Amherst Community Theater

Amherst Community Theater is dedicated to producing high quality musical theater to engage children, adults, and families, both as participants and as audience members. Amherst Leisure Services Community Theater (ALSCT) is dedicated to producing high quality musical theater to engage children, adults, and families, both as participants and as audience members. We strive to provide opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to perform and to work creatively behind the scenes to bring a show from concept to reality. It is this spirit which, each year, draws some 150 members of our community together as one in a creative endeavor that we see as nothing less than a miracle. We strive for a multi-generational and multi-ethnic cast of approximately 65 from across the Pioneer Valley, ages 7 and up. We have a reputation for elaborate, beautiful sets, impressive choreography, live orchestra and stunning costumes. Our auditions are in September and rehearsals begin in early October. The fall months are filled with set building, costuming and all aspects of preparation for this major production. In addition, each spring we sponsor a week-long children’s theater opportunity in conjunction with Missoula Children’s Theatre (www.mctinc.org ), a non-profit theater group out of Missoula, Montana. A pair of young actors/directors arrives in town with all the sets, costumes and scripts to produce a one-hour show. In the span of one week, they hold auditions, select a cast, rehearse and put on 2 performances on Saturday. It is a truly amazing process to observe. So come see, come work, come play--come join in making something wonderful!