AUDITIONS !!!!!!: Auditions for a Holiday Revue including the one-act play, "The Gift of the Magi," plus holiday-related music and monologues will be held Sat., Nov. 16, 9-11 a.m., and Sun., Nov. 17, 2-4 p.m., in the Sparta School Cafetorium. "The Gift of the Magi," based on the O’Henry classic about the wife who sells her hair to buy a watch fob for her husband who sells his watch to buy her combs, has roles for two young women, an older woman and young man. Anyone willing to serve as Producer or work backstage, please contact Director Paula Joines, 372-8751. Also, if you're interested in performing a monologue, poetry reading or music in the revue, contact Paula and attend an audition. This one-time performance is set for the weekend prior to Christmas.

SOCIAL CALENDAR: ACT Board Member, Susan Landreth, provides a listing of up-coming productions within the area. Thanks to Susan, we can access info on shows that we might want to see and possibly get group discounts. If you would like to have your email address added to our mailing list, email that request to allact2000@yahoo.com. If you know of a production you think should be added to the social calendar, email Susan at susan_landreth@hotmail.com. Currently the social calendar includes the following shows:

Wilkes Play Makers Benton Hall 336-838-PLAY www.wilkesplaymakers.com

Wohl Ahrt Haus Wytheville, VA 888-950-3382 www.wohlfahrthaus.com

Winston-Salem Little Theatre 610 Coliseum Dr. 336-748-0857 www.littletheatreonline.com

Barn Dinner Theatre Greensboro, NC 336-292-2211 www.barndinner.com

NC School of the Arts Winston-Salem www.ncarts.edu

Appalachian State University 828-262-3063 www.theatre.appstate.edu
"One Act Plays IV" Nov. 13 & Nov. 16, 8 pm
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Nov. 20 & 23, 8 pm; Nov. 24, 2 pm & 8 pm

Barter Theatre 276-628-3991 www.bartertheatre.com/
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Main Stage, Now - Nov. 23
"The Memory of Water" Stage II, Now - Nov. 17
"South Pacific" Main Stage, Now - Nov. 23
"A Christmas Carol" Main Stage, Nov. 29 - Dec. 29

Walker Center Wilkesboro 336-838-6260 www.walkercenteronline.org

Lets go see some shows !!!!!!

"FAITH COUNTY" WELL RECEIVED: Everyone seemed to enjoy the "down-home humor" of October's production "Faith County." Congrats to director, Robbie Presnell, and his entertaining cast. And thanks to supporters in attendance. (See sparta-nc.com/ACT/ Click on Scrapbook>Faith County).

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CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW ADDITIONS: Our ACT family has had the joyous experience of seeing "new arrivals" during the past year Belated congratulations to these ACT members and their families!!!

NON-ACTING INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES:As part of our "growing pains", ACT is attempting to sort out the various "offstage" roles that are integral parts of getting an "onstage" production off the ground. Drawing upon our own theatrical experiences and also "picking the brains" of some other area community theatres, a list is developing.