Munopco, the Lehigh Valley's oldest theater group will present "Godspell" in conjunction with Between The Lines Theater at 725 N.15th Street in Allentown, Pa.

Our very own Lehigh Valley volunteer collegiate performers have some amazing moments to share and celebrate with us this year – need we say more!

The second annual Catch Our Rising Stars Intercollegiate Performing Arts Showcase is back and better than ever!!

Time to bring up the lights, raise the curtain, and bring on the show for an encore presentation of our Lehigh Valley collegiate performers with loads of talent but also a lot of heart!

Catch our Rising Stars is a non-profit program, sponsored through Humanitarian Social Innovations, which is collective of local professionals and college performing arts faculty united by a shared passion for the arts.

September 20th at the Lipkin Theatre, Northampton Community College at 3PM.

Come see music, theatre, dance and film arts as our local performers mix it up onstage with so much variety keeping you on the edge of your seat wondering what is next!

Proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity of LV, LV chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing and LV Dance Exchange.

Tickets just $15 dollars for adults and $10 dollars for students/children.

Bring you family, friends, classmates – or even your favorite neighbor -- to say “bravo” to the amazing performers doing what they love to do of their own choosing.

Time to see this year’s group of rising stars!

Collegiate performers – there is still time for a few more to sign up for the Showcase!

Please check our website. Go to our website www.catchourrisingstars.org and Instagram @catch.our.rising.stars

Reclaimed Performing Arts Company is excited to be diving into our New Play Development initiatives on August 8th, 2026 with the showcase presentation: Plays In Progress in the Alumnae Hall Little Theater of Cedar Crest College.

The teaser for “A Perfect Fit” reads:
A Fading Hollywood Star
     Running Out of Time,
A Frustrated Young Screenwriter 
     Running Out of Hope.
“The Perfect Fit”, Crowded Kitchen Players’ 110th regional stage production since 2000, is inspired by actual events that were unfolding in the Lehigh Valley 30 years ago when two regional filmmakers pursued Oscar-winning film and television star Jack Palance to play a leading role in their first feature length picture.

“The Perfect Fit” well be performed on the stage of Between the Lines Studio Theatre July 31 through August 9, at 725 N. 15th Street, Allentown, PA.
In the play----
After years of trying unsuccessfully to raise funding for his first feature film, an aspiring young screenwriter, Zach McKenzie, is granted the rarest opportunity to meet with Oscar-winning Hollywood legend,  Rory LaRue, and try to interest him into taking on the leading role of his movie.
But, Zach  is a nearly hopeless perfectionist who never seems to be satisfied either with the words he painstakingly writes or the actors whom he auditions to play his characters.   
When his prospects of making his film are at their lowest point, Zach’s advocates and friends, entertainment reporter Walter Sheehan and his newspaper editor Carmela Pulcini, drag him deep into Pennsylvania’s coal country to the trailer park where Rory now sequesters himself.
And while Zach fervently insists on casting only the “perfect” actor---- and not necessarily the most famous or acclaimed actor----, the aged and somewhat fading star, Rory, may have his own equally compelling reasons for not wanting to take on the challenges of a risky return to the screen.
“The Perfect Fit” features David (Oz) Oswald as Rory LaRue, retired movie actor; Colin Core as Zachery McKenzie, aspiring screenwriter; Trish Cipoletti as Carmela Pulcini, newspaper editor; Pamela Wallace as Phyllis, Rory’s housekeeper; and Danny Black as Walter Sheehan, entertainment news reporter.
“The Perfect Fit” will be performed July 31, August 1,7, 8 @ 730PM and August 2, 9 @ 200PM.
Tickets are $20.  Seating is limited, so please purchase tickets in advance, if possible. 
TIckets are available only through Crowded Kitchen Players.
For tickets and information, please visit www.ckplayers.com or call 610-704-6974.