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6 WHAT'S UP! JANUARY 22-28, 2023 APT Continued From Page 5 historic Victory Theatre. I've performed in state-of-the-art auditoriums for over a decade, and I love what's possible there, but to me, there's nothing that beats an intimate audience setting and an old stage heavy with almost a century of memories. I'm just so honored to be part of that legacy." Joie returns to the stage later this month as Crystal in "Little Shop of Horrors," one of her dream roles, she says. "As an actor, it isn't often that you get to perform in a venue as beloved and historically significant to our community as the Victory Theatre," agrees Aaron Young, who first appeared on the APT stage in "Newsies" — the last show before the pandemic shutdown — and is now in rehearsals playing Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors," opening Feb. 10. "I've thoroughly enjoyed every show I've acted in, as well as every show I've watched as a member of the audience!" Sarah Mouritsen Riedmueller has a long list of APT roles on her resume, starting with "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and including "A Kid Like Jake," during which she started dating her husband Charlie, later creating one of APT's living legacies, a little boy. "This theater is truly a community," she says. "I have so many lasting friendships from the theater. Never will you see such a melting pot of people come from so many different walks of life. There could be a CEO of a company up on stage with a high school student." "APT has brought me such an amazing community of friends," agrees Brittany Tavernaro, who is returning to the APT stage in "Little Shop" after a recent appearance in "Almost, Maine." "It is a very special thing to have a place outside of work where you get to do something you love with people who make that experience so much fun!" "To have a theater community this legitimate and not be in a giant city is just something amazing," concludes Edward Mountz, who played the lead last summer in "Disaster." "APT is, as Lin-Manuel Miranda puts it, 'non-stop.' … That's something that could never happen anywhere but Northwest Arkansas. The big cities, sure, but that's what makes Northwest Arkansas so unique." Tickets to all performances for the current Season 37 and for Season 38 when available are offered at arkansaspublictheatre.org or 631-8988. Tickets range in price from $20-$45.