2019 - 2020 FCT Membership
FCT is launching its 42nd year of LIVE PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE! We are super excited about everything we have in store for you! We have ALL NEW SOUND in the highest quality. We will be installing ALL NEW LED lights in the summer of 2019. We have added in new marketing strategies to let the whole community know about our beloved theatre company.
Join us now to be listed in our 2019-2020 Annual Playbill. The playbill is handed out to everyone who comes to our shows throughout the year (over 10,000).
You can sign up for your membership donation online or you may fill out this form and mail it in.
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TECH TRAINING EVENT
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Please join us at the theatre for a few hours to learn about our brand new sound system, be trained on how to run sound and lighting, and meet the directors and producers of the upcoming season. Everyone is invited so please spread the word! Dessert and Drinks provided. Please RSVP to Christie@FCTstage.org.
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Have you ever wished that someone could show you how to ACE an audition?
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE to learn from professional instructors, Jacob and Isabella Lash!
Jacob and Isabella desire to help each participant
develop the knowledge, skills, and techniques needed to present a quality musical theater audition.
This audition workshop consists of 3 classes, July 20, July 27, August 3, 2019.
These three sessions are designed as one package.
Participants are committing to all three dates when registering.
Limited spaces available!
For ages 18 & up
Price $165 for all 3 classes
July 20, 27, August 3 from 9 AM - 12 PM
Location:
The Path Foundation Resource Centre
321 Walker Dr, Warrenton, VA
MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
Jacob Lash has been directing music for 10 years, including a number
of musicals at FCT. He is a full-time music teacher with Prince William County Public Schools, directs the Gainesville Community Choir, co-directs Encore! musical theatre camp, and runs a private piano and voice studio. He has a Bachelors in Music Education with a Minor in Theatre, and will soon complete a Masters of Music at George Mason University. A Musical Theatre lover, Jacob has been on both sides of the audition table, and has a desire to help folks put their best foot forward when auditioning. He is happily married to Isabella and excited to present this workshop with her.
Isabella Lash is a graduate of The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and is a DC-based actress. Isabella has played roles in over 40 productions in Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York City. A trained soprano, Isabella began teaching acting privately for all ages in 2011, and has worked as an instructor with Drama Kids International. She has been heavily involved with community theaters in the NOVA area as a director and acting coach. She currently teaches for Allegro Community School of the Arts and maintains her own private acting studio.
Isabella has 10 years' experience as a professional headshot and portrait photographer with BellarosePhotography.
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Fauquier Community Theatre Casting Call
Register for FCT's
Lost in Yonkers
A Comedy by Neil Simon
Friday, August 2, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Callbacks, Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Audition Location
Hope Christian Fellowship: 4173 Bludau Drive, Warrenton
(around the corner from the theatre)
For more information and to register for an audition, click
HERE
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Be Prepared
Visit the
FCT website
to see the character descriptions of all roles.
When registering, be prepared to choose either Friday evening or Saturday afternoon. Be prepared to stay the whole time frame of the audition day. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.
Production Staff
Directed by Don Bachmann
Produced by Dawn Fansler
Stage Managed by Diane King
Performances
Lost in Yonkers
runs from October 4 - 20, 2019. Fridays and Saturdays are at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees are at 2:00pm.
Tickets are $16 for Youth, $16 for Seniors, and $18 for Adults.
Reserve
your tickets early for your favorite seating choices.
Fauquier Community Theatre Casting Call
Register for FCT's
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical
Audition Dates
Friday, September 6, 2019 from 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Please plan to attend the entire time.
Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 9:00 am - 11:30 pm Please plan to attend the entire time
Callbacks
Monday, September 9, 2019 from 6:30-8:00 pm Callbacks by invitation only
Location
Location for Auditions - TBD
Location for rehearsals: various locations in the Vint Hill/Warrenton area
Production Staff
Directed by Diane King
Produced by Amanda Gibson
Stage Managed by Dawn Fansler & Susan Larsen
Music Direction & Choreography by Marianna Constable
Come prepared to audition with a verse and chorus from a favorite musical. You will be asked to read from the script, sing with the group, and learn some choreography.
When registering, be prepared to choose either Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and to stay the entire time frame of the audition. Please see the website for the online Registration Form.
