• the nature of community theatre

    Non-profit community theaters are typically all-volunteer organizations — at least as far as performers, production staff. and board members go. There are occasionally exceptions* to that, but for the most part no one gets paid. Though some community theatre companies have paid staff for administrative functions, the ACT 2 Theatre Company has no paid staff. …

  • Reasons to be pretty opens

    reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute opened Saturday, June 22, 2013, two days later than originally scheduled. Only a week before, Cecilia Cotton, who plays Carly in the show, was in a terrible car accident. When we saw pictures of the car, we were amazed she’s still with us. But Saturday night, she went …

  • Opening delayed for ‘..pretty’

    As many of you are aware, one of our cast members was in a terrible car accident last Saturday. Amazingly, she is recovering from her injuries at a rapid pace — but not quite fast enough for us to open Reasons To Be Pretty tonight. The show will open Saturday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m. …

  • reasons to see “reasons to be pretty”

    Broadway Reviews NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: "Neil LaBute has never been the guy to go to if you’re looking to get all misty eyed. The savagely comic work of this dramatist and screenwriter — whose credits include the plays “bash” and “Fat Pig” and the film “In the Company of Men” — has always been …