MARATHON COMMUNITY THEATRE

Keeping Drama On Stage Since 1944

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE

MARATHON COMMUNITY THEATRE

Keeping Drama On Stage Since 1944

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE

COMING TO THE STAGE...

COMING TO THE STAGE JUNE 2021

12TH ANNUAL TAH-DANCE!

Directed by Donna Nussenblatt

COMMUNITY DANCE SHOWCASE

2 Hours, including a short intermission

BUY TICKETS

JUNE 11 & 12, 2021

COMING TO THE STAGE JUNE 2021

Marathon Community Theatre proudly presents

MCT's 12th Annual

tah-DANCE! Community Dance Showcase

Come enjoy an evening of dance with the

Marathon Community Theatre's Dance Department

along with community Dance Studios,

Dance Groups and local Dancers.

Directed by Donna Nussenblatt

with producer Joanne Zimmerman

This show will run approximately

2 Hours long including a short intermission.

ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS - JUNE 9th, 2021

Dear Marathon Community Theatre Members:

It is time again for our Annual MCT Board of Directors Elections! Please find a Nomination Ballot below as a downloadable PDF file. This June, we are saying goodbye to a few longtime Board Members — A Big Thank You for their dedication and time goes to Jennifer Davis, Christine Leird, Allison Sayer and Marilyn Tempest!

On the nomination ballot, you will find that we have one (1) existing board member, John Schaefer, who is up for reelection along with six (6) new faces! Please be sure to look at the Instructions, the Ballot and the Nominee Bios/Photos files below to get to know the new nominees as well refresh yourself on the Board Member that is up for reelection for the 2021-2022 Season. If you wish to receive the biographies and photos by post mail or email, please contact our Box Office with your contact info at 305-743-0994, Monday through Friday from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

The 4th Quarter Membership Meeting and Elections will be held in person on Wednesday, June 9th at 7:00pm. Please review the voting instructions below. If you should have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Box Office at 305-743-0994 Monday through Friday, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

IMPORTANT VOTING INFORMATION & DATES:

This year we have seven (7) nominees up for election to the MCT Board of Directors. There are only FOUR (4) open seats available for the 2021-2022 MCT Board of Directors.

Please vote for A TOTAL OF FOUR (4) candidates. You may vote for less than four if you so wish.
Please note that a “Write In” candidate name will count as one vote.
One (1) of the candidates is an existing Board Member who is up for reelection, indicated by a star symbol after their name.
The remaining six (6) candidates are either new or have served previously on the MCT Board of Directors or a MCT Committee.

REMINDER: Membership Votes Allowed

Individual Membership includes a single vote with one (1) ballot.
Household Membership includes two (2) votes with two (2) ballots.

ALL BALLOTS ARE DUE to MCT by 7:00 pm, Wednesday June 9, 2020 in one of the following ways:

Return your ballot via e-mail to: info@marathontheater.org
Return by US postal mail to MCT Elections, P.O. Box 500124, Marathon, FL 33050
Return by Fax to 305-743-2408, attention “MCT Elections”

The Election results will be posted on the MCT website and Facebook page Thursday, June 10th, 2021

If you should have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Box Office at 305-743-0994 Monday through Friday, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Thank you for participating in the 2021-2022 MCT Board of Director Elections. We hope that you and you family are healthy and safe during this time and we sincerely cannot wait to see you again very soon!

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Become a Member at Marathon Community Theatre

Membership at Marathon Community Theatre has a variety of benefits including discounted mainstage tickets and Season Packages, first choice of seating, early purchasing to upcoming shows and events, and multiple styles of FREE weekly dance classes - including beginning and intermediate Tap, Jazz/Theatre, Kick Line, Bollywood and Belly Dance!

We hold four quarterly member meetings per season, members vote and decide on all By-Law Changes, can become Nominees for the Board of Directors and are all an integral part of the MCT family.

Individual Membership is $20/Year

Household/Family Membership (up to 4 people) is $30/year

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Fundraising

Operating Fund Donation

Setting the Stage for the Future

Operating Fund Donation

Donate to the Marathon Community Theatre Operating Fund to help with daily operating expenses - such as monthly utilities and staffing expenses

Capital Fund Donation

Setting the Stage for the Future

Operating Fund Donation

Donate to the Marathon Community Theatre Capital Fund to help with building and repair expenses.

Setting the Stage for the Future

Setting the Stage for the Future is dedicated to securing $200,000 to support specific improvements to the playhouse and cinema.

Welcome to Marathon Community Theatre

About Our Venue

Marathon Community Theatre (MCT) is located in Marathon, Florida - the heart of the Florida Keys - at 5101 Overseas Hwy (Mile Marker 49.5 Ocean Side). We are the ONLY Community Theatre located in Monroe County and house the ONLY Theatre and Cinema within a 50 mile radius.

