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Picketwire to hold auditions for “Dracula”
This Halloween season, the Picketwire Center for Performing and Visual Arts will be bringing to life Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Auditions will be held on August 30th and 31st at 7:00 pm at the Picketwire Center, located at 802 San Juan in La Junta. The cast consists of six men and four women, with some flexibility […]
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Cast of “My Fair Lady” dancing all night for three more performances
The cast of Picketwire’s “My Fair Lady” invites you to join them for their final weekend of performances and give you a glimpse into their world of community theatre. Actors were given a selection of questions about the production and characters, giving the audience an intimate look into the production. Some serious, some informative, and […]
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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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My Fair Lady Days Away!
The Picketwire Players are extremely excited to present the classic musical “My Fair Lady” in our community theater this summer for our 50th Anniversary Season directed by Tracey Salzbrenner. “My Fair Lady” will hold the prestigious honor of being the 50th Anniversary Musical Production and the monumental accomplishment of being the 150th stage production of […]
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Calling all “Picketwire Players”!
The La Junta community is honoring you on our 50th Anniversary at the Wake-Up Breakfast on June 19. If you have ever been involved with Picketwire please plan to attend. Round up your fellow Players and join us in this community recognition. Tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce, the Barista and at the […]
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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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May Time Excitement!
PICKETWIRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR SUMMER MUSICAL Picketwire Players announced “My Fair Lady” as the summer 2018 musical. This revival was originally produced by Picketwire 35 years ago in 1983. The iconic musical by Lerner and Lowe features such memorable songs as “The Rain in Spain”, “I Could Have Danced All Night”, “On the Street Where […]
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