BOTH Youth and Adult After-Parties will be held at The Fiesta Inn Resort, in Tempe, AZ.

If you purchase tickets to either or both the Youth / Adult Ceremonies- your After-Party ticket IS included in the ticket price.

YOU MUST RETAIN YOUR TICKET STUB in order to gain entry to the After-Party!! There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this - No ticket at the door means you buy a new ticket at the door! 


We will provide complete info on how to purchase your "After-Party" only tickets soon!!!


AFTER-PARTY LOCATION:
Fiesta Resort Conference Center

2100 South Priest Drive Tempe, AZ 85282
Tel: (480) 967-1441

For directions, please follow the link to their website: http://www.fiestainnresort.com/

 

I caught up with this year's Ceremony Director - D. Scott Withers (DSW), and asked him about this year's Anniversary Awards.
 
How do you feel about acting as Director for this 20th Annual ariZoni Ceremony?
DSW: I'm very excited about it and yet, find it a bit daunting because it's an anniversary year...  Mostly, I just want people to have a great time and celebrate what we do in our community.  And, as you know they say, 90% of being a good director is in casting well.  If that's the case, then I'm already looking good with Ron May and Katie McFadzen at the helm as emcees...they are individually amazing, smart and funny performers and together...well...it's gonna be a FUN night!

How will you be incorporating the 20 year anniversary of the ariZoni's into this years Ceremony?
DSW: For the most part, the ceremony will be pretty straight forward...I mean we're all there to hear who is honored and then get to that party at the end - ha!  But there will be a few surprises thrown in to honor the past and celebrate how far we've come.
 
Do you have anything special planned for the Ceremony that you can share with the readers?
DSW: A couple special things...but nothing I wanna share!  You'll have to come to the ceremony to find out! (Did I mention that he's a tease??)

How do you feel about the awards Ceremony in general?
DSW: I think it's a great time for all of us in our community to get together and celebrate what we've accomplished over the past year...and in this case over the past 20 years!  It's great to honor the artistry for the season and it's also just great to hang out and enjoy our "peeps" in a non-work environment...something we don't get enough opportunities to do throughout the year.
 
What will you be wearing?
DSW: Ugh...I haven't the slightest idea...hopefully something stylish yet comfortable cuz I'm sure I'll be running around like a madman - ha!
 
Thoughts on working with emcees - Ron May and Katie McFadzen, and choreographer Michael Barnard?
DSW: Cream of the crop!  Best of the best!!!  I love them individually AND collectively - ha!  Actually, Katie and I will be celebrating our 23rd anniversary of friendship;  Michael and I will be popping the cork over 20 years of blissful friendship;  and Ron and I have just started out - only about 8 or 9 years, I think, but also exceedingly blissful!!
 
Besides the ceremony, what projects are you currently working on?
DSW: I just finished Footloose at AZ Broadway Theatre.  I'll be directing The Wiz for Greasepaint (just finished casting) and I'm rehearsing the role of Frog in A Year With Frog and Toad at Childsplay.
 
Any other things or thoughts you would like the readers to know.
DSW: Just to say, "Come on down" on the 20th of September and enjoy!  Kandyce Hughes is putting together a fantastic after-party at the Fiesta Inn Resort with (for the first time in our history) a DJ and dance floor!  And there's no excuse like, "I have rehearsal," allowed this year as you can buy an "after party only" ticket and come join us there.  The whole night is going to be a blast!  Don't miss it!!

CLICK HERE for a refresher of the 2009-2010 Nominees

 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!!

PRICES* (plus applicable fees)

NOMINEES: Preferred Seating MUST be handled by calling the Box Office.

KEEP YOUR TICKET STUB!! As you WILL need it for entry to the After-Parties!!!

Box office hours: 10-6, Monday through Friday plus weekends.  Online purchases available 24/7.  
 
PURCHASE ONLINE @
http://tca.ticketforce.com/default.asp

PURCHASE BY PHONE or at BOX OFFICE @ 480/350-2TCA (2822)
700 W. Rio Salado Parkway · Tempe, AZ 85281

NOTE: TCA Box Office accepts all types of plastic if purchased by phone, as well as cash and checks if purchased at the Box Office window.

IT GETS BETTER - you also have the option to print your tickets at home and not have to wait in line at Will Call! 

Other fees: $3 processing fee for online orders, $1 processing fee for phone and walk up orders. 

There is no separate delivery fee for tickets, whether printed at home, mailed, or picked up at Will Call.

 

Each nominee will be allowed to purchase two tickets in the "PREFERRED Seating" (lower level) area.  If there are more in your party, they may have to sit away from you in the balcony area.

NOTE: ALL "preferred seating" MUST be handled by calling the box office, rather than purchasing online.

 

WOW!!  The ariZonis are 20 years old!  It's Ceremony time, and what a great celebration we have in store for you this year!  The ariZoni Board has been hard at work to put together wonderful celebrations, complete with a few surprises, a lot of excitement, and ... well you'll just have to wait and see!  But it's going to be AMAZING, and we are THRILLED with the level of excitement we've been hearing from you guys!  
 
With the appropriately themed, "If they could see us now!" Ceremony, we are blessed with a terrific Director in our own D. Scott Withers, who has some amazing help on the creative team by Musical Director Jeff Kennedy, Opening number Choreographer Michael Barnard, and emcees Katie McFadzen and Ron May! Seriously...could it be a more star-filled, fun-filled night?

So come on down to the Tempe Center for the Arts to celebrate a terrific season, which you should ALL be proud of, and help us celebrate the ariZoni's 20th Anniversary!  You know, Mark Twain is often quoted as saying: 
 
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
 
While I wasn't around the ariZonis 20 years ago, I hope that those of you who were are excited to see where this organization is destined to go.  We must not be the victims of "What might have been."  I have to believe that while we might not have always made the right decisions, at least we weren't afraid to try!  
 
I offer my sincere thanks to all the amazing theaters who have provided us with wonderful entertainment, beautiful memories and great times over the years.  And I thank you for daring to come with us as we Explore.  Dream.  Discover.

 

We are looking for people to help the day before the Ceremony as well as before, during and after the Ceremony. If you are interested, please contact Julie Pelley at joulesp@earthlink.net