“Yes, Virginia” Based on True Events

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(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…

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus – Cast Announced

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(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,…

Murder Mystery Opens This Week at Picketwire

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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…

Picketwire Presents a Concert About Coming Home

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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…

Cast Announced for Fall Play – The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery

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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,…

The Music is Soaring at Picketwire This Weekend

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Les Miserables in Its Second Week by Susie Sarlo The voices, the orchestra, the emotion . . . it is almost too much to take in as Picketwire Players open their second and final week of their summer production “Les Miserables” this Thursday.…

Salo and Hutch Interviews the Cast of Les Miserables

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In case you missed the Salo and Hutch show on July 12th, here is the interview in full.  Click Here

Picketwire Players Production of Les Miserables Features Outstanding Male Actors

Bringing passion, revolution and hope to Picketwire’s stage this summer are four fabulous actors with voices that open the heavens. Picketwire Players present the world renowned musical Les Miserables. Playing the tragic character of Jean…

Comic relief, redemption part of Les Miserables

The Picketwire Players of La Junta, Colorado present Les Miserables July 31, Aug. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 2014. In a play full of tragedy and suffering, there are moments of comic relief and redemption offered through the characters the Thenardiers…

Picketwire – Les Miserables Cast Announced

Director, Tracey Salzbrenner, said the talent that auditioned this year was incredible making the decisions for panel difficult.  But after three days of auditions the cast has been chosen for  this summer's EPIC musical production of Les…