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SUMMARY:Rigging Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Altoona Community Theatre and Blair County Arts Foundation are partnering to bring in Bill Sapsis for a full-day of training on Friday\, October 31 for anyone who is interested in learning more about the stagecraft\, particularly of the Mishler Theatre’s unique hemp fly system. \nExpected class time is 9 am – 4 pm. \nOnly $20/person for ACT members and $30/person for non-ACT members.\nParticipation is limited. Minimum age is 18. There will be a lunch break\, but food is not provided. \nRegister today!  To register for the training\, click here\nSapsis Rigging does the required periodic inspection on the Mishler’s fly system.\n“For over 40 years Sapsis Rigging has led the effort to promote training and safety in the entertainment industry. Our programs are designed to address the rapidly changing technology in rigging and stay current with new standards and regulations. They feature a flexible curriculum\, tailoring the sessions specifically to the needs and requirements of the attendees.” \nTopics covered could include: \n\nHardware – How to choose and use the right materials.\nRope\, Cable\, & Slings – Matching gear to the application.\nRope Splicing – Traditional splicing for contemporary rope construction\nFittings – Keeping equipment connected safely.\nRigging Math – Basic skills for calculating forces\n\n \nFacilitator: \nBill Sapsis: Bill Sapsis\, President of Sapsis Rigging\, Inc.\, began his career in 1972.   His work on Broadway includes the original productions of A Chorus Line and The Runner Stumbles. Bill opened Sapsis Rigging in 1981 and has grown the company into a multi-faceted installation/production/service company with clients on six continents. \nBill’s articles and lectures on rigging and safety can be found in numerous publications worldwide. He has authored two books; Heads and Tales and Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century.  Bill is the chair of the ETCP Arena Subject Matter Experts and a member of the ETCP Council.  He serves on ESTA’s Technical Standards Committee and is co-Chair of the ANSI accredited Rigging Working Group. Bill sits on the Board of Directors for the Behind the Scenes Charity. \nBill is a USITT Fellow and a member of ABTT. He is a founding member (retired) of the Long Reach Long Riders\, an industry-based charity motorcycle group. He is the Executive Producer of BackStage Pass\, a video interview series on YouTube and was one of the organizers of the New World Rigging Symposium.  Bill is also the Executive Director\, Emeritus\, of the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC).
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/rigging/
LOCATION:The Historic Mishler Theatre\, 1208 12th Ave\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education/Workshop,Membership Events
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SUMMARY:Play Reading #1
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin the Artistic Committee for the first of two Play Reading events! \nWe will present a few titles to gauge membership interest as we prepare to propose the 2026-2027 Main Stage season slate. The plays presented are in consideration\, but not necessarily indicative of the Artistic Committee’s opinions for the proposed season. \nPlay Reading #1: \n\nNovember 15 starting at 3 PM until approximately 5 PM (giving you plenty of time to have dinner and come back to see Boeing Boeing in the Mishler!)\nACT Rehearsal Hall (1213 12th St. Altoona\, PA)\nPlease enter through the back door of ACT\, located behind Tom & Joe’s.\n\nLight refreshments provided\, but feel free to bring a snack to share! \nThis event is free for ACT Members. Suggested $5 donations for Non-Members. \nWe will ask for volunteers to read selections from: \n\nPresent Laughter\nBetty’s Summer Vacation\nRadium Girls\n\nYou can sign up for a membership or renew a membership at this link: https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/membership/. \n  \nWe will host a second play reading November 23 at 6 PM with selections from A Few Good Men\, Turn of the Screw\, Southern Fried Funeral\, and Prelude to a Kiss.
