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AUDITIONS TO BE HELD FOR PICKETWIRE’S “MAMMA MIA!”
Auditions for Picketwire’s 2019 summer musical, Mamma Mia!, are May 15 and 17 at 7:00 PM at The Picketwire Center for Performing and Visual Arts (802 San Juan Avenue in La Junta, Colorado). The show dates are July 11, 12, 13 and July 18, 19, 20. If you are interested in auditioning for a lead, […]
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Picketwire Shows Talent!
Picketwire made a grand entrance to its 51st season April 11th with the opening of “Picketwire’s Got Talent.” As always we had a great crowd that was eager to see what this new talent show was all about. Who knows, maybe it will be a show that becomes annual? With a bare bones script and […]
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Tickets Now on Sale!
Tickets for Picketwire’s Got Talent are now on sale! Picketwire Center for Performing and Visual Arts will open its 51st season with Picketwire’s Got Talent. A talent competition featuring performers from around the valley featuring live audience voting and a grand prize donated by Colorado Bank and Trust. The Picketwire Board of Directors will be […]
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Cast Announced for Picketwire’s Got Talent!
The Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who came out to audition for Picketwire’s Got Talent. We truly enjoyed seeing all of your talents! While we would love to see all of you on the stage, due to time limitations, we could only fit 12 acts into the show. If your name is […]
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Cast Announced for Nuncrackers!
In a season of revivals, Picketwire continues its 50th season with “Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical” directed by Desiree’ Goheen. Nuncrackers will be the 152nd stage production and is preceded by “Nunsense” in July 1991, “Nunsense II: The Second Coming” in July 1995, and “Nunsense Jamboree” in May 2000. Sister Mary Regina Tracey Salzbrenner Sister […]
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Opening Weekend!
For it’s 50th summer, Picketwire is producing a retrospective show to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. On Friday, July 13th, it’s “50 Fabulous Years: A Retrospective” featuring performers returning from the past 50 years to perform their original numbers. Tom Armstrong as Tevye is singing If I Were a Rich Man; Jeannie and George Larsen will […]
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Picketwire’s Having a Party and Everyone’s Invited!
By Susie Sarlo, Tracey Salzbrenner, & Zach Zamora (La Junta) – One of the oldest community theatres in Colorado is turning 50 and they want everyone to celebrate with them. Picketwire Players of La Junta, Colorado performed their first play in 1968, and they have had a show or season of shows every year since that […]
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This March at Picketwire
We are getting ready to start off the season strong with Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple: Female Version. Auditions will be held March 6th and 7th at Picketwire Center and will begin at 7:00 PM. As always, Picketwire looks forward to having a variety of actors and actresses come through the Stage Door, whether it be […]
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December is here!
First off, we would like to thank everyone that called in and helped make our first ever Patron Radio-Thon a hit! It was a fun and informative two hours of air time that helped us reach out to our Patrons in a whole new way. Hopefully, none of you missed it, but if you did, […]
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Picketwire Center Needs You!
Community Theater requires more than Actors and Actresses for successful productions. Previous theater experience not required. New faces are always welcome. To volunteer, contact the box office or just show up at any audition. Read More
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