Special Events Archive

August 18, 2023
Theatre Salina

Dancing with Salina Stars

Hors D’oeuvres by Liz Lee Catering, Open Bar, Silent and Live Auctions, and our most anticipated Dance Competition.

RSVP by Monday, August 14th

$75.00 for the single ticket price or the $300 Patron Package: which includes two tickets, VIP parking, name in the playbill, VIP hors d’oeuvres, early entrance at 6:15 p.m., VIP bar service, and VIP seating.

Thank you to our Sponsor SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

April 20 – 23, 2023

AACT-Fest

Region V

Theatre Salina will be hosting the AACT Festival for Region V, which includes theatres from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota. It will consist of performances by theatres within the region and a series of workshops.

Hotel accommodations can be made at Homewood Suites by Hilton Salina Downtown and the Hilton Garden Inn.

Visit the AACT website, for updated rules and information: https://aact.org/festival-handbook

Individual tickets available at the box office.

Tickets are $25.00 for a block (Two Performances) per person.

Friday at 7:00 pm : “The End of the Beginning” and “Didn’t See That Coming”
Saturday at 1:00 pm : “Code Five” and “The Wall”
Saturday at 7:00 pm : “The Children” and “Tracks”

Call 785-827-3033 or Box Office will open 1 hour before performances.
Seating is open.

Thank you to our Sponsors!

August 19, 2022
Theatre Salina

Dancing with Salina Stars

Hors D’oeuvres by Liz Lee Catering, Open Bar, Silent and Live Auctions, and our most anticipated Dance Competition.

RSVP by Monday, August 15th

$60.00 for the single ticket price or the $250 Patron Package: which includes two tickets, VIP parking, name in the playbill, VIP hors d’oeuvres, early entrance at 6:15 p.m., VIP bar service, and VIP seating.

Thank you to our Sponsor SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

October 22 – 24, 2021
Salina Community Theatre

State Theatre Conference 2021

After the success of the event last year, Salina Community Theatre is  hosting the second annual Association of Kansas Theatres Conference, in partnership with KCAIC and with contributions from Salina Arts and Humanities.

October 22-24, 2021

Included in the $35.00 registration:

• A variety of workshops covering topics from theatre management, technical theatre, and creative approaches.
• Tickets to the SCT production of The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson the evening of Saturday the 23rd.
• All conference dinner Friday Night.
• A farewell brunch Sunday morning.
• Coffee and Pastry bar provided by Ad Astra Books and Coffee, a local favorite from Salina Downtown.

Registration

September 13 – October 20, 2021

ALL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Presented by:

This workshop covers TIE’s Best Practices, including tools for developing a consent-based process, setting boundaries, deloading the process, choreographing intimacy,  documentation and working with minors. TIE request all workshop participants please wear a mask.

August 20, 2021
Salina Community Theatre

Dancing with Salina Stars

This is the Tenth Anniversary of this annual event, and we are welcoming back the All-Stars!

Thank you to our Sponsor SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

March 13-15, 2020
Salina Community Theatre

AKT: Kansas State Community Theatre Conference

Through a partnership with the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission (KCAIC) and the National Endowment for the Arts, we are pleased to announce that the first state conference dedicated to community theatre networking in more than a decade will be held at Salina Community Theatre March 13-15.

This partnership will allow the cost of participation to be greatly reduced. The partners will cover all of the housing (Hilton Garden Inn) for the three nights, the cost of workshops, one all conference dinner, and a Sunday brunch at the theatre. There will also be a performance of Every Brilliant Thing on Saturday night in the Sunflower Financial Theatre that will be at no cost to attendees. There is a cap on the total number of rooms we can get, so please register early. The only cost to participants will be $75/person.

Theatres of any size from $0 budget to the largest in the state are welcome. We hope to share our successes and our worries with each other. We want this to be a true networking event to help theatres of all capabilities grow and prosper.

