Ruth Murphy

Photo Flash: Children's Theatre Company Brings Back Dr. Seuss's HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 9, 2017

Children's Theatre Company (CTC) announces the reprise of audience favorite Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas for the holidays, a production that has delighted since its world premiere at CTC in 1994. The Grinch was Dr. Seuss's first villain, and it is said that he appeared to the author as he looked in the mirror on December 26, 1956; what he saw in his grumpy countenance was the disdain for the commercialization of the holiday, a very Grinchy image, and that was how the Grinch was born. This piece is both a critique of commercialization and a celebration of community, and has become Dr. Seuss's most enduring piece.

AACTFest ?09 ? Tacoma Brings Unprecedented Gathering Of Theatre To The Northwest
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 1, 2009

As the Biennial National Festival of the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) draws near, local organizers proudly announce that the festival will feature an exceptional gathering of national theatrical equipment and service providers to share their products with festival attendees from around the United States who will be gathering at Tacoma's Broadway Center for AACTFest '09, June 24 - 27.

Tacoma's Pantages Theater Welcomes 12 US Community Theaters In June For AACTFest
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2009

Twelve community theater companies from around the United States, including one representing U.S. military bases abroad, will be coming to Tacoma's Pantages Theater in June to participate in the American Association of Community Theater's (AACT) national biennial festival: 'AACTFest.' Many of these companies started the festival process by participating in local festivals, advanced to state festivals, and then finally to regional festivals where the twelve companies who would come to the national event were selected from among over sixty five other theater companies.