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Finishing the summer strong to a sold-out run, The Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St., in Hot Springs, has one more weekend, Aug. 9-11, for DISNEY AND Cameron Mackintosh’S MARY POPPINS THE BROADWAY MUSICAL. I’d say they should add another weekend, but alas, it’s time to go back to school. So, if you didn’t get your tickets early, you are missing out on something special. I love this theatre! 
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The Pocket Community Theatre presented a teaser performance of their upcoming production “Mary Poppins” on July 2 at the Garland County Library.

The community troupe regularly puts on such performances. “We’re very open to going to other groups and kind of showing them a little taste of what we have in store,” said producer Jodi Tooke, who also sits on the Pocket Community Theatre’s board as treasurer.

To be or not to be…that is the question. No, the question is who doesn’t like Hamlet? If you just so happen to not be the biggest Shakespeare fan, you will still love I HATE HAMLET, which runs through Sunday, at The Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St, in Hot Springs. Written by Paul Rudnick and Directed by Dr. Claudia Beach, this charming comedy will have the Shakespeare lovers looking for their tights and sword while the haters will enjoy that this isn’t really a Shakespeare play anyway.

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Continuing a series of classic works, the Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St., will present John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” from Feb. 2-11. Director Steven Mitchell says the play is “long overdue” as the playhouse recently presented “The Glass Menagerie” and “Death of a Salesman.” He says it was chosen because they feel it will make “a good start” for the 2024 season. While many are familiar with the work, Mitchell warns it may not be suitable for younger viewers as it features quite a bit of profanity, racist themes and racial slurs. “I don’t recommend it for young children,” he says. “It’s not appropriate for them. However, this particular play and story is read by many high school students in the ninth grade and sometimes 10th grade.” Please Click Here to Read Full Review

The Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St, in Hot Springs, knows how to throw a party, and Broadway World had the best time celebrating with them. Not only did they have sold-out shows for ELF, but they also raised some well-needed funds with their season reveal party.  

Before I get into how great The Pocket did with ELF, I want to talk about their party they threw back in November. With the theme “Lives Impacting Lives,” they talked about the 30-year history of the theatrical group before and after they remodeled their current location in the Ramble Street Elementary School auditorium. Then, one of my favorite actors Steve Mitchell, President of the Board of Directors and is credited as the founder and director of the Pocket Readers Theatre and the Pocket Singers, addressed the crowd.  

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There is nothing more swoon worthy than four handsome guys with beautiful four-part harmony serenading only to you. Ok, maybe they weren’t singing solely to me, but they all have a way of connecting to their audience that makes you feel like you are the only person in the room. This is the experience you will get, especially if you are in the VIP section, at The Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St, in Hot Springs, where their crooning angels will entertain you in their musical jukebox comedy FOREVER PLAID, now through Sunday, August 13. Get your tickets at pockettheatre.com before they sell out!  

https://www.broadwayworld.com/little-rock/article/Review-FOREVER-PLAID-at-The-Pocket-Community-Theatre-20230806

Based in the 1930s, THE GLASS MENAGERIE premiered in 1944 and turned Williams into a famous playwright. The story, taken from the memory of the Narrator (Kevin Day), is set in an apartment in St. Louis where The Wingfields – Amanda (Stacy Breshears), Tom (Levi Wilson) and Laura (Alitza Cabibi-Wilkin) – play out their melancholy lives. The mother Amanda had been abandoned by her children’s father and pines for the days when she was young and had plenty of gentlemen callers. Tom works at a shoe factory but wishes to be a writer. Laura has a limp from having pleurosis and has let that socially handicap her to where she likes to retreat to her glass collection that her mom calls THE GLASS MENAGERIE.  

https://www.broadwayworld.com/little-rock/article/Review-THE-GLASS-MENAGERIE-at-The-Pocket-Community-Theatre-20230608

The performers at The Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St, in Hot Springs, kept the laughs coming all night long Saturday, April 15, with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. This play within a play began as you entered the theatre and didn’t end until the last piece of the set fell down. We laughed so hard we had tears. Trust me-you don’t want to miss this show! They have one more weekend for this performance, Friday the 21st, through Sunday the 23rd, and I advise you to get your tickets online before they sell out.

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Review: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE at The Pocket Community Theatre I really tried to prepare myself before I went to see TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE at the Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St, in Hot Springs Friday, Feb. 10. I said ‘I’m not going to cry….I’m not going to cry,’ and dang it! They got me! This touching two-person play was something special. It pulls at your heartstrings, and we left a better person because of it.

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