{"id":6095,"date":"2019-10-29T10:12:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2019-10-29T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:12:27","slug":"miracle-on-34th-street-is-first-production-of-act-ii-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/mandarin\/miracle-on-34th-street-is-first-production-of-act-ii-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle on 34th Street is first production of Act II Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By Martie Thompson<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">editor@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the inception of the Fine Arts Conservatory, experienced non-profit leader Bill <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has finally realized a dream of providing a true, full community fine arts organization for all ages. Through its Mandarin acting troupe, Act II Players, the conservatory will stage its first production, \u201cMiracle on 34th Street,\u201d over the weekend of Nov. 22 at Mandarin United Methodist Church.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As one of the original board members of the former Northeast Florida Conservatory along with founder Richard Dickson, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">enjoyed focusing on the Mandarin area with community music and theater offerings. After Dickson retired, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was asked by Dickson and the board of directors to keep the Northeast Florida Conservatory going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe had a decision to make \u2026 are we going to look at a bigger picture?\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said. \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be nice to bring a full fine arts organization to the community that also featured art education, art literature, sculpture, painting, dance, music, voice and theater arts?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So the Fine Arts Conservatory was formed. But <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Northeast Florida Conservatory, particularly the theater arts group, still desired a uniquely Mandarin presence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Word got out that they were looking for a Mandarin performance location and a series of events led them to talk to Tom Boyko, executive assistant to the senior pastor at Mandarin United Methodist Church. Boyko was also looking for a new means of outreach for the church. Mandarin United Methodist has a 450-seat auditorium and was open to the idea of serving as the permanent Mandarin location for the newly created division of the Fine Arts Conservatory called the Act II Players. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said they also plan to offer theater classes on the church campus in addition to staging productions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOne of our goals as a church has been to use our worship center to reach out to the community,\u201d Boyko said. \u201cPlus, it is our new music director Austen Wilson\u2019s dream to build arts and music in our community \u2014 we\u2019d like to be known as the arts and music church.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boyko said that the church\u2019s goal is to build a relationship with the Fine Arts Conservatory and the two groups are already promoting each other. The hope is that by supporting a beloved community theater arts group, it will bring people into the church. Additionally, next summer, the church will host a youth music camp in conjunction with the Fine Arts Conservatory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is a perfect marriage of two organizations,\u201d Boyko said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first production, \u201cMiracle on 34th Street,\u201d was selected because <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said they want to make sure they provide quality productions that stick to tradition and are not redundant year after year. Since the group is non-profit, most of the productions will be older, royalty-free plays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis provides great education for our actors, \u201c <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMiracle on 34th Street\u201d has already been cast and rehearsals have started. Patti Everett is serving as stage manager for the show which includes 27 cast members of all ages \u2026 \u201coff the charts for a non-musical\u201d according to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tickets are on sale now on the Fine Arts Conservatory website, www.faconservatory.com. A percentage of the proceeds are going directly to Mandarin United Methodist Church for its mission work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMiracle on 34th Street\u201d will have four shows: Friday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.;\u00a0 Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets ranges from $19.50 to $22.50 and the link to purchase tickets is on the Fine Arts Conservatory website, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faconservatory.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/faconservatory.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo courtesy Bill <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Di Stanisloa<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Martie Thompson editor@floridanewsline.com With the inception of the Fine Arts Conservatory, experienced non-profit leader Bill Di Stanisloa has finally realized a dream of providing a true, full community fine arts organization for all ages. 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