Select Production and PR Photos from UNNECESSARY FARCE: Shelly Stewart Banks - April & May 2018. Production dates: June 1 - 17 Fri/Sat at 8 pm & Sun 2 pm. Directed by Bill Pelletier. Upload the Official Unnecessary Farce Press Release. The Cast of UNNECESSARY FARCE Back Row: Bill Bergman,...
Superior Donuts Makes KC Area Premiere at Olathe Civic Theatre Association Thought-Provoking Comedy Runs April 6-22 Olathe, KS (April 2, 2018) – Olathe Civic Theatre Association continues its 2017-2018 season with Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County. With Superior Donuts, Letts shifts...
When you volunteer to be involved in a community theatre, you usually have ideas of performing, producing, and designing shows and special events, or ushering, selling tickets, and helping with the occasional clean-up day or fundraiser. The furthest thing from your mind is inheriting a...
Call for Submissions from KC Area and Kansas Playwrights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Charlotte Gilman 913-484-1651 | asgcroc@aol.com Tickets: www.olathetheatre.org | Reservations: 913-782-2990 or tickets@olathetheatre.org Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is thrilled to announce it will once again host its New Works Playwright Competition for the second year in...
If you’ve not yet seen Joseph Robinette’s play adaptation of Anne of Green Gables directed by Heather Tinker, at OCTA one more weekend, November 17-19, you definitely should. Centering on the joys and scrapes of the red-haired and big-hearted Anne Shirley, an orphan adopted into the...
Classic Family Story Runs November 3-19 Olathe, KS (October 27, 2017) – Up next at Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is the poignant and funny tale of Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables. This play, an adaptation by Joseph Robinette of the beloved novel by...
Olathe Civic Theatre Association Opens 2017-2018 Season with Ruthless! Curtain Rises on Campy Musical September 15–October 1 Olathe, KS (August 30, 2017) – OCTA is ready to sail into its new season on the wings of the musical spoof, Ruthless! Audiences can catch all the absurd fun...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Charlotte Gilman 913-484-1651 | asgcroc@aol.com Tickets: www.olathetheatre.org | Reservations: 913-782-2990 or tickets@olathetheatre.org New Works Playwright Competition Winner Workshop at OCTA Michelle Tyrene Johnson Delivers New Full-Length Script Olathe, KS (July 1, 2017): Local playwright Michelle Tyrene Johnson, winner of Olathe Civic Theatre Association’s inaugural New Works...
Thank you to all who attended the 2017 Buddy Awards celebration which was held Saturday, June 3, and to everyone who made the OCTA 2016-17 season one of the most successful in many years! In addition to our current casts, creative teams, subscribers, and volunteers,...
When asked for a few thoughts on Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, here's what director Nino Casisi had to say: "'We used to lick postage stamps.' It’s a pretty awkward way to start a conversation. But when you think about what it...