Central Park Players is a community theatre organization dedicated to providing high quality theatre at affordable prices to Grand Haven and the Tri-Cities area since 1959. Box Office# (616) 850-6566
Coming Up:
presents:
I Never Saw Another Butterfly is a one-act play by Celeste Raspanti that centers around Raja, one of the children who survived in Terezin, and her family and friends. She shares her story of living in the concentration camp, while retaining a world filled with butterflies and flowers with other children in the camp...July 25, 26, 2014 at 7 PM $10 adults, $8 students 12 and under General Admission Box office opens at 5:30 on show days
| July 12, 12-4 PM
Annual Summer Membership Meeting, Bess-Z Awards and Picnic!
At Pottawatomie Park in Grand Haven; Pavilion #1 BYOB and a dish to share, hot dog BBQ and tableware provided. (Alcohol is permitted.) This event starts with the annual membership meeting, then Bess-Z awards are distributed and yummy food is consumed. Lots of fun for all! Volunteer with CPP!
Membership Really Does
Have its Privileges
Yes, your membership dollars help to keep our seasons ongoing, but we like to think that we can give a little extra something in return. It takes a community... It takes more than tickets to make a show and here’s how you can help!!! From rights and royalties to rent and scripts, staging a production is costly even when most of the work is done by volunteers who donate hundreds of hours. While our volunteers are exceptionally creative and thrifty, even they can’t make bricks without straw. Take our typical musical, for example. The cost for these types of productions is more than $11,000 with allocations for building materials, paint, ticket stock, makeup, advertising, costumes, printing, photography, and properties. That’s not even the entire list. And production costs aren’t the end. Tools in the scene shop often need to be repaired or replaced, set materials and properties wear out, computers and printers die. After a while, holding equipment together with bubblegum and baling wire just doesn’t work. Although ticket sales cover a portion of CPP’s costs, they can’t assure funding for future productions. Nor can they assure funding for special programs like Family Theatre and Family Theatre Too, which are geared toward children, and Off Stage!, which takes theatre to seniors. How can you help? Volunteer to work on a production, become a member, tell your friends about us, and make a contribution. |
