The Last Night of Ballyhoo
By Alfred UhryDirected by Daniel Schay
May 17 - June 1, 2008
Featuring: Janet Arnold, Jillian Courtney, Athena Hunting, Mike Lawler, Lindsey Marlin, Christian Miller and Brian Sweis.
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It's December of 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia.. "Gone with the Wind" is having its world premier, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's elitist German Jewish are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Meet the Freitag family: bachelor Adolph, his widowed sister Boo Levy and their widowed sister-in-law Reba. Boo's daughter needs a date for the dance; Adolph brings home his new employee Joe Farkas; but is a Brooklyn-born Jew of Eastern European heritage of equal status to the Freitags?
The family gets pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of comedy, romance and revelations along the way. Events take several unexpected turns as the characters face where they come from and who they really are.
Winner of the 1997 TONY Awards® for Best Play.
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AJTC's 20th Anniversary Season Auction
Curtain Call Youth Theatre Presents
Dig 'n Tel
by Flora Atkin
Directed by Andrea Robertson
April 12 @ 7:00 pm
April 13 @ 1:00 and 3:00
Temple Chai - 4645 E. Marilyn Rd., Phoenix, 85032
Announcing Our 2007/08 Season
Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary
Fiddler on the Roof |
Halpern and Johnson |
Kindertransport |
 The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
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Arizona Jewish Theatre Company Has A New Home!
AJTC feels fortunate to have entered into a 3-year facilities agreement with Paradise Valley Community College to perform at the Center for the Performing Arts. PVCC’s $6 million, 25,000 square foot Center for the Performing Arts opened October 13, 2005. A fully professional,
multi-use theater, the beautiful facility seats
nearly 300 patrons and incorporates a
25-musician orchestra pit, a full fly system,
comfortable dressing rooms for up to 30
actors, as well as state-of-the-art lighting,
sound and audio/visual systems. The
auditorium has comfortable seats, is
climate controlled and offers 10 infra-red
hearing devices.
The theater’s 1000 square foot lobby
contains a box office and concession
counter and also functions as an art
gallery. Just outside the building is a new
outdoor amphitheatre, which will be used
for a variety of concerts and programs.
The CPA sits on the east end of the
campus, off 34th street, just south of
Union Hills. The facility is easy to reach by the 51 or the Loop 101. There is
ample parking, including handicapped
spots, within 25-100 feet from the door.
The performing arts community at PVCC
is excited about the new arrangement too.
“PVCC students will have a professional
theatre company in residence from whom
they can learn and gain invaluable
experience,” states Dr. Christopher
Scinto, division chair of PVCC’s Fine
and Performing Arts Department.
Ultimately the biggest beneficiary of
AJTC’s new home will be the Northeast
Valley itself. “The community will benefit
by having access to professional theatre
in their own backyard,” Scinto said.