Box Office Update

With the last weekend of our shows in front of us, here is an update on Box Office and availability of tickets online:

Online ticket sales close at 8am, Friday.  (Not midnight as in the past).

Phone sales are available from 9am to 3pm on the Friday of the show weekend.  Patrons need to call our office, 360-750-8550.

And a reminder ~ student comp tickets cannot be redeemed at the door, they must be redeemed online or over the phone with our Box Office.

This Sunday's closing show has less then 90 seats left.  If you want a guaranteed seat, do not depend on your Parent Pass, please purchase a ticket.  I am forecasting a sold out show!

Updated Ticket Sell Count

As of tonight, here are the students who have sold over ten tickets to our show.  30 tickets gets you an invitation to the Director's Event.  50 tickets gets you a second invitation you can share with a friend from the show.  And, the student who sells the most tickets over 50 ~ wins the Director's Chair!

Abbie Barnes               11

Brevin Bazurto            30

Megan Bilyeu              10

Joshua Bode                11

Lindsey Doak              10

Megan Downer            11

Karlson Drendel          15

Morgan Dunn              17

Khrystyna Ecoff           18

True Fontaine              17

Sarah Givvines            26

Katelynn Gookin         11

Maddy Hays                20

Dara Klinker                16

Lindsey Koehler          79

Hope Martinez            16

Karina May                 33

Liam McKenna           15

Mikayla Merrell          14

Tirza Meuljic              30

Cole Peterson             23

Alyssa Rice                10

Eliana Saunders         18

Corinne Stephens       10

Lucy Thompson         17

Kelsie Upton              10

Ariel Vincent             16

Calvin Whitney         10

School Day Shows

Call time is 8:30 AM.  Parents (tech, backstage, costumes, props, green room) can come as early as 8:00 AM.  Parents ~ do not drop your kids off early!

DO NOT ENTER THROUGH OUR REGULAR GREEN ROOM!  School is in progress and teachers will be using this room throughout the day.

Everyone can enter through the theater doors and cross the stage to access the rooms in the back we use.  Kids will enter the theater upon arrival and wait to be dismissed from there to get ready for the show.  They will prep on stage.

Parents who need to stay for the shows can use the parking lot by the tennis courts or the lower lot on the other side of the building. At our last school day show we were also able to use street parking along 39th as the buses no longer were using it.

NO SECRET PAL GIFTS ARE EXCHANGED ON SCHOOL DAY SHOWS.

If you purchased a meal it will be served between our shows.  If you did not purchase a meal, please bring one.  Remember to bring a water bottle.

Pick up time is 1:45.  Please do not be late!  Journey's policy for late pick up is a charge ($10 for every 15 minutes late) paid to the person staying to supervise the student.

School Day Shows need to be an hour and 1/2 so Marla has made some cuts.  Those cuts were sent in an earlier email.  Please be sure and print that out for your student so they are prepared.

We have about 150 kids at each show!  It is going to be a great day!

We're in the Paper!

Frank Butler and Annie Oakley ~ featured in The Columbian on Saturday to highlight our show, Annie Get Your Gun!  

Editing Bios

Dear Journey Family…

It has come to my attention that some students are wondering why we have edited their program
bios to only represent the name Journey, instead of allowing them to list shows under our
previous name.  I’m sorry it did not occur to me to offer explanation about this earlier. If that has
caused you disappointment or made you question our program at all, I sincerely apologize. 

The reasoning for the edits is two fold:
1.) As part of our amicable separation agreement from our previous namesake, we agreed that we would only mention “formerly known as” in the History section of the ABOUT menu on our website.  We are trying to honor the request of that organization so as to maintain peaceful relationships.

2.) We are attempting not to “confuse the marketplace.”  While students did shows with our company under our previous name, to list it in the program as such causes patrons,donors, and advertisers confusion.  Journey Theater Arts Group is an 11 year old company – same 501 (c) 3, same Articles of Incorporation, same Tax ID#. Only the name changed.  To say that a student did 11 shows under one title and 2 shows under “Journey” implies that Journey is a new organization.  Such implications could hurt our standing with venues and advertisers who trust in the longevity of our program.I love that our students want to celebrate our heritage.  I do as well, and have publicly said so during shows at the time of our transition and after.  However, when dealing with legal and business dealings, we must strictly adhere to established guidelines so as to maintain our professional integrity.

As always, I have an open door and am happy to answer questions regarding this or other
topics that you’d like to discuss.  The change over has gone quite smoothly, for which I’m
grateful; affirmation of God’s blessing and guidance.  Because of that, I do not always
know how to predict questions that might arise, so please don’t hesitate to email me at
k.foster@journeytheater.org or call me at 360.750.8550 anytime.

Sincerely,
Kristi Foster
Executive Artistic Director
Journey Theater Arts Group

Artistic Team Thank You Gifts

REMINDER from our Show Chair: It's not too late to pitch in for the Artistic Team Appreciation gifts. 

We can continue to take donations through Friday, May 31st.. 

Please help us bless the socks off our artistic team!  There is a donation envelope located in the Magic Box, (which is in the Box Office this weekend) or you can give your donation to our show chair, Bethany Larson.

Suggested donation of $5 to $10. 

Cash is great, or make checks out to Bethany.

Ticket Contest

Kids who sell 30 or more tickets earn an invitation to the Director's Event!  The Artistic Team of Annie Get Your Gun have scheduled a rootin'-tootin', BBQ-eatin', Wheel-O-Death ridin', show DVD watchin' good time on June 15th from 5:00 - 9:00 at the Koehler's house!

These are cast and crew who have sold ten tickets or more as of this morning.  Our ticket contest will close next Friday at the close of our online tickets sales.  We will send out "official" invitations after Friday!

(The student who sells the most tickets over 50 by next Friday will win the Annie Get Your Gun director's chair!)

Abbie Barnes       11

Brevin Bazurto    19

Megan Bilyeu      10

Karlson Drendel  12

Morgan Dunn      11

Khrystyna Ecoff  14

True Fontaine      17

Sarah Givvines    23

Katelynn Gookin 11

Dara Klinker        16

Lindsey Koehler  58

Hope Martinez     15

Karina May          33

Liam McKenna    11

Mikayla Merrell   13

Tirza Meuljic       22

Cole Peterson      23

Eliana Saunders  18

Lucy Thompson  16

Kelsie Upton       10