at the Sharadin Bigler Theatre - Ephrata Performing Arts Center

ephrata
performing
arts
center
at the Sharadin Bigler Theatre
2013
320 Cocalico Street, PO Box 173, Ephrata, PA 17522
717.733.7966 • www.EphrataPerformingArtsCenter.com
INTRODUCTION
The EPAC tradition lives.
Tevye, the central character in Fiddler on the Roof, believes
that tradition helps you keep your balance in difficult
times. At the Ephrata Performing Arts Center, we believe
in our own special tradition — presenting entertaining,
provocative, daring theater. In 2013, we will keep that
tradition going with a bold and exciting season that
includes the area premiere of Angels in America, probably
the most acclaimed American play of the last 30 years.
The title Angels in America gives you a clue to the rest of
the season — all the productions we will present were
written by Americans. You can see beloved plays by
Tennessee Williams (The Glass Menagerie) and Neil Simon
(Brighton Beach Memoirs), two of the greatest American
musicals (Guys and Dolls and Fiddler on the Roof), and two
modern musicals that explore American life in offbeat and
surprising ways (Avenue Q and Assassins).
Join the EPAC family you’ve come to know — our
performers, directors, choreographers, musical directors
and designers — in a season that will delve into the things
that bring us together as Americans along with things that
sometimes drive us apart (as well as the reasons why some
of our ancestors came here). We believe this season will be
one of our best. We hope you will agree!
Sincerely,
Edward R. Fernandez
Artistic Director
Season Media Sponsor:
Blue Ridge
Communications
Season Sponsor:
Green Mountain Cyclery/
The Farrington Family
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Have our theater your way
The Ephrata Performing Arts Center is dedicated to producing
diversely exciting theater that matters. EPAC’s subscription
options are equally diverse.
Choose as few as three or as many as all eight major productions
coming to the Sharadin Bigler Theatre’s intimate thrust stage in
2013 and still enjoy full subscriber benefits:
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (March 7-9 and 13-16)
and Angels in America: Perestroika (March 28-30 and April 3-6)
Avenue Q (May 2-4, 9-11 and 15-18)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (June 13-15, 20-22 and 26-29)
Guys and Dolls (July 25-27, Aug. 1-3 and 7-10)
The Glass Menagerie (Sept. 5-7, 12-14 and 18-21)
Assassins (Oct. 17-19, 24-26 and Oct. 30-Nov 2)
Fiddler on the Roof (Dec. 5-7, 12-14 and 18-21)
SUBSCRIBE NOW. SAVE MONEY. ENJOY PERKS!
Just $150 for all eight shows ($125 for Saturday matinees)
Or create your own season:
Three shows for $66 • Four shows for $88 • Five shows for $105
Purchase first-choice seating for EPAC’s perennially sold-out
Kids4Kids production (Annie Jr., Feb. 1-3 and Feb. 8-10) before it
goes on sale to the general public.
For all subscribers, the two parts of Angels in America count as
one production. So a three show subcription could feature the
full Angels in America plus two other shows.
Enjoy additional discounts on
all single tickets purchased
for Main-Stage or Kids4Kids
productions.
Free ticket exchange. Notify
us 24 hours in advance and
swap your tickets for another
performance.
Lost your tickets? The box office will reissue them and have them
waiting when you arrive.
Be our guest at EPAC’s annual Subscribers/Sponsors Reception.
Preview the coming season and mingle with the performers and
artistic director, Edward R. Fernandez.
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE: Call the box office at 717-733-7966, ext. 1,
and speak to our subscription specialist today or visit
www.ephrataperformingartscenter.com
and click on the Subscribe option under the Tickets tab.
Annie, Jr. Feb. 1-3 and 8-10
The feisty Little Orphan Annie of comic book fame comes
to glorious life in this beloved family musical about an
abandoned child whose “Hard Knock Life” is transformed
by the billionaire Daddy Warbucks. Tailored to the talents
of EPAC’s perennially pleasing young artists, this annual
Kids4Kids production is traditionally a sold-out, singular
attraction.
ANGELS
A
IN AMERIC
“An artful blend of historical fact and fictional dramatic
elements humanizes our nation’s stormy, tragic struggle
against homosexual bias and political agendas to identify
and begin treating the rising spectre of the HIV virus. Mr.
Kushner has written the most thrilling American play in
years.”—The New York Times.
Angels in America Part 1: ”Millennium Approaches” March 7-9 and 13-16.
Angels in America Part 2: “Perestroika” March 28-30 and April 3-6
A freewheeling epic of American life in the 1980s, focusing
on love, betrayal, AIDS, the Reagan Revolution, religion,
Valium, sexual identity and bigotry. This multi-award-winning
modern classic mixes real people from American history with
fictional characters (and angels) in a dizzying and often comic
fantasia that moves us from New York to Antarctica, Utah, the
Kremlin, Heaven and other places, real and imaginary.
