The Pirates of Prestidigitation

Fresh from his sold-out performances at the new Arts Theatre, Ron Giesecke sat and ruminated about what to do next.

That’s when he decided to wake his longtime magic-buddy, Bryan Gilles, from the odd performing twilight he’s maintained for five years. Ron ran over to his house and knocked on the door. He heard a voice yell, I ALREADY HAVE an extended warranty!”

Ron ran around to the window, and could see Bryan—crouched on the floor in a fetal position, clutching a deck of cards, and a book called “Magic for Dummies.”

Ron immediately knew he was dealing with a man in the final throes of entertainment hypoxia.

“You wanna do a show together?” He asked.

Soon enough, Bryan was speaking intelligible sentences and saying things like “Return to magic” and “It’s been too long.” He also said something about a “bag of catalytic converters in the garage,” but no one knows what that meant.

By the end of the day, Bryan and Ron hatched a plan—if Ron can inflict his act upon the community like some ersatz-pirate with no consequences—what kind of damage can be done with combined, sleight-of-hand buccaneering?

Thus, in the show presented here; longtime friends, with boyhood interests in the silly and slightly-clandestine world of trickery and deception, will do what they have only toyed with at the margins.

This will be an evening of wonder, laughter, and hopefully, what will also be the first of many shows to come.

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Summer Comedy Extravaganza

Ready for a good laugh? 

ARTS Theatre presents the Summer Comedy Extravaganza

Featuring: Dan McGowan

Dan’ credits include: Last Comic Standing, Royal Carribian Cruise Lines and Winner: Branson Comedy Festival

Hosted by: Sam Borquez

Also appearing: 

Jeffrey Taylor

John Boggs

Ranae Cherry

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2022 Youth Performance Award

Congrats to Megan Murray as the winner of this year’s Youth Performance Award and College Scholarship Award.

Megan was in our UNITED 4 UKRAINE fundraiser earlier this year where she performed in an excerpt from “April of ’45,” a play written by Denise Derk, and she performed a dance to the song Rise Up.

Tuesdays with Morrie

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.
Tickets: $25
**Masks will be required of all audience members and temperatures will be checked at the door.**

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