Fauquier Community Theatre has the unique opportunity to focus on real life accounts of the World War II era for The Greatest Generation Speaks that will take place February 3 - 19, 2023 in Warrenton, Virginia. The play is based on Tom Brokaw's book The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections. It is adapted for stage and directed by Dr. Harry J. Kantrovich, and produced by Don Richardson.

The production of The Greatest Generation Speaks at Fauquier Community Theatre brings to stage those firsthand account experiences. The play will take place on Fridays and weekends from February 3 - February 19, 2023 in the Vint Hill Theater on the Green at 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinees are at 2 pm. More information and reservations for tickets can be found at www.FCTstage.org

Several performances will feature post-show talkback sessions with expert panelists answering questions about the World War II era. If you know someone who is a World War II veteran, please email [email protected] to inquire as to how they may be honored at some of the performances.

Fauquier Community Theatre is supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Virginia Commission for the Arts, PATH Foundation, Loeb Foundation, and the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation as well as local corporate sponsors including the production sponsor Jones Group International.

Season Tickets provide a discount for each production and are still available for the remaining 3 main stage shows. For more information, click on "Event Packages" at the top of the page HERE

The musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be directed by Matt Moore and produced by Mary Beth Balint. Auditions are open to the public.

Auditions for the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Friday, January 27, 2023 from 7 pm to 10 pm

Saturday, January 28, 2023 from 9 am to noon, and 1 pm to 4 pm

Location: John Barton Payne Building

2 Courthouse Square, Warrenton, VA

Pre-registration for auditions is required.

Click on the link below for more information and to pre-register.

Audition Form Link for the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

(Callbacks will be Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7 pm.)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, based on the popular 1988 MGM film, takes us to the French Riviera for high jinks and hilarity. Sophisticated, suave with a good dash of mischief, this hysterical comedy features a delightfully jazzy score by David Yazbek (The Full Monty) and was nominated for a staggering eleven Tony Awards.

Lawrence Jameson makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. Freddy Benson more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health. After meeting on a train, they attempt to work together, only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins, and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end!

The musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a BIG cast, BIG energy, BIG performance show with many options for you to SHINE on stage as part of a FUN and hard working team. The production staff is an experienced, award-winning team of 22 professionals - literally a who’s who list of dedicated and amazing talent.

More information is available under "Auditions" on the Fauquier Community Theatre website: www.FCTstage.org.

Performance Dates - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be presented on Fridays and weekends April 28 - May 14, 2023 in the Vint Hill Theater on the Green at 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA. Tickets for reserved seating are available online at www.FCTstage.org.

ANNIE JR.

FCT Annie JR. Summer Camp Registration Link.

June 2023 – FCT Summer Musical Theater Camp presents Annie JR. directed by Steve McBride with Assistant Director and Choreographer Christine Maxted. Ages: 8 – 18. Dates: June 26 - June 30, 2023 from 9 am to 5 pm at FCT. There will be a total of 3 performances on Friday June 30 and Saturday, July 1.

The musical theatre camp and all performances will take place at Fauquier Community Theatre: 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA. For more information and to register, click on FCT Annie JR. Summer Camp Registration Link.

Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie JR. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure.

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

THE MUSIC MAN JR.

July 2023 - FCT Summer Musical Theatre Intensive presents The Music Man JR. directed by Jeff Walker with music director Doray Walker, choreographer Isabella McDonald, and assistant director Gia Obando. This program is geared for older youth for a Summer Musical Theatre Intensive of two weeks: July 10-14 and July 17-21, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, with a total of 4 performances July 21 - 23. The Walkers directed the summer camp at FCT last year producing Willy Wonka JR. Ages: Rising middle school students - graduating high school seniors. The FCT Summer Musical Theatre Intensive program is available to students via auditions that will take place in February 2023.

Based on Meredith Willson's six-time-Tony-Award-winning musical comedy, The Music Man JR. features some of musical theatre’s most iconic songs and a story filled with wit, warmth and good old-fashioned romance. The Music Man JR. is family entertainment at its best - a bold, brassy show that will have the whole town atwitter!

Master showman Harold Hill is in town and he’s got “seventy-six trombones” in tow. Can upright, uptight Marian, the town librarian, resist his powerful allure? The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize. The catch? He doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, whose belief in Harold’s power just might help him succeed in the end in spite of himself.

The summer musical theatre program and all performances will take place at Fauquier Community Theatre: 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA. For more information and to register: FCT The Music Man JR. Summer Musical Intensive Registration Link

Fauquier Community Theatre invites college-bound high school seniors with demonstrated abilities in the performing arts to apply for scholarships. The Scholarship Application for 2022 scholarships is due no later than April 1, 2023. There is a “Save and Continue” option to complete the application over time.

Fauquier Community Theatre (FCT) offers financial scholarships for local high school seniors who desire to pursue further education in the theatre arts. With the help of an FCT scholarship, young aspiring actors, actresses, musicians, and theatre technicians are aided in deferring the cost of higher education as they seek to acquire further training.

All applications are reviewed by a committee and will be scored using a rubric system. The college scholarship awards will be based on a rubric of scores that include grade point average, interest in a career in theatre, participation in Fauquier Community Theatre activities, other theater experience, short essay questions on the form, letters of recommendation, etc.

There will be at least two $1,000 scholarships offered in 2023. Criteria: A college-bound senior with demonstrated abilities in the performing arts. These scholarships will be paid directly to the recipient’s school of choice to cover tuition, books, fees, or room and board.

For more information including the link to apply, visit: FCTstage.org/scholarships/

Business sponsors and partnerships help us all build a better and more resourceful community. Fauquier Community Theatre sponsorships can be started at any time throughout the year. Whether as a new sponsor, or a returning one, it is easy to add your sponsorship. For more information and to see the list of sponsors, click on COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. Please frequent the businesses of these generous sponsors, many have online services. Have your business front and center in the community with FCT. Questions? Email [email protected] or call FCT's executive director Debra Smyers at 540-349-8760.