orange city arts council
The Orange City Arts Council brings artists to schools, showcases local talent, and sponsors great performers from across the country and around the world some of which include De Lofstem Fanfare Band from the Netherlands, Synchronicity of NYC, The Cashore Marionettes, Peter Fletcher, Open Hands of LA, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and The Boston Brass. Especially for children are art classes through the year, plus acting opportunities with Missoula Children’s Theatre. The Orange City Arts Council collaborates with Northwestern College, The SchoolHouse Company, schools and libraries to bring the arts to the Orange City area.
For more information contact Janine Calsbeek at OCArts@orangecityiowa.com or visit OrangeCityArts.net
OnStage Orange City
Summertime brings Onstage Orange City–performances in Windmill Park each Wednesday night such as Festival Latino, Orange City Area Community Band, Li’l Brian and the Zydeco Travelers, Orange City’s Got Talent, Terry Evans, Steve Russell & Kobi Shaw, Malek’s Fishermen Band, Funk Trek, Co’Motion Dance Theatre, Riverblenders Chorus, Schoolhouse Company, and more…
OrangeRind Film Festival
This event will not be held Summer 2013.
Summer Suites
Summer Suites is an annual celebration of flowering gardens, is a “progressive concert” featuring captivating music and theatre plus irresistible sweets.
MomentuM
A Community Dance Experience provides the opportunity for community members and college students to work together – choreographing, dancing, and presenting a show.
The Artists’ Showcase
Orange City Arts Council’s Regional Exhibition features regional artists’ work in a juried exhibit.
northwestern college performing arts
Orange City is home to one of the best small college theatre programs in the country. The students and professors regularly win acting, directing and stagecraft awards for productions of classic, contemporary and original plays. The Northwestern College theatre season includes three to four faculty-directed shows and an annual Children’s Theatre production as well as a World Premiere Festival of student-scripted plays and RUSH dance exhibition.
For more information about Northwestern College’s theatre department contact Jennifer Sabo at 712-707-7000 or jennifer.sabo@nwciowa.edu. Visit nwciowa.edu/theatre.
World Premiere—Spring 2011
tulip festival night show
Each year a musical production is chosen and performed during Orange City’s annual Tulip Festival. The show performs four times during the festival—Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights—to the delight of visitors and community members alike. The annual production produced, directed, cast, and supported by volunteers.
For more information on tickets visit octulipfestival.com or call 712-707-4510.
2011 Tulip Festival Night Show—Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak