Elm Street Kicks Off 2014 With Tom Sawyer

Woodstock-based Elm Street Cultural Arts Village submitted its updated list of productions and events for the first quarter of 2014:

JANUARY

• Tom Sawyer: Join Tom, Becky and Huck as they get lost in the cave, thwart Injun Joe and have many other adventures in this nationally acclaimed adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel. Featuring reknowned actor and historian Kurt Sutton as Twain. A portion of proceeds benefit teen programs at Families of Cherokee United in Service (FOCUS). Jan. 17 and 24 at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 2 p.m. All seats are $10 in advance online (for ages 2 and up) and $12 at the door. Held at the Chambers at City Center Auditorium, 8534 Main Street in Woodstock

• iThink Improv Troupe - The iThink Experiments: Jan. 18 at 7:30pm - It’s Alive… IT’S ALIVE! The iThink Experiments are returning by popular demand and this time we are really going to change it up! Brand new improv, never before seen games, and your favorite iThink members. This mix of ingredients may be JUST crazy enough! Join us and found out! All seats $7 in advance online (for ages 2 and up) and $5 at the door. Held at the Chambers at City Center. 

• Teen Arts Night: Sponsored by Elm Street's Teen Arts Guild (TAG). Bring your guitar, your karaoke cd, your poetry, your artwork, your short stories to share with other creative, arts minded teens. $5 cash at the door provides a slice of pizza and a soda at intermission. For youth in Grades 7 through 12. Friday, Feb. 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Chambers at City Center. 

• iThink Improv Troupe Enjoy the food and shops along Woodstock's Main Street then come to Chambers at City Center auditorium for some family friendly laughs as the Troupe takes audience suggestions and turns them into wacky comedy. All seats $5. Friday, Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. at the Chambers at City Center.

• Into The Woods: What happens after happily ever after? Stephen Sondheim’s bewitchingly witty fairytale mashup Into the Woods investigates through a clever convolution of characters from Brothers Grimm folklore, including Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and Jack and the Beanstalk. With a little wizardry of their own, Elm Street Cultural Arts Village will transform the Theater into an enchanted forest — a prime storybook setting, supremely conducive to magic and mayhem. Destined to charm audiences of all ages, Into The Woods is deeply touching one moment and laugh-out-loud funny the next. Expertly crafted songs by the most celebrated musical theatre composer of our time makes this hodgepodge of hocus pocus irresistibly spellbinding. Feb. 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. $12 for Adults, $11 for seniors/students and $10 for children 3-12 in advance online and $15, 13, 12 at the door. Held at the Chambers at City Center. 

• Teen Arts Night: Sponsored by Elm Street's Teen Arts Guild (TAG).  Bring your guitar, your karaoke cd, your poetry, your artwork, your short stories to share with other creative, arts minded teens. $5 cash at the door provides a slice of pizza and a soda at intermission. For youth in Grades 7 through 12. Friday, March 7  from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Chambers at City Center. 

• iThink Improv Troupe: Enjoy the food and shops along Woodstock's Main Street then come to City Center auditorium for some family friendly laughs as the Troupe takes audience suggestions and turns them into wacky comedy. All seats $5. Friday March 7 at 9 p.m. at the Chambers at City Center.

• Treasure Island or Who's Got the Map?: A comic re-telling of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure pitting young Jim Hawkins and his friends against Long John Silver and some wacky pirates. Great fun for the entire family! March 14 and 21 at 7:30pm, March 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 2 p.m. All seats $10 in advance online (for ages 2 and up) and $12 at the door. Held at the Chambers at City Center.