Presenting Season
2005 - 2006:

You Can Fool All of the People .... Some of the Time!

Click the show graphics below for a look at our 26th season, featuring classic stories of deception!

Read Grease Paint Online, the newsletter of ACT I of Benton County!

Click the graphic at left to view our current issue, dated March, 2006, or take a look at any past issue, dating back to August, 1998!
This Month:  Inside Grease Paint --
Lend Me a Tenor Continues This Weekend!
Member of the Month for March - Linda Merritt

Stage Door Preview!

Click the link of our stage door at right for a look back at our Main Stage Production, Lend Me a Tenor, which ran March 10 through 19 at the Palace Theatre in Vinton!

Blithe Spirit (2005)

The ACT I Online Scrapbook 

A Chronicle of the First 25 Years of the history of ACT I of Benton County!

Visit the ACT I Scrapbook page of our website for information about all 92 of our past productions from our first 25 years!  This includes a page for each show with a complete cast list, plus pictures and other features!  Click the graphic at left to visit our online memorabilia!

 
Vinton's Palace
Theatre!

In November, 2004, the Palace Theatre in Vinton, artistic home to ACT I of Benton County, celebrated five years of very successful operation, presenting nightly movies for only $2.00 and hosting ACT I for over 150 performances of 28 different productions!  Click the graphic above to read more about ACT I's beautiful resident performance venue!

ACT I STAGE!

ACT I STAGE!, our youth program, provides two summer theatre camps for over 100 students each year, including Stage One at the Palace Theatre in Vinton and Second Stage at Benton Community High School in Van Horne!  Click the graphic at left to read more about what ACT I STAGE! has since it's first performances in 1999!

Auditions and Calendar
Auditions for the Main Stage productions for Season 2005 - 2006 have been announced.  Click the above link for details!  Also, meetings and other events are posted here as received.

Everything You Need To Know About ACT I!
Click the above link for assorted information about our community theatre!

Gem Sponsors
Click the link above to view our current list of gem sponsors!  We are very grateful to our financial contributors who help make our program possible!

Links
Click above for various links about theatre and the Benton County Area!

Comments?  Tell us what you think of our program!
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Our Main Stage Series offers three fully staged major productions at the Palace Theatre!

Our Children's Theatre Series offers two summer productions for students in both the northern and southern halves of Benton County!

Our Events Series offers small productions such as vocal recitals, readers' theatre and variety shows in intimate venues!

ACT I Continues Bargain Prices!

All Main Stage and ACT I STAGE! tickets are $5.00 per person.

The ACT I Ticket information line and Palace Theatre Box Office number is
(319) 472-9957!

E-Box Office - Ticket Information for
Season 2005 - 2006!

The above link will give you more ticket information for the performances of our current 2005 - 2006 season,
You Can Fool All of the People ... Some of the Time!