The Voorhees Theatre Company (VTC) is a nonprofit community theatre based at the Voorhees Middle School theater. The mission of the VTC is to offer performance and educational opportunities to artists on stage and behind the scenes and to bring audiences professional-caliber performances within and beyond the walls of the theater.
The VTC is well known for educating and nurturing young performers and for offering performance and theatre opportunities to local artists of all ages. It offers a safe harbor to all participants who want to explore the arts. Since forming in 2002, VTC has staged a wide variety of productions, including “Peter Pan,” “Footloose,” “Shrek the Musical Jr.” and “Beauty and the Beast.
This year, the VTC – in conjunction with the Voorhees Community Education and Recreation (CER) Department – will once again offer its successful and popular summer theatre program from June 25 through Aug. 2. More than 130 children in grades three to eight are expected to participate in this year’s production of “Alice in Wonderland Jr.”
Now in its 23rd year, the VTC summer program attracts young performers from many South Jersey communities, including Cherry Hill, Marlton, Gibbsboro and Berlin. Registration begins on Saturday. Materials are available at voorheestheatre.org, at the Voorhees CER office, the middle school or by emailing vtcsummertheatreprogram@gmail.com.
The program will run for six weeks, Monday to Thursday, 9 am to 3 pm. Cost is $750 for Voorhees residents and $775 for non-residents. In addition to the summer camp program, the VTC will produce the popular musical “Grease” for performers – high school and older – this summer, and an all-ages production of “Annie” in the fall.
For more information about the VTC and its programs, visit www.voorheestheatre.org or call (856) 206-3554.
The Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club hosts its annual egg hunt at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 12. Rain date is April 19. For more information, contact Roger Leonard at (856) 627-2600, ext. 427. The club (is also) hosting a display of art by the special needs children from Voorhees schools and Kingsway Learning Center at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, at Kingsway Learning Center, 1000 Voorhees Drive. Admission is free. For more information, contact Leonard at the above phone number.
Te township’s annual free rabies clinic will be held on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Lions Lake Complex. For more information, contact the township clerk’s office at (856) 429-7757 or email pets@voorheesnj.com
And the Animal Welfare Association is hosting a spay/neuter clinic for feral cats in Voorhees throughout the year. The initiative is part of the Alley Cat Rescue’s Global Feral Fix Challenge, reinforcing AWA’s commitment to humane solutions for community cats. For more information, visit www.awanj.org or contact Jaime Moore at jaimem@awanj.org
