Starting with January 2012, Union Street Players will hold our regularly scheduled membership meetings on the SECOND Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. USP has traditionally met the 1st Monday of each month. Because production weekends often fall around the beginning or end of a month, the Board of Directors regularly moved the meeting [...]
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USP Changes Regular Monthly Meeting Schedule
Posted in News & Updates, tagged IA, Meeting, Pella, Union Street Players, USP on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spacey Chastises Audience in Character in Richard III
Posted in News & Updates, tagged Acting, Audience, Kevin Spacey, Richard III, Shakespeare, Stage on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For actors on stage, there is nothing quite as unnerving and distracting as audience members who refused to turn off their phone or insist on talking, moving and squirming in their seats. During his recent acclaimed turn as Shakespeare’s Richard III, Kevin Spacey has taken matters into his own hands. While staying in character as [...]
Up Next for USP: Ayn Rand’s “Night of January 16th”
Posted in Auditions & Talent Calls, News & Updates, tagged Auditions, Community Theatre, Iowa, Night of January 16th, Pella, Union Street Players on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union Street Players proudly announces auditions for The Night of January 16th A play by Ayn Rand March 29th – April 1st, 2012 Bjorn Faulkner has swindled millions of dollars from investors, investing cash he did not have in order to control the gold trade. In the wake of a crash, he is [...]
Two USP Members in NCT’s “Arsenic and Old Lace!”
Posted in News & Updates on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Joseph Kesselring Production dates: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 7, 8,13, 14 and 15; 2 p.m., Oct. 9 Directed by MaryThompson and Skye Westendorf Did you know that murder by poison can be hilarious?It is in the case of Arsenicand Old Lace, the black comedy that will invite you overfor a nightcap this [...]
USP Honors Deb Linn at Oct 15 Awards Dinner
Posted in News & Updates, Walk of Fame, tagged Awards Dinner, Community Theater, Community Theatre, Deb Linn, Iowa, Pella, Performing Arts, Union Street Players, USP, Walk of Fame on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union Street Players (USP), Pella’s award-winning community theatre, is proud to announce that Deb Linn will be honored as the 2011 inductee into USP’s Walk of Fame. Deb’s first credited role with USP was as Costume Seamtress on the 1989 children’s production “Polky Dot and the Christmas Wish.” Since that time, Deb has continually helped to [...]
USP Annual Meeting August 8
Posted in News & Updates on July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union Street Players will hold their annual meeting on August 8, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the Pella Community Center. The Pella community theatre’s fiscal year begins September 1st and elections for board members will be held at the annual meeting. Members wishing to run for an office on the USP Board of Directors may place [...]
NCT Performs “Proof” This Weekend!
Posted in News & Updates on June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union Street Players‘ Walk of Fame member, Arvin Van Zante, will be performing in Newton Community Theatre’s production of “Proof” this weekend! Here’s the skinny: Newton Community Theatre will be presenting “Proof” on June3, 4, 9, 10 & 11 at 7:30 PM Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play. Proof [...]
USP Members Awarded for Excellence at ICTA
Posted in Annie, News & Updates, Vintage Hitchcock, tagged Annie, Community Theater, Community Theatre, Iowa, Jana DeZwarte, Jonathon Gregg, Mark Moreland, Pella, Union Street Players, USP, Vintage Hitchcock on April 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Iowa Community Theatre Association (ICTA) held their annual festival in Newton this past weekend. Union Street Players (USP) has been a long time member and supporter of ICTA, though it has been a long time since USP has actively engaged in the annual ICTA festival and competition. This year, ICTA was looking for a [...]
Civic Center Announces Summer Theater Camps
Posted in News & Updates on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Des Moines Civic Center announced two summer theater camps. Click here for more information.
Dottie’s Home!
Posted in News & Updates on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We received word late yesterday that Dottie McGee returned home after her surgery to remove part of her lung which on which a cancerous lesion was found. Dottie’s husband, Mike, reported that she was “much better” and “buzzing around the house.” Dottie is founder of the USP Costume Shop and a member of USP’s Walk [...]
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