Marathon Community Theatre is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization that is operated by a fully volunteer Board of Directors with a small paid staff.

Beginning in 1944 as a traveling troupe called the Marathon Little Theatre, our organization held its early productions at restaurants, hotels, City Hall and even the local High School. For just over 50-years, tents and travel trailers assembled in parking lots acted as the Backstage where actors donned their costumes and got into their make-up. By the early nineties the MCT Board of Directors, our General Membership and the local community came together to raise the funds needed to purchase our current venue - which has been Marathon's primary entertainment center - originally housing the Plaza Lounge, The Side Door Lounge and the Middle Keys only movie theatre - The Marathon Cinema.

Marathon Community Theatre volunteers set to work renovating the building, creating the treasured theatre you find today, opening the 1996 theatrical season with Man of La Mancha. Over the past 77-years Marathon Community Theatre has striven to create a true Cultural Arts Center, revamping the movie theatre to provide up-to-date digital films and sound (2013), paying off the original building mortgage (2016), completing major repairs sustained from Hurricane Irma (2017), installing a new digital lighting system in the theatre's main auditorium (2019) and the replacement of three commercial HVAC systems in 2020. Recently the Marathon Community Theatre retained management and staffing of the newly named Marathon Community Cinema after over twelve years of leasing to outside tenants. The Marathon Community Cinema reopened to the public in mid February 2021, after the cinema’s 8-month closure due to the 2020 Pandemic.

The Marathon Community Theatre offers four major main-stage productions per season (which runs July through June), fine art exhibitions in our gallery, weekly dance classes for current theatre members, annual holiday events, fundraisers and variety shows, gallery and main-stage readings, guest performances and concerts, an annual community dance showcase and a six week Summer Theatre Camp for children ages 6 to 18 years old. Our venue seats 150, but for the 2020-2021 Season we have reduced our seating number a total of 50 to allow for social distancing. Until federal/state/county regulation change, face masks are also required to enter and move about the venue. Our patrons safety and happiness our our main concern.

The Marathon Community Theater cast members, crew members and volunteers are unique to our area - an odd collection of boaters, postal workers, lawyers, office and retail workers, construction laborers and even a few local dolphin trainers. Membership ranges from tweens to grandmas, pigtails to balding patterns, high tops to bunions. It’s not uncommon to see an 80-year-old tap dancing across the MCT stage or a local child with unknown talent wowing the audience. All of the members on-stage and behind-the-scenes are volunteers, with an eclectic blend of loveable misfits bringing their outstanding talent to you in our little corner of paradise – The Fabulous Florida Keys!

A Variety of Events

The Marathon Community Theatre offers multiple events throughout the year including four main-stage theatrical productions, intimate gallery readings, public art shows, concerts, community dance showcases, an annual children's theatre camp and additional special events.

Private Rentals

The Marathon Community Theatre has multiple spaces available for rent. In the past we have hosted dance classes, music concerts, theatrical events, business and organization meetings and private parties - even hosting a few weddings right on our main-stage! If you are interested in renting a space at Marathon Community Theatre or Marathon Community Cinema, please contact our General Manager at gm@marathontheater.org for our pricing and rental information.

For inquiries about venue availability or our upcoming events, send us a message. We will get back to you soon!

Marathon Community Theatre, Inc.

5101 Overseas Highway, Marathon, Florida 33050, United States

Box Office 305-743-0994 info@marathontheater.org Business Office 305-743-0408 gm@marathontheater.org

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12:00 pm – 04:00 pm

MARATHON COMMUNITY THEATRE

MARATHON COMMUNITY THEATRE

COMING TO THE STAGE...

COMING TO THE STAGE JUNE 2021

COMING TO THE STAGE JUNE 2021

COMING TO THE STAGE JUNE 2021

JUNE 11 & 12, 2021

COMING TO THE STAGE JUNE 2021

COMING TO THE STAGE JUNE 2021

Upcoming Events and Productions

Friday June 11, 2021 Saturday June 12, 2021

12 Annual tah-DANCE! Community Dance Showcase

8:00 pm

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10:00 pm

Friday June 11, 2021 Saturday June 12, 2021

12 Annual tah-DANCE! Community Dance Showcase

8:00 pm

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10:00 pm

ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS - JUNE 9th, 2021

Dear Marathon Community Theatre Members:

BOARD OF DIRECTOR NOMINEE BALLOT AND BIOS

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Fundraising

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Setting the Stage for the Future

Operating Fund Donation

Capital Fund Donation

Setting the Stage for the Future

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Setting the Stage for the Future

Setting the Stage for the Future

Setting the Stage for the Future

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