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Join us for our Inaugural Season Kickoff Dinner
🎉 You’re Invited! 🎉
Join us as we celebrate the launch of our Inaugural Season with a special Kickoff Dinner on Saturday, August 16! This evening is all about YOU—our incredible participants, families, and friends who helped make this past year unforgettable. As we step into an exciting new chapter for Spotlight Arts Collective, we want to come together, reflect, and celebrate everything ahead.
🍽️ Dinner • Community • Celebration
📅 Date: Saturday, August 16
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Joseph P. Spencer Studio for the Arts
📍 Address: 120 Jessie Street, Manhattan, Illinois
🌟 We’ll provide the main entrée and sides!
🍷 BYOB – Bring your favorite beverage
🥨 Please bring along any snacks or desserts you’d like to share!
👉 Please RSVP with the number of guests, including yourself.
Family and friends are welcome to join the celebration!
RSVP by Monday, August 11, 2025
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🎭✨ NOW ANNOUNCING Spotlight Arts Collective’s FIRST EVER SEASON! ✨🎭
sign-ups coming soon!
We’re pulling back the curtain on an unforgettable lineup of shows — and we want YOU to join us center stage! Whether you’re a spelling bee champ, a Southern belle, a zany Seuss character, or a mobster in mourning… there’s a role waiting for you!
👇 Check out our season lineup and audition dates below! 👇
📘 THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
🗓 Auditions: August 25 & 26 | Callbacks: August 29
🎭 Rehearsals: Tues/Thurs/Sun starting Sept 2
🎟 Performances: November 21–23
🕵️♂️ FUNERAL FOR A GANGSTER
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Auditions: October 20 & 22 | Callbacks: October 24
🎭 Rehearsals: Mon/Wed starting Nov 10
🎟 Performances: January 16–18
🐘SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
🗓 Auditions: November 3 & 5 | Callbacks: November 7
🎭 Rehearsals: Tues/Thurs/Sun starting Nov 30
🎟 Performances: February 20–22
🌸 STEEL MAGNOLIAS
🗓 Auditions: January 19 & 21 | Callbacks: January 23
🎭 Rehearsals: Mon/Wed/Sun starting Feb 2, 2026
🎟 Performances: April 17–19
🌟 No matter your experience level, we encourage everyone to audition! Join us for a season filled with laughter, heart, music, and community magic.
📍Sign-up details coming soon! 💫A
Upcoming Events
16
August
2025
Inauagural Season Kickoff Dinner
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL
6:00 pm
6
September
2025
Back to School Party
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL 4th-8th
6:00 pm
ages 13-18
8-9:30
25&26
August
2025
AUDITIONS 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL
20
September
2025
Adult Karoake Night
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL
7:00 - 10:00 pm
20&22
October
2025
AUDITIONS
Funeral for a Gangster
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL
3&5
November
2025
AUDITIONS
Seussical the Musical
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL
19&21
January
2026
AUDITIONS
Steel Magnolias
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL
17
October
2025
Zombie Makeup Class & 21+ Pub Crawl
Spotlight Studio
120 Jessie St.
Manhattan, IL
7:00 - 10:00pm