“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,…

Picketwire Announces Auditions for Christmas Musical

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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…

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…

Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery Opens in Three Weeks

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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…

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…

Coming Home Musical Concert – September 12th

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“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…

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,…

No rest for the theatrically inclined!

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With the lights going down for a summer musical of epic proportions, the Picketwire Players scarcely have time to rest before the lights go up for the fall play. This fall sees a hilarious, off-beat murder mystery with quite the twist, take…