Live Theatre! Live Audiences!

Coming up at the Mantorville Opera House:  

Auditions for our 40th season of the Mantorville Melodramas

Yes, it all started in 1973 and 2012 marks the 40th year of the Mantorville Melodramas! We are celebrating by bringing back four of our favorite melodramas from our first four decades. You can learn more about the individual shows on our schedule page. The Mantorville Melodramas are great for 1) testing your theatrical wings 2) experiencing new art forms 3) coming home to your comfort zone 4) having a great time with fellow cast members and crew - - all in a format that has just 3 weeks of rehearsal and 3 weekends of performance, so you don't have to commit your entire summer!

Auditions for all four shows are your choice of Sunday, May 20th or Monday, May 21st at 7:00 PM at the Mantorville Opera House. Please arrive promptly, as we follow a schedule of introductions, readings and light singing for everyone. Please have your summer calendars ready, so you can tell which shows you can be available for (both rehearsals and performances.)

Please note that, while there are occasional youth roles, this season is generally geared toward actors who are 15 and older (and much older). For younger enthusiasts, we still welcome your participation, and if you are not cast, please consider helping us in other ways, such as ticket-taking.

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Feel generous? What we appreciate most is your joining our audience, but if you'd also like to join the Mantorville Theatre Company, or give a tax-free donation, click on this text.

Audience participation is a requirement for the melodramatic portion of our season. Come prepared to cheer for the hero and heroine, boo the villain or villainess, and applaud the efforts of our characters (or groan at their jokes!)

Many, many thanks to our generous corporate sponsors who help us keep the costs to our patrons down throughout our 2011-2012 season.

We are also grateful for a grant received from IBM's Fund for Community Service, which combines funding with volunteerism from IBM employees and retirees.

Volunteers for Publicity needed - If you'd be willing to volunteer to help out with distribution of posters, design of posters, writing press releases, working on programs, organizing mail and email lists, sending letters to specific groups that might be interested in our shows, and the like - please contact us.

Seeking talented, energetic dramatists for our  2011-2 "off" season!  Directors! Pianists! Set Builders! Costumers! Box Office Managers! We are in need of your talents and we would like to hear from you.  Please send your interest, availability, and if we don't know you, a brief resume to PO Box 194 in Mantorville, MN 55955. Directors - please also include at least two play titles that you would like to direct, with some background on each. You can find topical and schedule information on our "Join The Fun" page.

Our season is just part of the many exciting things to do in Mantorville.  There are antique buildings for touring from the Mantorville Restoration Association and the Dodge County Historical Society, antique stores and other businesses for browsing and buying and fine dining.  Check out  http://www.mantorvilletourism.com  for more information. For information on the city, in general, try www.mantorville.com.

We encourage LARGE groups (of ten or more). To learn about group discounts, examine our shopping page.

Need to find us? We are just a half block west of Highway 57 on 5th Street in Mantorville (Hwy 57 and 5th is the closest thing Mantorville has to a "major" intersection.)

Need to find Mantorville? We're about 75 miles south of the Twin Cities and 15 miles west of Rochester on Minnesota Highway 57: map