The Picketwire Players are currently accepting letters of intent for anyone interested in serving on its Board of Directors. Four current board members’ terms are expiring at the end of 2014. Current board members do have the option of submitting letters of intent to remain on the board and their names will appear on the […]
(La Junta, CO) – In 1897 Virginia O’Hanlon was eight years old. She asked her father if there was a Santa Claus. He suggested that she write to the New York Sun newspaper and ask them because “if you see it in the Sun, it’s so.”Sun editor Francis Church rose above the simple question and […]
(La Junta, CO) – This holiday season, Picketwire Players will stage a performance of “Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus.” This original production from the Macy’s Corporation is based on a true story of 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon, who wrote a letter to the New York Sun newspaper in 1897, inquiring about the existence of Santa Claus. […]
Picketwire Players announce their Christmas musical: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. Show Dates: December 11, 12, and 13 Audition dates: October 15, 16, 21 and 24 6:30 to 8:30 PM Cast includes: speaking and choral parts – 15 Adults and 10 Children. Come prepared to sing a Christmas carol of your choice.
Lightning flashes as a thunder clap echoes off into the distance. Suddenly the quiet of the night is pierced by a blood-curdling scream and … the roar of audience laughter. You know that autumn has arrived when the Picketwire Center for Performing and Visual arts opens its doors for their fall show. This autumn they […]
Only three more weeks of rehearsal ahead for the cast and crew of “Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery”! The cast has been very busy learning their lines, blocking in action, and even practicing British accents. Specific characters in the cast took part in two in-house British dialect workshops to learn how to “speak the […]
The thrill of coming home never changes. Coming home in the fall is especially exciting. There are school activities, homecoming games and the anticipation of crisp fall weather with the changing colors of fall leaves. It invokes special memories and a feeling of comfort. Picketwire Players celebrate the importance of home during a special concert […]
“The thrill of coming home has never changed.” Guy Pearce Picketwire Players are pleased to present Coming Home ~ a musical concert on September 12th at 7:00 PM at the Picketwire Center for Performing and Visual Arts. With all the high school reunions planned that weekend and many families coming home to celebrate the […]
Cast for the fall production of The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery is announced according to Director, Elizabeth Randall. This fall sees a hilarious, off-beat murder mystery with quite the twist. Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery, written by Brian D. Taylor, is a play within a play with quite a few surprises for the audience […]