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Home News History Schedule Seating Directors/Cast Our Donors' Our Sponsors' Galleries Board Contact Us Locate Us Community Links Fulton County Playhouse, Facebook Fulton County Tourism City of Canton, IL Western Illinois University - Cultural Affairs Fulton County Arts Council	News and Events Oh No, It's happening again. The Barn will once more be the site of fear and fun. October 29th, 30th, and 31st will feel the pure horror of Nightmares Unleashed. Our own Cassy Derby will lead the production. If you wish to participate in the event please continue to check these pages for news worthy updates. Things Keep Happening After The Regular 2010 Season The Playhouse will hold a cleanup and fun day Saturday, September 25th. The fun starts at 9:00am. If you can make it please attend. It is always a fun time and we could really use your help. The Playhouse Board will be holding its annual meeting at 2:00pm on October 17th. If you have participated in Playhouse activities in the past year please attend. New board members will be selected to replace outgoing ones. You may vote for the new members of your choice from the ballet. Please attend; this is your playhouse. The next regular board meeting is on September 12th at 2:00pm at the Barn. Everyone is welcome to attend. Board meetings are open to the public. Continuing Its Run Bone-Chiller! got off to a great start on Friday the13th. A big thanks to all the cast and crew who worked, painted, and made this production a success. A special thanks to Trenton Myers for all his work on the set. He even repaired a front row seat which broke during rehearsals. If you haven't seen the show yet it finishes its run August 21st and 22nd. Only The Name has been Changed The playhouse season continues with our production of Bone-Chiller! in August. A big congratulations to Director Christina Brown. The former Christina Kieth married Chris Brown on July 31st. Count On It Dracula, The Musical begins it playhouse run on July 9th. Yes, vampires and music. What more could you want? Well, if its a mystery you desire; come see our August production of Bone-Chiller!. The Connecticut Yankee finished our June lineup with a flourish. To the cast and crew we just want to say Great Job and thanks for all the work. It really paid off. The Season Continues With our season opener Senior Moments having successfully completed its run, the Playhouse is currently running Connecticut Yankee. Next up; Dracula, The Musical in July. Followed by Bone-Chiller! in August. Don't forget; with the summer time temperatures heating things up, the air conditioned Barn can be a really cool place to be. The Season Is In Full Swing. The season has opened with Senior Moments. Next up will be the childrens play Connecticut Yankee. If you would like to participate in a play this season it's still not to late. Auditions for Bone-Chiller! are being June 19th and 20th at the barn. See the schedule page for times. Cleaning Time If you can make it the Playhouse will be holding it's annual cleanup and have fun day at the Barn. Everyone is invited and if you help out you will have a chance to win the prestigious Kathi Award. Saturday, April 24th. The fun starts at 9:00am. You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream The Playhouse will host an Ice Cream Social on June 5th. at The Barn from 1:00pm till 4:00pm. Please come out and join us. A Big Welcome The Board is proud to announce S Jean Rice has agreed to manage our ticket sales for the 2010 season. Thank You Jean. The Season Is Upon Us Starting off the 2010 Season is Senior Moments directed by Larry Eskridge. A Connecticut Yankee directed by Amanda Vandermeer will be this seasons children's play. In July Tammy Weaver will direct Dracula, the Musical. Finishing the regular season Christina Keith will direct Bone-Chiller!. Audition dates and times can be found on the schedule page. Season Tickets Are Available For The 2010 Season Season tickets for the regular 3 show season are $25.00 and $30.00 for the regular season plus the children's play. To order one may call 309-647-6032. We Survived The Night Reports coming in say the Playhouse Barn is secure and intact this morning (October 25th) after two consecutive nights of zombie attacks. Early reports indicate patron casualties were minimal; thanks in large part to the quick thinking and action of cast, crews, and volunteers. Officials are reported to be on site. Great job and thanks to all those playhouse supporters who braved the terror and helped preserve the Barn for another year. Yikes Times Three: The Barn May Not Only Be Haunted, but It May Be Overrun With Zombies. Just a reminder that the Playhouse Barn will be having its Haunted Barn on the 23rd and 24th of October. Cost of admittance is $1.00 for the less intense 5:00pm to 6:00pm version and $2.00 from 6:00pm till 9:00pm. A Message and Invitation from Our Mighty Leader, Board President John Hammon. The Fulton County Playhouse would like to invite you and encourage you to attend the end of season potluck gathering/annual meeting at 1:30 on Sunday, October 25th at the First Christian Church in Canton. If you have participated in activities of the Playhouse in any way in the past two years you are eligible to vote on membership of the new board. You must be present to vote. Bring a dish to share and help us celebrate the end of another great season Yikes, The Barn May Be Haunted The Playhouse is once again getting into the spirit of things with a Haunted Barn on the 23rd and 24th of October. Festivities will start at 5:00pm and go till 6:00pm