Season Seven!!
VPCT Announces Summer Musicals
Show Dates at Victoria Opera House
June 20 at 7pm
June 21 at 7 pm
June 22 at 7pm
June 23 at 2pm
Tickets will be on sale in June
Show Dates at Liberty Union HS
July 25 at 7pm
July 26 at 7pm
July 27 at 2pm
July 28 at 2pm
Tickets will be on sale on July 4
Congratulations to the cast of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! We had a phenomenal weekend of shows to sold out audiences. Bravo! We’re hoping to take this show to the OCTA festival this coming June.
Congratulations to our cast on a successful production of A Christmas Story! Not only did we sell out our winter show, but a skeleton crew of our cast performed a 40-minute excerpt of the show at the Central Region OCTAfest and came away with some acting awards, a Merit in Ensemble and set change awards, and just a great experience overall!
Thank you to the Liberty Union VFW, Schaffner’s Drive In, WASP Finishing Woodwork, and Beneath the Sycamore for being valuable 2022 sponsors.
VPCT’s 2022-2023 season announcement – Put Your Best Leg Forward
VPCT’s 2021-2022 season announcement – A Brand New Day
Online Musical “Could You Hug a Cactus” 2021
Online Musical “Super Happy Awesome News” 2020
VPCT in the News
VPCT Wins Five Awards for Season 6, Broadway World Columbus Region, January 2024
First Look at The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December 2023
First Look at The Little Mermaid, Broadway World, July 2023
First Look at The SpongeBob Musical, Broadway World, July 2022
First Look at VPCT’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Broadway World, December 2021
VPCT is featured on Spectrum News, August 2022
VPCT Hopes to Inspire Future Members, July 2022, Addie Hedges, Lancaster Eagle Gazette
VPCT Dedicated to Building Confidence for Youth, July 2021, Tracy Kelly, Lancaster Eagle Gazette
VPCT: The Show Goes On, August 2020, Tracy Kelly, Lancaster Eagle Gazette
During the 2020-2021 theatre shutdown from the COVID-19 pandemic, members of VPCT met with their director through Zoom, and with the help of parents and siblings, they practiced and recorded their scenes with their own props, backgrounds and costumes.
2024 VPCT Committee Members
- Andy Todd – President
- Trish Hendershot
- Jill Henwood
- Brooke Schrader
- Melissa Sponseller
- Amy Todd
- Joe Werstak
- Ryan Westhoven
THE HISTORY OF THE VPCT
Recognizing the need for accessible dedicated children’s theater programming in central southeast Ohio, the Victoria Players Children’s Theater was launched in 2016 by a group of parents as a subcommittee of the Baltimore Downtown Restoration Committee, a 501c3 organization. The focus for the first nine months was planning and fundraising, which culminated in the first musical production in February 2017. High School Musical, Jr. attracted talent from Fairfield County and central Ohio, and was a great success. Many of the actors that participated in that show are still involved in the theater today. Opportunities also exist for students wanting off-stage experience, such as student stage managers, light and sound booth technicians, set design, and student directors. The newly renovated Victoria Opera House provides not only a home base for operations, but a beautiful, historic backdrop for practices and smaller productions.
The VPCT is a Central Region member of the Ohio Community Theatre Association (OCTA) and the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT)
VPCT Committee Meetings
In 2020, the VPCT went through a reorganization. Anyone wanting to get involved in the theater is encouraged to attend board meetings. Meetings are held through the convenience of Zoom.
Email us or sign up below for additional information.
Nick Henwood transforms into Les Jacobs on stage during Disney’s Newsies in August of 2019.
VPCT past productions
Thank you to Photos by Amy Lynn and Brooke Vatter for many of the pictures featured below.
BALTIMORE DOWNTOWN RESTORATION
The BDRC is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization in the
Village of Baltimore, Ohio.
PO Box 74, 101 S. Main St., Baltimore, OH 43105 . BaltimoreDowntownRestoration@gmail.com
Baltimore Downtown Restoration 