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/playreading/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Membership Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T180000
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SUMMARY:Play Reading #2
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin the Artistic Committee for our second Play Reading event! \nWe will present a few titles to gauge membership interest as we prepare to propose the 2026-2027 Main Stage season slate. The plays presented are in consideration\, but not necessarily indicative of the Artistic Committee’s opinions for the proposed season. \nPlay Reading #2: \n\nNovember 23 starting at 6 PM until approximately 8 PM\nACT Rehearsal Hall (1213 12th St. Altoona\, PA)\nPlease enter through the back door of ACT\, located behind Tom & Joe’s.\n\nLight refreshments provided\, but feel free to bring a snack to share! \nThis event is free for ACT Members. Suggested $5 donations for Non-Members. \nWe will ask for volunteers to read selections from: \n\nA Few Good Men\nTurn of the Screw\nSouthern Fried Funeral\nPrelude to a Kiss.\n\nYou can sign up for a membership or renew a membership at this link: https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/membership/.
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/playreading2/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Membership Events
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SUMMARY:ACT Membership Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:All ACT Members and Active Volunteers are invited to a Holiday Party on December 5 in the ACT Rehearsal Hall.\nPlease join us for Pizza & Festivities to celebrate the season & our theatre family. \nWe ask that you please RSVP by December 3 to act@altoonacommunitytheatre.com \n\nPizza & Soda Provided\nBring a snack to share if you’re able\nBYO Adult Beverages (Must Have ID)\nThe ACT Great Gift Give Away begins at 7:30PM\nACT Members or Volunteers from an 2025 show\, event\, etc. only\, but you may bring a Non-Member Guest\n\nMemberships run with our Theatre Season\, July 1 to June 30 of the following year. Please make sure your membership dues for this season are paid.\nOnline Membership Registration (New members welcome!)\n\n\n\n  \nMORE INFORMATION: \nThe ACT Great Gift Give Away: Each guest who wants to participate brings one “White-Elephant” Gift. This gift can be a silly item\, a random object cluttering up your house you want to get rid of\, or\, if you choose to purchase something\, any gift under $30—just make sure whatever it is\, you wrap it pretty! Rules will be explained at the party. You may walk away with a nice present\, a useless trinket\, or maybe nothing at all. It’s a game of chance\, speed\, and theft. Similar to paper bag awards\, it’s an honor to play\, but not always an honor to win. \n  \nDrinking Rules: All ACT functions that involve alcoholic beverages are served by a RAMP certified bartender. Even in the case of Bring Your Own Booze such as this party\, you must turn your drinks over to the bartender and provide an ID. (We don’t care how old you look– No ID\, no wristband\, no drinking!) Your drinks will then be served to you in appropriate portions to make sure everyone is drinking responsibly. ACT pays for the bartender’s fee\, but tips from our party guests are appreciated. \n  \nPossible other games & activities to follow the Gift Give Away. Bartender stops serving at 9:30PM & Party officially ends at 10:00PM \nWe hope too see you there!
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/act-membership-holiday-party-5/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Membership Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T230000
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SUMMARY:Primanti Bros Dine to Donate
DESCRIPTION:  \nEat Delicious Food\, Support Local Theatre! \nDine at or order to go from Primanti Bros in Altoona from 11 AM-11 PM on Tuesday January 27 to support Altoona Community Theatre! \nAll you have to do is show this flyer (digitally is fine) when dining in\, or use code DINE2DONATE when ordering online. \n20% of proceeds will come back to ACT! \nSET A REMINDER: https://calget.com/0cdc7vmz
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/primantisfundraiser/
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CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Membership Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T190000
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SUMMARY:Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, January 30 at 7 pm\nACT Rehearsal Hall\n1213 12th St\, Downtown Altoona\n\nGeneral Membership Meeting Agenda\n– Vote on proposed slate for 2026-2027\n– Elect new Artistic Committee members\n– Plan to paint rehearsal hall to match the new floor!\n\nJoin as Member or to Renew Your Membership:\nhttps://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/membership/\n\nYour dues must be up-to-date in order to vote. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe season selections as presented by the Artistic Committee are:\n\n\nSeptember: Come From Away/ Cabaret\n\n\nNovember: Murder on the Orient Express (Ludwig)/\nThe Outsiders (Sergel)\n\n\nFebruary: Pride & Prejudice (Jory)/ Radium Girls (Gregory)\n\n\nMay: Something Rotten/ Monty Python’s Spamalot\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARTISTIC COMMITTEE ELECTION:\n\nFour Artistic Committee members are at the end of their terms and we will be voting on their replacements for new two-year terms. Thank you to Stephanie Curry\, Christine Keppler\, Kristin Franco\, and Lucy Craig for their dedication & time. If you would like to put your name\, or someone else’s name\, on the ballot for a new two-year term\, please send us an email! Nominations for the ballot will also be accepted from the floor. Each nominee will be given a couple of minutes to address the membership and share why they’d like to be on the Artist Committee. \nIf you are submitting someone else’s name for the ballot – check with them first and CC them on the email\, please. Being on the Artistic Committee is a lot of fun\, but it does require a larger time commitment\, both in meetings and in reading or watching or listening to shows.
