Union Street Players is proud to announce the cast of Ayn Rand‘s “The Night of January 16th.” The show will be directed by Anne McCullough Kelly (Cheaper by the Dozen) and Produced by Tom Vander Well. The courtroom drama, in which audience members serve as jurors and determine the outcome of the play, is the [...]
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Cast Announced for “The Night of January 16th”
Posted in Night of January 16th, tagged Cast, Community Theater, Community Theatre, Iowa, Night of January 16, Pella, Union Street Players, USP on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
“A Tinkerman’s Christmas Eve” This Weekend
Posted in Tinkerman Christmas Eve, tagged Bev Graves, Community Theatre, Darrell Dobernecker, Iowa, Pella, Union Street Players on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union Street Players‘ production of the musical “A Tinkerman’s Christmas Eve” opens Thursday, December 1st and runs through Sunday, December 4th. “Tinkerman’s Christmas Eve” tells a heartwarming story of a family missing their family member deployed in Afghanistan. The original script by USP Walk of Fame member, Bev Graves, is packed with all of [...]
USP Gathers to Honor Deb Linn
Posted in Walk of Fame, tagged Community Theater, Community Theatre, Deb Linn, ICTA, Iowa, Iowa Community Theater Association, Pella, Union Street Players, USP, Walk of Fame on October 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On the evening of October 15, Union Street Players gathered at Monarch’s on the Molengracht for our Fourth Annual Awards Dinner to honor Deb Linn as this year’s inductee into USP’s Walk of Fame. Pati Van Zante introduced Linn, commenting on her long list of credits with Pella’s award winning community theatre including actor, director, producer, [...]
“Tinkerman Christmas Eve” Audition Information
Posted in Auditions & Talent Calls, Tinkerman Christmas Eve, tagged A Tinkerman Christmas Eve, Auditions, Beverly Graves, Community Theater, Community Theatre, Iowa, Pella, Union Street Players, USP on September 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If you love to sing Christmas songs, this is the show for you. Union Street Players are having auditions for their next production, “A Tinkerman’s Christmas Eve” in the Joan Kuyper-Farver Auditorium at the Pella Community Center. Auditions will be Thursday, Sept 15 at 6:30 PM and Saturday, Sept 17 at 9:30 AM. There are [...]
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 [...]
Once Upon a Mattress is a Royal Success!
Posted in Once Upon a Mattress, tagged Community Theatre, Iowa, Once Upon a Mattress, Pella, Union Street Players, USP on August 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union Street Players (USP) production of Once Upon a Mattress closed on July 31 after a successful four-show run. The musical delighted USP audiences. Attendance figures for the shows were: Thu: 208 Fri: 200 Sat: 167 Sun: 224 Total: 799 Congratulations to Brystal Hopkins who helmed a USP production for the first time with [...]
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 [...]
USP “Goes to the Mattresses”
Posted in Once Upon a Mattress, tagged Community Theater, Community Theatre, Iowa, Once Upon a Mattress, Pella, Union Street Players on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Get ready. Union Street Players (USP) is “going to the mattresses!” (Though we’re not talking about leaving the gun and taking the cannoli). This summer we are excited to produce “Once Upon a Mattress” under the direction of Brystal Hopkins. Brystal will be familiar to USP audiences from her roles as Maria in “The Sound of Music” and Hattie in [...]
“Hitchcock” Thrills; Now Heads to Newton
Posted in Vintage Hitchcock, tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Arts, Community Theatre, Iowa, Performing Arts, Radio drama, Studio audience, Theatre on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union Street Players finished their run of Joe Landry’s “Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play” on Sunday afternoon. The show recreated what it was like to be in the live studio audience for the live broadcast of Alfred Hitchcock’s radio dramas. It was a completely new concept for many audience members, while those who grew up in the [...]