When you click the link to register, besides your pertinent information, we would also like to know what types of workshops have the greatest interest for you. We have enough space to have eight different workshops every day, or to repeat workshops with the greatest relevance to the most participants. We will find professional to speak about management, marketing, board development, fund-raising, capital campaigns, acting, directing, lighting, costuming, and dance.

We have enough space to have eight different workshops every day, or to repeat workshops with the greatest relevance to the most participants. We will find professional to speak about management, marketing, board development, fund-raising, capital campaigns, acting, directing, lighting, costuming, and dance.

February 28, 2020
Salina Community Theatre

Ninth Annual Dancing with the Salina Stars

This season’s Dancing with Salina Stars will take place Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.

Featuring Performances by Salina Community Theatre: Center for Theatre Arts dancers, choreographers, and teachers and their local celebrity partners:

Keri Kavouras

Christopher Graber

Kevin Quinley

Dave Sanderson

Niles Lindenmuth

Sponsored by Great Plains Manufacturing

Decmeber 19, 2019 at 7:30 PM

Kephart Theatre

A Crooner Christmas!

Les Lankhorst returns to SCT with his sell-out Christmas show.

Lankhorst has made a career of personifying Frank Sinatra on stages all over the world. He brings that voice and charisma back to SCT, along with his Swingin’ Band, for ONE NIGHT ONLY of classic holiday favorites and swinging standards. Don’t miss Les and his band do such classics as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, Elvis’ “White Christmas”, “Jingle Bell Rock”, and many more! Les has been called “the next best thing to Sinatra”.

Sponsored by Salina Community Theatre and Chiropractic Wellness Center 

Friday, August 2, 2019

Volunteer Awards Gala

Celebrating our volunteers, stars, friends and patrons of this past 2018-2019 season!  New this year: Volunteers from each musical will be invited to participate in a sing-a-long from their show! Cocktails at 6 pm and dinner at 6:30 pm. Awards following dinner.

Catered by Liz Lee

NOMINEES

Lead Actor in a Musical
Carl Rowles (TMM)
Chris Graber (ELF:TM)
Jaicee Wilson (SPWG)
Ethan Badders (N:TM)

Featured Actress in a Musical
Bradyn Houltberg (TMM)
Vickee Spicer (ELF:TM)
Erin Gallion (SPWG)
Kristina Freeland (N:TM)

Featured Actress in a Play
Ellen Fixsen (SS)
Zoe Rea (TF)
Erin Gallion/Susan Burchill/Rachel Pearson/Vickee Spicer (CI)

Cameo Actor in a Musical
David Greiser (TMM)
Nelson Gutsch (ELF:TM)
Josh Tackett (SPWG)
Jeff Leger (N:TM)

Cameo Actress in a Musical
Caroline Stone (TMM)
Gilda Alvarez (ELF:TM)
Jill French (SPWG)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast
THE MUSIC MAN
SILENT SKY
ELF: THE MUSICAL
THE FOREIGNER
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
NEWSIES: THE MUSICAL

Outstanding Musical
THE MUSIC MAN
ELF: THE MUSICAL
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
NEWSIES: THE MUSICAL

Outstanding Play
SILENT SKY
THE FOREIGNER
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

OTHER AWARDS GIVEN:
Outstanding CTA & SCT Student(s)
Outstanding Newcomer(s)
Most Valuable Player(s) NEW!
Volunteer of the Year

March 29 – 30, 2019 | 7:30 PM
Sunflower Financial Theatre

The Classics Meet Rock

Rock music in the early 1970’s found a few groups using classical music compositions as foundations for their album material, be it thematic material or entire classical compositions.  The standard Rock group instrumentation of guitar, bass, drums and keyboards was enhanced by the introduction of the Moog synthesizer.  The Rock ensemble leading the pack in this classic rock genre was ‘Emerson, Lake, and Palmer’.  With other groups like ‘Yes’, ‘Gentle Giant’, ‘Flock’, and ‘Nice’ the musicians within raised the bar on technical prowess on their respective instruments.  More and more classically trained musicians were entering the realm of Rock and Roll.

