Theater

Actors wanted: Auditions for "The Turn of the Worm" coming soon (08/28/08)
Looking to make the stage in a live theater production? Come out and audition for the comedy "The Turn of the Worm," a production by the Le Mars Community Theatre with run dates at the end of October. Five actors, three men, two mature and one young, and three females, two mature and one young, are needed to help bring the characters to life...

Dream Program helps Happy Siesta earn governor's quality award (08/26/08)
A wish to ride in an airplane, watch a play in a theater, take a fishing trip, hear an auctioneer cry -- all came true for Happy Siesta Health Care Center residents. Happy Siesta's Dream Program and other activities earned the center, in Remsen, a Governor's Award for Quality Care in Iowa Health Care Facilities for 2008, presented Monday...

Theater fundraiser takes trip down musical memory lane (08/18/08)
"Hello Dolly," "If I Were a Rich Man," "Prepare Ye the Way." Those familiar tunes and others will be featured in the Le Mars Community Theatre's "Musical Memories" biennial fundraiser Friday and Saturday. "We went through all the musicals in the past and looked at the ones that had songs that would be fairly familiar to the audience," said Marlene Fitzpatrick, co-producer of the fundraiser. "We asked people who have been in musicals in previous years (to perform)."...

Help ahead for 102-year-old Akron opera house (07/29/08)
Akron's opera house has weathered many changes since it opened in 1906. Now another phase is planned for the building that towers over the town's main street. "My head spun for two weeks just thinking about this," Akron Community Theater President Doug Olson said Monday evening while discussing upcoming plans for the theater...

Musical comedy highlights couple's 50-year marriage (07/14/08)
Two veteran actors will bring laughter and music to the stage for the Le Mars Community Theatre's production of the musical "I Do! I Do!" starting this week. Mary Puetz and Tim Pick will combine their vocal talent as the two-person cast with musical accompaniment by Carla Sue Jenness to tell the story of Agnes and Michael's 50-year marriage...

Students take the stage at Drama Camp (06/16/08)
How do you become a good villain? It starts with the laugh. That's one of the lessons about 20 children learned during the Drama Camp put on by the Le Mars Arts Council last week. The students, ages 4-12, heard from guest speakers like Andy Linn, a performer in a recent Le Mars Community Theatre play, who taught the group how to master the villain's character, voice, and, most importantly, the laugh...

Former Le Mars teacher has 'Great Expectations' for musical (06/06/08)
Remember orphan Pip's antics in the novel "Great Expectations?" A former Le Mars teacher, Margaret Hoorneman, liked Charles Dickens' classic story so much she transformed it into a musical -- writing its first script when she was 80 years old. Now Hoorneman's musical has been on stage and she is hoping it will eventually hit Broadway...

Le Mars Community Theatre: 40 years on stage (05/30/08)
Forty years ago a small group of theater buffs came together and formed the Le Mars Community Theatre. And it's still going strong today. As the theater celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, Bonnie Dull, an organizer, actress, producer and director, said the devotion of those behind the scenes and the community support have made it a success...

Parents' problems fill up "empty nest" (05/28/08)
Imagine being a parent enjoying an empty nest after the kids have left -- when suddenly your parents move in. That's what happens to Helena and George in the Le Mars Community Theatre's comedic production of "Alone Together Again." "It's purely comedy," said Wayne Marty, who plays Pops, one of the parents. "There's kind of a lot of real-life lines, family tensions."...

Gehlen elementary present vocal concert (05/06/08)
Gehlen Catholic elementary vocal students will present their spring concert, "Kids on Broadway," at 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) in the Gehlen Catholic Gymnasium. Students in grades kindergarten through six will present selections from popular Broadway musicals including "The Sound of Music," "The Wizard of Oz," "Oliver," "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," "Snoopy," and "Mamma Mia" with narration by the sixth grade class...