for the more easily frightened among you and continue to 9:00pm for the less intimidated. Admittance fee's are $1.00 for the less intense version (5:00pm - 6:00pm) and $2.00 for the more intense version (6:00pm - 9:00pm). They're Young and Full of Potential The Fulton County Playhouse proudly announces The Fulton County Playhouse The Fulton County Playhouse. A drama club has been set up for children and teenagers in grades K-12. Largely brought about by parents associated with our 2009 children's play, the club will be overseen by a committee consisting of 3 non-board members and 2 board members. Along with the goals of educating children in the arts and crafts of theater, the club will also attempt to provide activities and performance opportunities for children outside of the Playhouse's normal season venues. There are no fees to pay and all parents, children, and teens are welcome. Please see the Junior Performers page for more and updated information. Thanks for the Memories The 2009 regular season has finished. It was our 46th year. This was a very successful season at the barn and we are hoping to have another great year in 2010. Events outside of the regular season will be posted to this site as the year continues. Please continue to check this site for upcoming events and news. You're In The Movies The DVD's for Walt Disney's Beauty and The Beast jr are in. They should be delivered soon (as of 7/29/2009). A few extra DVD's are available for purchase if anyone from the cast wishes to purchase them. Smile and Say Cheese A gallery of cast pictures from The Mouse That Roared is up with a link from the Mouse That Roared page or the Galleries page. It's a work in progress. Hope you enjoy it. If any of you Mousers have pictures you'd like to see on the page let me know. The 46th Season Roars Into The Barn The Fulton County Playhouse started its 46th season Thursday evening (June 18th, 2009) with The Mouse That Roared. To the cast; thanks for all the laughs. To the audience; thanks for laughing. The Wall The Myers Built Gage and Trenton Myers stopped by last Saturday (June 13th, 2009) and asked if we could use some help. They ended up spending the next few days tearing out and replacing the flooring, ceiling, and outside wall of the downstage right entrance hallway. Thanks guys. The Barn really needed the work done and thanks for doing it in time for the new season. Curtains Everyone, Curtains The Peoria Players have very generously donated a main stage curtain to the Playhouse. We wish to extend our thanks and appreciation. Let The Rehearsals Begin The Mouse That Roared and Darkside auditions are over. Thank you to everyone who tried out. We hope everyone who auditioned will continue to try out for our future plays. Congratulations to everyone who found a part. For those who were not chosen for roles in these plays we wish you greater success in the future and hope you will help in other capacities with all the things it takes to put on a great play. We still will be auditioning for Memories From The Porch. It looks like we are getting off to a great season. The Mouse That Roared comes to the Barn What could be a better fit then a mouse in a barn. How about a roaring mouse and the Playhouse Barn. Yes, The Mouse That Roared is coming to The Playhouse in June. Hannah Kline has been interested in doing The Mouse That Roared for some time and has put much of her life on hold to give the Playhouse an outstanding comedy for our June production. Please check the Directors/Cast pages for more information and links to their specific pages. Thank you Hannah. Disney's Beauty And The Beast Jr auditions are done Thank you to everyone who tried out and a big thanks to everyone who brought them out to the Barn. The directors and mentor were very impressed not only by the talent exhibited, but also buy the level of courtesy and respect shown. Thank you all for such a wonderful job. A very big thanks also to Michael Harmon, Hannah Worrell, and Chris Guidi for helping out so much. We really appreciate all the time and effort you gave to make the auditions a success. Kathi Award won by Kathi Vandermeer Kathi Vandermeer was the happy recipient of the Kathi Award 2009 at the May 2nd Rummage Through The Barn event. See the included picture of Kathi receiving the award from fellow board member Ron Bunner. Congratulations Kathi. This is the year we go back to the Moon Randy Weaver continues to impress everyone with his work on Darkside. He has even created a trailer and put it on YouTube. Check it out. Thanks to all who came, saw, and ate Thank you to everyone who came to our spaghetti dinner and helped make it a success. We hope you enjoyed the food and company. We certainly enjoyed having you there. We would also like to thank the First Baptist Church for letting us use their wonderful facilities. The Playhouse could use some help The playhouse is seeking donations to help finance our continued existence. As a non-profit organization donations are tax deductible. Any contribution would be appreciated. Those donating $25.00 or more will be listed on our donors' page as Silverlights. Those donating $50.00 or more will be listed as Goldenlights. As always, no donations are needed to fully participate in Playhouse events. The Playhouse board has finalized the main 2009 season. The Playhouse will be presenting The Mouse That Roared and Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr. in June, Darkside in July, and in August we will be presenting Memories From a Porch. Please check our Schedule page for more details.
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