2016-17 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure
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THE HISTORIC MARION Palace Theatre 2016-2017 SEASON & PCAA MEMBERSHIP NATIONAL TOURING ARTISTS LOCAL PRODUCTIONS FRIDAYS IN THE MAY SCHOOL MATINEE SERIES MAKING MOVIES ON THE BIG SCREEN MEMORIES SINCE 1928 PCAA MEMBERSHIP INFO INSIDE! P PG 13-16 2016-2017 Calendar of Events Welcome to the 88th year at the Palace Theatre. Our community TOURING ARTISTS BY DATE PALACE PRODUCTIONS BY DATE FRIDAYS IN THE MAY BY DATE is experiencing exciting times! Many are working together to create an atmosphere of great growth and expansion. The Palace Theatre Friday, Oct 14 @ 8pm July 9, 10 & July 15, 16, 17 Friday, Sept 30 @ 7:30pm is grateful for our place in the midst of all that excitement. We have LOVIN SPOONFUL Main Stage TJ GEORGE CRAZY FOR YOU much to celebrate both past and future – coming off a very strong Friday, Oct 28 @ 8pm Friday, Oct 21 @ 7:30pm 2015-16 season and membership drive, our recent restoration of the RONNIE MILSAP August 26, 27, 28 WILD CARROT grand entrance, future plans for the expansion and paving of our May Pavilion north parking lot, not to mention tremendous programming and more Sunday, Jan 22 @ 3pm Friday, Jan 27 @ 7:30pm UPSIDEDOWN BROADWAY great digital films, which have been a huge hit with movie goers. All MUTTS GONE NUTS GAS PUMP JOCKEYS of this has us eager to welcome you to the Palace for a new season. I October 7, 8, 9 invite you to join us for another tremendous year at the Palace -- take Friday, Feb 10 @ 7:30pm Main Stage - Jr. Production Friday, Feb 24 @ 7:30pm in a good movie, join us for a concert, become part of a local cast… FIREFALL & PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE TARZAN LISA BIALES this is your Palace. Welcome back! Saturday, Apr 22 @ 8pm November 4, 5, 6 Friday, Mar 24 @ 7:30pm Bev Ford-Executive Director JEFF ALLEN May Pavilion Stage Play JASEY SCHNAARS THE MOUSETRAP Friday, May 12 @ 8pm SCHOOL MATINEES BY DATE Season tickets on sale early for PCAA Members PHIL VASSAR December 2, 3, 4 Thursday, Oct 20 Apr 18 - $1000+ Marquee Members SPECIAL EVENTS BY DATE Main Stage grades 5-9 May 16 - $250+ members CHRISTMAS AT THE PALACE Dec 9, 10, 11 OUT OF BOUNDS May 19 - $100+ members CLASSIC CHRISTMAS MOVIE February 17, 18, 19 May 23 - $50+ members Friday, Nov 18 Title to be announced Main Stage - Jr. Stage Play May 26 - $25+ and volunteers grades K-6 JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH TOYING WITH SCIENCE ‘Crazy For You’ Patron tickets on sale May 23. Sunday, Dec 11 @ 3pm WURLITZER HOLIDAY SING-A-LONG April 7 & 8 Season tickets on sale to general public May 31. Friday, Jan 20 May Pavilion Dinner Theatre Sunday, May 7 @ 12:30pm grades PreK-3 THE ALTOS MOMMY & ME PRINCESS TEA PETE THE CAT 2 - 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure - 3 August 26, 27 & 28, 2016 July 9, 10 and July 15, 16 & 17, 2016 Fri & Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm Fri & Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm UPSIDEDOWN CRAZY FOR YOU BROADWAY Audiences will delight in the adventures of a stage- struck New York City playboy in a Nevada mining Featuring Dustin Rawlins and Matt Meade, town — where romance, mistaken identities, and UPSIDEDOWN BROADWAY is packed with show-stopping musical numbers all add up to incredible music from popular Broadway irresistible fun. musicals. Adding an unexpected twist, the men cast in the production will perform songs made This hilarious tale of boy meets girl in the Wild West is famous by women such as “Popular” from A PALACE PRODUCTION - MAIN STAGE packed with non-stop Gershwin hit songs. The show WICKED, “Out Tonight” from RENT among others. A PALACE PRODUCTION - MAY PAVILION explodes with spectacular production numbers The ladies will take on “Something’s Coming” including “Slap That Bass,” “I Can’t Be Bothered originally sung by Tony in WEST SIDE STORY and Now,” “I Got Rhythm,” and memorable ballads “Seize the Day” from the musical NEWSIES. Music “Someone To Watch Over Me,” “But Not For Me,” aficionados of all ages won’t want to miss this and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” highly entertaining show loaded with intimate solos, fun duets, and rousing production numbers Winner of three 1992 Tony® Awards, including Best from America’s favorite Broadway musicals. Musical, this high energy romantic comedy is an entertaining theatre experience for all to enjoy. Supported by the Ohio Arts Council. Tickets $16 $40 PATRON premium seating, name listed in the program and a party on Saturday, July 9 | $22, $18 ADULT, $12 CHILD (under 13) Directed