‘Emerson, Lake, Palmer’ were able to perform more ambitious pieces within the classic rock genre.  Several of these compositions will be performed by a quintet of current and past residents of Salina.  Two of the performers are members of the Kansas Music Hall of Fame via their association with groups ‘Friar Tuck and the Monks’ and ‘Plain Jane’.  Two performers are also current members of the Salina Symphony.

“The Classics Meet Rock” program includes:

‘Promenade’ from Mussorsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”

Knifes Edge (based on the 1^st movement of Janacek’s “Sinfonietta”)

The Barbarian (based on Bartok’s piano solo “Allegro Barbaro”)

‘Hoedown’ from Copeland’s “Rodeo”

Nutrocker (based on the 2^nd movement ‘March’ from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite”)

Central to the ‘Classics Meet Rock’ program will be the performance of ‘Emerson, Lake, and Palmer’s’ multi-movement piece titled ‘Tarkus’.  Though not based on a classical piece, this multi-movement piece has both diatonic and quatral harmonic tonalities with recurring thematic material as in many symphonic forms.  All of the above-mentioned selections can be found within the ‘Emerson, Lake, and Palmer’s’ albums of the 70’s.

An adaptation of Prokofiev’s 2^nd movement (Romance) from his “Lieutenant Kije Suite” as performed by ‘Sting’ titled ‘Russians’ from his first solo album “Dream of the Blue Turtles” completes the program.

Please join the contemporary rock ensemble of Craig Biegler – Keyboards, Dean Kranzler – Percussion, Jeff Leach – Bass, Tony Bowell – Vocals, and Dave Cooper – Keyboards and Accessory Percussion as they perform “The Classics Meet Rock”

Friday March 1, 2019
Kephart Theatre

Dancing With Salina Stars

Join us for our 8th annual tradition that features stars within the community and continues our efforts to use local talent to enliven and entertain audiences. Proceeds benefit Salina Community Theatre.

This fun-filled evening includes:
Hors D’oeuvres • Open Bar • Silent & Live Auctions • Dance Competition

$50 per person • $250 Patron Package
Patron Package includes:

• 2 tickets
• VIP hors d’oeuvres — queue forms at 6:30pm, begin eating at 7:00pm
• VIP bar service — personal bartender for the evening
• VIP seating — first choice in the Kephart theatre for the dance competition
• Name in the playbill
• VIP parking spot

Catering by Liz Lee. Purchase tickets online by clicking below, or call the Box Office at 785-827-3033.

Sponsored by GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING

STARS & CHOREOGRAPHERS

January 26 & 27, 2019
Stiefel Theatre

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

By Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, and Peter Parnell

Produced in collaboration with
THE SALINA SYMPHONY

Join us for this lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance, and what it means to be a hero.

Sponsored by KASA COMPANIES and
SALINA ARTS AND HUMANITIES: HORIZONS GRANTS PROGRAMS

PRINCIPALS

ENSEMBLE

Lankhorst has made a career of personifying Frank Sinatra on stages all over the world. He brings that voice and swagger back to SCT, along with his Swingin’ Band, for ONE NIGHT ONLY of classic holiday favorites and swinging standards. Don’t miss Les and his band do such classics as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, Elvis’ “White Christmas”, “Jingle Bell Rock”, and many more! Les has been called “the next best thing to Sinatra” and that he “….caresses lyrics until he makes them purr….”

May 10, 2018
Sunflower Financial Theatre

An Evening with Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming was described by Time Magazine as one of the most fun people in show business, by the New York Times as a ‘bawdy, countercultural sprite’ and the New York Observer as a ‘frolicky pansexual sex symbol for the new millenium’. But he thinks you shouldnt believe everything you read. He became an American citizen in 2008 and is a cabaret of songs and stories about his life and loves in his adopted homeland.

