Dinner will be available all five nights of performance. Whether or not you are joining us for dinner, reservations are required for all seats. Seating per show will be limited.

All requests for reservations, except non-dinner season ticket admissions, must be accompanied by check payable to Russell Community Theatre. The dinner charge is $8.00 per plate. General admission to the show is $6.00.

Dinner will be beef strips and all the trimmings and will be served from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Requests for reservations must be made to Aldean Banker, Banker’s Department Store, 737 Main, Russell, Kansas 67665. (785) 483-3104.

Our summer show is the female version of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple. Ungar and Madison are at it again — that is Florence Ungar and Olive Madison. It all starts with an evening of Trivial Pursuit and evolves with slob Olive inviting meticulous Florence to live with her while she sorts out her marital problems. This is a socko comedy and will be enjoyed by all.

On October 6 – 10, 1998, we open the 1998-99 RCT season with Breath of Spring, a perfectly lovely comedy suited for the entire family. In a nutshell, some elderly ladies devise a unique but stress filled way of raising money for the needy.

In the spring, April 27 through May 1, 1998, the classic William Inge drama, Come Back, Little Sheba, will be directed by Bob Roe. This all-time Inge favorite reveals the heartbreak that loss of a child has upon a loving couple.

Our dinner theatre offering will be Dearly Departed, a caustic comedy which unfolds upon the death of the husband and father of a dysfunctional family and their attempts at a proper funeral.

Season tickets will be available at the door of our production of The Odd Couple at $13 per ticket. The season ticket cost does not include meal costs at dinner theatre.

Season tickets can also be ordered by using our season ticket brochure, which will contain more detailed information on the new season and will be in the mail to you later this summer.

One of our behind the scenes favorites is Julie Webb who often assists with make-up. She also donates many of her Mary Kay products for our use thereby saving us lots of money.

Special thanks should go to Barbara Krug who headed the costuming for Richard Cory. She came up with about 30 costumes for the 24 actors. Every time you drove past our costume shop, there was Barbara.

Thanks to both Julie and Barbara

Many of the 387 who attended Richard Cory had good things to say about the show and we feel that it was well received by our drama fans. We think it was the largest cast we’ve put on stage since the old Russell Arts Council days when Mame was produced. In any event, there were lots of new faces and special plaudits should be given Barry Mooney who made his stage debut with a tremendous line load and director Bill Walters who did the herding.

Every show demands lighting. And every show needs one or two people to be responsible for lighting. To be a lighting person, you have to understand how electricity works.

And, even though you’ve never worked at lighting a show, we can train you.

The nuts and bolts of lighting are study of the script to see what it requires, conferring with the director to discover his needs, setting the lights, testing the set, and noting the lighting changes. Sounds simple.

But, what color of filter, what about shadows, do you have "hot" spots on "cold" spots on stage?

There’s lots to learn but lighting is an art in itself and can create the mood of the show.

We need people to train and to assist on a few shows to see if they like it.

The time required is mostly a week or two before the show and through production. It takes several hours to set the lights and the lighting crew is needed every night of production as well as the dress rehearsals.

Call us. It’s fun.