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‘Annie’ opens Thursday
It’s a really big show! The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts production of “Annie” opens Thursday night. Tickets, $7 for GECA members, $10 for non-members, are available now at the Atmore News office, 128 S. Main Street. Show dates are Thursday through Saturday, July 27-29, at 7 p.m.; Sunday, July 30, 2 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday, August 3-5, at 7 p.m.; Sunday, August 6, at 2 p.m. Annie is…
Auditions open for Annie
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts will hold auditions for Annie Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m., at the theater on the corner of Trammell and Nashville. Of course, girls ages 7 and older are needed for the roles of Annie and the other orphans, but GECA Artistic Director Phil Johnson said many roles are open for males and females, ages 7 to senior adult. Children younger than 7…
GECA presenting radio drama
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA) is presenting a radio drama Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, 7 p.m., each night. These are actually two shows – a Philip Marlowe detective show called Red Wind and one from Inner Sanctum Mysteries called The Voice on the Wire. Cast members for Red Wind are Douglas Coburn, Sharon Poulsen, Wanetta McGinty, Gretchen McPherson, Todd Smith, Zack Smith, Dietrich Bondurant,…