by Clare Cooke 4 - 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure - 5 Friday, Sep 30, 2016 @ 7:30pm October 7, 8 & 9, 2016 TJ GEORGE Fri & Sat 7:30pm | Sun 2pm Sometime ago Dick Clark said that songs TARZAN are the photo album of our lives. That has RIDAYS IN THE MAY Based on Disney’s smash-hit animated film, TARZAN F never been truer than for someone like tells the story of a shipwreck that leaves an infant award winning songwriter TJ GEORGE who boy washed up on the shores of West Africa. The chronicles the moments in his life through orphaned boy is taken in and raised by a tribe of songs. TJ’s musical influences are a fusion gorillas who name him Tarzan. Tarzan’s life is mostly of Pop, R&B, Folk and Blue-Eyed Soul used monkey business until a human expedition treks into to create what he calls Melodic Groove. his tribe’s territory and he encounters creatures like Inspired by his own life experiences and himself for the first time. Tarzan struggles to navigate A J those who are close to him, TJ’s song subject a jungle, thick with emotion, as he discovers his R. PALACE PRODUCTION- MAIN STAGE matter ranges from celebration, agony, new animal upbringing clashing with his human instincts. THE STAGE MUSICAL love, bad love, good love, and death to DIRECTED BY living hope. He performs nationally, taking Featuring heart-pumping music by rock legend Phil KRISTI WINK his brand of Melodic Groove to an unlimited Collins and hits like the Academy Award winning audience and has recently shared the stage “You’ll Be in My Heart” as well as “Son of Man” with Jesse Terry and opened for artists such and “Two Worlds,” TARZAN promises to be an as Maxwell Hughes of The Lumineers and unforgettable theatrical experience. Directed by national touring artist Joe Crookston. Kristi Wink and featuring a cast of local youth ages 8-17 years. Tickets $15 | Cash Bar Supported by the Ohio Arts Council. Reserved Seating $18 adult, $12 child under 13 www.tjgeorge.com Sponsored by Jim & Barb Greetham and supported by the Ohio Arts Council. 6 - 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure - 7 Friday, Oct 14, 2016 @ 8pm Friday, Oct 21, 2016 @ 7:30pm THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL has technically existed W ILD CARROT for 50 years, but with the band’s sudden Pam Temple and Spencer Funk departure in 1968, many of their fans are just are WILD CARROT. This Cincinnati- getting the opportunity to see them perform based, award-winning group has live for the first time. Best known for their number what it takes to please all types of one hit ‘Summer in the City,’ folk music fans. Rooted in traditional THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL returned to the road in American music, WILD CARROT’s 1991. With members from the original lineup – diverse song repertoire branches in singer Joe Butler, bass player Steve Boone, and many directions. Their set ranges from early band member guitarist Jerry Yester, the original song selections to traditional, band regularly tours across the U.S. playing their Swing and Blues. Using guitar, NATIONAL TOURING ARTIST - MAIN STAGE 60s folk-rock revival style music. mandolin, dulcimer, concertina and vocals, WILD CARROT provides The current show is a fun-filled trip back to the a concert experience steeped in carefree days of AM radio, giving fans the Americana. signature feel good sound that they come to Tickets $15 | Cash Bar F hear including their iconic hits: “You Didn’t RIDAYS IN THE MAY Have to be So Nice,” “Did you Ever Have to Supported by the Ohio Arts Council. Make up Your Mind,” “Nashville Cats,” “Do You www.wildcarrot.net Believe In Magic,” and “Daydream.” Reserved Seating $20, $25, $30 Supported by the Ohio Arts Council. www.lovinspoonful.com 8 - 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 marionpalace.org | 740.383.2101 2016-2017 Season Schedule and Membership Brochure - 9 Nov 4, 5 & 6, 2016 Friday, Oct 28, 2016 @ 8pm Fri & Sat 7:30pm | Sun 2pm RONNIE MILSAP After four decades in the music business, Grammy THE MOUSETRAP Award winner RONNIE MILSAP will perform at the Marion A classic whodunit mystery for the whole family! Agatha Christie’s Palace Theatre as part of his farewell tour. A group of strangers, one of whom is a murderer, The is stranded in a boarding house during a snow Milsap is country music’s first successful blind singer, one storm. The suspects include the newly married of the most successful and versatile country “crossover” couple who run the house, a spinster with a singers of his time, and ranks as the pre-eminent country curious background, an architect who seems ousetrap soul singer of his generation.