Victoria Theatre Association opens the 2009-2010 Young At Heart Family Series with the award-winning Bits ‘N Pieces Puppet Theatre's Alice in Wonderland, October 24 and 25 at the Victoria Theatre. Performance times are 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day. Come out early and enjoy special pre-show lobby activities, beginning one hour prior to each performance.
Complete with original, giant 9-feet tall body puppets and extravagant musical numbers, Alice in Wonderland is a production the whole family can enjoy. Alice in Wonderland is the classic children's story of beloved dreamer Alice, who escapes out of her reality by jumping down a rabbit hole into Lewis Carroll's fabled Wonderland. Alice's adventures start when she meets the Rabbit and continue as she travels through Wonderland and meets up with lavishly-costumed, famous characters like The Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and many more.Tickets for Alice in Wonderland are priced at a family friendly $17 for adults and $15 for children (ages 12 and under). Tickets are on sale now through Ticket Center Stage, and may be purchased at the Schuster Center box office in downtown Dayton or by phone, at (937) 228-3630 or toll free (888) 228-3630. Ticket Center Stage hours are Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday, noon - 4 p.m., and two hours prior to each performance. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.
The official candy of Victoria Theatre Association's Young at Heart Family Series is Esther Price Candies Corporation. Support for Victoria Theatre Association's Family Advocacy Program is provided by the P & G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.For more information about the Young at Heart Family Series and Victoria Theatre Association's entire 2009-2010 season, visit www.victoriatheatre.com.Victoria Theatre Association is one of Dayton's premier arts organizations, presenting the Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series, the Young at Heart Family Series, the Michelob Ultra Cool Films series, Star Attractions, the Universal 1 Variety Series, Key Bank African-American Festival, and the Physicians for Kids Discovery Series, which features curriculum-enhanced live theatre productions for school children. Victoria Theatre Association is proud of its alliance with the Dayton Opera. In addition to the performances it presents, Victoria Theatre Association also manages the historic Victoria Theatre, the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, and the Metropolitan Arts Center, which houses The Loft Theatre. Victoria Theatre Association receives funding from a variety of diverse public, corporate, individual and private sources, including the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District and the Ohio Arts Council. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program or organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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