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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nDiCroce began her intensive involvement with the Ramsey Theatre Company as a creative and production consultant for \u201cCinderella\u201d this past summer, which led to an offer to direct this fall\u2019s production of \u201cGrease.\u201d She said this turned into an offer to take on this new leadership position, bringing in her vast, eclectic wealth of experience in musical theatre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ramsey Theatre Company evolved from a growing audience interest in Broadway musicals and a generous gift from Robert P. Ramsey to produce professional-level musical theatre to serve the area. The company has a managing director, stage manager, scenic designer, and props master. DiCroce holds a supervisory role \u2014 along with her directing duties \u2014 and weighs in heavily on what shows the company will undertake and who they\u2019ll cast. \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d is slated for next year, as is the musical \u201cFloyd Collins,\u201d based on the real-life death of famed cave explorer Collins in 1925. Collins\u2019 ordeal is considered the nation\u2019s first media circus. That real-life incident occurred near Bowling Green, so the tale has a unique local resonance \u2014 and an uncommon perspective. \u201cFloyd Collins\u201d is also being revived at New York\u2019s Lincoln Center this spring, putting the Ramsey Theatre Company in a very distinctive slot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bowling Green theatre community, DiCroce relates, has been wonderful \u2014 a welcoming and friendly community and the chance to work with dedicated, enthusiastic colleagues. Bowling Green is also a very generous community that is more than willing to support the various theatre initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many reasons to be enthusiastic. SKyPAC has amazing facilities that many theatres in the Northeast \u2014 in DiCroce\u2019s words \u2014 \u201cwould give their eyeteeth for!\u201d SKyPAC\u2019s offerings and resources are uncommonly extensive for what is, after all, a small city. There is the Ramsey Theatre Company, Orchestra Kentucky, and BG OnStage, all of which are part of the nonprofit Arts of Southern Kentucky (ASK). An education department within ASK also does outreach and initiatives with all the local schools. A thriving theatre scene has tangible benefits in terms of community improvement. Theatre attendance enhances surrounding businesses \u2014 people eat and drink before and after performances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bowling Green, DiCroce concludes, is a wonderful place to be a part of. It is no small endeavor to bring a first-rate musical theatre to Bowling Green. A considerable amount of effort and talent goes into this, plus the not-insubstantial support of a receptive community. And one gets the strong feeling that Diane DiCroce and the Ramsey Theatre Company are just getting started. Curtain up! GN <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the recent past, only a few blocks in New York City\u2019s West Forties and a few other metropolitan areas offered the opportunity to experience first-rate musical theatre.\u00a0 These days, top-rate musical theatre has sprung from its narrow geographical confines \u2014 and you only have to look as far as Bowling Green to see a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":26081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n