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Did you know?

Olmsted Performing Arts started in 2003 but now, just nine years later, has over 40 permanent staff members and hundreds of volunteers!

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Concept art for Shere Khan, the villainous Bengal tiger in Disney’s The Jungle Book.

OPA’s youth stage production of The Jungle Book Kids opens April 20th.

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Promo video for Olmsted Performing Arts production of The Last Five Years directed by Angela Boehm, starring Max Miller and Lauren Berry. Video shot and edited by Pat Miller.

Tickets available now at http://www.olmstedperformingarts.com/tickets-last5years.php.

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(via cgaertner)

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Congratulations to the cast of A Christmas Story!

Ralph: Maxwell Miller
Ralphie Parker: Jacob Ingrassia
Mother: Kari Jacobs
The Old Man: Tom Boehm
Randy: Michael Boehm
Miss Shields: Mary Ellen Riley
Flick: Ian Moore
Schwartz: Henry Foraker
Esther Jane Alberry: Alicia Boone
Helen Weathers: Paige Boehm
Scut Farkas: Zachary Dragony
Students: Brianna Burke, Sierra D’Achille, Alicia Diamond, Bay Dorenbos, Michael Grecol, Malena Grigoli, Bailey Hyde, Allison Knaggs, Lily Kozub

Tickets for A Christmas Story go on sale on October 18th. Check out http://www.olmstedperformingarts.com/season.php for details.

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“You’ll shoot your eye out!”

Audition sign-ups for OPA’s holiday production of A Christmas Story are now open online! All actors, ages 6–adult, are welcome to audition for this, OPA’s first venture into straight plays.

A Christmas Story is humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out.” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here and A Christmas Story is sure to be a holiday favorite!

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Tony (Domenic Farinelli) and Maria (Rachel Gibson) in Olmsted Performing Arts’ 2011 production of Broadway classic West Side Story.

For those in the northeast Ohio area, the show opens this Friday, August 12th and tickets are on sale now!

(Photos courtesy of Jacquelynn Hongosh.)

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DJ Forbush as Touchstone and Megan Hyde as Audrey in OPA’s production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It.

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Hillary Wheelock as Rosalind and Kayla McDonald as Celia in OPA’s production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It.

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Hillary Wheelock as Rosalind, Kayla McDonald as Celia, and Pat Miller as Jaques in OPA’s production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It.