The Voorhees Theatre Company (VTC) is a nonprofit community theatre based at the Raymond
J. Brosel Performing Arts Center at Voorhees Middle School. Its mission is to offer
performance and educational opportunities to artists on stage and behind the scenes, and to bring
audiences professional-caliber performances.
VTC is well known for educating and nurturing young performers, a safe harbor for local artists of all ages.
Since forming in 2002, it has staged a wide variety of productions, including “Peter Pan,”
“Footloose,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Beauty and the Beast.” VTC also offers a summer theatre camp and produces two main-stage productions each year, a summer musical for high-school performers and older and a fall musical for performers 8 and older.
This fall’s production will be the beloved Broadway classic, “Annie.” Based on the popular comic
strip, it has won seven Tony Awards and features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written,
including the song, “Tomorrow.”
Auditions for “Annie” will take place Thursday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Callbacks – by invitation only – will happen on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and rehearsals will begin Sunday. Performers 8 and older are invited to audition and should come dressed to dance and be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song from the show or a song of their choice that displays vocal range and ability.
No accompanist will be provided, but performers can download instrumental accompaniment. Visit the VTC website, voorheestheatre.org, to obtain an audition form and additional information. A non-refundable $25 audition fee – payable by cash, check or Venmo – will be charged. A $125 costume/production fee will be collected from all cast members by Monday, Sept. 15.
“Annie” will be performed four times: Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 1, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. To learn more about the show or about VTC, visit voorheestheatre.org or call (856) 206-3554.
Voorhees town hall has resumed regular hours of Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Inspection Unit will be available at the Town Center on Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., by the former Macy’s, across from Osage Elementary School. Inspections will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis and participants need not be township residents. For more information, visit the township social media platforms and/or the website at www.voorheesnj.com
The township food truck and music festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Connolly Park. There will be gourmet food trucks, live music, a petting zoo and beer and margaritas for adults. For more information, visit www.voorheesnj.com.
Voorhees Got Talent auditions hosted by the township art commission will take place on
Sunday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 28, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Lions Lake Community Center, 101
Dutchtown Road. Registration is required in advance to secure an audition spot. For more
information, visit Voorhees Art Commission’s Facebook page.
