Anna Arts Center granted special 'Gone Girl' screening opportunity

Editor's Note: Bethany Village's name was corrected below.

20th Century Fox has given permission for a special benefit early showing of "Gone Girl" to the Anna Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Oct 2 at the Cape West 14 Cine, 247 Siemers Drive, in Cape Girardeau.

One of the actors in the movie, Pete Houseman of Jonesboro, Illinois, plays Walter, neighbor of Nick and Amy Dunne, in the movie. He's also involved in the Anna Arts Center, which stages plays, offers art classes and exhibits and other activities, director Lee Hackney said.

Tickets are $15, which includes a red-carpet walk from 6:30 to 7:25 p.m., a chance to meet some of the local "stars" in the Cine 14 Hospitality Room, and the opportunity to attend a post-party at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau. Hackney said those involved in the production will sign autographs at the reception.

Refreshments also will be available.

Guests can designate where $5 of the ticket price goes -- to the 48-hour emergency shelter fund for victims of domestic violence, managed by the Union County Council of Churches and Bethany Village, or to help underwrite the "Our Stories, Our History," a yearlong oral history project, co-sponsored by the Anna Arts Center and Stinson Memorial Library Centennial Celebration Committee.

Tickets for the screening are available through the Anna Arts Center box office, 125 W. Davie St., Anna Illinois. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 618-697-0009 or email vabchlee@gmail.com.