Laffin' School
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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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.

Wayne County Maker Faire
2023-05-20 10:00 - 14:00 | The University of Akron: Wayne College, 1901 Smucker Road, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Join us on Saturday, May 20th, 10AM-2PM! We will have a small stage set up with performances throughout the day and a craft to do. If you are interested in theater, this is the perfect time to see us and ask questions!

Leading Ladies
2023-08-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-06 14:30 - 16:30 | Smithville Community Center, 148 South Milton Street, Smithville, OH, 44677, 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 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 | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
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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 | Orrville High School, 841 North Ella Street, Orrville, Ohio, 44667
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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 | 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 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.

Auditions - Haphazardly Ever After
2024-01-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Orrville Community Theater Rising Stars is pleased to announce Haphazardly Ever After.
Our Rising Stars, ages 10-18, will have auditions for Haphazardly Ever After on Friday, January 26, 2024 from 6-8pm and Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 11am-2pm. Auditions will be held at Christ United Church of Christ, 310 N. Main St. Orrville, OH 44667.
Sign up for auditions here or walk in’s are welcome!
Directed by:
Co-Director – Kara Seiler
Co-Director: Angie Gilbert
Workshop cost is $40 for the first child and $35 for each sibling in same family. Our Rising Stars workshops teach children about live theater. Starting with the audition process! Then students will learn terminology, how to project (without yelling!), ad-libbing, stage presence, and more! Students may take a role on stage or if being on stage isn’t their thing, come behind the curtain and learn about lighting, sound, costumes, props, stage managing and more!
Rehearsals will also be held at Christ United Church of Christ on Mondays from 6-8pm and Thursdays from 7-8:30pm beginning February 5th.
Our Rising Stars show will be on April 19th and 20th at 7pm and April 21st at 2:30pm at the Orrville High School Auditorium.
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.

Auditions - Barbecuing Hamlet
2024-03-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Krackpots Comedy Club, 14 Lincoln Way West, Massillon, OH, 44647, United States
Orrville Community Theater announces auditions for “Barbecuing Hamlet” by Pat Cook
Directors Glenn Gregory & Tracy Lemus Santos are seeking adults (18+) with any level of theater experience (including none) to audition for this fast-paced, hilarious Shakespearan farce!
AUDITION INFORMATION
Auditions will be March 11 & 12 from 6-9 PM at Krackpots Comedy Club (14 Lincoln Way W, Massillon, OH 44647).
All auditions will be a 15 minute closed audition with the directors. All auditioners should prepare a memorized 1-minute monologue of any style! You may be asked to perform a cold read from the script.
Please sign-up for an audition spot using the Sign-Up Genius link provided at the end of the post.
Walk-ins are also welcome!
Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before your audition time to fill out the application packet. You may bring a resume and headshot but you are required to do so.
REHEARSAL INFORMATION
Our general rehearsal schedule will begin March 18th. We will rehearse on Mondays and Tuesdays at Krackpots from 6:00-8:30 pm. * Please note that our technical rehearsal week will be at the performance location.
We will also have a special Wednesday rehearsal on both April 3 and May 1 – the times for each will be determined by the cast.
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). Our tech week rehearsal (May 13-15) will also be at this location.
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.”
Time: The present. Place: The Peaceful Glen Memorial Players theater.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
Act I
Scene 1: First Meeting of the Council
Scene 2: Auditions.
Scene 3: Second Meeting of the Council.
Scene 4: First Run-Through. Scene 5: Rehearsals.
Act II
Scene 1: Before the Show.
Scene 2: The Play.
Scene 3: After the Play.
CAST INFORMATION
5 to 6 m, 7 w (*Please note that some aspects of characterization are flexible).
MARGO DALEY: Smart but reluctant director, in her 30s.
SARGE ABBOTT: Handyman with sarcastic wit, in his 50s.
HOPE HALLIDAY: Snappish 40-year-old, a bit overweight.
DUNCAN O’TOOLE: In his 40s, always has a story to tell.
MARY BETH LUMPKIN: Mousy secretary in her late 20s
TAMARA LOGAN: Council chairman, chic woman, mid-30s.
HAL WEBSTER: Handsome leading man type, 30s.
LAMAR BENTORRES: An erratic, inexperienced man, 40s.
ZOEY MARCUS: A no-nonsense type, around 30.
OPAL BELL: A lady with a lot of pent-up energy, 35-ish.
THEODORA VAN HORNE: Theater type, flamboyant, 50s.
BUDGIE SERATT: A young pizza delivery man, early 20s.
HARLEN DORTMUNGER: Fertilizer salesman and critic.
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Haphazardly Ever After
2024-04-19 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-04-20 19:00 - 21:30 | 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 | 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.

