Bringing live theater to the Willamette Valley since 1950

ACT is an all-volunteer, non-profit community theater that takes pride in producing a year-round season of top-quality comedies, dramas, and musicals chosen to appeal to a wide range of audience tastes, and to provide creative opportunities for local actors, technicians, and theater lovers.

Cultivating an appreciation of the performing arts through education, experience, and collaboration.

About ACT

Upcoming Shows

The Pirates of Penzance

By W.S. Gilbert

Music by Arthur Sullivan

Directed by: Christi Sears 
Performances: Apr. 17, 18, 19(m), 24, 25(cc), 26(m, cc);
May 1, 2, 3(m), 7, 8, 9

Comic Opera being performed in a steam punk style. Frederic, a pirate’s apprentice, falls head-over-heels in love with Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley. Frederic is due to be released from his apprenticeship on his 21st birthday, but there’s a snag. Born on 29 February, Frederic discovers that he is technically still a youngster. Although very much in love, his dedication to duty is unshakeable. Can he find a way to live happily-ever-after with Mabel?

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Final Cut:
An Interactive Murder Mystery

By Susan Haley

Directed by: Jillian Alden, Casper Oliver
Performances: May 22, 23(m), 23

Director Eddie Cheek is looking for backers for his new movie, THE ZOMBIE WAS AN ALIEN, so he’s throwing a gala shindig for interested parties. Final Cut is an interactive murder mystery party where the audience members are gala attendees who will be encouraged to dress up, have fun, and talk to audience and actors alike in order to understand the full story and solve the mystery. As the evening progresses, the betrayal, affairs, Hollywood drama, and murders unfold in front of the audience, who is tasked with paying attention, asking questions, and discovering Who-Done-It!

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Greater Tuna

By Jaston Williams, Ed Howard, and Joe Sears

What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small-town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna, Texas’ third-smallest town.

Directed by: Lance Duddleston
Performances: Jun. 5, 6, 7(m, cc), 11, 12(cc), 13

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By William Shakespeare

Directed by: Arlee Olson

Auditions: Apr. 20-22, 2026

Performances: Jul. 10, 11(cc), 12(m, cc), 17, 18, 19(m), 23, 24, 25

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.

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Calendar of Events

Get Involved

  • Volunteer

    Everything we do – from acting and directing to building sets, selling tickets and decorating our building – is done by volunteers … about 300 of them each season! And we’re always looking for more

  • Audition

    Auditions are held for each show two to three months before performance dates. You do not need to have any experience to audition for a show; newcomers are always welcome!

  • Become a Member

    Membership gives you voting privileges at our quarterly membership meetings on matters ranging from new capital projects to selection of our production season and board of directors.

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  • Evil Dead The Musical (2024)

  • Irving Berlin's White Christmas (2024)

  • Irving Berlin's White Christmas (2024)

  • Ride the Cyclone (2025)

  • Ride the Cyclone (2025)

  • The Big 5-0 (2025)

  • The Big 5-0 (2025)

  • The Little Mermaid Jr. (2024)