SPANK! The 50 Shades Parody, Coming to Akron Civic, #Giveaway!

Sometimes, you just need a night out with the girls. What better way to spend a night out than to enjoy dinner and a show. A few months back, a group of friends and I enjoyed the musical, Girls Night Out at the Akron Civic Theatre and next month, we are going to see SPANK! The 50 Shades Parody. I have not read the 50 Shades series and really don't have any intent to, but the show sounds very enjoyable, plus it is a night out with my friends and I can't wait.

SPANK! The 50 Shades Parody
Friday, October 4, 2013 8:00 PM
Akron Civic Theatre

It’s time for the saucy book that caused a world sensation to get SPANKED!

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody is the hilarious new musical that brings all the naughty fun of the best-selling book to life. Your inner goddess will be laughing out loud with this new imagining of the characters as they come to life with sharp-witted comedy, musical numbers, steamy and fun performances from the hunky leading man, plus lots of surprises!

Get there early for pre-show cocktails, then stay to meet the cast after the show, and pose for a photo with the fetching star himself.

Grab your girlfriends and don’t miss the funniest and most exciting girls’ night out of the year!

SPANK! is not associated with, nor authorized by, author E.L. James or Vintage Press.

Giveaway!

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Giveaway will remain open through September 29th. Giveaway is open to residents of the US only. Winners will be selected through Rafflecopter. The winners will have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.

No compensation was received for this post. I received a complimentary set of tickets to attend the show, as well as those for the giveaway from the Akron Civic Theatre. The blurb about the show and the image are from the Akron Civic Theatre website. All opinions expressed are entirely my own or that of my family.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

It has been a little busy and crazy at my house (and my job) lately. This weekend, we were able to make a some time to go out and enjoy a show.

We have a local theater that caters to "young audiences and families" called the Magical Theater Company. They do productions both at a local theater and also have a traveling group that takes their shows into local schools. At their theater, they do shows that are intended for school groups, as well as public shows. The theater is the perfect size, with maybe 150 seats at most - they say, "an intimate seating space where drama can happen within arm's reach".

I had never been to one of their shows, but from time to time would see information about one or another of their productions and had always wanted to go. When we received a flyer about their most recent production: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, I decided that the time was right for us to finally see a show.

The show is of course based on the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff. Having read this book, and many others by her, I was familiar with the story, but not really sure how they would turn this tale into a production. When I first told my son about the show, he assumed it was going to be a movie and had some reservations when I told him that it was a play.

I have to say that they did an excellent job. The set on the stage was all super-sized, so that the two adults playing the Boy and the Mouse would look child size and mouse size. The kitchen gave the Boy his scale and the props gave the Mouse his scale. When they brought out the crayons for the Mouse to color, they were probably 3' long. The production was probably about 50 minutes in length.

After the show, they came out on stage and allowed the kids to come down and get autographs and posed for pictures with the kids.

Both of the kids really enjoyed the show, even my son who didn't think he would like a play. It was a really great experience and a fun way to introduce children to live theater.

Free Night of Theater

You can head over to Free Night of Theater 2009 to find out what shows are being offered in your area and details on how to get two free tickets to local shows. There are participating theaters in over 120 communities nationwide.

In my area, many of the shows are weeknight shows, but there is one Friday evening and one Sunday afternoon. You can get two tickets per reservation. If you are looking to bring the family, you might want to contact the website or the theater to find out if you can request tickets in the same area across multiple reservations. Otherwise, it might be that you can go to the show, but you sit separately.

The event is brought to you by Theatre Communications Group. They are the national organization for the not-for-profit American theater. They developed this program to attract new audiences and raise public awareness about live theater. It appears that this is the fourth year for the program and that it has grown each year.

The tickets will become available on, or around, October 1st in participating areas. Check for your community, in my area the tickets are available starting October 3rd. The shows themselves are supposed to start October 15th. Some in my area are playing as late as November.