Fundraiser - Panda Express Wooster
2024-05-10 10:00 - 22:00 | Panda Express – Wooster, 3910 Burbank Road, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States
Come out and support us on Friday, May 10th, 2024! Please show the flyer below when ordering or enter the code 370654 on your Panda Express App in the fundraiser code box when you place your order.
Your donations will help us to continue to buy props, rent performing locations, buy scripts and rights to plays, and ultimately help us save enough to get back into a building of our own.
Thank you for supporting us!

The Light in the Library - Auditions
2024-05-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Orrville Community Theater is excited to announce The Light in the Library! This will be a Rising Stars Workshop for ages 6-18. Sign-up for auditions here! Walk-ins are also welcome!

Auditions are on May 10 from 6-8pm and May 11 from 11am-2pm at Christ United Church of Christ; and the Orrville Public Library on May 14 from 6pm-7:30pm.

Directed by:
Director – Chelsea Alleman
Assistant Directors: Annie & Dominic DiScipio

Workshop cost is $40 for the first child and $35 for each sibling in same family. Our Rising Stars workshops teach children about live theater.
Rehearsals will be held at Christ United Church of Christ on Mondays from 6-8pm and Thursdays from 7-8:30pm beginning May 20.
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Our Rising Stars show will be on August 16-18 at Christ United Church of Christ.

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 - Auditions
2024-05-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Christ United Church of Christ, 301 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States
Orrville Community Theater is excited to announce The Light in the Library! This will be a Rising Stars Workshop for ages 6-18. Sign-up for auditions here! Walk-ins are also welcome!

Auditions are on May 10 from 6-8pm and May 11 from 11am-2pm at Christ United Church of Christ; and the Orrville Public Library on May 14 from 6pm-7:30pm.

Directed by:
Director – Chelsea Alleman
Assistant Directors: Annie & Dominic DiScipio

Workshop cost is $40 for the first child and $35 for each sibling in same family. Our Rising Stars workshops teach children about live theater.
Rehearsals will be held at Christ United Church of Christ on Mondays from 6-8pm and Thursdays from 7-8:30pm beginning May 20.

Our Rising Stars show will be on August 16-18 at Christ United Church of Christ.

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 - Auditions
2024-05-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Orrville Public Library, 230 North Main Street, Orrville, OH, 44667, United States

Barbecuing Hamlet
2024-05-16 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-05-18 19:00 - 21:30 | 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 | 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.”

Fundraiser - Panda Express Wooster
2024-06-14 10:00 - 22:00 | Panda Express – Wooster, 3910 Burbank Road, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States
Come out and support us on Friday, June 14th, 2024! Please show the flyer below (coming soon) when ordering or enter the code (coming soon) on your Panda Express App in the fundraiser code box when you place your order.
Your donations will help us to continue to buy props, rent performing locations, buy scripts and rights to plays, and ultimately help us save enough to get back into a building of our own.
Thank you for supporting us!

Fundraiser - Panda Express Wooster
2024-07-19 10:00 - 22:00 | Panda Express – Wooster, 3910 Burbank Road, Wooster, OH, 44691, United States
Come out and support us on Friday, July 19th, 2024! Please show the flyer below (coming soon) when ordering or enter the code (coming soon) on your Panda Express App in the fundraiser code box when you place your order.
Your donations will help us to continue to buy props, rent performing locations, buy scripts and rights to plays, and ultimately help us save enough to get back into a building of our own.
Thank you for supporting us!
