Avon Lake Press
February 4, 2009

It Takes a "Community" to Put on a Musical!

The 50th Anniversary season of Avon Lake's longest running community theatre, Mighty Goliath Productions, has been in rehearsal for the last four weeks, with just three more weeks until opening night on February 27th. More than 100 cast members and musicians will perform the Tony-award winning musical, "Ragtime," in the Performing Arts Center at Avon Lake High School.

It takes a community to produce a musical, and that¹s certainly the case with Mighty Goliath Productions, now celebrating 50 years of shows. Each Friday night the cast gathers, and it¹s a whirlwind of activity for nearly 4 hours as groups of performers rotate between learning their staging, practicing the difficult music, or rehearsing the orchestra parts. Then again on Sunday, the entire cast gathers again for another intensive rehearsal. Most professional theatres could not produce a full musical in this amount of time, but MGP has prided itself on this long-standing tradition. Snow days? No such thing exists for the performers and directors of MGP! Despite sub-zero temperatures and blinding snowstorms in January, the cast has embodied the old adage, "The show must go on!", and many drive long distances to volunteer their time and talents each week.

Tickets are on sale NOW. The MGP Ticket Info line is (216) 240-8531. This line provides information only; ticket reservations will not be accepted at this number. Tickets can be purchased in person at the office of The Press on Lear Rd., at Howard Hanna Realty on Walker Rd., and at Rio Café in the Walker Rd. plaza. Tickets are also available online at www.mightygoliath.com. There is a discount on tickets purchased prior to February 27. Pre-sale tickets are $11 adults/$9 seniors and students. Tickets purchased at the door will be $2 additional. There is a Dinner Theatre Option available for the show on Saturday, Feb. 28. The dinner, catered by Fligner¹s, is available at an additional $10 over your ticket price. Dinner theatre tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets are also available for purchase at the door with check or cash only. Show times are Fridays -- February 27 and March 6 -- and Saturdays -- February 28 and March 7 --at 8 p.m. There is one Sunday matinee, March 1, at 2 p.m. All performances are held at the Performing Arts Center of Avon Lake High School. This production is considered to have a rating of PG-13. Reserve your tickets now and don¹t miss MGP¹s Golden Anniversary!