ACT Mainstage Productions

Individual tickets for our 2024-2025 Mainstage Shows will begin September 3 and can be purchased online at the Online Mishler Theatre Box Office

Individual tickets for our 2024-2025 Mainstage Shows will begin September 3 through the Mishler Box Office.

Box Office Phone Number: 814-944-9434

  • Box Office Address: Mishler Theatre, 1208 12th Avenue in downtown Altoona.
    • Hours: Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The box office also re-opens one hour before curtain on performance nights for sales for that performance only.

For inquiries on group tickets for parties of 10 or more, please contact the ACT Office at 814-943-4357

Individual tickets for our 2024-2025 Mainstage Shows will begin September 3 through the Mishler Box Office.

  • Box Office Address: Mishler Theatre, 1208 12th Avenue in downtown Altoona.
    • Hours: Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    • The box office also re-opens one hour before curtain on performance nights for sales for that performance only.

Groups of ten or more can purchase tickets for a single performance at a discounted rate. Blocks of tickets can be reserved in advance with the signing of an agreement. Final ticket count and payment is due two weeks before the performance. Contact the ACT Office for more information or to make your reservation. Phone: 814-943-4357  Email: act@altoonacommunitytheatre.com

The Mishler Box Office CANNOT sell group tickets for ACT productions.

Questions or comments? Call us at 814-943-4357 or email us at act@altoonacommunitytheatre.com

A Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts

by Mark Landon Smith

November 14, 15, 16 at 7:30
November 17 at 2 PM

Directed by Sam Wagner

This is NOT your traditional “Christmas Carol!” When a rag-tag theatrical touring company stages their 15th annual farewell performance of “A Christmas Carol,” nothing goes right. All the characters in Dickens’ story are there, but only seven actors play them. Mayhem ensues as these “seasoned professionals” scramble to keep the show going. But everything that can go wrong does go wrong to hilarious, ridiculous results!
This show celebrates the Dickens classic but with a bit of a twist. If you love the original but would like to see something a little different this holiday season, this is the show for you!

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

February 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 PM
February 16 at 2 PM

Directed by Tom Liszka

Love is in the air as two of Shakespeare’s most tumultuous couples— Beatrice and Benedick, and Claudio and Hero—volley hilarious quips and damning accusations back and forth. For Beatrice and Benedick, wit is a full-contact sport, and each is happy to throw some elbows. But wethinks they doth protest too much. Sometimes a stubborn soul needs that proverbial kick in the pantaloons to get out of their own way.
Will the truth win in this mischievous game of love? Romance, wit, false accusations, mistaken identities, and a cunning villain fuel this beloved classic with a central couple that set the standard for today’s rom coms.

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s

Mary Poppins

A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers
and the Walt Disney Film
Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
New songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh

May 1, 2, 3 at 7:30 PM
May 4 at 2 PM

Directed by Tara E Enedy

This uplifting and energetic musical is sure to delight all ages. Bert, a chimney sweep, introduces us to the troubled Banks family in 1910 London. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins appears at their doorstep. The family finds that she is the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way.
Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Songs include “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” “Step in Time,” and “Let’s Go Fly a Kite.”
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Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

September 19, 20, 21 at 7:30 PM
September 22 at 2 PM

Directed by Leila McCrumb

As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves cut off by a snowstorm in a remote countryside guesthouse. When a police sergeant arrives, the guests discover – to their horror – that a killer is in their midst. One by one, the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts. Which one is the murderer? Who will be their next victim? And can you solve this world-famous mystery for yourself?
For 70 years, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept millions of people, from every corner of the globe, on the edge of their seats, and it continues to be a sell-out hit of London theatre.

Into the Woods

Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by JAMES LAPINE

Directed by Jonathan O’Harrow

May 2, 3, & 4 at 7:30 PM
& May 5 at 2:00 PM

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.

The show runs approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes, including a 15 minute intermission. Theatrical haze and occasional flashing lights will be used. 
Spiritz Lounge & the Mishler Box Office open one hour prior to show time. House opens 30 minutes prior to show time. 

Angel Street (Gaslight)

by Patrick Hamilton

Directed by Matt Michrina

February 15, 16, & 17 at 7:30 PM
& February 18 at 2:00 PM

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 relevant today since it is the origin of the term “gaslighting” which Merriam-Webster named their “word of the year” for 2022.

Recommended for mature audiences. This show contains scenes of domestic violence that may be sensitive for some viewers.
Please call the ACT Office at 814-943-4357 if you have any questions about show content.

Approximate run time for the performance is two and a half hours, including one 15 minute intermission.

Clue: On Stage

Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Written by Sandy Rustin
Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price

Directed by Jerry Cox

November 16, 17, & 18 at 7:30 PM
& November 19 at 2:00 PM

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: On Stage” is a madcap murder-mystery-comedy-thriller that will keep you guessing until the final twist.

“Clue: On Stage” runs approximately 100 minutes and will not include an intermission.

Please note this show uses theatrical gun shots, flashing lights, and strobe lights.

Roald Dahl’s
Matilda the Musical

Book by Dennis Kelly, Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin

Directed by Jason Schwartz

September 21, 22, & 23 at 7:30 PM
September 24 at 2:00 PM

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.

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A Theatrical Celebration of ACT’s 75th Anniversary

June 17, 2023

Written & Directed by Karen Volpe

View our Facebook Photo Album of the once-in-a-75-year event here.

View the ACT Archives for information on all past productions since our incorporation in 1948!

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