Mary Vandergrift Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s August Cool Down Social was a success! Everyone enjoyed reconnecting with old friends and meeting some new ones after a long, hot summer. A lot of fun memories were shared along with some really great stories of summer travel by our members. Thanks to everyone for making it a…
Bill Becker, SLCT Publicity “Another opening, another show” – Another mystery dinner theater show, that is! Eat, Drink and Be Murdered runs February 17-21, 2019, in the Oakwood Ballroom at Oakwood Country Club. And we are looking for you! If you used to act or do stage production in high school, college or in community…
Andrea Hummel A trial can be a frightening thing. Imagine one poorly-educated young man facing 12 jurors, people from all walks of life and each with their own set of experiences, biases and prejudices. Can the young man possibly get a fair trial? Can 12 very different people reach consensus? We often take our American…
Andrea Hummel The air in the jury room is stifling. The door is locked, so the jurors can’t even step outside for a breath of fresh air. The foreman tries hard to keep the jurors focused; since this is a capital murder trial, the verdict must be unanimous. They can, and do, request to see…
Andrea Hummel The fall play produced by the Sun Lakes Community Theatre will be Twelve Angry Jurors. The play, a mixed gender version of Twelve Angry Men, will open November 7 and will close with a matinee performance on November 11. Watch the Splash for information regarding ticket sales. Director Howard Hummel announced the cast for…
Roger Edmonds On April 10, Sun Lakes Community Theatre presented their annual Theatre Arts Scholarship to Greyson Smith from Hamilton High School. Each year, SLCT awards a scholarship to a graduating senior from the Chandler School District who is majoring in theatre. Greyson will major in Performing Arts at Loyola University. Greyson has experience…
Marcia Stevic Sun Lakes Community Theatre has selected its Board of Directors for the 2018-2019 season. They are: President – Phyllis Novy, Vice-President – Jim Janowski, Secretary – Carol Horowitz, Technical Chairman – Rick Whitney, Mary Vandergriff – Program Chairman, Publicity Chairman – Bill Becker, and Budget – Cindi Decker. In addition, Kathy Jones serves…
Sandy Bocynesky Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation recently granted the Sun Lakes Community Theatre, Children’s Theatre, a grant of $2,000. This money will be vital in order to support our ongoing productions of children’s shows which are performed for kindergarten and first grade students in the Chandler Unified School District. Children’s productions first started with the…
Marcia Stevic The Sun Lakes Community Theatre spring show will be Murder at the Tony/Lou Awards Show … an interactive mystery dinner show, running March 20-24, 2018. This all takes place at a prestigious awards ceremony … actually, a spoof on all award shows … however, no politics will take place … just fierce competition,…
Jerry Vance On January 6, the Sun Lakes Tennis Club hosted SunBird for a day of fun and tennis. We started at 8:30 a.m. and finished at 2:30 p.m. with lots of matches played. It appeared SunBird may have won a few more matches, but everyone had a great time. The Sun Lakes Club provided…