Performances
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical
runs from November 29 - December 15, 2019. Fridays and Saturdays are at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees are at 2:00pm.
Tickets are $18 for Youth, $20 for Seniors, and $22 for Adults.
Reserve
your tickets early for your favorite seating choices.
See Character Roles, Director's Notes and More Info on the FCT
website!
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The Fauquier Community Theatre
2 Week Camp Presents
Performances
Friday, July 26, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 2:00 pm
All Tickets are reserved seating at $5 each.
This fabulous musical is set during the last years of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts in the early 1980s. Fame JR. is the bittersweet, but ultimately inspiring, story of a diverse group of students who commit to four years of grueling artistic and academic work. With candor, humor and insight, the show explores the issues that confront many young people today.
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FCT Season Subscriptions
2019-2020 Season Subscriptions are good for 6 shows for the price of 5!
If you regularly attend FCT productions, consider purchasing
a
. A Season Subscriber receives a ticket for each regular season production at a discount.
Season Subscribers can make their seat reservations online, through email
, or by phone 540-349-8760. Once your subscription is confirmed, the Box Office will create an account for you in our online ticketing system. You may then use your season subscription codes as payment during the ticketing checkout process for the individual shows.
With 9 performances for every production, you are sure to find a date that will work for your attendance. If you have any questions, please contact the Box Office at 540-349-8760 and leave a message.
This year's Season Subscription includes:
Seussical™
The Musical, Lost in Yonkers (A Neil Simon Comedy), The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever, Rabbit Hole, Night Must Fall,
and
Jesus Christ Superstar
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The Fauquier Community Theatre Reveals
2019 - 2020 Season of Shows
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Click into the above graphic to watch the Season Teaser Trailer
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Seussical™
Directed by Betsy Hansen
Music Directed by Betsy Hansen & Jack Zatkowski
Choreographed by Alanna Mensing
Produced by Brooke Lyn Clark
August 30-September 15, 2019
Lost in Yonkers
Produced by Dawn Fansler
October 4 - 20, 2019
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical
Directed by Diane King
Produced by Amanda Gibson
November 29 - December 15, 2019
Directed by Ken Wayne
Produced by Katy Benko-Miner
January 24 - February 9, 2020
Night Must Fall
Directed by Peter Marsh
Produced by Dianne Moss
March 13 - 29, 2020
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FCT VOLUNTEER NEEDS
Come join the FCT production teams for our 42nd season!
* Seamstresses
* Back Stage Crew
* Set Construction Crew
* Light Operators
* Sound Operators
* Sound and Light Designers
* Paint Crew
* Hair and Make up Designers
Please contact Christie@FCTstage.org if you would like to assist in any of these areas!
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FCT's 2019 Scholarship Award Winners
Congratulations!
Camden Gillespie
Alyssa Gilmore
Jack Tessier
Nicholas Villacorte
These students exemplify dedication, talent and passion for the live performing arts. FCT is grateful for their contributions to our community and has awarded them each with a scholarship to apply towards further education in the arts.
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FCT Wishes to shout-out a BIG THANK YOU to all of this past year's business sponsors. Business Sponsors are vitally important to The Fauquier Community Theatre.
Business Sponsor donations are tax deductible. As a sponsor, you will receive a receipt with our EIN number for tax purposes.
FCT acknowledges our business sponsors in our beautiful, glossy, annual playbill. Please contact either of FCT's Executive Directors: Debra Smyers or Christie Clark if you are interested in learning more about how you can be an FCT business sponsor and hear about all of the perks as well!!
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Stay IN-TUNE, Stay IN-TOUCH
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FAUQUIER COMMUNITY THEATRE
4225 Aiken Dr Warrenton, VA 20187 | 540-349-8760
FCT enriches and entertains a range of audiences through a variety of live theatre productions that enhance the cultural life of the community.
FCT offers a range of challenging creative opportunities that inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in theatre.
FCT cultivates an appreciation of the performing arts in our community, educates through experience, participates in community activities, and collaborates with other arts groups.
Many thanks to all the business sponsors, individual donors, members, and volunteers who work together to support community theater at Fauquier Community Theatre.
Fauquier Community Theater is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit
organization
and is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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