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/membership-meeting-6/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Membership Events
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SUMMARY:Theatrical Intimacy: Staging and Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Theatrical Intimacy: Staging and Storytelling\n \nYou can attend this workshop without having attended “Intro to Intimacy” last fall\n\nIn this workshop\, we will explore storytelling techniques behind moments of intimacy on stage. We will begin by examining spatial relationships in staging—how the physical distance and positioning of actors can communicate a great deal about their relationships. We will then consider how specific details\, such as the way characters hold hands\, can alter the story being told. Next\, we will explore different approaches to embraces and physical closeness\, and how minor adjustments in blocking\, timing\, and intention can significantly shift meaning. Participants will then be divided into small groups to stage a specific moment between two characters using these principles. Intimacy in this context includes closeness between friends and family as well as romantic partners\, and may encompass moments of comfort\, connection\, joy\, and support—not only romance. All touch will be consensual and must remain within each participant’s stated boundaries. A willingness to give and receive respectful\, non-sexual touch is encouraged but not required in order to participate.\nSaturday February 21\n1:30PM – 3:30 PM\nACT Rehearsal Hall\n1213 12th St\nAltoona PA 16601\nLIMITED SPACE: Only 26 spots available. Participants must be aged 18+\n$15 for ACT Members\n$30 for Non-members (option to sign up as a member with your registration to save on future workshops) \n \n\nAbout the Facilitator\n\nJessica Morgan (she/her) is the Head of Graduate Acting and Associate Professor of Stage Movement for BFA/MFA Acting at West Virginia University. Recent highlights of her production work at WVU include Dracula\, a feminist revenge fantasy\, really.\, Phoebe in Winter\, 9 to 5: The Musical\, Cinderella\, Into the Woods\, and Indecent. She is in her fifth season as an Intimacy and Fight Director with The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio where her work includes POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive\, Big Fish\, Indecent\, Head Over Heels\, and Alice By Heart. She has also worked professionally for Greenbrier Valley Theatre\, Vintage Theatre Company\, Cumberland Theatre Company\, Shepherd University\, and The Contemporary American Theatre Festival doing intimacy and violence. She teaches workshops on consent and intimacy practices for theatre training programs and companies. Jessica is a Certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/intimacy2/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education/Workshop,Membership Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T210000
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SUMMARY:Red Robin Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Altoona Community Theatre will receive 20% of fundraiser sales at Red Robin on May 6\, 2026!\n\nShow the flyer above or simply mentioned the fundraiser to your server at Red Robin (Altoona) when you dine in to count your meal!\nYou can also contribute by ordering online at redrobin.com or on the Red Robin mobile app. For online and mobile app orders you must add the fundraiser to your cart before you check out for the sales to count towards the fundraiser.
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/red-robin-fundraiser-2/
LOCATION:Red Robin\, Altoona
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Membership Events
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