Angels in America is a not-to-be-missed event.
Avenue Q
May 2-4, May 9-11 and May 15-18
A laugh-out-loud winner of the Tony Triple Crown – Best
Musical, Best Score, and Best Book – Avenue Q pairs live
performers with Muppet-like characters as the residents
of a shabby New York neighborhood struggle with
universal issues ranging from racism and romance to
sexual identity and porn. This fancifully delightful musical
is recommended for mature audiences only.
Brighton Beach Memoirs
June 13-15, June 20-22 and 26-29
This heartwarming coming-of-age comedy by Neil Simon
(author of EPAC’s 2011 hit Lost in Yonkers) is inspired
by Simon’s own youth in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach
neighborhood during the Depression. Eugene Jerome,
the playwright’s alter-ego, shares with us the challenges
of puberty, his shaky self-image, and assorted family
problems when his recently widowed aunt and her two
daughters move in with the family.
Guys and Dolls
July 25-27, Aug. 1-3 and Aug. 7-10
This evergreen musical comedy pits colorful Damon
Runyon characters—gamblers, gangsters and dizzy
dames—against the save-a-soul efforts of a Salvation
Army missionary lass. Bursting with classic Frank Loesser
songs—including “Luck Be a Lady”, “A Bushel and a Peck”,
“I’ll Know,” “If I Were a Bell,” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’
the Boat”—Guys and Dolls is considered by many the most
perfect musical comedy of all time.
the Glass
Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie Sept 5-7, Sept 12-14 and Sept 18-21
Tennessee Williams’ revered memory play is an American
classic. Set in the Wingfield family’s humble St. Louis
apartment, the family’s lovingly domineering mother,
Amanda (long ago abandoned by her husband, “a
telephone man who fell in love with long distances”),
tries to hold the family together. But Amanda’s nagging
threatens to drive away her son, Tom, an aspiring writer
who feels trapped by responsibility for his mother and his
painfully shy sister, Laura.
Assassins Oct 17-19, Oct 24-26 and Oct 30-Nov 2
A smash hit for EPAC in 2000, this 1991 Stephen Sondheim
stunner frames portraits of multiple presidential assassins
and wannabes — from John Wilkes Booth through Lee
Harvey Oswald — in the garish setting of a carnival
shooting gallery. Rather than offend by glorifying these
misfits and misguided “patriots,” Assassins personalizes
them with piercing insight, comedy and pathos.
Fiddler
on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof Dec 5-7, Dec 12-14, Dec 18-21
This world-famous, widely loved musical celebrates family
in a way that transcends its exotic setting, a small village in
czarist Russia, where Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman, labors
to support his strong-willed wife and five daughters.
Conflicts arise when the three oldest girls wish to marry
for love rather than allowing their parents and the local
matchmaker to choose for them. Meanwhile, anti-Semitic
persecution threatens to unravel the family’s entire world.
Tevye’s wry sense of humor and the family’s love for one
another carry them through hard times.
TICKETS
Purchasing Tickets
Tickets are available for purchase over the phone
with a credit card, in person during Box Office hours
(717.733.7966) or online through our website:
EphrataPerformingArtsCenter.com
Center Section
Adults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27.50
Seniors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.50
Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.50
Left and Right Section Seating
Adults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.50
Seniors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22.50
Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22.50
Left and Right Bargain Sections
All Seats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15
Angels in America, Parts I and II
Buy one get one half off package price. . . . . . . . . . . $23–41
Kids4Kids Show: Annie Jr.
Adults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15
Children 12 and under . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Group Rates:
Groups of 10-19 people will receive a discount of $3 per ticket.
Groups of 20 or more will receive a discount of $5 per ticket.
Group rates are not available for the Kids4Kids show: Annie Jr.
or Bargain Seating. Groups must make advance reservations
and make one payment for the whole group at the time of
reservation. Groups have the option to combine their visit with a
small pre-show reception. Perfect for any celebration! For more
information, please contact the business office, either by e-mail,
at [email protected], or by phone, at 717-733-7966, ext. 3.
Student Rush: All seats remaining unsold 30 minutes prior
to the start of the show will be sold to high school and
college students for $10. Seating is subject to availability
and is not guaranteed. Tickets may not be reserved in
advance. Current student ID required. Student Rush tickets
are not available for Kids4Kids shows nor special events.
Saturday Matinee Pay What You Wish:
All seats remaining unsold at 1:30 p.m. on matinee days will
be sold by donation. Seating is subject to availability and
is not guaranteed. Tickets may not be reserved in advance.
Pay What You Wish tickets are not available for Kids4Kids
shows nor special events.
