Historic Jones Theater
21st Season!

2013 Events

The Historic Jones Theater • 119 Main Street • Westcliffe, Colorado 81252
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The Westcliffe Center/Jones Theater is proud to announce our 21st Season bringing live theater to Westcliffe and surrounding communities.  Our 2013 Season schedule is filled with exciting new performances.

APRIL-MAY 2013

April 26 & 27 - Friday & Saturday - 7:30 p.m.
April 28 - Sunday Matinee - 2:30 p.m.
May 2 & 3 - Thursday & Friday - 7:30 p.m.

"Annie"

The Custer County Drama Club will present the family favorite “Annie” at the Jones Theatre. Oliver Warbucks, Little Orphan Annie, Miss Hanagan: All names we remember from the movie or the comics. Yet this play is more relevant today than ever. Set in the time of The Great Depression, charity and love can still inspire hope and bring about change.

Tickets, $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and children. Tickets will be on sale at Custer County High School on April 22-25 from 4:00 to 4:30. There may be additional tickets available at the Jones Theatre one hour prior to show time. Patrons may call Rona Stansbury beginning April 15th to reserve their seats.

2013 Season Ticket Performances
Six live shows, only $75!  $80 after 1 April 2013.

May 10 & 11 – Friday & Saturday - 7:30 PM
May 12 – Sunday Matinee – 2:00 PM
May 17, 18 – Friday & Saturday - 7:30 PM
May 19 – Sunday Matinee - 2:00 PM

“ALMOST, MAINE”

A romantic comedy by John Cariaini and featuring members of the Westcliffe Players

"Almost, Maine" is directed by Steve Miller and stars local favorites Chris and Lynne Tabb, Elizabeth and Charley French, and Tom "Frosty” Frostman and Bev Allen as couples caught in the various aspects of love and bewilderment. It promises to be a don’t miss show to open the WCPA 2013 live theatrical season. Season tickets for all of our live shows are still available at www.jonestheater.com.

“Almost, Maine” a romantic comedy featuring members of the Westcliffe PlayersOn a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night's dream.

". . . a whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance. Magical happenings bloom beneath the snowdrifts." —NY Times. "A charmer…Unexpected magic lingers in the air like someone's breath on a cold winter's night. John Cariani aims for the heart by way of the funny bone." —Star-Ledger. "Utterly endearing . . . It's hard not to warm up to ALMOST, MAINE. A crowd-pleaser." —Broadway.com. "Sweet, poignant and witty." —NY Daily News. "A snowy charmer…These nine tales of love in the time of frostbite have a winning glow that proves surprisingly contagious." —NY Sun.

Included in Season Ticket
Single Tickets: $15 for adults, $10 for students and active military

JUNE/JULY 2013

SHAKESPEARE IN THE SANGRES:
“OUTDOOR THEATER AT ITS BEST”

WCPA presents a different play each evening in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater behind the Jones Theater.  (719) 783-3004.
Included in season ticket
June 20, 27, 22 & 29 – Thursdays & Saturdays – 6:30 PM
July 5 – Friday – 6:30 PM
July 7 - Sunday - 2:00 PM

“TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA”

A Dramatic Comedy
by William Shakespeare

As the play opens, Proteus and Valentine are taking leave of one another. Valentine travels to Milan, where he falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke. Proteus, meanwhile, hunts after love and remains in Verona, pledged to faithfulness to his beloved Julia. When Proteus travels to Milan, however, he too falls in love with Silvia and proceeds to undermine his friend by denouncing him to the Duke. Valentine is banished to the forest, where he joins a band of thieves. Proteus pursues Silvia more and more fervently, even to the point of threatening to take her violently. Julia arrives in Milan disguised as a page and joins herself to the unsuspecting Proteus, and the two of them "rescue" Silvia from the brigands to whom she had fled. At the moment when Proteus is about to attack Silvia, Valentine intercedes to save her. Astonishingly, Valentine is so overcome by his friend's anguish that he is even prepared to yield Silvia to Proteus. Julia swoons, and the page's true identity is revealed. Proteus now sees her as his true love, and the Duke arrives on stage to offer his daughter's hand to Valentine.

Included in Season Ticket
Single Tickets: Adults $20 – Jrs $15 - Kids $5
The Park opens at 5:30 PM for picnicking.

