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The Tinley Park Performing Arts Center is the home of our very own Tinley Park Community Theater, Tinley Park-Park District’s Children’s and Teen’s Theaters, and many other performing arts programs. The Center also offers numerous acting and improv classes throughout the year. The theater seats 120 people and is available for rentals for corporate meetings, theater performances, birthday parties, and more. Please call (708) 342-4200 for more info.

The intent of the Performing Arts program is to assist in the development of talent in children and adults through participation in, and attendance at events and educational activities. All activities shall be evaluated on their ability to involve new participants, educate those involved and to whatever extent possible, offer a public performance or showing of the resulting arts. We delight in the arts; they are the essence of our heritage. All residents of the south suburbs are invited to come and enjoy the arts with us. Please browse through our program brochure to see the wide variety of programs and activities offered.

All performances are held at the Tinley Park Performing Arts Center, 16801 S. 80th Avenue in Tinley Park.

FALL THEATER SCHEDULE 2021

Kidz Theater presents The Enchanted Bookshop
By Todd Wallinger

During the day, A Likely Story may look like any other used bookstore. But at night, it’s a place where magic happens. That’s when the characters inside the books come alive. Six of the characters: Dorothy Gale, Robin Hood, Pollyanna, Sherlock Holmes, Heidi and Tom Sawyer long to help Margie, the scatterbrained owner, save her struggling store. But they’re not allowed to leave the building or be seen by human eyes. So when a pair of smugglers comes looking for a stolen necklace hidden inside one of the books, the characters are torn. Should they warn Margie and risk disappearing forever? Or can they find a way to defeat the crooks without being seen? This charming comedy
celebrates the joy of reading in a fresh, fun-filled way.

War is brewing between the Elves and the Gnomes! Dodge, an Elf, disappears when she is sent to fetch gold to paint the autumn leaves. She is really just trying to get out of painting the leaves, but the other Elves assume the winter Gnomes have waylaid her in an elaborate plot to create a new ice age! The registration fee includes one t-shirt.

Director: Christina Halleran, Covered Bridge Playhouse
Location: McCarthy Recreation Building/Tinley Park Performing Arts Center
Fee:  $58 R / $75 NR
PROGRAM#: 302902A
Age: 5 – 8(or with Director’s consent)

Holiday Theater presents Tiny Tim’s Christmas
By Thomas Hischak

Here is a delightful continuation of a Christmas classic. Timothy Crachit, formally known as Tiny Tim, has inherited Ebeneezer Scrooge’s moodiness. He manages the local toy shop and has become a regular ’Scrooge.’ As the store’s doors close for Christmas, Tim finds himself in a situation similar to Ebeneezer, but this time Scrooge is the hearty Ghost of Christmas Present who leads Timothy through his past, present and future. Delight in seeing many of the traditional characters from the original Dickens classic and many new characters, too. This show is filled with the spirit of a season to be thankful for what we have.
Director: Christina Halleran, Covered Bridge Playhouse
Location: McCarthy Recreation Building/Tinley Park Performing Arts Center
Fee: $58 R / $75 NR
PROGRAM# 309004A

AGE: 9-15 (or with Director’s consent)

Children’s Theater presents The Hobbit
By Edward Mast. Adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel

Bilbo Baggins is a comfortably well-off hobbit with a love for rousing adventure stories. Real adventures, however, are definitely not his cup of tea. So when Gandalf the wizard knocks at Bilbo’s door, bringing with him Thorin Oakenshield, 11 ragged-looking dwarfs, and a contract for an adventure to recover the lost treasure of Lonely Mountain, Bilbo could not be less interested—at first. But Bilbo’s love of a good story gets the better of him, and before he knows it, he is off on a perilous quest over mountains and under hill through caves and forests and slimy dark places.

Director:                Christina Halleran, Covered Bridge Playhouse
Location:               McCarthy Recreation Building/Tinley Park Performing Arts Center
Fee:                         $58 R / $75 NR
PROGRAM#: 309902A
Age:  9 – 12 (or with Director’s consent)

Teen Theater presents Back to the 80s
by Dean O’Carroll

Hold on to your hoverboards, we’re taking a trip Back to the 80s! When modern teen Mary Fitzfry gets sent back in time by an eccentric professor, she finds herself in the middle of a totally tubular cavalcade of 80s pop culture. There’s a lot of familiar faces, from the teens in breakfast-time detention to the guys chasing ghosts and dancing zombies, but the biggest surprise of all is Mary’s own protective mom as a teen. Turns out she’s actually kind of rad – but thanks to Mary’s time travel, she’s in trouble. Can Mary make things right? This adventure takes you from the mall where everything happens to a suburban sitcom street, to a cave under the high school – and you can choose who to feature from a flexible throng of characters to bring your audience maximum nostalgia. A hilarious parody to make all ages cheer “I love the 80s!

Director:                Christina Halleran, Covered Bridge Playhouse
Location:               McCarthy Recreation Building/Tinley Park Performing Arts Center
Fee:                        $58 R / $75 NR
PROGRAM#:  309906A
Age:  13-17 (or with Director’s consent)

COMEDY IMPROV SHOWS!

Horror and HAHAs: An Improvised Fright Night

A haunted house? A creepy crypt? Perhaps the darkest reaches of the human mind? Join our cast on a journey into a place beyond time and space. Be scared. Maybe not too scared. It is still comedy after all.
Director: Josh Blair; Produced by Sarah Denton
Location: Tinley Park Performing Arts Center
Fee: $9 admission
Date: Oct 23
Day/Time: Sa 7-9pm
Age: All

Hooked On The Holidays Comedy Improv Show

‘Tis the season for candy and presents and if there is time, family, glad tidings and goodwill towards men and women! No promises because it’s a holiday comedy show and you don’t know what you’ll get.

Director: Josh Blair; Produced by Sarah Denton
Location: Tinley Park Performing Arts Center
Fee: $9 admission
Date: Dec 18
Day/Time: Sa 7-9pm
Age: All

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