School Day Performances: EPAC is offering school day
performances for Annie Jr., The Glass Menagerie and Fiddler
on the Roof. School day performances are open to all schools,
colleges and home school groups. For more information,
please contact the business office, either by e-mail, at
[email protected], or by phone, at 717-733-7966, ext. 3.
SCHEDULE
Voices of America
FEBRUARY
Annie Jr.
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W TH
3
F
S
1
2
8
9
MARCH-APRIL
Angels in America Part 1:
“Millennium Approaches”
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M
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W TH
F
S
7
8
9
14
15
16
13
10
Angels in America Part 2:
“Perestroika”
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W TH
March
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W TH
F
S
2
3
9
16
15
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M
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W TH
July
M
7
M
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4
13
14
15
10
11
20 21 22
17
18
26 27 28 29
SEPTEMBER
The Glass Menagerie
F
S
S
M
T
W TH
F
S
5
6
7
1
2
3
12
13
14
8
9
10
19
20 21
18
DECEMBER
Fiddler on the Roof
F
S
17
18
19
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W TH
F
S
5
6
7
12 13 14
24 25 26
Oct./Nov
7:30 p.m.
30
31
8:00 p.m.
6
S
W TH
October
5
F
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
Assassins
S
T
25 26 27
August
4
W TH
JULY-AUGUST
Guys and Dolls
S
3
JUNE
Brighton Beach Memoirs
MAY
Avenue Q
M
S
28 29 30
April
S
F
1
18 19 20 21
2
2:00 p.m.
& 7:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
& 8:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
SPONSORSHIPS
Sponsors are a very important part of financing the shows
we produce. We have many sponsorship options, from
supporting the full season or a special show to underwriting
our school day performances and making Summer Camp
more affordable for area children. To find out the many ways
sponsorship can benefit you and your business as you help
us continue our tradition of theater that matters, contact
Business Manager Terry Kreider at 717-733-7966, ext. 3, or
[email protected] today.
New Single Performance Sponsorship Opportunity!
This new, affordable sponsorship category recognizes you
as the sponsor for a single performance and accords you the
following benefits:
• Single Performance Sponsor Participation Level - $600
• Six seats for the scheduled performance date
• Listing in the show insert
• Facebook recognition for the sponsored performance
• A
nnouncement of the sponsorship during the opening
welcome
EDUCATION
Center Stage Theater Camp
Want to know where some of EPAC’s outstanding young
talent comes from? Many of them began their theatrical
journey in EPAC’s annual Center Stage Theater Camp.
This four-week summertime program is open to students
completing grades 1-6. The professionally monitored theater
arts experience culminates in a musical theater performance
for families and friends. Campers may choose to attend for
one to four weeks. Registration opens April 1, 2013. First
come, first enrolled. Space is limited. Check the Ephrata
Performing Arts Center home page online for further details.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Living up to EPAC’s Performing Arts Center status
The Sharadin Bigler Theatre’s intimate thrust stage is
home to more than EPAC’s highly acclaimed resident
theater company. This fully appointed theater space also
accommodates special EPAC events (cabarets by EPAC’s
Broadway alums Catherine Walker and Jonathan Groff;
nationally known comic Suzanne Westenhoeffer, and the
Dave Stahl Big Band) as well as rentals by outside performers
and performance troupes such as the Laurel Dance
Company. Visit the Ephrata Performing Arts Center home
page on line for a current listing and for rental inquiries.
INFORMATION
Contact and Location:
Ephrata Performing Arts Center at the Sharadin Bigler Theatre
P.O. Box 173 • 320 Cocalico Street
(in Tom Grater Memorial Community Park)
Ephrata, PA 17522 • 717.733.7966
www.EphrataPerformingArtsCenter.com
Detailed directions are available on our website
Box Office Hours:
Show Weeks: Monday – Wednesday 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday 12:00-6:00 p.m.
Hours are extended on show nights
The Box Office is open two hours before show time on
Saturday and Sunday.
Non-Show Weeks:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Performance Times
Main Stage:
Wednesday and Thursday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 p.m.
Saturday Matinees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m.
Kids4Kids:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday Matinees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m.
Parking:
Ample free parking is located adjacent to the theatre.
Please Arrive on Time. Latecomers will be seated at the
discretion of the House Manager.
Children: Children under the age of 5 are not permitted
to attend Main Stage productions. Children of all ages are
welcome to attend Kids4Kids productions.
Accessibility: Handicapped seating and listening
assistance devices are available. Please let the box office
know at time of reservation.
Ticket Sales and Exchange Policy:
All sales are final, no refunds. Exchanges may be
made no later than 24 hours before a performance.
Non- subscribers will be charged a $5 per ticket fee for
exchanges. No exchanges will be made after curtain time
for that performance.
Photographing and/or recording performances
is expressly forbidden by copyright law.
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