Sunday, March 29 – Thursday, April 2
Ocala Civic Theatre is celebrating an amazing milestone in the 2020-2021 season: our 70th year of providing quality live theatrical productions to our community!
To celebrate this memorable achievement, Ocala Civic Theatre – with your help! – will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Continuous Theatrical Performance. The big event will take place from March 29 to April 2, 2020. The time to beat is 78 hours, 45 minutes, and 16 seconds. A theatre that’s lasted 70 years clearly likes to do things in a big way – so OCT is going for 79 hours! And we’d love for YOU to be part of our 79 FOR 70!
The world record attempt will begin on Sunday, March 29 at 7 p.m. and will end at noon on Thursday, April 2. A cast of 20 actors, in alternating shifts, will present the 79 hours of continuous performance, selected from the 600+ productions in OCT’s 70-year history.
OCT needs your help to set this new world record! An audience of at least 20 people must be in attendance at all times, with four alternates on standby, in shifts of two hours to four hours, so we are seeking groups to sign up for shifts as audience members. Groups will raise funds for the Theatre by soliciting monetary pledges based on the time they spend sitting in the audience. Additional sponsorship opportunities are also available, with sponsor benefit packages which will extend to future OCT shows.
Click here to learn more about how you can be a part of this special event.
For more information, please contact Larry Kiernan, Director of Marketing & Promotions, at (352) 236-2851, ext. 108, or lkiernan@ocalacivictheatre.com.
