davis
Mrs. Corey- Marsha Myers
Fannie- Maddy Dawson
Annie- Katheryn Carlson
Valentine- Nicole Berry
Teddy Bear- Jeff Jackson
Mr. Punch-Tristan Harwell,
Miss. Andrew- Tamalisa Carlson
John Northbrook- Jeremy Carlson (Also Ensemble)
Queen Victoria- Jennifer Jackson

Chimney Sweeps - Park and Street People, Customers, Pit Chorus, Ect.:

Maggie Bush (Mrs. Smythe in #9, Sweep)
Jeff Jackson, (Sweep, Policemen, Teddy Bear and Bank Clerk)
Jennifer Jackson, (Sweep and Doll)
Holly Salvestrin, (Sweep and Doll)
Anna Salvestrin (Sweep, Also Neleus the Statue in #6)
Hanna Bush (Sweep, and also a statue in #6)
Trinity Harwell (Sweep, and also a statue in #6)
Sarah Allen (Sweep)
Katherine Rivera (Sweep, and clerk in #9)
Nicole Berry (Also a Valentine Doll in #12)
Meg Dockter (Sweep, Also a Toy Soldier in #12)
Elise Borth (Sweep)
Tessa Bush (Sweep, Also a Clown Doll in #12)

Ensemble, Ect.:

Tristan Harwell (Mr. Punch in #12, Clerk in #9)
Russ Eslick (Park Keeper, Clerk in #9)
Dustin Jordon (Also a Toy Solider #12 and Puppeteer)
Carrie Liebrich (Bank Clerk #9 and Puppeteer)
Corrina Leibrich (Puppeteer)
Kathryn Carlson (also Annie ‪#‎10a‬ and Puppeteer)
Maddy Dawson (also Fannie #10a and Puppeteer)
Isabella Degarza (also a Puppeteer)
Willow Paulsen (also a Puppeteer)
Jack Loprich (Robertson Ay, also a Puppeteer)

Congrats to the Cast of See How They Run!

Thank you to all who came out to audition for this funny British farce.  We look forward to seeing these characters and characters within characters come to life!

REVEREND LIONEL TOOP – Rich Kirlin
CORPORAL CLIVE WINTON – Erick Lindley
THE INTRUDER – Paul Sobelman
THE BISHOP OF LAX – Paul Bott
THE REVEREND ARTHUR HUMPHREY – Tom Loeprich
SERGEANT TOWERS - Tim Chapman

PENELOPE TOOP - Brenda Lindley
MISS SKILLON - Jan Le Pouvier
IDA - Nicole Berry

Tickets for the show are available online.  Tickets are $15.  $12 for Thursday shows and groups.  

Remembering 50 Shows at Imagination Theater!

IT! The Best Homegrown Theater in the Foothills

2000: Grease
2001: Alice in Wonderland, The Sound of Music
2002: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella 
2003: Rumpelstiltskin, Fiddler on the Roof, Sleeping Beauty, Christmas Carol
2004: Indians, Steel Magnolias, Amorous Ambassador, Annie
2005: The Music Man, Grease
2006: Big River, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Peter Pan
2007: Godspell, Jack and the Beanstalk, Breaking Legs, Lil’ Abner
2008: Little Women, Hansel and Grethel, The Wizard of Oz
2009: Man of La Mancha, Greater Tuna, Beauty and the Beast
2010: The Foreigner, The Diary of Anne Frank, Dracula, Grease
2011: Charlotte’s Web, Quilters, Father of the Bride, White Christmas
2012: Goldilocks & the Three Bears & Little Red Riding Hood, Camelot
The Secret Garden, A Little Princess
2013: Run for Your Wife, Disney’s Little Mermaid, Deathtrap, Les Miserables
2014: You Can’t Take It With You, Our Town, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs, Oliver!
2015: Red. White and Tuna, Spamalot

Imagination Theater! Celebrates 50th Show on April 11

Did you know that Spamalot is the 50th show Imagination Theater! has produced? 

Come celebrate 16 years of Good Stories! Good Times! and Good Company! with us on Saturday, April 11 after the matinee of Spamalot. We will be serving Spam (not, not really), wine, light appetizers, and of course cake in honor of this special milestone. Come see the show and celebrate with us!  (Or join us at 4:30 p.m. when the festivities begin)

Laugh-a-lot at Spamalot through April 26

Brenda and Erick Lindley as
The Lady of the Lake and King Arthur

Spamalot pokes fun at the conventions of musical theater and popular culture as it lovingly "rips off" the internationally famous comedy team's movie production of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Thursdays & Fridays at 7:00 p.m. 

Saturdays & Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $15  ($12 on Thursdays)

Tickets are available at www.imaginationtheater.net

and 1-800-838-3006.  The box office and theater doors open a half hour prior to show time.  Tickets will also available at the door.