WCT begins the 2017-2018 season with the production of The Triangle Factory Fire Project by Christopher Pieler in collaboration with Scott Alan Evans

March 25, 1911.,4:45 P.M.

In the Triangle Waist Factory off Manhattan’s Washington Square—where 500 immigrant workers toil fourteen-hour days making lady’s dresses—a cigarette is tossed into a bin of fabric scraps. In the space of twenty-eight minutes, the fire is under control, but 146 people, mainly young immigrant girls, have died. The tragedy paved the way for labor reform, worker’s rights, and women’s rights in our country.

The auditions are 2-5 pm, Saturday June 24 and Sunday June 25.  Casting 5 men and 4 women – flexible ages – everyone from 20 on up. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Women auditioning should be prepared to try various European accents. Production runs Sept. 6-17.

Directed by Dan Schuster

Cast for Reading the Obits, a Comedy

Julie Williams            Ellen Holmes
Nicole Araiza             Samantha Holmes
Kenneth Mitchell       Gene Holmes
Glenn Williams          Ed Wright
Cheryl Pearce            Martha Wright
Deb Goin                    Simone
Arietta Austin             Doris
Stephanie Lehr           June
James Sherwood        Kurt

Production runs July 19-30. Directed by Dana Miotto.

This original comedy is fun & entertaining, but also insightful into the difference between life plans (practical, comfortable) and life dreams (unpredictable, scary, exciting) & how people ultimately want to be remembered. One character notes: “I don’t think anybody cares what school I graduated from. I want them to know who I was and what I was like.”

Ellen is a middle-aged wife and mom who is fascinated with newspaper obituaries of strangers. These mini-biographies inspire her to read between the lines and imagine what their lives — and loves — may have been like. Her husband thinks her “hobby” is sort of eccentric. But her college student daughter pronounces it “creepy” and “vampirish.”

Even Ellen’s close circle of friends ridicule the idea — until she sparks their curiosity and opens the door to communication about uneasy topics like death, funerals and memorials. Her friends begin to open up and reflect on their own lives, values, accomplishments, dreams and ultimate legacies.

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2 Winners for this year’s Teen Reader’s Theatre Competition 2017
Congratulations to Madeline Osornio for “Growth” and Carrie Smith for “The Cages”. Charlene Grinsell will be directing both shows and mentoring our winners!
Wichita Community Theater will be doing a reading of both short plays on Sunday, July 23rd, 2017 from 2-4 PM
Auditions will be held on Sunday, July 9th from 2:00-4:00. More info coming soon.

Auditions will be held at WCT on Saturday and Sunday, August 19 & 20 from 2-5pm.  Roles for 7 women and 5 men from 20’s – 60’s. Readings from the script. Production runs October 18-29.  Directed by Dana Miotto.

A strange notice appears in the morning paper of a perfectly ordinary small English village, Chipping Cleghorn: “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m. Friends accept this, the only intimation.” This apparently comes as a great surprise to Letitia Blacklock, the owner of Little Paddocks, as she has no idea what the notice means. Miss Blacklock decides to take it in her stride and prepares herself to have guests that evening. Naturally, the villagers are intrigued by this notice, and several come to enjoy the “murder”. As the clock strikes 6:30, the lights go out and a door swings open, revealing a man with a blinding torch. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death, a determined Inspector grimly following the twists and turns, and Miss Marple on hand to provide the final solution at some risk to herself in a dramatic confrontation just before the final curtain.