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Announcements
100th Anniversary Tickets
Masquerade Ball Tickets are now available for purchase online. Please see 100th Anniversary page for more details.
Upcoming Productions
The Miller Center for the Arts Announces an Upcoming Production of Music Theatre International’s All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre
Performances to take place November 14, 2021 at 2pm & 7pm
A fantastic selection of songs are featured in this brand new musical revue from shows including Rent, Les Misérables, Into the Woods, Matilda, Hairspray, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Once on This Island, Little Shop of Horrors, Mamma Mia! and many more!
The Miller Center for the Arts located at Reading Area Community College, along with 1st Street Players, Genisius, Reading Civic Theater, Reading Community Players, Reading Theater Project, and Yocum Institute,have announced that they will be joining thousands of national and international theatrical organizations inproducing their own local production of Music Theatre International’s All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre. The theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) created this revue for theatres to use as a local fundraising event to be performed over the same weekend of November 12, 2021, thereby creating a global phenomenon.
All Together Now! features songs from MTI’s beloved catalogue of musicals including Annie,Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Come From Away, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell, Guys and Dolls, Hairspray, Into the Woods, Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors,Mamma Mia!, Matilda, My Fair Lady, Once on This Island, Rent, Waitress and many more!
MTI’s President and CEO, Drew Cohen stated, “MTI’s All Together Now! is about bringing people back to the theatre, whether as audience members or cast, crew and musicians. The revue features songs from the world’s most iconic musicals, so there is definitely something for everyone to enjoy. Our goal with this worldwide event is for organizations to provide hope, inspiration and excitement to their communities through the transformative power of musical theatre.
For the first time EVER, the city of Reading’s local theater groups are teaming up TOGETHER for one full day filled with all of your favorite musical songs! 1st Street Players, Genisius, Reading Civic Theater, Reading Community Players, Reading Theater Project, and Yocum Institute are joining the same stage to put on 2 shows for an unforgettable day at the Miller Center. All ticket proceeds will benefit the six theater groups performing in the show. This will be a tremendous help after everyone being dark due to COVID. The show is funded by the Hawley and Myrtle Quier Fund of Berks County Community Foundation.
“The Miller Center is proud to be the home for the many of Berks County’s Performing Arts Organizations”, said Tony DeMarco, Executive Director of the Foundation for RACC and the Miller Center. “This particular show incorporates many Berks County musical ensembles into one wonderful show, All Together Now”
Tickets go on sale Friday, September 10th at 10am, tickets are $25 per person, day of the show they are $35. Tickets can be purchase at millercenter.racc.edu/all-together-now
For more information please reach out to Megan Schappell, House Manager of the Miller Center,mschappell@racc.edu
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Reading Community Players 100th Anniversary Book
***SPECIAL***
Purchase your 100th Anniversary book for $20.00 and also receive 2 years of free membership!
This publication features a collection of stories, and pictures that document the history of the organization. Pat Perfect has done an amazing job capturing the events our first 100 years!
Please mail your checks to the address listed below.
Reading Community Players
PO Box 13425
Reading, PA 19612-3425
Past Announcements
The RCP Board of Directors have recently approved a Covid 19 Response Plan to guide our future productions. We look forward to resuming productions in the near future.