This weekend the epic musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame will be opening at the Ice House Theatre in Visalia, presented by the Visalia Players. Recently we chatted with the show's director, Kelly Ventura, about the show.
This Halloween season the Visalia Players are doing something a bit different, they have put together their own haunt! We took a moment to chat with the director of this experience, Michael Pistoresi, to learn more.
A Night in Vegas, a fundraiser, kicks off the Players season on August 7. This gala event (dust off those party clothes that have been languishing in your closet) begins at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d'oeuvre in the Lobby of the Ice House. At 7:30 p.m. an evening of Frank Sinatra hits staring Jamie Hitchcock will kick off with an introduction by Visalia Players President Karl Schoettler.
Keith Lindersmith brings a bit of the exotic to the Ice House through his role as Alex Moore in Jonathan Tolin’s Buyer & Cellar, which opens Friday, November 8.
The Visalia Players kick off their 60th anniversary season and 40th year in the Ice House Theatre with the farcical classic Arsenic and Old Lace. Although the play had a run of nearly 1500 performances on Broadway, the movie with Cary Grant brought the story to the general populace.
A promise made and not kept is the “proverbial straw” in Next Fall, the Visalia Players’ production that opens at the Ice House Theatre on Friday, May 13.
Dogfight, a new musical, is coming to the Ice House Theatre in Visalia. Dogfight premiered Off-Broadway in 2012. After its Off-Broadway premier, Musical Theatre International described Dogfight as hauntingly beautiful. The show has since had premiers in England, Australia, and Holland.
Over the River and Through the Woods. Is there anyone who cannot finish the next line in that lyric? Right, To Grandmother’s House We Go. If, instead of one grandmother, you have two, and two grandfathers as well, and they are all Italian, and you are expected for dinner every single Sunday, you know what the play, often shortened to OTR, by Joe DiPietro is all about. This is the third production in the current season presented by The Visalia Community Players at the Ice House Theatre.
Talent abounds as the Visalia Players present Side By Side By Sondheim. Veteran co-directors Sharon DeCoux and Corey Ralston have brought together exceptional singers to entertain you with the unforgettable music of Stephen Sondheim.
Everyone knows the story of Bonnie & Clyde and how they died. But add music and the story becomes even more compelling and meaningful. Frank Wildhorn, who wrote the music of another great musical called Jekyll & Hyde, also wrote Bonnie & Clyde, so of course the music is wonderful.