June 21 & 28 – Fridays – 6:30 PM
June 23 & 30 – Sunday Matinees – 2:00 PM
July 4 – Thursday – 6:30 PM
July 6 – Saturday – at 6:30 PM

“Tartuffe”

A Classic Comedy
By Moliere

Tartuffe, a religious hypocrite, tries to get title to his friend’s estate by sending him to jail. So effective was Molière’s satire, that the word tartuffe has become part of the English language. When the religious hypocrite Tartuffe ingratiates himself with Orgon and his mother Mme. Pernelle, he is taken into their home and promised Orgon's daughter's hand in marriage (even as he secretly attempts to seduce Orgon's wife, Elmire). Everyone else in the family sees through Tartuffe's pose, and his machinations and hypocrisies are eventually exposed, but is it too late to save the family from eviction and to keep Orgon from being thrown in prison? This classic comedy sharply satirizes blind hypocrisy, religious piety, and deceit in irreverent rhymed verse.

Included in Season Ticket
Single Tickets: Adults $20 – Jrs $15 - Kids $5
The Park opens at 5:30 PM for picnicking.

July 8 through July 19 – Mon through Fri – daily from 10:00 PM -1:00 PM
At Studio 2 of the Jones Theater/WCPA

"CREATIVITY CAMP"

A Two-Week Session. Children 7 to 16 learn all aspects of theater via improvisation, theater games and instruction in set making, makeup and stage combat.
For an application or more information, please call 719-783-3004.

Not included in Season Ticket
Price per child: $100 for two weeks of fun and instructions.  Some scholarships are available.

July 19 & 20 – Fri & Sat - at 7:30 PM
July 21 - Sunday Matinee – at 2:00 PM
July 26 & 27- Fri & Sat - at 7:30 PM
July 28 - Sunday Matinee - at 2:00 PM
At the historic Jones Theater/WCPA

"THE GLASS MENAGERIE"

A Romantic Drama
by Tennessee Williams
No play in the modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. Menagerie was Williams's first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our pre-eminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, the play has been the bravura piece for great actresses from Jessica Tandy to Joanne Woodward, and is studied and performed in classrooms and theatres around the world.

Included in Season Ticket
Single Tickets: $15
July 22 – Monday – at 2:00 PM
At Studio 2 of the Jones Theater/WCPA
(719) 783-3004

"AUDITIONS FOR YOUTH MUSICAL THEATER"

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2013

August 15, 16 & 17 - Thurs, Fri & Sat – at 7:00 PM
August 18 – Sunday Matinee – at 2:00 PM
At the historic Jones Theater/WCPA. (719) 783-3004

"THE SECRET GARDEN"

A Youth Theater Musical
Based on the book by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Everyone will love this charming, upbeat adaptation of a literary classic. Mary Lennox ("Such A Difficult Child") is sent to live in England after her parents die in India. Misselthwaite Manor turns out to be a gloomy fortress. Her uncle is rarely home and his young son, Colin, never leaves his room, convinced he’s an incurable invalid. Mary discovers a strange walled garden that has been locked up for years. With the gardener’s apprentice, Dickon, a lad who can talk to the animals, Mary coaxes the garden back to life. The garden seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it, allowing Mary to help restore Colin to health and a reunion with his father. The score is bright and delightful: "Take a Flower To the Fair," You Can Do It," "Something’s Happening With Master Colin."

Included in Season Ticket
Single Tickets: Adults: $10 - Children 12 & under: $5

September 6 & 7 - Friday & Saturday - 7:30 PM
At the historic Jones Theater/WCPA. (719) 783-3004

Quill Pen“New Rocky Mountain Voices”

Award winning one act and ten minute Plays

Come and enjoy award winning short plays (four or five per evening) with a chance to meet and talk with the authors afterwards in question and answer session. To be followed by a reception in Studio 2.

$10 adults

 

FIRST-RUN MOVIES!

First-run movies open the first weekend in March with the critically acclaimed, award-winning "Les Miserables" set in 19th century France.  For details on the following outstanding films, please see our frequently updated Movie Schedule.

Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

May 24 and 25, "Oz, the Great and Powerful"
May 31 and June 1, "The Company You Keep"

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Tell us what other NEW movies you would like to see at the Jones, You can e-mail us at wcpa@ris.net. We can’t promise to show all of your suggestions, but we will do our best to book them if we can.