Orrville Community Theater

Christmas Shorts
2022-12-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-04 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Orrville High School, 841 North Ella Street, Orrville, Ohio, 44667
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be a flat fee of $10.00.
Eventbrite tickets available here.
There’s something for everyone in this one-act holiday delight made up of short scenes and monologues. You’ll find everything here, from kids writing letters to Santa, to the big guy getting ready for Christmas himself, to a bunch of elves who accidentally rip Santa’s gift bag at the last minute. (Don’t worry, Mrs. Claus can fix it!) There’s a sports segment featuring the 845th annual Reindeer Games and a holiday quiz show featuring Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghost of Christmas Future. A soap opera, As the North Pole Turns, a news segment from the North Pole News, and some Christmas-themed commercials round out this fun seasonal comedy.

A Christmas Carol – A Live Radio Play
2022-12-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-11 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Sonnenberg Village, 13497 Hackett Road, Apple Creek, 44606
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be a flat fee of $12.00.
Please note that a Family Max Pack is available to purchase by calling 330-466-7493. The Family Max Pack is $55.00 and includes admission for parents/caregivers and minor children from the same household.
Eventbrite tickets available here.

The Charles Dickens holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, complete with vintage commercials for fruitcake (extra-fancy), and the magic of live sound effects and musical underscoring. A handful of actors bring dozens of characters to the stage, as the familiar story unfolds: Three ghosts take Ebenezer Scrooge on a thrilling journey to teach him the true meaning of Christmas. A charming take on a family favorite that will leave no one saying “Bah Humbug!”

Laffin' School
2023-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
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Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $10.

Laffin’ School is full of Jokes! Jokes! Jokes! It’s the classic situation. A young substitute teacher, Miss Quackenbush, turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the dumbest (and funniest) pupils found anywhere. The previous teacher had a nervous breakdown. No wonder! With things like mice in lunch boxes and a student with the measles, anything more will drive you crazy! Unless the likable but dim-bulbed pupils can pass a simple exam, they won’t advance to the next grade. The daffy answers they give to the questions are uproariously funny. Find out why the pupils don’t want to be ’promoted’ and why Miss Quackenbush has to find some way to get rid of them.

Laffin' School
2023-04-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-23 14:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
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Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door are $10.

Laffin’ School is full of Jokes! Jokes! Jokes! It’s the classic situation. A young substitute teacher, Miss Quackenbush, turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the dumbest (and funniest) pupils found anywhere. The previous teacher had a nervous breakdown. No wonder! With things like mice in lunch boxes and a student with the measles, anything more will drive you crazy! Unless the likable but dim-bulbed pupils can pass a simple exam, they won’t advance to the next grade. The daffy answers they give to the questions are uproariously funny. Find out why the pupils don’t want to be ’promoted’ and why Miss Quackenbush has to find some way to get rid of them.

Leading Ladies
2023-08-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-06 14:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Smithville Community Center, 148 South Milton Street, Smithville, OH, 44677, United States
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Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door are $12.

Synopsis:

Set in the 1950s, Leading Ladies focuses on two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, who find their careers in a rut. They are currently performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, however the actors resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. Hilarity ensues when it turns out the relatives are actually nieces and not nephews. Things get even more complicated when Leo falls madly in love with the old lady’s vivacious niece, Meg, who’s engaged to the local minister.

Channeling Grimm
2023-08-25 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-27 14:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
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Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door are $10.

Synopsis:
The Grimm Brothers have hit the small screen!

Cameron doesn’t know what to write for an honors English assignment on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Luckily, friend Jaime has the solution… watch TV versions of the tales! But when Cameron points the unusual looking remote at the screen expecting Netflix or Apple TV, instead they find the wackiest assortment of fairy-tale themed programming! There’s a Project Runway style competition show called “Project Ballgown,” a Frog Prince soap opera called “The Green and the Beautiful,” a game show hosted by Magic Mirror called, ”Who’s The Fairest One of All?,” and a sitcom starring Rumplestiltskin! The teens also find news stories, a Law and Order style show, a movie trailer, and of course, commercials!

The Haunting of Hill House
2023-10-20 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-21 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-22 14:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Orrville High School, 841 North Ella Street, Orrville, Ohio, 44667
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Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door are $15.

Christmas in the Land of Oz
2023-12-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-12-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-12-03 14:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Orrville High School, 841 North Ella Street, Orrville, Ohio, 44667
Tickets on sale!
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12.
Orrville Community Theater Rising Stars is pleased to announce our Christmas Rising Stars Show!

