56th Season: 2018 – 2019

by John Steinbeck

Directed by Philip A. Palmer

Show Dates: Sept. 14, 15, 21, 22, 2018 - 8pm

Sept. 16, 23, 2018 - 2:30pm

by Pat Cook

Directed by Val Gahagan and Angel Palmer

Show Dates: November 2, 3, 9, 10, 2018 - 8pm

November 4, 11, 2018 - 2:30pm

Auditions for "Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner" are just around the corner!
They will be held August 12th and 13th at 7:00 pm at Zanesville Community Theatre.
Calling for 5 women and 4 men, all parts are available at the time of audition and all ages are welcome!Show Synopsis:
What do you do when you have three geriatric sisters as patients and all they want to do is sit at home and talk to one another-all at the same time!?
You move another person in with them. At least that is what Doc Lomax does when he has a new nurse needing a place to live- a nurse with a secret, that is.
The hard part is convincing the sisters that they need a roomer. In no time, however, Nurse Jean has them planning parties, pulling Halloween pranks and wearing jogging suits while they race each other to the corner. When their nephew shows up with plans to sell the family home, things get complicated again.
Join us for this heartwarming piece that is loaded with wisecracks and one-liners that keep the laughter flowing.

by Lillian Hellman

Directed by Eric Blake

Show Dates: Feb. 1, 2, 8, 9, 2019 - 8pm

Feb. 3, 10, 2019 - 2:30pm

By Christopher Brooks

Directed by David Schubach

Show Dates: April 5, 6, 12, 13, 2019 - 8pm

April 7, 14, 2019 - 2:30pm

O’Donnell's Pub at Zanesville Community Theatre is a world premiere, written by Zanesville native Christopher Brooks. The comedy opens on St. Patrick’s Day in a Seattle pub with our main character Molly Fischer at a crossroads. Her career and her relationship are both going nowhere and she has been estranged from her only living relative –her mother- for as long as she can remember. A surprise inheritance of a pub in rural Ireland comes from an uncle she never knew she had. Her decision to pick up her disastrous life and move to Ireland does not go over well with the boyfriend. She arrives to find a charming pub full of oddball characters and soon learns the real hidden charm of the pub, the massive back tax bill that is due in thirty days. Come see how Molly and her cast of Irish misfits navigate this challenge and what might be at the end of Molly’s rainbow.

Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie Written by Peter Barsocchini

Directed by Sarah Gantzer

Show Dates: May 31, June 1, 7, 8, 2019 - 7pm

June 2, 9, 2019 - 2:30pm

Book by Larry Gelbart

Music by Cy Coleman

Lyrics by David Zippel

Directed by Sheryl Wise

Show Dates: July 19, 20, 26, 27, 2019 - 8pm

July 21, 28, 2019 - 2:30pm

Registration will be online for the 2019 session (coming soon)

Goal: To provide a theatrical learning and performance experience for elementary and middle school-aged children, in a working theater, supported by individuals experienced in both technical aspects of theater and performance.

Camp Director: Sarah Gantzer

For information contact Sarah at theverysparklythespian@gmail.com

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NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all Auditions begin at 7pm, and all Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8pm and all Sunday shows begin at 2:30pm