Civic Theatre Announces 2011-12 Season, Includes Hairspray and Chicago

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre announces the 2011-2012 season which will begin with the spirited musical Hairspray opening July 23, 2011. With a common theme of "Dreams of Fame & Fortune...Infamous Consequences," here are the colorful characters of the coming season:

Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on The Corny Collins Show in Hairspray...but finds herself in the middle of the battle against segregation.

Chicago's Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly crave the applause of the 20's Jazz Circuit yet gain notoriety in the press for their crimes of passion.

The small town radio celebrities of Tuna, Texas juggle a crew of zany townspeople caught up in the holiday frenzy, some seeking the top prize in the annual lawn contest in A Tuna Christmas.

Mama Rose pushes her daughters to fulfill her own show biz aspirations...only to find she has pushed her family away in the Broadway classic Gypsy.

In The Farnsworth Invention Philo T. Farnsworth races towards the fame of being declared the inventor of the television while facing professional setbacks and personal demons.

Many famous and infamous characters that have called Indiana home are celebrated in Alive & Dead in Indiana.

An Indiana playwright will achieve success and a modicum of fame when the winning play is staged in June at the 3rd Annual Northeast Indiana Playwright Festival.

We invite you to join us for the 2011-12 Season of Civic Theatre. A season where we celebrate those who dream of fame and fortune and the infamous consequences that sometimes result.

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre 2011-12 Season Schedule:

HAIRSPRAY
july 23 - august 7, 2011

CHICAGO
october 29 - november 13, 2011

A TUNA CHRISTMAS
december 2 - 18, 2011

GYPSY
march 3-18, 2012

THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION
march 30 - april 15, 2012

ALIVE & DEAD IN INDIANA
june 1-10, 2012

THE WINNING PLAY!
3RD ANNUAL NORTHEAST INDIANA
PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL
june 2 - 9, 2012

Civic Theatre's season ticket membership campaign will kick-off early April with Early Bird discount pricing available for orders placed by May 31, 2011.

Civic Season Sponsors: Lincoln Financial Group and Indiana's NewsCenter, with grant support from Arts United, English Bonter Mitchell, Foellinger Foundation, Fort Wayne Community Foundation, Indiana Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts.

Executive/Artistic Director Phillip H. Colglazier is available for interviews regarding the upcoming season. A pdf copy of the season brochure is attached, for more information contact:

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