Theatre to Perform Award Winning Play for Benefit
City Times Staff
Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre (WRCT) is giving the first of two free performances of D.L. Coburn’s The Gin Game on Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the WRCT auditorium at the Centralia Center in the Rapids Mall.
WRCT is currently competing in the American Association of Community Theatre’s bi-annual nationwide play competition. In February, the group won the state competition along with a production from cwACT in Stevens Point.
Both groups will be competing at the five-state regional competition in Champaign, Ill. at the end of the month. From there, winners advance to the national competition in Rochester, Minn. June 26 – July 1.
The second benefit performance will be Tuesday, April 18, also at 7:00 p.m. in the WRCT auditorium. Though the performances are free, they are designed to raise funds for the costs associated with competing – registration fees, rooms, gas, etc.
For the regional competition, costs are approximately $2500.
For more information, please call 715-41-0435