He has performed with Jay Z and Liza with a Z; he has won a Tony, hosted the Tonys and been nominated for an Emy for doing so; he has a soap called Cumming In A Bar, and a bar called Club Cumming; he made back to back films with Staley Kubrick and the Spice Girls; he has played God, the Devil, Hitler, the Pope, a teleporting superhero, all the parts in Macbeth, General Batista of Cuba, a goat opposite Sean Connery, Dionysus, a Smurf (twice) the EmCee in Cabaret (thrice), a James Bond baddie – oh, and political spinmeister Eli Gold on seven seasons of the Good Wife, for which he received multiple Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG award nominations; he is the author of five books including a #1 New York Times best-selling memoir; he appeared on Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, topless in Playgirl and naked on the cover of his second album.

Alan Cumming is many things to many people – renaissance man, style icon, social activist, bon viveur – but to himself he is a story-teller and provocatuer for hire.

March 30 & 31, 2018
Kephart Theatre

The Don Wagner and Sylvia Kvacik &

The Ruble Family

As we look for ways to open our stages for new ideas, new voices, and new talent, we are pleased to present these vocal artists in the Sunflower Financial Theatre for two nights only, March 30 and 31 at 7 P.M.

This is the first in a series of local artists we hope to showcase in a relaxed, comfortable venue. So have a drink, sit back and relax to this amazing local talent.

Don Wagner, Sylvia Kvacik, & Amos Vega, Perform Old Songs with a New Twist

Singer and songwriter, teacher and poet, Don Wagner has been playing guitar and fiddle in Kansas for a number of years, first with the Bill Burrows Band, then on his own.  His mixture of original songs and traditional favorites are rooted in folk, bluegrass, and blues, and the set list spans the decades from the 1920’s to the twenty first century.  More recently Wagner has been performing with Sylvia Kvacik, a former English student who is now an English teacher, forensics coach, and FFA sponsor at Bennington High School.  They are often joined by Amos Vega, a renowned guitarist from the Salina area who has been featured in a number of blues and rock bands.  Together the three performers bring new twists to many of the old songs, putting their original stylistic interpretations into a fresh and refreshing listening experience. The trio draws upon their diverse musical histories to create an energetic and enjoyable musical show interspersed with Wagner’s award-winning cowboy poetry  Make plans to enjoy this unique production of homegrown talent and entertainment that is only available in this limited venue.

The Ruble Family (Dave, Angie, Mason, and Wayne) from Minneapolis, Kansas

Keeping up the tradition of bluegrass, the Ruble Family puts their own twist on classic songs while featuring the amazing talents of nationally recognized teens Mason and Wayne on banjo and mandolin. The boys are also members of the Kansas Treblemakers, the Kansas Bluegrass Association’s outstanding youth ensemble, whose music has thrilled audiences from coast to coast. Don’t pass up the opportunity to enjoy family harmonies, fantastic instrumentals, and old fashion fun.  Come hear what fourth generation roots music sounds like.

March 2, 2018
Kephart Theatre

Dancing with Salina Stars

Dancing With Salina Stars has become an annual tradition at Salina Community Theatre, and continues our efforts to use local talent and resources to enliven and entertain audiences. Proceeds benefit Salina Community Theatre.

