ACT I's 25th season celebrates the twenty-four seasons that have gone before with revivals of favorite productions and remembrances throughout the season of all of our first eighty-five productions!

Click each graphic to visit the web page for each production!

Main Stage Series

The Sound of Music
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsey and Russel Crouse

September 9 - 19, 2004
The Palace Theatre
Eric Upmeyer, Director
Julie Canaday, Music Director
Joan Cooling, Choreographer

Sponsors:
Farmers Savings Bank and Trust
Expressions! - Mark and Lori Smith

Originally Presented:  October 27 - November 4, 1995
The Old Creamery Theatre Main Stage

To visit the page for our first production of The Sound of Music, click here!

The first Broadway musical ever mounted by ACT I, this ever popular show about the von Trapp family singers returns to open our Main Stage Series for this season of revival productions from our first 24 years!

You Can't Take
it With You
by Moss Hart and George Kaufman

March 5 - 13, 2005
The Palace Theatre
Patrick Lyons, Director

Sponsors:
Kerdus and Barron,P.C., Certified Public Accountants
Clingman Pharmacy - Jon and Julie Clingman

Originally Presented:  April 25 & 27, 1980
The Old Creamery Theatre Main Stage

To visit the page for our first production of You Can't Take it With You, click here!

ACT I's first show ever was a production of this delightful, offbeat comedy about the wacky Sycamore family, and was an obvious choice for a season of revival shows!  The show is presented near the original anniversary date of those first performances.

Blithe Spirit
by Sir Noel Coward

May 6 - 15, 2005
The Palace Theatre
Nancy Beckman, Director

Sponsor:
Cedar River Ink - Tim and Emily Wilson

Originally Presented:  March 27, 28, 28, 1981
The Old Creamery Theatre Main Stage

To visit the page for our first production of Blithe Spirit, click here!

First staged during ACT I's second season, this classic comic farce is one of the finest scripts ever presented by our community theatre!

Events Series

Variety Show:
Live at the Palace

January 15 & 16, 2005
The Palace Theatre
Lu Karr, Director

Sponsor:  Cedar Valley Bank and Trust

Previous Variety Shows Presented:
(Click each title below to visit the pages for these past shows)

Be Our Guest:  January 16 & 17, 1998 - Tilford Middle School
That's Entertainment:  January 8 & 9, 1999 - Tilford Middle School
I'll Be Home for Christmas:  December 3, 4, 5, 1999, The Palace Theatre
Encore! Encore!  - September 28, 30, October 1, 2000, The Palace Theatre
Monster Medley Spooktacular - October 12, 13, 2002, The Ray House

Presented on the fifth anniversary dates of ACT I's first performances at Vinton's Palace Theatre, Live at the Palace celebrates five years of live theatre in our beautiful performance space that has come to mean so much to the Vinton community for the past five years for so many reasons!

Intermezzo IV

February 6 & 13, 2005
The Ray House
Gerald and Marcy Horst, Directors

Sponsor:
Vernon Research Group - Pat and Sandy Lyons

Previous Intermezzo Recitals Presented:
(Click each title below to visit the pages for these past shows)

Intermezzo:  January 18 & 21, 2001, The Palace Theatre
Intermezzo II:  January 19 & 20, 2002, The Ray House
Intermezzo III:  Silent Night - December 14 & 15, 2002, The Ray House 

Intermezzo (in ter MET zo):  A short musical interlude presented between larger works.

For the fourth time, ACT I presents a musical intermezzo at mid season -- a musical recital presented as a diversion from our larger staged play productions! 
 

Children's Theatre Series by act i stage!

by Mary Horst, with music by John Hayden

June 25, 26, & 27, 2004
Benton Community High School Auditorium, Van Horne
Mary Horst, Director

Sponsors:
Benton County State Bank
Coon Creek Telephone Company

An original children's musical, presented in a brand new venue for ACT I!

by Joseph Robinette, with music and Lyrics by Evelyn Swenssen

July 9 - 18, 2004
The Palace Theatre
Marcy Horst and Shirale Hanson, directors

Sponsors:  Kevin and April Ahrenholz

The amazing life of author Beatrix Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, comes to our stage in this delightful children's production at the Palace!

Although not repeating shows from our past, ACT I STAGE! will pay tribute to the first five years of our youth program with displays of past STAGE! shows' memorabilia.

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