June 24, 2011, Friday - Celebrate the Guthrie's 5-Year Anniversary with $5 Promotions (3 days)

The Guthrie Theater will mark the five year anniversary in its award-winning Mississippi Riverfront home with a three-day celebration weekend, June 24 - 26, anchored by five special $5 promotions to mark the occasion.

$5 ADVANCE TICKETS
Purchase a full-priced ticket to select performances of God of Carnage or H.M.S. Pinafore and receive a second ticket for just $5. Valid for 6/30, 7/1, 7/6, 7/8 evening and 7/9 matinee performances. This discount only available in-person at the box office during the June 24-26 celebration weekend. Limit four discounted tickets per order. Excludes Area 1A and Area 1 seating. Not valid on previously purchased tickets.

$5 RUSH TICKETS
The Guthrie will offer 50 specially discounted rush line tickets for each performance of God of Carnage and H.M.S. Pinafore on June 24, 25 and 26. These $5 tickets will go on sale one hour prior to each performance, in advance of the regularly priced rush line tickets. Limit two per person. The rush line accepts cash or check only.

$5 BACKSTAGE TOURS
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Guthrie shows are taken from script to stage in these 45-minute backstage tours of the building heralded as "a 21st century dream factory" by Time magazine. Tickets for the 10 a.m. tours on June 24 - 26 have been discounted to $5 and are available by calling the box office at 612.377.2224 and asking for the "Anniversary Tour Special."

$5 GUTHRIE STORE DEALS
Purchase a limited edition Guthrie snow globe or the hardcover book The Guthrie Theater: Images, History and Inside Stories for just $5. Quantities limited.

$5 HAPPY HOUR MENU
Sea Change will offer $5 burgers, fish sandwiches, wine, Prairie Vodka and Jameson cocktails, and $3 Grain Belt Premiums all day long during the June 24 - 26 celebration weekend.