Current Theatre News Blog
The new adaptation of "The Government Inspector" by Jeffrey Hatcher, as produced by the Guthrie Theater, opens Feb 17th! John C. Luzaich | Wednesday, 15 February 2012 Readmore |
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Upcoming Events
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5th annual "Director's Cup" Golf Tourney
May 16 @ 1pm
$10,000 hole-in-one prize! The theatre is looking for golfers. The Tournament will be held on Wednesday, May 16, at Fox Ridge in Dike, IA. There will be a 1pm shotgun start and names are now being taken at the theatre for male and female golfers of all abilities. The tournament will use a modified Ryder Cup format. Nine holes are played as a best shot or scramble. The other nine holes are played as a best ball or better ball (playing your own ball). The cost is $50 (paid the day of) and all golfers will receive 18 holes of golf, use of a motorized cart with GPS, supper with adult beverage, a sleeve of CFCT logo golf balls, a $50 "100 things to buy.com" gift certificate, and chances at door prizes, raffle prizes and contest prizes. To register call the theatre M-F from 9am-4pm and leave your name and phone number, or e-mail the theatre at
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. You can have your own team of four people, or the theatre will put single golfers and twosomes into foursomes. The theatre golf committee includes Gary Baumgartner, George Glenn, Brook Jacobsen, Phil Kenealy, John C. Luzaich, and Bill Sikula. In addition to the $10,000 prize, three other hole-in-one contest prizes include a $500 Visa Gift Card, a 32" flat screen LCD TV, and a set of Nike irons.
Many prizes being given away include restaurant gift certificates, golf caps, gloves, rounds of golf with cart, bags of tees, new putter, lube/oil/filter, and multiple sleeves of balls: Nike, Bridgestone 330-s, Slazenger, Titleist, Wilson Ultra, Callaway.
just e-mail us to sign up :
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For info, dial 319-APP-LAUD (319-277-5283) |
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watch for pianist Richard Sladek
coming in April !
The Oster Regent Theatre offers wonderful acoustics for musical
performances. With that in mind, CFCT plans to offer concerts
throughout the year that will appeal to a broad spectrum of musical tastes.
The past 2 years saw packed houses for this series of donated musical talent to help us raise money for our Building Fund to preserve the integrity of our hundred year old building. The Celtic Calleigh Concert has become an annual event. Last year the Celtic band "Banish Misfortune" rocked the house with authentic folk music, bagpipers, poetry reading, a guest fiddler, and Irish dancers from Cedar Falls and Ames. The audience clapped and sang and had a delightful time enjoying the lilt of the musical treats.
Watch for announcements of other types of concerts to please the musical preferences of our patrons. Jazz, gospel, classical, rock and roll, and contemporary styles will be explored in this crowd-pleasing CFCT entertainment series. |
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In the years the Oster Regent Theatre has been offering live performances, our patrons often get nostalgic about the many movies they attended when the Regent was strictly a movie venue. We're making memories a reality with our movie series.
Enjoy a classic movie on the big screen in a movie series several times a year. We'll bring you memorable mysteries, musicals, comedies, and drama from cinema greats through the years.
Family Fun Movies !
March 4 @ 2pm - "GREASE" (sponsored by: Richardson Funeral Home)
March 11 @ 2pm - "POPEYE" - with Robin Williams (no sponsor yet)
March 18 @ 2PM - "HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON" sponsored by:
Roth Tax & Accounting
The Oster Regent Theatre movies series is FREE WILL OFFERING only
Classic movies in a classic theatre! |
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Cedar Valley Acoustic Guitar Association Concert |
 Friday, March 2, 2012 7:30pm
Annually about 20 members of the more than 75 members of the CVAGA perform a concert on our stage. These talented singer/songwriters, many of whom have recorded their own CD's, perform as singles, trios, duets and small groups in some of the greatest folk music you'll hear anywhere. Tickets are available from group members and from Bob's Guitars, 319-277-8863. Tickets are on sale at the theatre 1 hour before the show. Only $7
Featuring:
Bob & Jovita Long
The Comfort Kings
Uncle Chuck Finch
Dave Malam
Also:Karen Rochford & Chelsea Ewen, Keven Paar, Rick Price, Scott Cawelti,
Hits & Mrs., Rick Vanderwall & Bob Guthart |
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3rd annual Celtic Music & Dance Concert - with : Banish Misfortune! |
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Come hear some great celtic music from Scotland and Ireland played on fiddle, accordion, flute, penny whistle, guitar, banjo, bodhran, plus vocals.
March 17 at 7:30pm
The band, BANISH MISFORTUNE, is pictured above.
Additional Special Guests appearing include:
Scottish Great Highland Bagpipes - Ross Schupbach & Russ Clark
Irish Step Dancing - Joan and Martha Easton (with Joan's student - Zoe)
Celtic Harp - Gaylord Stauffer
Celtic Dance Society from Ames, Iowa
Cello and Fiddle - Matt Nelson
Fiddle, Mandolin & Mandola - Mathew Bancroft-Smithe
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - free will offering only!
You won't want to miss this all-new concert, the last 2 years generated full houses for this wonderful talent !
(to benefit the Oster Regent Theatre Building)
 
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Bob's Guitars, CVAGA, KWWL Television & the Oster Regent Theatre present:
SUSAN WERNER in Concert
"One of the most innovative songwriters working today." — Chicago Tribune
with Trina Hamlin & Natalia Zukerman
opening: Karla Ruth
March 10 - 7:30PM - Oster Regent Theatre
$17 - if paid 24 hours in advance or before
$20 - if paid day of the show
Tickets available at 319-277-5283
Box office open M-F, 1-4pm & 1 hour before showtime. General admission - doors open at 7pm.
Susan Werner received a BA in voice at the University of Iowa and MA in voice at Temple University. After initially wanting a career in opera, Werner bagan composing songs on the guitar. Performing around Philadelphia, Boston and New York, she began making a name for herself in the folk music scene in the early 1990's. She eventually moved to Chicago and has recorded 10 albums.
Called the "empress of the unexpected" by NPR, singer-songwriter Susan Werner turns
another corner in her multifaceted musical career with her vibrant new album, Kicking
the Beehive. It’s an 11-song collection of provocative, poignant, lyrical originals that are
infused with the rustic roots of American folk, blues and country music. Produced by
Rodney Crowell, recorded in Nashville and featuring such all-star guests as Vince Gill,
Keb’ Mo’ and Paul Franklin, Kicking the Beehive is a personal project where Werner
intuitively explores the full impact of looking beyond the superficial and delving into
soulful honesty.
Kicking the Beehive is Werner’s follow-up to her 2009 recording, Classics, a compelling
pop-meets-classical album of contemporary standards supported by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. “That was a very conservatory project,” Werner said. “There were
a lot of string arrangements, and I learned a great deal about arranging and songwriting.
But after that, I wanted to do something different.” (Classics was the third in an ear-opening
series of innovatively themed projects, including 2008’s “agnostic gospel”
album The Gospel Truth that melded Werner’s own tunes written in the traditional gospel
tradition and 2004’s I Can’t Be New where she channeled the cabaret standard
songwriting of George Gershwin and Cole Porter.)
"Susan Werner, a clever songwriter and an engaging performer, brings literacy and wit back to popular song." — The New Yorker
"Vulnerability has rarely been so witty or concise in modern song." — Boston Herald
"Always an impressive songwriter, Werner continues to compose sharp, funny, compassionate lyrics, a gift rare enough to set her apart..." — The Washington Post |
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