This fun-filled evening includes:

Hors D’oeuvres • Open Bar • Silent & Live Auctions • Dance Competition

Patron Package includes:

• 2 tickets
• VIP hors d’oeuvres — queue forms at 6:30pm, begin eating at 7:00pm
• VIP bar service — personal bartender for the evening
• VIP seating — first choice in the Kephart theatre for the dance competition
• Name in the playbill
• VIP parking spot

Catering by Liz Lee

Sponsored by GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING

STARS & CHOREOGRAPHERS

December 22, 2017  |  7:30pm
Kephart Theatre

Salina Community Theatre and Chiropractic Wellness Center proudly present

A Crooner Christmas

Les Lankhorst has made a career of personifying Frank Sinatra on stages all over the world. He brings that voice and swagger back to SCT, along with his Swingin’ Band, for ONE NIGHT ONLY of classic holiday favorites and swinging standards. Don’t miss Les and his band do such classics as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, Elvis’ “White Christmas”, “Jingle Bell Rock”, and many more! Les has been called “the next best thing to Sinatra” and that he “….caresses lyrics until he makes them purr….”

Special thanks to CONKLIN CARS – SALINA, LENKIEWICZ RENTAL PROPERTIES & ALEX LANKHORST – AFLAC INSURANCE

Find out more about Les at LesLankhorst.com.

March 9-11, 2017
Kephart Theatre

Mark Twain: The Trouble Begins Now

Michael Spicer reprises his role as Mark Twain in this biography of the great American author and wit, who started life in a Missouri village as a barefoot boy named Samuel Clemens.

March 3, 2017
Kephart Theatre

Dancing with Salina Stars

Dancing with Salina Stars has become an annual tradition at Salina Community Theatre, and continues our efforts to use local talent and resources to enliven and entertain audiences. Proceeds benefit Salina Community Theatre.

This fun-filled evening includes:

Hors D’oeuvres • Open Bar • Silent & Live Auctions • Dance Competition

Patron Package includes:

• 2 tickets
• VIP hors d’oeuvres — queue forms at 6:30pm, begin eating at 7:00pm
• VIP bar service — personal bartender for the evening
• VIP seating — first choice in the Kephart theatre for the dance competition
• Name in the playbill
• VIP parking spot

Catering by Liz Lee.

Sponsored by GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING

STARS & CHOREOGRAPHERS

Bill Hall Superintendent of USD 305
dancing with choreographer Julie Schott

Dr. Sean Herrington Emergency Room Physician
dancing with choreographer Vickee Spicer

Kurt Siemers Certified Public Accountant
dancing with choreographer Cathie Norris

Hope Varela YMCA Trainer
dancing with choreographer Jenn Kohart

Jim “Merle” Hughes Saline County Sheriff Lieutenant Deputy
dancing with choreographer Katelyn Tremblay

August 4, 2016

Volunteer Awards Gala

See the 2016 Volunteer Awards Gala winners here.

6:00pm Cocktails | 6:30pm Dinner
Awards presentation follows dinner

Our annual celebration to honor all the volunteers that make our work possible.

July 22-24, 2016
Encore Performances: August 19-20, 2016
Sunflower Financial Theatre

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

By Nora and Delia Ephron
Based on the book by Ilene Beckerman

READERS THEATRE | RECOMMENDED FOR AGE 13+

This intimate collection of stories by Nora and Delia Ephron proves that a great show is always in fashion! Love, Loss, and What I Wore is based on the best-seller by Ilene Beckerman as well as the recollections of the Ephrons’ friends. The show uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to, creating an enduring theatergoing experience.

CAST

Jean Boardman/Karen Brassea

Rachel Pearson

Madison Roths

Elizabeth-Ali Schade

Vickee Spicer

July 24-25, 2015
Sunflower Financial Theatre

God of Carnage

By Yasmina Reza

July 18-20, 2014 & July 25-27, 2014
Sunflower Financial Theatre

A Life in the Theatre

By David Mamet

Tyrees Allen and Bob Wearing star in David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre. Mr. Allen has been a featured actor on Broadway, in movies, and in television, and has appeared on stage at SCT in Driving Miss Daisy, A Raisin in the Sun, and Othello. Mr. Wearing is a recent graduate of the University of Central Missouri, and has appeared in the Musical Theatre Heritage production of Bernstein’s Broadway in Kansas City.

CAST

Robert: Tyrees Allen

John: Bob Wearing