Alton Little Theater is Illinois' oldest running community theater and is proud to invite you to join us for our
78th Season!

2011-2012 Season!

ALT News and PR

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ALT IN THE NEWS

Alton Little Theater is so pleased to share the good news that three musical productions in 2011 have now collectively received a record number of twelve nominat ions for "Best Musical Performance Awards" through the "Arts For Life" coalition, based in St. Louis, Missouri. Indeed, THE SPITFIRE GRILL (produced September 2011) received Nine nominations for Best Small Ensemble Musical, Best Direction, Best Musical Direction, Best Stage Design, Best Lighting Design- and Performance Nominations for Lead Actress, Mary Kate Malone-Nolte and featured Actor and Actresess, John Keuhn, Debbie Maneke and Debra Riddlespringer respectively. Anne Frakes also received a nomination for best Comedic Actress in a musical production.

Diana Enloe, director of THE SPITFIRE GRILL and a past winner-recipient for Direction four times in the past ten years, quickly sent out her own congratulations to the production crew of Allison Neace, Michael Frazier, Jeff Pruett, and Jane Hill. ALT also congratulates Roger Speidel of SUIE for his nomination for Lead Actor for his performance in CURTAINS (May 2011) along with Jean Heil, who was nominated for Featured Actress in the same production. Featured Actress Debra Riddlespringer was nominated, as well as a Supporting Actor nomination for Kevin Minor for his role in the youth-oriented ALT Summer Production of HAIRSPRAY; both CURTAINS and HAIRSPRAY were directed by Sue Mueller.

The Award Ceremony will take place on June 10th and tickets will be available through the Theater's Board of Governors. More information will be available through the Arts For Life Website: artsforlife.org. Interviews and more information about the nomination process and past successes can be obtaining by contacting Lee Cox, PR Chair and Diana Enloe, Director Emeritus through the ALT office 462-3205.

The Alton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau marked tourism successes during its recent annual summit and recognized Alton Little Theater for the group's promotion of "Living History Tours" , "Voices of the Civil War" and participation in re-enactments throughout the community, particularly Grafton's 175th Anniversary. In 2012, the theater group will be producing "More Voices of the Civil War" in April and joining the City of Alton's 175th Anniversary as part of "Vintage Voices" in October. More detailed information can be found on the ALT Website in the coming months or by calling the ALT office at 462-3205.

ONLINE TICKET PURCHASING NOW AVAILABLE!

Alton Little Theater now offers on-line ticket purchase options for all performances of all productions scheduled November 2011 through May 2012. This purchase option is available through the easy links on the theater's website: www.altonlittletheater.org .

"This innovation was absolutely necessary", says Lee Cox, PR director, " for the increasing number of individuals in each successive generation who make most of their purchases via the internet, the online option was a must-have". Cox also shares that the theater has collected data for over a year - requests from people who want to buy advance tickets for a very popular show or who are out-of town and want to be assured of ticket availability when they are in town or for people who have difficulty dealing with voice-mail reservations by telephone - "for all these reasons and more, ALT needed to add this important purchase option".

The on-line capability will be expanded in the Spring to include purchase of Season Tickets; however, Cox emphasizes that ALT will not lose the "personal touch" that so many Season Ticket holders have expressed appreciation for and buyers will still have the option of purchase "in person" or making reservations through the Box Office number at 618-462-6562.

Reservations are now being accepted ( by phone as well as online) for CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD. Box office chairman, Cliff Davenport, will coordinate on-line ticket purchases with Office Manager, Laura Shansey, so that in the next few months the program through "Ticket Leap" can be further expanded. The theater is already offering some new discounts for groups of 20 or more, with additional savings for groups booking on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Alton Little Theater has just completed the official Season Ticket Campaign for "The Great 78th Season" but Gift Certificates can be obtained by calling the office at 618-462-3205 and will shortly be available on-line as well.

Cox encourages everyone to check out the ALT website. She believes " it is very easy to navigate and offers information about productions, auditions and community partnership - and now we're keeping up with the possibilities of new technologies". The Theater's normal seating capacity is 225, with nine performances of each production. Cox encourages everyone to "peruse the ALT website each month for more information about upcoming productions and the ease of purchasing tickets at very affordable prices"!

2011-12 SEASON CORPORATE SPONSORS

The Simmons Law Firm has committed to Corporate Sponsorship for Alton Little Theater's 78th Season. Their sponsorship allows the Theater to purchase additional publicity and pursue new venues of marketing for the five mainstage Season Productions. All Corporate Sponsors, Individual Show Sponsors and Advertisers receive tickets, discounts on Preview parties and print acknowledgement in ALT's program & Telegraph Ads and this year the theater's financial backers will also receive acknowledgement in the special 10th Anniversary Program of "Vintage Voices". For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lee Cox, PR Chair, through 618-462-3205.