MAIN STREET ARTS COUNCIL
HOXIE – The Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan, Kansas, has awarded the Main Street Arts Council (MSAC) a $15,000 grant in support of the council’s 2018 Main Street Summer Theater Festival. The festival, in its seventh year, provides performance opportunities for Northwest Kansas area youth.
Under the direction of Bonnie Cameron, executive director of the MSAC, the festival will feature performances throughout July in three locations: Atwood, Hoxie and Goodland. Cameron is assisted by student interns Mattie Higley, Atwood; Sophia Hampton, Atwood; Tabor Rucker, Hoxie; Jacqueline Chacon, Atwood; and Kathryn Haffner, Hoxie. Kayla Tiemeyer, Rawlins County High School music teacher, is directing the Atwood production.
“We are extremely grateful to the Dane G. Hansen Foundation for their generous support,” said Cameron. “The kids participating have been working very hard, and we look forward to sharing our love of music and the performing arts with the communities throughout Northwest Kansas. The Hansen Foundation has enabled us to grow our program and for that we are very thankful.”
Performances include Disney’s “The Jungle Book – Kids” on Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, July 8 at 3 p.m., at Rawlins County High School, 205 N 4th St, Atwood; Dreamworks’ “Shrek the Musical Jr.” on Friday, July 13 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, July 15 at 3 p.m. at Hoxie High School Auditorium, 1625 Queen Ave, Hoxie; and Disney’s “Cinderella – Kids” on Friday, July 20 at 7 p.m (MT) and Sunday, July 22 at 5 p.m. (MT) at Goodland High School, 1209 Cherry Ave, Goodland.
Auditions were held in each location earlier this spring for area youth aged 5-18. There is no fee to participate and all children interested were cast in each respective show. More than 90 kids from 10 communities are set to perform in this year’s festival.
Tickets for each show are available for purchase from cast members or at the door. Tickets for the Atwood and Goodland performances are $12 adults and $8 kids aged 6-12. Hoxie performance tickets are $15 adults; $10 kids aged 6-12; Children 5 and under are free at all three locations.
Additional festival contributors include DuPont Pioneer Giving Program, Sheridan County Community Foundation, Ogallala Commons, Hoxie Feedyard and Oscar’s. MSAC expresses its sincerest gratitude to all contributors and sponsors. For more information regarding sponsorship opportunities, visit www.mainstreetartscouncil.com/sponsorship-opportunities.
About the Main Street Arts Council
The Main Street Arts Council is an organization dedicated to promoting the arts, encouraging creativity, serving the Arts community and acting as an advocate for the Arts. We believe the arts are essential to the life of the community. The Main Street Arts Council strives to be a model organization for the Northwest Kansas region, ensuring access to the arts for all ages, encouraging a community passion for the arts and successfully supporting, partnering and collaborating with others committed to the arts.