Subscribe to Altoona Community Theatre’s 2023-2024 Mainstage production season and choose one of two plans:
$68 FOR FOUR SHOWS
Enjoy the same seats for all four shows without having to call the box office for tickets or paying full box office fees, plus special exchange
privileges during the year if you need to change nights for any shows. Never worry about sold-out performances!
Note: There is an additional $4.00 printing & postage fee per subscription.
$78 FLEX PASSBOOK
Enjoy full flexibility by purchasing a Passbook with four certificates to redeem at the box office during the year, however you wish, for whatever shows you want to see. It’s still a savings over individual ticket prices and box office fees! Seat choice dependent on availability when redeeming.
Note: There is an additional $4.00 printing & postage fee per Passbook.
SIGN-UP:
Online: https://altoonacommunitytheatre.app.neoncrm.com/event.jsp?event=92&
By phone: ACT Office, 814-943-4357
Renewing Subscribers were mailed their letters to renew on May 26.
New subscribers may register at any time between now and August 14, but seat assignments will not begin until after the renewal deadline on July 18th. Seating assignments will happen on a first come, first served basis.
About the Season:
Matilda the Musical Sept. 21-24, 2023 Directed by Jason Schwartz
Based on the twisted genius of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, this musical follows Matilda Wormwood, an extraordinary girl with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind whose talents are constantly belittled by her cruel parents and her hostile headmistress, the outrageous and wicked Miss Trunchbull. Reclusive, but with an ever-growing imagination and with a caring protector in her teacher Miss Honey, Matilda dreams of a better life, daring to take a stand against
unjust forces and to grasp her destiny in her own, tiny hands.
With a high stakes battle between good and evil along with high energy music and dancing, “Matilda” will rock the Mishler Theatre.
Clue On Stage Nov. 16-19, 2023 Directed by Jerry Cox
It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a remote mansion where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, the dinner guests become murder suspects. So whodunnit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Miss Scarlet, Mr. Green, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Professor Plum, and Mrs. Peacock as they race to find the murderer while the body count stacks up.
Based on the 1985 cult classic film and the popular board game, “Clue” is a
madcap murder-mystery-comedy-thriller that will keep you guessing until the final twist.
Angel Street (Gaslight) Feb. 15-18, 2024 Directed by Matt Michrina
Mystery and madness loom in the air in this classic Victorian thriller. Strange things have been happening in the Manningham household: items go missing, their dog is injured, and Mrs. Manningham hears footsteps coming from the locked, uninhabited top floor. She fears that she is going mad–that is certainly what Mr. Manningham believes. But when Detective Rough arrives one night to visit Mrs. Manningham while she is alone, questions arise and secrets are
revealed.
First performed in 1939, this play is the origin of the term “gaslighting” which Merriam-Webster named their “word of the year” for 2022.
Into The Woods May 2-5, 2024 Directed by Jonathan O’Harrow
This haunting and humorous musical is a mash-up, fractured fairy tale that includes Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of beanstalk fame) along with a pair of handsome but shallow Princes. When all their stories, and the stories of other fairy tale characters, lead into the woods and become intertwined, dreams come true, and wishes are granted. But “happily ever after” eludes them as they learn the
tangled consequences of getting what you wished for.
Winner of multiple Tony Awards including Best Musical (1988) and Best Revival of a Musical (2002), it was made into a hit movie in 2014 starring Meryl Streep as the witch.
Thank you to our 75th Anniversary Season Sponsor, The Sheetz Family.
ACT will also be celebrating its 75th Anniversary with an original production, Places!, written and directed by Karen Volpe. The theatrical celebration of our rich history takes place on June 17, 2023 in the Historic Mishler Theatre. Learn more and get your tickets here!