Our Rising Stars, ages 6-18, will present Christmas in the Land of Oz on December 1 & 2, 2023 at 7pm and December 3, 2023 at 2:30pm at the Orrville High School Auditorium.
Directed by: Chelsea Alleman
Asst Director: Angie Gilbert

Synopsis:
The Wicked Witch of the West becomes the grinch of this delightful holiday play when she steals Christmas from Munchkinland. It takes all your Oz favorites — Dorothy and Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Lion, and the Munchkins to bring the yuletide holiday back. In the process, the Tin Man recovers his sense of humor, the lonely Lion finds a lady companion, and Dorothy finds the spirit of Christmas to take back to Kansas for Auntie Em and Uncle Henry.

Haphazardly Ever After
2024-04-19 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-04-20 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Orrville High School, 841 North Ella Street, Orrville, Ohio, 44667
Tickets are on sale NOW!
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12. Show will be held at Orrville High School.
Orrville Community Theater Rising Stars is pleased to announce our Rising Stars Show!
Directed by:
Co-Director – Kara Seiler
Co-Director: Angie Gilbert

Synopsis:
A kind king and queen have trouble in their royal family — four obnoxious, bratty, adult children who do not live up to their royal titles. There’s the mean Princess Cinnamon, the not-so-bright Princess Peppermint, the vain Prince Hairgel, and Prince Slacker, who thinks being a prince is just way, way too hard. The king and queen try everything to bring happiness and harmony to their family. They hire a royal therapist, bring in royal teachers, and even attempt to marry off their children, all to no avail. The king and queen are ready for a happily-ever-after that doesn’t include adult children still living at home, so they call upon the fairy godmother to help. However, after learning the outrageous cost of hiring the fairy godmother (let alone the permits required), the king and queen decide to create a do-it-yourself magic spell with the help of supplies purchased at The Enchanted Depot. Royal chaos! Of course, nothing goes as planned, but everyone is changed by their experiences. And through a series of haphazard events, the royal family just might live happily ever after, after all.

Haphazardly Ever After
2024-04-21 14:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Orrville High School, 841 North Ella Street, Orrville, Ohio, 44667
Tickets on sale NOW!
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12. Show will be held at Orrville High School.
Orrville Community Theater Rising Stars is pleased to announce our Rising Stars Show!
Directed by:
Co-Director – Kara Seiler
Co-Director: Angie Gilbert

Synopsis:
A kind king and queen have trouble in their royal family — four obnoxious, bratty, adult children who do not live up to their royal titles. There’s the mean Princess Cinnamon, the not-so-bright Princess Peppermint, the vain Prince Hairgel, and Prince Slacker, who thinks being a prince is just way, way too hard. The king and queen try everything to bring happiness and harmony to their family. They hire a royal therapist, bring in royal teachers, and even attempt to marry off their children, all to no avail. The king and queen are ready for a happily-ever-after that doesn’t include adult children still living at home, so they call upon the fairy godmother to help. However, after learning the outrageous cost of hiring the fairy godmother (let alone the permits required), the king and queen decide to create a do-it-yourself magic spell with the help of supplies purchased at The Enchanted Depot. Royal chaos! Of course, nothing goes as planned, but everyone is changed by their experiences. And through a series of haphazard events, the royal family just might live happily ever after, after all.

Barbecuing Hamlet
2024-05-16 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-05-18 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Tickets are on sale NOW!

Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12. Show will be held at Christ United Church of Christ in Orrville.
Directors: Glenn Gregory & Tracy Lemus Santos
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Our performances will be May 16-18, 2024 (Thursday, Friday & Saturday) at 7:00 pm at Christ United Church of Christ (310 N. Main St. Orrville, OH 44667).
PLAY INFORMATION
GENERAL SYNOPSIS
Wouldn’t it be great fun to direct William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”? That was what Margo Daley always thought…until she is hired to do just that by the Peaceful Glen Memorial Players in their theater, a renovated funeral home. They DO have a couple of conditions, however. Margo has to make the play a melodrama, so the audience will know when to throw the popcorn. And they can’t be too loud because the lady who lives under the theater bangs her cane on the stage. Oh, and Margo has to insert the sponsors’ names into the play and, by the way, has to take place in the Old West. “And make sure the actors talk real loud because of all the noise the audience makes sucking their fingers,” states one of the council members, an occupational hazard brought about by them selling barbecue before the show. All kinds of eccentric characters come out of the woodwork in this riotous tribute to life on the community theater stage. Even the pizza delivery boy is given parts – several since Margo only has four actors to portray the five-act tragedy. Fast lines and even faster exits punctuate this farce as Margo and her troupe of misguided actors find out what it’s like when they begin “Barbecuing Hamlet.”

Barbecuing Hamlet
2024-05-17 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Tickets on sale NOW!

Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12. Show will be held at Christ United Church of Christ in Orrville.
Directors: Glenn Gregory & Tracy Lemus Santos
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Our performances will be May 16-18, 2024 (Thursday, Friday & Saturday) at 7:00 pm at Christ United Church of Christ (310 N. Main St. Orrville, OH 44667).
PLAY INFORMATION
GENERAL SYNOPSIS
Wouldn’t it be great fun to direct William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”? That was what Margo Daley always thought…until she is hired to do just that by the Peaceful Glen Memorial Players in their theater, a renovated funeral home. They DO have a couple of conditions, however. Margo has to make the play a melodrama, so the audience will know when to throw the popcorn. And they can’t be too loud because the lady who lives under the theater bangs her cane on the stage. Oh, and Margo has to insert the sponsors’ names into the play and, by the way, has to take place in the Old West. “And make sure the actors talk real loud because of all the noise the audience makes sucking their fingers,” states one of the council members, an occupational hazard brought about by them selling barbecue before the show. All kinds of eccentric characters come out of the woodwork in this riotous tribute to life on the community theater stage. Even the pizza delivery boy is given parts – several since Margo only has four actors to portray the five-act tragedy. Fast lines and even faster exits punctuate this farce as Margo and her troupe of misguided actors find out what it’s like when they begin “Barbecuing Hamlet.”

The Light in the Library
2024-08-16 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Tickets on sale now!!!
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12.
Our Rising Stars show will be on August 16-18 at Christ United Church of Christ.
Directed by:
Director – Chelsea Alleman
Assistant Directors: Annie & Dominic DiScipio Ketler
Talk about literature coming to life! Gabby suspects something is going on in the library at night, so she enlists the help of her best friend, Paige, to do some sleuthing. Together they hide in the library after it closes and discover that it’s haunted by a silent ghost who leads them to a book containing a cryptic poem. As Paige and Gabby decipher the poem, they find clues that enable them to bring fictional characters to life, starting with Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island. Jim helps them summon even more characters from other books and soon, the library is overrun with the denizens of literature — Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Romeo, and others. Things are definitely out of hand, but they take a turn for the worse when — shiver me timbers! — Long John Silver is inadvertently brought to life. The pirate sets out on a thieving spree, and he’s not afraid to use his cutlass to get what he wants! It’s up to Paige, Gabby and Jim to defeat the pirate and return the characters to their stories before the library reopens. All that’s necessary for a happy ending is courage, ingenuity… and one more character brought to life.

The Light in the Library
2024-08-17 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-08-18 15:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Tickets on sale now!!!!
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12.
Our Rising Stars show will be on August 16-18 at Christ United Church of Christ.
Directed by:
Director – Chelsea Alleman
Assistant Directors: Annie & Dominic DiScipio Ketler
Talk about literature coming to life! Gabby suspects something is going on in the library at night, so she enlists the help of her best friend, Paige, to do some sleuthing. Together they hide in the library after it closes and discover that it’s haunted by a silent ghost who leads them to a book containing a cryptic poem. As Paige and Gabby decipher the poem, they find clues that enable them to bring fictional characters to life, starting with Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island. Jim helps them summon even more characters from other books and soon, the library is overrun with the denizens of literature — Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Romeo, and others. Things are definitely out of hand, but they take a turn for the worse when — shiver me timbers! — Long John Silver is inadvertently brought to life. The pirate sets out on a thieving spree, and he’s not afraid to use his cutlass to get what he wants! It’s up to Paige, Gabby and Jim to defeat the pirate and return the characters to their stories before the library reopens. All that’s necessary for a happy ending is courage, ingenuity… and one more character brought to life.

Christmas Scene Investigators - Friday
2024-12-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Tickets on sale November 8th!
Please note, ticket purchases will not be refunded, so all sales are final. Please double check your cart before purchasing. Doors will be open 45 minutes before showtime. Light concessions will be available to purchase.
Tickets purchased online (up until 2 hours before showtime) are at a special discounted rate. Tickets at the door will be $12. 3-day tickets are available for purchase on Friday’s event. Our ticketing system uses PayPal.
The show will be held in the auditorium at Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street.
𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: Dominic DiScipio Ketler
𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
At Wendell Wilke High, Christmas may not come at all if Principal Crunge has his way. The reason? Santa Claus is missing! During the last rehearsal for the annual Christmas Show, the action comes to a screeching halt when the cast discovers that the Santa Claus statue, the highlight of the final number, has been stolen! ’That’s it!’ intones the principal. ’No Santa, no show!’ Finally, Mrs. Dickens, the director, urges him to give them a chance to find the missing St. Nick. She immediately calls in the Clue Club — a group of five ambitious and eccentric students who take mystery and detection into the realm of science. Lines, accusations and motives fly fast & furious as each student, from the jock who’s in the show on a bet, to the girl who has a crush on the stage manager, becomes a suspect, along with the costumer, stage manager, school receptionist, janitor and even Mrs. Dickens. Full of more surprises than a fruitcake, the Clue Club finds they have successfully fulfilled their duty as ’Christmas Scene Investigators’ when they reveal just why the true meaning of Christmas is all that really matters.
