< Back October 3-7, 2018 The Sound Exchange ACT Season/Touring Show

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“Merry Christmas, George Bailey” (2005) Notice the actors have scripts in their hands during a performance. (foreground, from left) Judy Jencks, Rhonda Haglund, Rory King (background, from left) Susie Ewinger, Nicole Christiansen, Cindy Kocabinski, Steve Kaiser Reader's Theatre What is Readers’ Theatre? Readers’ Theatre is a dramatic approach to literature; a medium in which two or more oral interpreters through their oral reading, with their bodies and voices, cause an audience to experience literature as they, the interpreters/actors, experience it. Some have called this putting the human being back into literature – physically, vocally, intellectually and emotionally. Readers’ Theatre calls for mental images of characters playing out a scene that exists primarily in the minds of the participants. These participants are both readers/actors and audiences. How much time commitment does Readers’ Theatre entail? Readers’ Theatre shows require smaller time commitments than do more traditional theater because less staging and memorization is required. Depending on the play, director, and cast for each play, there will be five to ten rehearsals. How are scripts chosen? Anyone interested in seeing a script performed, in this style, may submit it to ACT’s artistic/managing director. Readers’ Theatre scripts may or may not be traditional plays. In the early stages of this new program, preference will be given to scripts 30-60 minutes in length. How are actors and directors chosen? Actors will be chosen throughout the season from auditions. Directors will be chosen by ACT’s artistic/managing director. ACT's Season Young People's Theatre Check out other ACT programs Senior Theater Improv Troupe

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about us Aberdeen Community Theatre (ACT) is a community theater located in the Capitol Theatre, a renovated 1926 vaudeville/movie house on historic Main Street. The theater provides a range of opportunities for people of all ages to "GET INTO THE ACT" onstage and backstage. ACT's Young People's Theatre program offers theater skills building and enhancement for youth ages seven to seventeen. In addition to the six mainstage production a year, we strive to bring in entertaining traveling show and a variety of festivals. ​ The Capitol Theatre was opened in January 1927 as a French art deco theater. Its marquee was lit for the first time that month and a stage performance called "The Green Hat: A Play with a Punch" was included in the opening ceremonies. This was followed by the theater's first silent film screening, "Kid Boots". The following year, the Capitol was outfitted with a Vita-Phone sound system for the popular "talkies". ​ In the late 1980s, the Capitol Theatre began to wind down as a new duplex theater was being built in Aberdeen. The last movie to play at the Capitol was "Robocop 2" in 1990. In the early 1990s, there was a need for a permanent home for the Aberdeen Community Theatre, which had incorporated in 1980. ACT used any available theater space for their productions until moving permanently into the Capitol Theatre in 1992. The theater was converted from a movie house into a fully functional stage and movie facility. Since then, ongoing renovations and modifications have enhanced the performance space and the theater-going experience. ACT Board & Staff Board and Staff Linda Bartholomew President David Nikolas Vice President Kathy Stuck Treasurer Curt Wischmeier Secretary Linda Batteen Member-at-large Kelly Comstock Member-at-large Barb Evans Member-at-large Barb Magera Member-at-large Rory King Legal Counsel James L. Walker Artistic/Managing Director Brian T. Schultz Associate Artistic/Managing Director Steven Huber Box Office Manager Paige Walth Tiede Theatre Technician Teresa Levsen Community Relations Claire Vetter Education Coordinator Dan McQuillen NICOA Trainee/ACT Office Assistant GET IN TOUCH We'd love to hear from you Email Us Call Us Facebook Us Contact Us

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Specifications and Technical Information Here are a few photos of the Capitol Theatre house and stage here in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Also see the information contained in the Technical Information Package, a way for visiting productions to find out lots of details about Aberdeen Community Theatre's facility. Please contact our technical director with any questions or for information critical to your production. Read or download ACT's Technical Information Package Click to download Stage from house House from stage Downstage Left Wing Upstage Left Wing Downstage Right Wing Upstage Right Wing

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