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What's New, What's Next?
FCT's 46th
Anniversary Season!
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Annie JR.
Three Performances:
Friday, June 30 at 6 pm
Saturday, July 1 at 2 pm
Saturday, July 1 at 6 pm
Quick Link to Tickets
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The irrepressible comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved, award-winning musicals! 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 unscrupulous machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
The production is directed by Steve McBride and by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. This musical is part of Fauquier Community Theatre's summer camp program, performed with a cast of 42 youth. All tickets are $10 and are for reserved seating.
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Annie JR.
Friday and Saturday
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Behind the lines of America's volunteer fire service, New Baltimore Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company (NBVFRC) hosts the Screening of New Film: "Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat." Tickets are for free admission.
Follow the inspiring journey of the most remarkable neighbors whose help you hope you never need - volunteer firefighters - as they encounter heart-breaking challenges and exhilarating triumphs to fulfill a single mission: serving their community. Heart-warming, humorous, and thrilling, this sweeping portrait of bravery will capture your heart and inspire. The film has a running time of 90 minutes.
“Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat” is inspired by an original story by Peter Yoakum and takes audiences behind the lines of America’s volunteer fire service community. The film is truly a tribute to the nearly 700,000 volunteer firefighters around the country – highlighting their selfless bravery, compassion, motivation, and unfaltering sense of community. The film is presented by John Deere in association with the National Volunteer Fire Council, Hold Fast Features, and Vignette.
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The Music Man JR
Friday and the Weekend
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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. 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 Music Man JR. is a toe-tapping crowd-pleaser that include the songs "76 Trombones", "Ya Got Trouble" and "Til There Was You." The production is directed by Jeff Walker and music director Doray Walker.
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2023 - 2024 Season
Main Stage Shows Announced!
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TWO- WEEK SUMMER MUSICAL THEATRE INTENSIVE
THE MUSIC MAN JR.
JULY 10 – 23, 2023
(includes performance dates)
Ages: Rising middle school students – graduating high school seniors
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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 as 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.
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.
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DIRECTOR OPPORTUNITIES
The FCT Artistic Committee is accepting Director Proposals for the Main Season productions in December 2024, May 2025, and all of the 2025-2026 Main Season (September, December, February, March, and May). We are also seeking Director Proposals for our June Youth Productions in 2024 and 2025. If there is a show that you have always wanted to direct, now's the time! Please go to our Directors page at FCTstage.org/directors/ and click the link to our Proposal Form. You are welcome to submit multiple proposals. Questions? Email Don Richardson at [email protected].
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ELECTION FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The membership of Fauquier Community Theatre will elect three Directors to the Board for a three-year term at the Annual Meeting on August 20th. FCT seeks to have a diverse Board that represents all of its members and participants. The Board also seeks to have Directors with backgrounds that support specific Board functions, such as fundraising and community outreach, as well as someone with a financial or accounting background. For more information, contact FCT's secretary Saralyn Aylor ([email protected]), no later than August 1st.
Lofty Award Nominations will be posted on FCT's website on July 6, 2023.
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Thank You to Fauquier Chiropractic
A special thank you to Dr. Thomas Nicolai of Fauquier Chiropractic. His continuous support of the performing arts at FCT is greatly appreciated!
To learn more about becoming a sponsor at FCT, contact [email protected].
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FAUQUIER COMMUNITY THEATRE
Stage Address: 4225 Aiken Drive, Warrenton, VA 20187
Mailing Address: PO Box 3046, Warrenton, VA 20188
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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 the community, educates through experience, participates in local activities, and collaborates with other arts groups.
FCT supports a full creative life for all, and commits to championing policies and practices of cultural equity that foster a just, inclusive, and equitable community.
Many thanks to all the actors, production teams, volunteers, business sponsors, individual donors, and members who work together to support the performing arts at Fauquier Community Theatre.
FCT is thankful for the grants that support the mission and vision of the community theatre. Founded in 1978, Fauquier Community Theater is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization. FCT performances are supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Local grants include the PATH Foundation, The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation, Northern Piedmont Community Foundation, and the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation.
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